Sentences with phrase «massive coal fired power»

There are 31 clips in all, including shots of many mountaintop removal mine sites, undisturbed mountains, a 20 story tall dragline, and a massive coal fired power plant.

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Beijing, however, has reaffirmed its commitment to meeting its targets under the Paris accord, recently canceling construction of about 100 coal - fired power plants and investing billions in massive wind and solar projects.

The U.S. Department of Energy (DoE) has invested more than $ 3 billion since 2001 to fund multiple CCS projects being conducted by seven regional partnerships, including demonstrations of ammonia capture technology at the massive coal - fired Pleasant Prairie power plant in Kenosha County, Wisc., and the R. E. Burger plant in Shadyside, Ohio.

That coal gas fired power plants must be shut down by 2050 and replaced with whatever works, from nuclear, hydro, renewable, energy efficiency, and massive demand reductions across the board.

In Australia, the last thirty years has seen a massive expansion of coal mining, predominantly for export but also for coal - fired power stations.

«But China isn't just relegating its dirty coal - fired power plants to the outskirts of society; for years, it's been building 16 unprecedentedly massive, brand new «coal bases» in rural parts of the country.

I suppose you also blame Obama for the massive development of the Bakken formation, and for the fact that many coal fired power plants are being shut down simply because they're 40 or 50 years old and no longer viable.

In a new report from Moody's, and reported on by SNL, the ratings agency predicts that cheap natural gas could lead to another massive wave of coal - fired power plant closures over the next year and a half.

Coal mining destroys habitat and pollutes our air and water, while coal - fired power plants consume massive amounts of water to operate, straining our rivers and aquifCoal mining destroys habitat and pollutes our air and water, while coal - fired power plants consume massive amounts of water to operate, straining our rivers and aquifcoal - fired power plants consume massive amounts of water to operate, straining our rivers and aquifers.

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China and Japan have plans to build massive amounts of coal - fired power plants, while the United States is not only...

The IFC, the World Bank's private sector lending arm, plans to back a massive coal - fired power plant in Mundra, a town in the Indian state of Gujarat.

In its latest report, Walmart's Dirty Energy Secret: How the Company's Slick Greenwashing Hides Its Massive Coal Consumption, the Institute for Local Self - Reliance (ILSR) calculates the total electricity use, coal - fired power consumption and resulting greenhouse gas emissions of every Walmart store and distribution center in the counCoal Consumption, the Institute for Local Self - Reliance (ILSR) calculates the total electricity use, coal - fired power consumption and resulting greenhouse gas emissions of every Walmart store and distribution center in the councoal - fired power consumption and resulting greenhouse gas emissions of every Walmart store and distribution center in the country.

The report, titled Walmart's Dirty Energy Secret: How the Company's Slick Greenwashing Hides Its Massive Coal Consumption, found that the company is «one of the nation's largest users of coal - fired electricity,» and that Walmart's dependence on dirty power «pumps nearly 8 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.&raCoal Consumption, found that the company is «one of the nation's largest users of coal - fired electricity,» and that Walmart's dependence on dirty power «pumps nearly 8 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.&racoal - fired electricity,» and that Walmart's dependence on dirty power «pumps nearly 8 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.»

Water is another big concern — like any thermal power generation (such as coal - or oil - fired, or even bio-mass-fired plants) nuclear uses water for cooling — and uses it in really massive quantities.

2 July 2007 - The Florida Public Service Commission denies Florida Power & Light the permits needed to move forward with the massive 1,960 - megawatt coal - fired Glades Power Park, citing uncertainty surrounding future carbon costs.

Under today's settlement AEP agreed to install pollution - curbing dry sorbent injection (DSI) technology on its massive Rockport coal - fired power plant in Southern Indiana.

Due to China's air pollution crisis, mainly caused by massive coal burning, 10 of China's 34 provinces have pledged to peak and decline their coal consumption by 2017 and have banned the construction of new coal - fired power plants.

«In most of these countries, there is massive 1 These numbers are based on CoalSwarm's «Global Coal Plant Tracker ``, which maps all proposed and existing coal - fired power stations worldwCoal Plant Tracker ``, which maps all proposed and existing coal - fired power stations worldwcoal - fired power stations worldwide.