Sentences with phrase «in on the coal industry»

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This is, in a nutshell, McConnell's case for reelection: that as Kentucky's heavyweight in Washington, he'll thwart the assault liberals are waging not just on the health care system and the coal industry but, more broadly, on the state's way of life.

On the campaign trail, Trump vowed to reverse the coal industry's declining fortunes and supported opening up offshore drilling in the Atlantic.

A housing and construction rebound has boosted industries including steel and coal, and while many sectors continue to struggle with overproduction, domestic demand has held up reasonably well, with trade data on Thursday showing a surprising improvement in imports.

Many of its citizens, after long careers in coal mining industry, struggle with chronic pain (some of which have since become hooked on opioids).

Responding to public outrage, the government has recently introduced a series of measures like making public the level of air pollution in Beijing and also plans to impose emission restrictions on the steel, coal and petrochemicals industries, among others.

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.

Additionally the construction jobs themselves will put overall pressure on wages, and workers in otherwise stranded industries, like coal, may find new work in new fields.

And as coal investors have fled in droves to invest in more profitable companies and industries, coal workers have been left with pink slips and mortgages on houses with few buyers in blighted coal country.

Coal had made me money but companies in the industry had fallen on hard times due to low natural gas prices and environmental regulations.

In his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump flicked at a lie about the US coal industry that he began telling early on the campaign trail: that there was a «war on coal,» that coal's jobs will return, that regulations by the Obama administration are responsible for its ills, and that the measures he has taken in office can reverse its fortuneIn his first State of the Union address, President Donald Trump flicked at a lie about the US coal industry that he began telling early on the campaign trail: that there was a «war on coal,» that coal's jobs will return, that regulations by the Obama administration are responsible for its ills, and that the measures he has taken in office can reverse its fortunein office can reverse its fortunes.

Surrounded by coal industry workers, donned in khaki pants and polo shirts, President Trump signed an executive order in March pulling the plug on his predecessor's plan to close hundreds of coal - fired power plants to reduce carbon emissions.

Larry Gibson, who has held onto his family home on Kayford Mountain in West Virginia despite the total destruction of the mountain all around him, speaks out frequently against the coal industry.

There are reports that oil, coal and gas industries in America have invested more than half a billion dollars on lobbying against acting on climate change.

Regulations on the coal industry are driving massive layoffs and the shuttering of coal plants in Pennsylvania, injecting environmental issues into that state's hotly contested Senate race between incumbent Democrat Bob Casey Jr. and Republican challenger and coal mining executive Tom Smith.

The Coal industry is a major employer in West Virginia, as well as neighboring Kentucky, where Democratic Senate nominee Alison Lundergan Grimes, a fellow secretary of state, is also knocking the White House over its stance on cCoal industry is a major employer in West Virginia, as well as neighboring Kentucky, where Democratic Senate nominee Alison Lundergan Grimes, a fellow secretary of state, is also knocking the White House over its stance on coalcoal.

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.

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.

That's what Richard Reavey, vice president of public affairs of Cloud Peak Energy Inc., a major coal miner in the western United States, appears to have done on June 29, 2015, when he presented a 24 - page slideshow at an industry conference organized by the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute in Snowmass, Cocoal miner in the western United States, appears to have done on June 29, 2015, when he presented a 24 - page slideshow at an industry conference organized by the Rocky Mountain Coal Mining Institute in Snowmass, CoCoal Mining Institute in Snowmass, Colo..

Policymakers and the energy industry have been looking to natural gas in recent years as a more climate friendly fuel with half the greenhouse gas emissions of coal, but EPA research is casting doubt on that plan

«The CO2 emissions related to China's exports are large not just because they export a lot of stuff or because they specialize in energy - demanding industries, but because their manufacturing technologies are less advanced and they rely primarily on coal for energy,» said co-author Klaus Hubacek, a University of Maryland professor of geographical sciences.

By calling for re-energizing CCS development, PCAST is making two judgments: 1) that the coal industry is highly likely to remain competitive even as it complies with EPA restrictions on emissions of SOx, NOx, Hg, and other toxics; and 2) that a substantial price on carbon is highly likely to arrive in a time frame of relevance for a CCS development effort.

He also questioned the need for performance standards on industry in the draft bill, saying that provision would halt construction of any new coal plants beyond 2015.

Ian Dunlop, who used to chair the Australian Coal Association but now campaigns to leave coal in the ground, says this will force the industry to focus on cleaner cCoal Association but now campaigns to leave coal in the ground, says this will force the industry to focus on cleaner ccoal in the ground, says this will force the industry to focus on cleaner coalcoal.

Keeping in mind the enormous stake that panel members ExxonMobil and Shell have in the oil, natural gas and coal industries, here is a look at the panel's take on why oil and coal have been so difficult to replace by the following alternative energy sources: Natural gas ExxonMobil favors boosting the U.S.'s consumption of natural gas, in part, because it produces at least 50 percent less greenhouse gas per hour when burned compared with coal, Nazeer Bhore, ExxonMobil senior technology advisor, said during the panel.

But we, who have to a large extent built up our industries and economies on coal, oil, steel and cement have, in my opinion, a responsibility to lead the way and develop measures which can show the rest of the world that it is possible to achieve ambitious emission reduction targets,» says Johan Rootzén.

Yet overall, she says, emissions from fishing pale in comparison to industries on land, such as power generation from coal plants.

The industry has faltered because of declining global demand and low natural gas prices, which have encouraged electric power companies to use gas instead of coal to generate electricity, said Ray Rasker, executive director of Headwaters Economics, an independent research group focusing on the economic implications of land management decisions in the West.

