Sentences with phrase «gas over coal»

Increasing our nation's use of natural gas over coal will reduce the carbon dioxide in our air by six million tons a year.»

New research from scientists at NOAA and Carnegie - Mellon finds that natural gas production globally may be leaking enough methane to negate the climate benefits of gas over coal during the next two decades.

Methane leakage diminishes the climate advantages of natural gas over coal.

However, for new plant construction I believe that if the problem of natural gas price spikes can be mitigated, the market will choose gas over coal.

More quietly (but in many ways worse), leaking wells, pipes, and storage reservoirs are estimated to emit enough greenhouse gases to cancel out the climate advantages of burning gas over coal, and increase smog.

U.S. carbon emissions dropped 1.7 percent due to a rise in natural gas over coal energy, a decline in oil use, and a warm winter, which reduced heating demands.

If we're interested in energy security, forcing energy providers to choose natural gas over coal is a step in the wrong direction.

The UK achieved an unprecedented drop in carbon emissions in 2016 by making full use of natural gas over coal.

Not exact matches

The fossil fuel divestment campaign began on university campuses in 2011 but the new report reveals that concerns over investments in coal, oil and gas have now entered the financial mainstream, with more than 80 % of the funds now committed to divest being managed by commercial investment and pension funds.

Cleaner burning natural gas has been replacing aging coal power plants in droves over the past several years thanks to both economics and environmental reasons.

But for those who oppose fracking, there is this: Burning the natural gas produced by fracking may be much better for the environment and public health, over the long run, than burning coal.

Strike Energy's share price has been on a white knuckle ride over the last few weeks as investors desperately try to work out if it is going to be the next large cap gas producer in Australia, or fail whilst daring to create a new technical frontier in the search for coal seam gas riches.

Utilities are increasingly switching over to natural gas for electricity generation — coal plant closures could reach a high watermark this year.

We know that fast - growing countries such as China are planning to transition from coal to natural gas over the next four to five years, and we need to position ourselves to capitalize on these long - term opportunities.»

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 circOver 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 circover climate risk has shot up in financial circles.

Admittedly we are a net importer of oil (increasingly so as Bass Strait reserves diminish), but Australian entities make large exports of natural gas and thermal coal, whose prices are highly correlated with oil prices over time.

The shale oil boom has driven natural gas prices lower and coal - fired power plants are switching over to natural gas.

To put this all in perspective: «Solar employs slightly more workers than natural gas, over twice as many as coal, over three times that of wind energy, and almost five times the number employed in nuclear energy,» the report notes.

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

Heat an outdoor gas grill, or prepare coals for a charcoal grill for direct grilling over medium - high heat.

Place salmon directly over hot coals or on lowest shelf of charcoal grill for 2 minutes to sear, then move to a higher shelf (gas grill) or across from the coals (charcoal grill).

Grill the ostrich over medium coals or a gas fire (400 to 500 degrees F) until medium rare, approximately 1 - 2 minutes per side.

If you don't fancy starting a charcoal barbecue, meats and fishes can be grilled with good results on gas grills, although of course the taste over coals is superior.

Place foil pan with wood chips directly atop hot coals (for charcoal barbecue) or over flames (for gas barbecue).

Lay chicken pieces on a barbecue grill over medium coals or medium heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level only 4 to 5 seconds); close lid on gas grill.

Grill over a solid bed of hot coals or high heat on a gas grill (you can hold your hand at grill level for only 2 to 3 seconds), turning once, for 2 minutes total.

Place steak on grid over medium, ash - covered coals; grill steak, covered, 10 to 14 minutes (over medium heat on preheated gas grill, covered, 10 to 14 minutes) for medium rare (145 °F) to medium (160 °F) doneness, turning occasionally.

Place roast in center of grid over medium, ash - covered coals or over medium heat on preheated gas grill; arrange vegetables (except tomatoes) around roast.

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.

Grill the hen slowly over hot coals, or under a preheated gas or electric broiler for 5 minutes.

Scatter a handful of wood chips over coals if using a charcoal grill, or place in smoker box and place over direct heat if using a gas grill.

If using wood chips: Scatter over coals, if using a charcoal grill; place in a disposable foil pan and set over lit burner, if using a gas grill.

Prepare grill for high, indirect heat and fit with grill pan (for a charcoal grill, bank coals on 1 side of grill and put drip pan on empty side; for a gas grill, leave 1 burner turned off and place drip pan over unlit burner).

Grill the chicken over coals or gas until done.

canola oil salt and pepper Preparation: Heat gas grill to high or heat coals in a charcoal grill until they glow bright and ash over.

Hours later, over 100 New Yorkers rallied at Comptroller Scott Stringer's office, delivering a divestment valentine with thousands of petition signatures urging the City's pension funds to divest coal, oil and gas holdings.

More than 33 gigawatts of coal - fired electricity generation will be retired over the next couple decades, EIA said, pushing up demand for natural gas.

Sparring over the coal vote «This has not been Mr. Oil or Mr. Gas or Mr. Coal,» Romney said of Obcoal vote «This has not been Mr. Oil or Mr. Gas or Mr. Coal,» Romney said of ObCoal,» Romney said of Obama.

This graph shows the ratio of warming from accumulated atmospheric carbon dioxide to warming from combustion for coal, oil, and gas plants over time.

In fact, gas prices would have to increase fivefold, to an average $ 10 per million Btu over the life of a power plant, for coal to become competitive again, the report notes.

The extraordinary growth in fracking — the hydraulic fracturing of deeply buried shale rock to extract natural gas — has transformed the United States over the past 15 years, boosting energy stocks, cutting pollution from conventional coal - power plants, and creating new jobs.

Estimates of China's greenhouse gas emissions are based in large part on official Chinese reports on the amount of coal it burns — data that China's government routinely revises over time, affecting scientists» estimates of the country's greenhouse gas emissions.

«With slower economic growth and a big push towards gas and renewables, the golden decade for coal is over.»

Over the years, consumers have learned to expect electricity on demand from power plants that run on coal, natural gas or oil.

The findings, reported today in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, add to a burgeoning debate over the climate impact of replacing oil - and coal - fired power plants with those fuelled by natural gas.

But it does support natural gas as a «bridge technology» to replace coal until renewables take over or CCS becomes widespread.

Replacing old coal - fired power plants with new natural gas plants could cause climate damage to increase over the next decades, unless their methane leakage rates are very low and the new power plants are very efficient.

Methane lawsuit threat hangs over EPA's head Research by the Environmental Defense Fund has found that leakage rates must remain below 3.2 percent for natural gas power plants to carry a climate advantage over coal plants.

If production continues as planned, over the next couple of decades natural gas could supplant coal as the leading domestic fossil fuel, serving as a cleaner way to heat our homes and fire our electric plants.

Cornell University researchers factored in the carbon emissions over the course of natural gas's life cycle when it is extracted using hydraulic fracturing — which includes drilling the wells, erecting the construction sites, building pipelines to transport the gas, fueling the pumps that force the water underground, and transporting the wastewater — and concluded that natural gas is dirtier than coal.