Sentences with phrase «for oil and coal»

To stop the vicious cycle, we must unravel and reset the rigged market for oil and coal, revealing their true costs once and for all.

The GED per kWh for natural gas is 20 to 30 times lower than for oil and coal, respectively, because its (non-carbon) emissions are so much lower (Table 5).

I guess it may be technically correct that Lindzen has never conducted «research» for oil and coal interests, but that of course would depend on how you define «research.»

According to the group's website, the company has a history of providing services and reports for the oil and coal industries (American Electric Power Company, Chesapeake Energy, Energy Corporation of America, Peabody Energy, Washington Gas Company, Affordable Power Alliance, National Coal Council, to name a few).

WIth Libertarian attitudes of no support for businesses, then that means no tax write offs for oil and coal also.

Global demand for oil and coal will most likely peak and could decline over the next two decades.

Sourcewatch reports allegations that Lindzen was consulting for oil and coal interests in the early 1990s, but I haven't seen anything more recent than this.

But here's what's changed: the sharp cost reductions now beginning to take place in solar, wind, and geothermal power — coupled with the recent dramatic price increases for oil and coal — have radically changed the economics of energy.

Environmentalists and industry groups alike are speculating on what the president has in store next for oil and coal after a seemingly nebulous statement he made during Tuesday night's State of the Union address.

The GED per kWh for natural gas is 20 to 30 times lower than for oil and coal, respectively, because its (non-carbon) emissions are so much lower (Table 5).

Not exact matches

It's easy to see why we should produce our own energy — relying on other countries for oil, natural gas, and coal (the biggest sources used today) can get complicated.

While manufacturing has shown a little weakness, the biggest difference by far is in mining — and that's where the Oil patch weakness shows up, as well as coal and metals production for export (recall how awful rail and steel have been in the Weekly Indicators for the last 4 months).

Estimates vary widely on just how much methane is leaked from the vast network of oil and gas wells, pipelines and processing plants, but the problem has cast doubt on how much better natural gas is than coal for the environment.

Under this scenario, by 2040 global energy demand will be significantly larger than it is now; oil, coal, and natural gas each will account for about one - quarter of total demand, and solar and wind together will account for roughly 5 %.

«We are hopeful that the premier's efforts to allow the voices of his citizens to be listened to will be successful, because it is very much in common with our citizens,» Inslee said, adding that residents in his state recently rejected proposals for both coal and oil ports.

Andrew Mellon was a successful financier who provided capital for corporations in industries including aluminum, steel, oil, coal, and coke.

So while the impact on Climate Change of the electric car may not be all its visionaries claim, the alternative of a world powered by coal and oil is — particularly for the populations of China's and India's cities — unthinkable.

Kansas is still largely dependent on coal, however, and is one of the country's top hubs for crude oil and natural gas production.

A number of coal - and oil - fired power plants will likely be retired, and while Virginia's four existing nuclear units will remain in use, plans for a fifth reactor remain shelved, for now.

But politicians, especially from the Maritime provinces, were also of the view that their taxpayers had bought and paid for the western timber, farmlands, coal and later oil and gas with the payout to the Hudson's Bay Co..

In addition to tax changes (more on that below), Trump's plan to grow the economy focuses largely on generating more jobs in the fossil fuel economy (in coal and onshore and offshore drilling for oil and gas) and as a result of new infrastructure projects.

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously boosted sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke off funding for Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, banning exports including coal, iron, lead, textiles and seafood, and capping imports of crude oil and refined petroleum products.

Producers would have to develop new products and uses for the resource — gasoline, diesel, heating oil, asphalt, lubricants, petrochemicals and aviation fuel — before oil supplanted coal, wood and whale oil, the dominant energy sources of the day.

Shipments for coal and oil have plunged, especially in the fourth quarter of 2015.

Disclosing the Facts: Transparency and Risk in Methane Emissions focuses on the critical risk of methane emissions and how companies are managing methane reduction, reflecting rising investor concern that excessive methane emissions from oil and gas operations will undercut the potential net climate benefit of substituting natural gas for coal, especially in decarbonizing energy markets.

The Canadian Labour Congress and the Climate Action Network of Canada co-hosted a discussion event on Thursday night that focused on job creation and facilitating a transition for the coal, oil and gas sectors — all of which will gradually be phased out as the world moves to a clean energy economy.