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 coal industry, and its backers in Congress, have said that if EPA deems CCS the best system of emissions reduction, it will force the industry to use a method that has not been proved on a commercial scale.

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The jist of this is that we must NOT suddenly switch off carbon / sulphur producing industries over the planet but instead we must first dramatically reduce CO2 emissions from every conceivable source, then gradually tackle coal / fossil fuel sources to smoothly remove the soot from the air to prevent a sudden leap in average global temps which if it is indeed 2.75 C as the UNEP predicts will permanently destroy the climates ability to regulate itself and lead to catastrophic changes on the land and sea.

And industry leaders have focused recently on ways to impose cleaner coal technologies, including at a major conference in Delhi earlier this month featuring high - level government and industry leaders focusing on coal gasification, carbon capture and storage, upgrades and other measures to improve efficiency and reduce pollution.

It will focus on catalyst development for four applications: proton exchange membrane fuel cells to convert stored energy in non-fossil fuels into electricity; electrolysers for splitting water into oxygen and hydrogen — a potential clean fuel cell source; syngas, a mixture of CO and H2, which is generated from coal, gas and biomass, and widely used as a key intermediate in the chemical industry; and lithium - air batteries.

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 utilitiCoal 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 utiliticoal — 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 utiliticoal will be intact (but still withheld its endorsement, seeking more concessions for coal companies and coal - fired utiliticoal companies and coal - fired utiliticoal - fired utilities).

A fundamental shift is taking place in China's economy - away from heavy industries primarily reliant on coal to more service - orientated, sustainable activities.

Amy Schumer put her freshly - forged Hollywood connections to good use last night in a biting sketch that points out just how much of the industry's female talent is wasted on barely - there roles like concerned wife of sniper or concerned wife of trapped coal miner.

The Type of Author Who Will Have the Most Successful Campaigns Is: • Willing to be involved and engaged • Active on social media • A team player • Realistic about their expectations • Friendly with fellow authors in the industry • Has an appreciation for booksellers • Willing to walk over hot coals to meet one fan, versus only doing something with an audience of 1,000 people • Patient, understanding that publicity is a marathon, not a sprint.

In a compelling blend of hard - hitting investigative reporting, history, and industry assessment, Goodell illuminates the stark economic imperatives America faces and the collusion of business and politics — what is meant by «big coal» — that have set us on the dangerous course toward reliance on this energy source.

In my view, if the coal industry does not proactively agree to, and indeed volunteer for, a prompt moratorium on the construction of new coal - fired power plants until carbon capture and storage are proven and viable, and included in commercial plants, we should get out the literature, the musical lyrics, the poetry, the ethical codes, and so forth and create a collection of material that brings to vivid life the «problems» (to put it mildly) that Shakespeare illuminates, as they will then apply to the coal industrIn my view, if the coal industry does not proactively agree to, and indeed volunteer for, a prompt moratorium on the construction of new coal - fired power plants until carbon capture and storage are proven and viable, and included in commercial plants, we should get out the literature, the musical lyrics, the poetry, the ethical codes, and so forth and create a collection of material that brings to vivid life the «problems» (to put it mildly) that Shakespeare illuminates, as they will then apply to the coal industrin commercial plants, we should get out the literature, the musical lyrics, the poetry, the ethical codes, and so forth and create a collection of material that brings to vivid life the «problems» (to put it mildly) that Shakespeare illuminates, as they will then apply to the coal industry.

If a new administration immediately places a moratorium on new coal - fired plants until CCS works, and if it begins a carbon cap - and - trade system or carbon tax, and if it's serious about the problem, then we will finally see (I hope) the coal and utility industries begin to act much more quickly to develop CCS and work to address the problem in all ways possible.

And consider: On one hand, the Times seems to want the rest of the world to change, e.g., the nation's energy infrastructure, the oil industry, the coal industry, the automobile industry, energy R&D, major utilities, the attitude of the government, and the levels of heat and air conditioning we use in our homes, not to mention China and India.

Worse than that, in related «horse trading» that the industry insisted on before it would allow the regulations to happen, they managed to grandfather old coal plants — so today we are still stuck with emissions from old coal plants — most of the electricity form coal is from plants that were built before 1970, indeed, most built before 1950, I believe....

Relevant regulatory failures in that coal - centric state are nicely unpacked by Nora Caplan - Bricker in this New Republic piece: «Why So Many West Virginians Relied on Water from the Elk River: Industry Already Polluted the Others.»

It's good old fashioned black carbon soot — a visible pollutant with measurable effects on human health both in poor places, where it comes from cooking or heating using coal, firewood or dung, and rich countries, where it is produced mainly through the combustion of diesel and similar fuels and from some industries.

Also, let's see the exact quote in Obama's words (not a paraphrase) of the «Obama wants to bankrupt the coal industry» lie you swallowed and then vomited back up on this site.

Now climate research has become entwined with energy policy and the brutal politics of fossil fuels, in which states» stances largely are shaped by the presence or absence of coal or industries reliant on coal or oil for profits.

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

National Journal's Coral Davenport has a truly must - read story on the origins of the «War on Coal» narrative and how the industry has seen its power decline in recent years.

Once in office, Mr. Bush did a complete turnaround in March 2001, abandoning that pledge under intensive lobbying of the White House by coal and oil companies, and industries whose profits depend on selling things that use energy.

In that piece, Davenport observed that the president's attack on coal is not something that would have been politically viable even a few years ago, but she also notes the damage inflicted to the industry by the boom in natural gaIn that piece, Davenport observed that the president's attack on coal is not something that would have been politically viable even a few years ago, but she also notes the damage inflicted to the industry by the boom in natural gain natural gas: