Sentences with phrase «more natural gas pipelines»

NRDC worked closely with Black Rock to create the fund, and more natural gas pipelines will likely needed in California if Diablo Closes.

Representing a smattering of different environmental advocacy groups from around the state, about 250 protesters held signs calling on officials and lawmakers to prohibit any more natural gas pipelines being built in New York, to stop the construction of a proposed liquid natural gas storage facility next to Seneca Lake, and to shift the state's energy production to greener fuel sources....

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At least a half - dozen natural gas pipeline projects totaling more than $ 10 billion have been in limbo since Democrat Norman Bay stepped down from the panel in February.

The pipeline operator has more than 84,000 miles of pipelines that transport natural gas, gasoline, and crude oil in the U.S. and Canada.

More immediately, Bay's exit leaves the commission unable to approve or reject natural gas pipelines or settle proposed mergers, including a $ 12 billion plan to unite Great Plains and Westar energy companies in the Midwest.

The region's five natural gas pipelines are more explosive than oil pipelines, and — unlike oil — gas has no alternative mode of transport.

According to its website, this is the «largest energy infrastructure in North America,» owning interest or operating more than 80,000 miles of pipelines that transport natural gas, crude oil and more.

«European utilities and North American pipeline operators got a boost from sticking to what they know best and shying away from more risky enterprises and territories,» Harry Weber, senior natural gas writer of S&P Global Platts, said in an S&P statement.

Through its subsidiaries, Berkshire Hathaway Energy provides electric and natural gas service to more than 11.5 million customers and end - users worldwide, operates an extensive 18,000 - mile electric transmission system, a natural gas local distribution system, and interstate natural gas pipeline systems totaling nearly 17,000 miles.

Find out more about our growth projects — including crude oil and liquids pipelines, renewables, and natural gas pipelines and processing — that will help keep North Americans on the move.

In recent months Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall, Alberta Premier Rachel Notley and former federal natural resources minister Joe Oliver have all advocated for more bitumen export pipelines, while British Columbia premier Christy Clark has lauded the benefits of LNG projects and natural gas pipelines from fracking operations in northern B.C.

The country is crossed by a network of Soviet - era pipelines that carry Russian natural gas to many European Union member states and beyond; more than a quarter of the EU's total gas needs were met by Russian gas, and some 80 % of it came via Ukrainian pipelines.

NY can't shut Indian Point without more natural gas to fire the generators but Cuomo won't approve the pipelines from the fracked PA gas.

And the Northeast Energy Direct pipeline would stretch more than 400 miles from Pennsylvania to New England, carrying natural gas through New York, but is opposed by Republican and Democratic elected officials alike because it offers the state few benefits.

The pipeline will bring natural gas to the $ 1 billion 650 - megawatt Competitive Power Ventures plant in Orange County that is now being eyed by federal investigators after it was revealed the plant owner paid the wife of Joe Percoco, a former senior aide to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, more than $ 100,000 in consulting fees.

The agency says encouraging more fracking in New York will lead to «growth in the natural gas industry,» with more pipelines and compressor stations that could harm state owned preserves, freshwater wetlands and forests.

The future of energy in New York involves miles and miles of pipelines carrying natural gas from other states, a notion that has been reinforced both by Governor Andrew Cuomo and the governors of New England states that are also pushing for more pipeline infrastructure.

More than 200 fracktivists held a rally Tuesday to oppose natural gas pipelines in New York, and to call on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to ban them.

Environmental activists gathered on the steps of the Capital on Wednesday to ask Cuomo for more measures, including shutting down natural gas pipelines and oil trains.

Sanders said the pipeline could poison water supplies and create more reliance on natural gas when the state should be focused on renewable energy supplies.

More than 200 fracktivists held a rally to oppose natural gas pipelines in New York, and to call on Governor Cuomo to ban them.

More than half of all natural gas pipelines in the United States — amounting to more than 100,000 miles of pipe — are more than four decades old, and some are approaching the century mMore than half of all natural gas pipelines in the United States — amounting to more than 100,000 miles of pipe — are more than four decades old, and some are approaching the century mmore than 100,000 miles of pipe — are more than four decades old, and some are approaching the century mmore than four decades old, and some are approaching the century mark.

Because methane, which makes up about 95 percent of the natural gas in pipelines, is about 25 times more potent as a greenhouse gas than carbon dioxide, the leakage raises a troubling climate question: How clean is natural gas?

In the January issue of Environmental Science & Technology the researchers described their efforts mapping nearly 5,900 natural gas leaks of varying severity across 1,500 road miles of Washington, D.C. To learn more about the state of the gas pipelines running through several major U.S. cities — in particular those serving New York City — Scientific American interviewed Robert Jackson, professor of environmental sciences at Stanford and Duke universities and the study's lead author.

A new natural gas pipeline will bring more than half a million cubic metres of natural gas a day to the area.

