Sentences with phrase «impact on coal»

Following up on my last comment, at 199 million tons of C02 per year, what would be the impact on the coal export schemes if there were a Carbon price, be it through a cap and trade system or direct tax?

But the impact on the coal industry is effectively doubled, because under the current policy scenario under which much of the industry is making its investment, coal prices would be «significantly» higher, the IEA says, because of increased demand.

And here (below) is how it translates into financial impact on the coal industry....

«At 50 MW — 350 MW, modular units could provide efficiency and cost benefits, but probably wouldn't have significant impact on coal demand given the number of coal - fired unit retirements / closures being considered and the length of time this would take to get to the commercial stage (5 — 10 years).

That's disappointing: from Australia's point of view, a cheap, safe method of CCS would have resolved the climate change problem, at least as regards electricity, with no adverse impact on our coal industry.

Clemente also insists in this context that America's impact on the coal debate is minimal.

Correct, there will be practically no impact on coal exports from the policy.

It's certainly not high enough, but the barrier to raising it is less the impact on the outer suburbs than the impact on coal mining regions.

The IEA is also skeptical of the marginal impact on coal mine profitability from Trump's proposals.

Last week President Obama announced plans to limit carbon pollution from new and existing power plants, a measure likely to have even more impacts on coal - fired plants, including Georgia Power's eight.

Oddly, as I pointed out earlier, the Friends of Coal industry front group is not attacking the legislation's impacts on coal — instead going for a general criticism of potential increases in energy costs to consumers. And as I've also pointed out, the United Mine Workers union concluded the bill ensured that «the future of coal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utilities).

We should guarantee good jobs in the fresh air and sunshine for any coal miner displaced by impacts on the coal industry.

The federal coal leasing program is the source of 40 % of US coal extraction, with major impacts on coal markets and carbon pollution.

Not exact matches

In 2017, DeAngelis followed the Trump Administration's pro-energy policies and its America First Energy Plan, covering a range of stories from pipelines, to natural gas, to coal and their impact on raw commodity and stock prices.

With coal trains already coursing through the Lower Mainland to the much larger Westshore and Neptune terminals, it's not surprising the environmental report behind the port authority's decision found no appreciable impacts on the health of area residents.

When Premier Rachel Notley announced Alberta's new climate change strategy over the weekend, analysts and pundits rushed to gauge the impact on the oilsands and on the electrical generation business, still dependent as it is on coal.

Adani Group, controlled by the billionaire Gautam Adani, said it will now plan to finance the vast Carmichael coal project on its own, but the company faces an uphill struggle as both governments and major banks adopt a harder line towards new coal projects, citing the impact of coal - fired power on climate change.

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.

The direct impact on listed companies may be limited as trade between China and its isolated northern neighbour has slowed substantially since the United Nations imposed a ban in September on North Korean exports of coal, iron, iron ore, lead, lead ore and seafood.

The reason to take a close look at this company is twofold: it's one of the most diversified miners around, so one commodity's underperformance shouldn't have as significant an impact on the company as it would if it was just a coal or iron ore producer.

Regulations that affect proposed new coal plants in the U.S. are therefore likely to have a larger overall impact on GHG emissions than Canadian regulations.

As well, the NIF has postulated that bringing the plants online in the 2030s will have a major impact on reducing carbon emissions as older, coal - producing power plants are then retired.

Researcher Clark Williams - Derry said it is difficult to underestimate the impact a ban on thermal coal exports would have for the coal industry in the western U.S.

Clark said a ban will help develop the province's liquefied natural gas industry, arguing if China shifted from coal to LNG it would have «a massive impact» on greenhouse gas emissions.

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Because these are likely to be the key causes of misallocated credit, and because measures that cut back on overcapacity are likely to be painful, and so politically resisted, if the measures do not extend well beyond steel and coal their impacts are not likely to be sufficient.