3) A series of trade and / or security incidents could develop that would have for unfortunate consequence limiting the ability of China to import oil or coal or other strategic minerals;

I live in BC and have signed petitions against your President's plans to pillage your National Parks for the sake of coal and oil extraction!!

Over a year which has seen large banks halt funding for fossil fuel projects, major institutions divest from oil, gas and coal holdings, and oil companies snap up power and renewables companies in a bid to diversify their asset base, research published today by the UK Sustainable Investment and Finance Association (UKSIF) and the Climate Change Collaboration suggests nervousness over climate risk has shot up in financial circles.

Chinese growth has meant enormous demand and rising prices for many of Canada's resources, particularly coal and oil, as well as base metals such as copper, nickel and aluminum.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

For the time being, much of the analysis on the financial losses focuses on the plunge in oil and coal prices, and the potential that a huge portion of the global reserves of oil, gas, and coal will be «stranded» in the ground to curb climate change.

For instance, they have spent lavishly on debunking climate change and the need to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, which isn't surprising since they rely on oil and coal production for huge profiFor instance, they have spent lavishly on debunking climate change and the need to reduce carbon in the atmosphere, which isn't surprising since they rely on oil and coal production for huge profifor huge profits.

In other cases, the story is more nuanced: For example, oil and gas extraction firms benefit, while the producers of petroleum and coal products lose, echoing the tension between refiners and oil - shale producers.

Copper, one of four business units at Teck besides steelmaking coal, oil and zinc, is a priority for the company

I would like to share with you the work of our senior economist Marc Lee, who heads up our Climate Justice Project, as well as the work of one of our research associates, veteran earth scientist David Hughes (who spent 32 years working for the Geological Survey of Canada, where he focused on unconventional gas, coal and oil research).

The businesses drilling for oil and gas and mining coal enjoy effectively lower income tax rates than other American businesses because of an array of favorable provisions in the US tax code.

There are substitutes for oil, gas and coal, as many investors and power plant operators are discovering; there is no such thing for water.

I guess I feel the same way about a liberal agenda that say that to get out of debt we have to spend more, or that my tax dollars have to pay for something I think is morally wrong (Obamacare sets up a fund to pay for late term abortions) or a government that confiscates kids lunches, or tells me how much soda I can drink, or uses my tax money to choose winners and losers (mostly losers but Obma doners) in energy production that produces no energy yet we are sitting on more coal and oil than any other nation on the planet.

Wood, water power, coal, oil, and gas are insufficient to provide for the world's energy needs over any extended period.

The mounting evidence for climate change, and all its tragic consequences, has provided a powerful argument against fossil fuel power stations: the burning of coal, gas and oil releases carbon dioxide into the atmosphere and this is almost certainly responsible for global warming.

This view is «pessimistic about the prospects of solar energy» and argues for the «substitution of nuclear energy and coal for oil and gas.»

Rather, there are known supplies of oil, coal and other natural resources whose quantities tend to expand as their prices rise, making it more profitable to explore for new deposits.

When charcoal turns grayish white (after 15 to 20 minutes) and you can hold your hand 5 inches above rack for 3 to 4 seconds, sear chicken breasts, starting with skin sides down, on a lightly oiled rack over coals, uncovered, turning once, until well browned, 5 to 6 minutes total.

When the coals have burned down to a medium heat, rub the fillets with olive oil and grill for four or five minutes per side, turning once.

The venture has been repeatedly delayed over several years amid changing state regulations for coal seam gas and a lack of capital to move forward after the collapse in oil prices.

Prepare grill for medium - high, indirect heat (for a charcoal grill, bank coals on one side of grill; for a gas grill, leave one or two burners off) and lightly oil grates.

To give Smoky Flavour to kabab, Burn 2 pieces of charcoal and keep on a roti / bread on the cooked kabab.Pour 1 tbsp oil / ghee / butter on the burned coal and cover tightly for 2 - 3 minutes.

Fracking and natural gas are better choices for power generation then burning coal and oil and until we have cleaner sources of energy will do.

New York, NY — Just days after Mayor Bill De Blasio expressed support for cutting ties with the banks behind the Dakota Access Pipeline, New Yorkers will gather to call on City Comptroller Scott Stringer to #DeFundDAPL and divest from risky coal, oil and gas stocks.