The association, representing the nation's investor - owned utilities, said states would need more than the few years before 2020 to build the necessary natural gas pipelines and to resolve issues with gas - electric coordination, including differences in regulatory schemes, operational requirements and processes for building infrastructure.

Copano provides midstream services to gas producers, operating more than 6,000 miles of natural gas pipelines in Oklahoma, Texas, Wyoming, and Louisiana.

This past year saw President Obama's aggressive pronouncement of his climate agenda, more of the same for the Keystone XL pipeline, and some of the starkest evidence that America's oil and natural - gas boom is turning on its head almost every bit of conventional wisdom about the global energy landscape.

Visible even from space, more than 1,500 natural gas flares illuminate the prairie in the Bakken oil field in North Dakota, for lack of gas pipelines.

This includes developing needed infrastructure such as new natural gas pipelines, additional storage capacity and more.

Most studies have shown that more than half of the methane leakage from natural gas comes from drilling sites and gas processing plants (i.e. upstream emissions), with the remainder coming from pipelines and storage systems (i.e. downstream emission).

The limiting, anti-consumer aspect of this approach is unfolding in New England, where pipelines to bring natural gas to the region, to produce heat and more affordable electricity, are being assailed by anti-infrastructure advocates.

And finally, the demand for natural gas, and for the pipelines themselves, may simply not be there; Americans are using less electricity, and generating more of it themselves through rooftop solar systems.

Some St. Louis County residents oppose a proposed natural gas pipeline that would run through parts of Illinois and Missouri on the grounds that it would encourage more hydraulic fracturing, which emits greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change.

In addition to adding the solar pipeline data to Open NY, NYSERDA has added U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Alternative Fuels Data Center data on more than 20,000 public alternative vehicle fueling stations nationwide, including almost 1,000 biodiesel, compressed natural gas, E85 (ethanol) and electric charging stations in New York State.

It deals with pipelines within the state that would connect customers who currently don't have access to natural gas for heating and cooking (a more efficient use of energy than burning gas for electricity to perform the same functions).

Sequester CO2 in the deep ocean Use more sustainable agriculture and forestry Repair leaky natural gas pipelines and facilities Limit urban sprawl Use animal feeds that reduce CH4 emissions by belching cows Reduce poverty Slow population growth Fig, p. 481

51 Fig. 20 - 14, p. 481 Cut fossil fuel use (especially coal) Shift from coal to natural gas Improve energy efficiency Shift to renewable energy resources Transfer energy efficiency and renewable energy technologies to developing countries Reduce deforestation Use more sustainable agriculture and forestry Limit urban sprawl Reduce poverty Slow population growth Remove CO 2 from smoke stack and vehicle emissions Store (sequester) CO2 by planting trees Sequester CO 2 deep underground Sequester CO 2 in soil by using no - till cultivation and taking cropland out of production Sequester CO 2 in the deep ocean Repair leaky natural gas pipelines and facilities Use animal feeds that reduce CH 4 emissions by belching cows Solutions Global Warming PreventionCleanup

; and that «the benefits of cleaner, more efficient combustion of natural gas are largely offset by methane leakage in U.S. production and pipelines and by methane leaks and energy used in the process of liquefying and transporting the LNG.»

But the conclusion may not apply to natural gas plants and pipelines: That industry expects a big boost as the Trump administration rolls back proposed EPA rules and takes a more hands - off approach to permitting.

However, if project pipelines evolve to include more natural gas generation projects, care will be needed to ensure that this «bridge» fuel does not lock out renewables.

Environmental opposition, coupled with lack of space and overly complicated logistics at Port Bonython, may make exporting Cooper Basin natural gas to Darwin and onward to Asian markets by terrestrial and subsea pipeline a much more sensible option.

The bundled natural gas pipeline and HVDC project could connect the PNG and Queensland electricity grids and natural gas pipelines, with both operated on a more flexible network basis.

We do not need expensive new natural gas pipelines or to develop counterproductive bailouts to uneconomic fossil fuel generators, which would only raise electricity bills, bring more polluting energy into the region, exacerbate climate change, and slow New England's progress toward a clean, resilient, and fuel secure grid.

This would initially create a more liquid national natural gas market akin to the pipeline network in the United States.

Queensland's natural gas exports and Queensland's tourism industry could more easily exist side - by - side if natural gas exports were exported instead by pipeline through the Northern Territory and onward to Asia.

A more comprehensive Australian natural gas pipeline network connecting Queensland to both PNG and the Northern Territory would provide a much more flexible natural gas distribution and transport infrastructure.

Included in life cycle carbon are substantial methane leaks from natural gas production and pipelines, the energy for drilling, mining, transport, refining, and disposal that are much more significant for fossil fuels and nuclear energy than for renewables.

Birol said the IEA expected overcapacity of liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals and gas pipelines to reach at least 250 billion cubic meters by 2015, more than three times the capacity in 2008.

Pipelines are the safest way of transporting oil and natural gas, and we need more of them, without delay.»