Foreign miners are ready to pounce on any supply disruption caused by Aurizon's controversial new approach to railway maintenance in the Queensland coalfields, with Canadian miner Teck warning the stoush could «definitely have an impact» on coal markets.

Cele notes that, «the demand from China for iron - ore continues to grow, but at a declining pace, further exacerbating pricing pressure,» meaning that Vale's considerable investment in nickel, coal, fertilisers and copper will only partially mitigate the impact of the increase in iron - ore mining capacity globally on the company.

Coal's fall from grace is a well - known story and has had a predictable impact on the one - and - only coal ETF (a telling fact on its own); from its peak in April of 2011 to the inevitable trough in January of 2Coal's fall from grace is a well - known story and has had a predictable impact on the one - and - only coal ETF (a telling fact on its own); from its peak in April of 2011 to the inevitable trough in January of 2coal ETF (a telling fact on its own); from its peak in April of 2011 to the inevitable trough in January of 2016.

Record high prices in Asia have had several impacts, including providing economic incentive to bring on additional supply, maintaining a continued reason to burn much cheaper coal despite the negative environmental consequences and a search by consuming nations for secure supply options.

News on the coal front has had a disproportionate impact on Teck's shares lately.

The insurance sector underlined that Alberta is the canary in the coal mine on climate change impacts and that Alberta would be wise to start pricing these risks properly.

Now multiply this by every coal - fired power station on earth running night and day and the staggering volume of CO2 produced starts to be something you can understand can impact the earth on a planetary scale.

The blow would fall heavily on the states whose coal provides most of our electricity and on rural areas where electric costs have the most impact.

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addressed the productivity of mining operation sites and environmental impacts of surface coal mining operations on surface and groundwater.

The legislation addressed the productivity of mining operation sites and environmental impacts of surface coal mining operations on surface and groundwater.

«It is extraordinary that in 2016 a minister can argue that a coal mine will have no impact on the climate ``

«Australia is the canary in the coal mine when it comes to the impact of climate change on water resources,» says Ross Young, executive director of the Water Services Association of Australia.

RAN and the Sierra Club hope that by exposing the impact these banks are having on the environment through their financing programs, they can help alert the public and policymakers to the need to outlaw MTR coal mining altogether.

«Seeing all these numbers together for the first time, the unescapable takeaway is that human impact on the vanadium cycle is greater than our well - publicized impacts on the movement of lead through the atmosphere or the release of mercury from coal,» he said.

LONDON — For those concerned about the impact of coal - burning power plants on the world's environment, the good news seems to have been arriving thick and fast lately.

It's clear that the Chinese and Indian coal market decisions will have an impact on our electricity bills.»

A University of Colorado study published in April assessing the impacts of climate change on the Navajo Reservation in the Southwest said climate change - related sun kinks are a major concern for the Navajo Nation because derailments could lead to the disruption of coal production there.

The Obama regulations would have the biggest impact on whether existing coal plants are shut down, and that wasn't included in the model.

Meanwhile, Trump has also said he would end the moratorium on new federal coal leases, revive the Keystone XL pipeline, and take other actions to promote energy development — all actions that would impact public lands.

If such developments were to occur elsewhere, either because of shale gas or the advent of a truly global natural gas market, then, according to our analysis, this could have a major impact on the use of different fuels — oil, gas, coal, renewables, and nuclear.»

While U.S. EPA recently announced carbon reduction policies that will affect the coal industry and the Obama administration has issued new rules in 2012 to sharply raise fuel economy standards for automakers, among other steps, the federal government has yet to enact serious legislation to combat climate change's impact on infrastructure.

The moratorium is part of the Interior Department's three - year study of the impact of the coal leasing program on climate change.

«In addition to identifying the impacts of the emissions from this particular coal - fired power plant on fetal health, the usefulness of this study's identification strategy is its potential application to other studies examining the impact of upwind states» power plant emissions, which have been the target of a series of environmental regulations, such as the EPA's Cross-State Air Pollution Rule,» adds Yang.