Sentences with phrase «from coal burning»

As mentioned above, air pollution from coal burning is killing many thousands, or millions, of people world - wide each year and making even more very ill.

The country is also pursuing demonstration projects in carbon capture and storage from coal burning power plants.

This is another reason why the effects of aerosols from coal burning were overwhelmed in this period.

In fact coal ash (waste from coal burning) is also radioactive and poses a greater health hazard to nearby communities than nuclear waste.

It's partly from coal burning and general pollution.

Between 2002 and 2012, CO2 emissions from coal burning in China increased by 4.5 billion [metric tons].

Another area requiring immediate intensified work, Dr. Holdren and other experts say, is large - scale demonstration of systems for capturing carbon dioxide from coal burning before too many old - style plants are built.

Various experts, including a nonpartisan panel at M.I.T., have said the world needs something like 10 FutureGen - style projects to be developed in the next decade or so if there is to be any hope that gas - trapping technology will play a meaningful role in stanching the tens of billions of tons of carbon dioxide that will be coming from coal burning in the next few decades.

Air pollution from coal burning kills more than 100,000 people per year.

The investigators found that — pound for pound — particles from coal burning contribute about five times more to the risk of death from heart disease than other air pollution particles of the same size — less than one ten - thousandth of an inch in diameter (known as PM 2.5).

According to Beijing's environmental watchdog, vehicle emissions in Beijing were responsible for about 31 percent of the hazardous airborne particles known as PM 2.5, with 22.4 percent originating from coal burning.

The ash from the coal burned in the plant has been a disposed of behind a circular dam located on the floodplain of the Partizansk River.

Corbett, J. O., «The Radiation Dose From Coal Burning: A Review of Pathways and Data,» Radiation Protection Dosimetry, Vol.

A local government study showed in April that 31 percent of the smog in China's capital Beijing is derived from vehicles, 22.4 percent from coal burning and 18.1 percent from industry.

Toxins such as heavy metals, asbestos (when inhaled), toxic gasses and chemicals; silicate dust, hay dust or smoke when inhaled in large quantities or over a long period (smoke and dust from coal burning kills millions of people each year);

An environmental review of a proposed coal - export facility at Cherry Point will take into account pollutants emitted by the facility, rail traffic carrying coal to the facility, and also the impact on greenhouse gases from coal burning in China, India and other export destinations.

Maryland, with one of the most aggressive power plant control programs in the nation, has in place regulations such as the Healthy Air Act that require significant reductions in mercury from coal burning power plants.

Coal may get cleaner as pollution controls minimize the emissions that cause acid rain and smog as well as cut the greenhouse gases changing the climate, but there are still plenty of leftovers from coal burning: toxic ash, mercury and other issues.

«Right now we put about 2.5 billion tons of carbon from coal burning into the atmosphere each year.

Sooty air from coal burning triggered the initial melting of the mountain glaciers in the European Alps in the second half of the 19th Century when it caused the snow to turn grey and so reflect less sunlight back into space, scientists said.

A decade ago, some energy analysts and environmental groups were quick to conclude that an apparent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from coal burning proved China was capable of avoiding the western pattern of rising emissions in a growing economy.

Pollution from coal burning, in the United States and particularly in developing countries, has big impacts on public health, and the climate impact from coal - generated carbon dioxide could be enormous if the world's still - vast reserves are heavily exploited.

The intent is clear, particularly given how Gina McCarthy, the administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency, and others in the administration are focusing today's message (video here) not only on stemming global warming but also the direct health and smog benefits of shifting from coal burning to cleaner alternatives.

Carbon dioxide — whether from coal burned in a Beijing power plant or petroleum burned in a Boston taxicab or a forest burned in Rondonia, Brazil — adds to the natural heat - trapping capacity of the atmosphere.

CO2 can be sequestered from the coal burning smokestack so it would not contribute at all to AGW.

But we are able to see the traffic and realize that it is burning a lot of gas and if close enough we are able to see the fumes from coal burning generators.

The document is in part familiar, reprising Dr. Hansen's prescription for American action to cut carbon dioxide emissions from coal burning as a way to lead the emerging greenhouse giants, particularly China, toward this goal.

They are so high because Australian smelters rely almost wholly on electricity from coal burning.

Speaking on this issue, Energy Minister Piyush Goyal made clear that India's current energy plan calls for reducing India's carbon emissions by replacing aging thermal power plants with energy - efficient «supercritical» ones that will (much like their Japanese counterparts) maximize the energy produced from coal burned, while also curtailing CO2 emissions.

Methyl - Mercury from coal burning is a big problem everywhere, particularly in China with all the coal plants over there.

Teng estimates there would be a further cost of 160 yuan per tonne, on top of the 260 yuan calculated in the study, if the long - term social impact of climate change from coal burning were considered.

In the rapidly urbanizing «third» world, that property, as well as exploitation of a local rather than an imported energy source, is driving its use and avoiding of some of the effects from coal burning in and around many Asian urban centers much in the news lately.

The Czech Republic was estimated to emit 62 % of it's C02 from coal burning in 2002.

If Industry had continued the transition from coal burning plants to nuclear power plants which was underway mid 20th Century, and developed hydrogen powered vehicles, we wouldn't have a CO2 problem today.

Sulfate aerosols from coal burning lead to acid rain.

In this Wednesday, Dec. 16, 2009 photo, steam and smoke rises from a coal burning power plant in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.

The air pollution from coal burning comes on top of transport emissions that are still increasing despite attempts by the EU to force reductions.

He said it was particularly important, if that goal is to be reached, for the federal government to work with utilities to curb emissions from power plants (half the country's electricity still comes from coal burning.).

A federal civil rights probe seeks to understand why the poorest bear the burden of waste from coal burning

«But in countries where the particles from the coal burning are not nearly so efficiently removed, or removed at all, these titanium suboxide nanoparticles and many other particle types are emitted into the atmosphere, in part resulting in hazy skies that plague many countries, especially in China and India.»

One is the recent outcry about Beijing's choking air pollution, much of which originates from coal burning.

Also, stating that aerosols are «dominated by sulphate emissions from coal burning power plants» is overly simplistic and inaccurate.

Upon assuming his position as EPA administrator he declared «The war on coal is over» and vowed to dismantle the Clean Power Plan put into place by President Obama to reduce carbon emissions from coal burning power plants.