Sentences with phrase «major coal projects»

SHANGHAI (Reuters)- A choking smog across much of northern China threatens not just the health of local residents, but also of major coal projects globally that are still on the drawing board.

A choking smog across much of northern China threatens not just the health of local residents, but also of major coal projects globally that are still on the drawing board.

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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.

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 circles.

In a major blow to the government's plans to develop «clean» coal technology (where fossil fuels are burnt and the emissions stored underground), the company have postponed the project.

But one of the things that I have been very impressed by here is a lot of the stories of hope; many folks have traveled a long way to share what they are doing on a very local level to help combat climate change, and that's everything from, kind of, rural electrification in Africa and India, you know, bringing light to people who are still using dung or coal for cooking and heating and dying from indoor air pollution to, you know, major renewable energy projects, say, here in Denmark where they now get 20 percent of their electricity from wind power.

«We may see a certain shift of resources from coal where the World Bank is pretty much exiting to big hydropower,» said Peter Bosshard of International Rivers, which has been fighting a major new dam project in the Democratic Republic of Congo.

The EIA projects that without any major climate regulations in place, coal production in the U.S. will fall slightly this year, then over the next decade rise

The EIA projects that without any major climate regulations in place, coal production in the U.S. will fall slightly this year, then over the next decade rise to 2015 levels and remain flat through 2050.

The presidents welcomed: (i) a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to the China Power Engineering and Consulting Group Corporation to support a feasibility study for an integrated gasification combined cycle (I.G.C.C.) power plant in China using American technology, (ii) an agreement by Missouri - based Peabody Energy to invest and participate in GreenGen, a project of several major Chinese energy companies to develop a near - zero emissions coal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissicoal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissicoal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissiCoal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissicoal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

As part of their «Climate Pact» the US and China aim to use advanced coal technologies, including a major CCS project in China.

Peabody aims to become a major producer of coal close to the booming Asian markets by involvement in major joint venture projects in Indonesia, Mongolia, China and India.

To reconcile China's need for more cheap energy with its climate goals, the plan calls for a major pilot project to study carbon capture and sequestration, a technology intended to capture carbon dioxide from coal plants and either bury it underground or repackage it for use as an industrial chemical.

Vietnam is also considered a major coal hotspot, with large numbers of proposed projects in active development, largely financed by China, Japan and Korea.

Thus, for ALL the coal, oil, and gas extracted from existing projects in Australia that year, the financial benefit to society amounted to around $ 3.8 billion, enough for maybe two major new hospitals.

Ten years later, it's entirely normal for financial institutions to announce that they will no longer fund coal projects, and for major national governments to join an alliance with the self - explanatory title Powering Past Ccoal projects, and for major national governments to join an alliance with the self - explanatory title Powering Past CoalCoal.

New CCS projects were expected to be placed on coal power plants, with major coal - build programs anticipated in the U.K., Europe, U.S., and Canada.

Over the last two decades, global warming activists succeeded in slowing the development of the oil sands, blocking major pipelines like Keystone XL, phasing out coal plants and banning shale gas and oil projects.

In what turned out to be a whirlwind year, our activities ranged from bursting the gigantic balloon of 13 gigatonnes CO2 - equivalent of «hot air», to achieving a major victory against coal power projects in the CDM, to helping local communities negatively affected by CDM projects to be heard at international level.

Lawrence Solomon: Over the last two decades, global warming activists succeeded in slowing the development of the oil sands, blocking major pipelines like Keystone XL, phasing out coal plants and banning shale gas and oil projects.

The bill removes taxpayer handouts to oil, gas, and coal companies, places a moratorium on almost all major fossil fuel projects, and phases out fossil fuels from the nation's energy system over the next 30 years.

Recent experience includes LCIA arbitrations about political risks insurance, major bank loans to Russian entities, and long - term coal supply agreements; an UNCITRAL arbitration about a coal contract price adjustment mechanism; LMAA arbitrations relating to shipbuilding contracts, charterparties, and bills of lading; a FOSFA Board Of Appeal hearing about a contaminated cargo of vegetable oil; and ICC arbitrations about a South American gas field consortium and an East African oil and gas exploration project.

Professional Experience Neville Island Shenango Coke DTE -LRB-[Insert City, State]-RRB- 2/2009 — 8/2010 Shift Manager — Plant Operations • Oversaw all coke production, coal handling, boiler house, and by - product operations, holding responsibility for knowledge and achievement of all environmental goals and regulations associated with production • Led safety meetings with each department prior to shift inception, focusing on critical knowledge, techniques, and awareness to promote staff safety and minimize production downtime • Worked closely with outside contractors and other interested parties on both small and major maintenance projects • Met and achieved all goals set for safety, environmental protection, and production