Sentences with phrase «in coal communities»

«We have a responsibility to ensure the public... get a fair return from the sale of America's coal, operate the program efficiently and in a way that meets the needs of our neighbors in coal communities, and minimize the impact coal production has on the planet that our children and grandchildren will inherit.»

Despite major shifts in the industry and serious worries in coal communities, today coal still supplies nearly 40 % of our electricity.

Not exact matches

«Based on evidence gathered from focus groups and interviews conducted in U.S. coal communities, we argue that coal communities that have experienced mine closures have already begun an economic and social transition, one that is based on reshaping their culture and sense of identity,» wrote professors of Indiana University in a paper published in the March issue of Energy Research and Social Science.

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

According to Adriana Gonzales of the Sierra Club, an uncovered five - story pile of coal ash situated next to a low - income and minority community in the town of Guayama threatens to toxify the entire area thanks to its content of heavy metals like arsenic, mercury, and chromium that will be released when the rain liquefies the ash.

The two most important figures in the founding of the European Coal and Steel Community (the predecessor of the EU), French foreign minister Robert Schuman and German chancellor Konrad Adenauer, both had roots in the region.

Thanks to the vision of a French statesman, Jean Monnet, this concept was tested in 1951 when Belgium, France, Italy, Luxembourg, the Netherlands and West Germany established the European Coal and Steel Community.

The first seed of the European Economic Community, i.e., the 1954 European Coal and Steel Company, was not sown for economic reasons only, but» and this was very conscious on the mind of its father, another Christian, Jean Monnet» in order to prevent competition about the possession of these basic industrial goods from becoming once again the cause of wars.

OAK PARK — The Illinois Environmental Protection Agency has directed Commonwealth Edison and Nicor Gas to revise the plan for removing coal tar and benzene from the site of a former gas manufacturing plant in south Oak Park that for years has been a community park.

The party maintains a «strong and positive» commitment to the European Union; [134][135] the Liberal Democrats and its predecessors (the SDP — Liberal Alliance) have been consistently in favour of British EU membership, with the Liberal Party originally proposing membership into the predecessor European Coal and Steel Community.

Coppard works in the former coal mining communities of South Yorkshire for the Dearne Valley Eco-Vision project.

The governor needs to get out in front by committing to a coal phase - out, not more coal bailouts, and by providing the necessary glide path to ease the burden for coal - affected communities.

Another participant said, «I'm beginning to see some real enthusiasm, particularly among young people in small communities in West Virginia, to begin looking for something beyond, something beyond coal.»

Promising coal communities a return of their jobs has the potential to fill them with false hope, which can threaten the very progress that has been made in launching job training programs and other transition steps.

When you look at the number of people who are dying on the job, when you look at the health of communities, when you look at the bp oil spill, the death of coal miners, we are paying in a different way for industries that are dirty.

In the impoverished communities near Georgia's coal plants, as in many communities around the country, the health benefits of nixing coal aren't as obvious as the lost economic opportunitieIn the impoverished communities near Georgia's coal plants, as in many communities around the country, the health benefits of nixing coal aren't as obvious as the lost economic opportunitiein many communities around the country, the health benefits of nixing coal aren't as obvious as the lost economic opportunities.

«Those communities and downwind areas have been suffering for a long time from the pollution from these plants,» said Jenna Garland, spokesperson for the Sierra Club's Beyond Coal campaign in the Southeast.

And in Georgia's communities that are abandoning coal, folks are wondering why their plants are going dark while others are being upgraded.

The Commission intends «to shine a light on the civil rights implications of toxic coal ash, as well as other environmental conditions, on communities most in need of protection,» said Commission Chairman Martin R. Castro in a statement.

Too often toxic coal ash, a byproduct of coal - fired power, ends up in poor, minority communities.

Many of the worst coal fires are in remote areas or in poor regions where ruined communities and impaired public health have not commanded much attention.

Restrictions set for SO2 emissions by the European Community and Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution will begin to take effect early in the next century, and may limit coal to conventional stations fitted with flue - gas desulphurisation (FGD) equipment, which removes SO2 from exhaust gases, or to any purpose - built clean coal stations that will have been built.

In May 2004, high levels of air pollution in Tongliang prompted the government to shut down the local coal - burning power plant to improve community healtIn May 2004, high levels of air pollution in Tongliang prompted the government to shut down the local coal - burning power plant to improve community healtin Tongliang prompted the government to shut down the local coal - burning power plant to improve community health.

This comfortable middle - class community has made itself an uncomfortable symbol of what may be lost as coal relinquishes its role in the U.S. electric grid.

Coastal communities in the US state are suing oil, gas and coal giants for the cost of dealing with sea level rise.

About 1,500 mostly low - income households are within reach of the coal yard dust, said Shweta Narayan of Community Environmental Monitoring, an environmental justice group in India.

Emissions controls on coal - fired power plants are making a difference in reducing exposure of mercury to people, especially in the western Maryland community.

Prior to joining the Center in 2007 she worked as an amphibian field biologist, conservation corps crew leader, and community organizer against mountaintop - removal coal mining.

Cleaner air means a higher acceptance of coal - fired plants in local communities, and equally important, by lenders and financial institutions — leading to better financing terms for our customers.

The mining, processing, transportation, burning and disposal of coal waste is toxic, wasteful, and harms communities in Appalachia and across the country.

The Last Mountain (Director: Bill Haney; Screenwriters: Bill Haney and Peter Rhodes)-- A coal mining corporation and a tiny community vie for the last great mountain in Appalachia in a battle for the future of energy that affects us all.

Little Accidents reminds us of this and shows how tragedy is able to divide the small community of Beckley, West Virginia when ten coal miners die in a collapsed mine.

The Last Mountain (Director: Bill Haney; Writers: Bill Haney and Peter Rhodes)-- A coal mining corporation and a tiny community vie for the last great mountain in Appalachia in a battle for the future of energy that affects us all.

A landmark account of a community rising up against corporate greed, Barbara Kopple's Oscar - winning Harlan County USA unflinchingly documents a grueling coal miners» strike in a small Kentucky town.

In the opening moments of «Pride,» activist Mark (Ben Schnetzer) makes the case at the 1984 London Gay Pride parade that the LGBT community and the coal miners on strike, seemingly disparate, actually share common enemies: Margaret Thatcher, the police and the tabloid press.

There were many environmental issues — deforestation rates that were higher than Brazil, many communities losing their land to palm oil plantations, and massive pollution and congestion in the main cities and reliance on coal rather than on clean renewable energy like solar.

As a student of the University of Canterbury, studying towards a Masters in Education (eLearning specialisation) she is focused on keeping up to date with the current pedagogical theories, the needs of teachers at the coal face and all the learners in our diverse communities.

Come enjoy some amazing food at Anthony's Coal Fired Pizza in Clearwater, and help MEOW Now's mission to provide TNVR (Trap - Neuter - Vaccinate - Return) to community cats in Pinellas County.

In the mean time there is a very concerned local community here in Bali willing to donate their time and energy to cleaning at the coal facIn the mean time there is a very concerned local community here in Bali willing to donate their time and energy to cleaning at the coal facin Bali willing to donate their time and energy to cleaning at the coal face.

Featuring work from the gallery's extensive collection as well as contemporary commissions, it includes Kai Wiedenhöfer's series on refugee children, Forty Out of One Million, and Wendy Erwald's 1970s project, Portrait and Dreams, a collaboration with children she taught in a coal - mining community in the Appalachians.

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In large part, the exhibit centers on projects by two photographers — Inés Dümig (Germany) and Justin Kimball (United States)-- who are making work documenting the life of a Somali refugee residing in Munich, and the collapse of the coal, steel, paper, and farming communities of the eastern seaboard of the U.S., respectivelIn large part, the exhibit centers on projects by two photographers — Inés Dümig (Germany) and Justin Kimball (United States)-- who are making work documenting the life of a Somali refugee residing in Munich, and the collapse of the coal, steel, paper, and farming communities of the eastern seaboard of the U.S., respectivelin Munich, and the collapse of the coal, steel, paper, and farming communities of the eastern seaboard of the U.S., respectively.

Selected Public Collections Atlantic Credit & Finance Inc., Roanoke, VA Carilion Clinic, Roanoke, VA Garth Newel Music Center, Warm Springs, VA James River Coal Co., Richmond, VA E. D. Wilson Museum, Hollins University, Roanoke, VA Hotel Roanoke Conference Center, Roanoke, VA Henry Hope Art Museum, Indiana University, Bloomington, IN Keystone College, La Plume, PA Longwood College Center for the Visual Arts, Farmville, VA Roanoke College, Salem, VA State Museum of Pennsylvania, Harrisburg, PA St. Mary's College of Maryland, St. Mary's, Maryland Taubman Museum of Art, Roanoke, VA Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Center, Richmond, VA Virginia State Bar Association, Richmond, VA Virginia Western Community College, Roanoke, VA Washington & Lee University, Williams School of Economics, Lexington, VA

The artists» first major museum survey, this exhibition will present large - scale paintings created in conjunction with international communities, including American soldiers in Iraq, coal miners in Pennsylvania, Cairo citizens in the Arab Spring, and stateless children in Thailand.

Much of her work has evolved based on her observations from living in white - dominated communities from coal country to wine country.

As a continuation of the artist's explorations of marginalised communities, Mikhail Karikis» sound piece and video collaboration with fellow artist Uriel Orlow centres on a disappearing community of former coal miners in Kent.

Out of the community - based painting project, Smoke and Water (2014 - 2017), represented in the show by four large canvases that addressed the coal ash spill on the Dan River in Virginia and North Ca...

Growing up in a Southern Appalachian coal mining community, the subjects involving environmentalism and land use have a lot of personal significance to Hatfield who often recalls the region's ironic juxtaposition of protected wilderness and mined land as a major influence on her work.

Josh Fox's new film explores community responses to climate change and pollution — from a blockade of a coal shipment in Australia to investigations of oil spills in Peru.

But those who aren't so lucky certainly can can — more often than not, it's the lower - income minority communities that have to live in the shadows of coal plants and their noxious emissions.