Sentences with phrase «more reliance on coal»
Because Germany still needs energy, exiting nuclear energy means more reliance on coal.
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More dramatically, fear of radiation led to extraordinary safety requirements for nuclear power plants, far in excess of controls imposed on other high - risk industrial facilities, which made nuclear power less cost - competitive and led to more reliance on coal.
Even if energy conservation were pursued more aggressively in the state (a perennial opportunity), scratching off New York natural gas and nuclear power would clearly lead to more reliance on coal - generated electricity (or gas extracted in other states unlikely to have the safeguards that are inevitable in environment - minded New York).
Not exact matches
Beijing has already warned the country may soon hit peak coal production, forcing greater reliance on ever - more costly imports.
Prices for electricity would be 4 percent lower by 2033 with a transition to more wind, solar and hydroelectric power than a persistent reliance on coal and natural gas, according to a report by Calgary - based environmental research firm Pembina Institute and Clean Energy Canada, a Vancouver - based organization that promotes renewable energy.
«The Clean Energy Jobs and Climate Agenda released today will continue New York's path towards a more sustainable future by reducing harmful carbon emissions, ending New York's reliance on coal, and advancing offshore wind, energy efficiency, and energy storage.
Minnesota's legislators wanted more renewable power, North Dakota farmers looked forward to the extra income, and environmental groups championed the line for carrying «green power» and cutting reliance on coal.
Dr. Hansen has said for years that growing reliance on coal, far more so than oil, is the biggest threat to the global climate.
He also described the important role China sees for imports of natural gas as a path to cut its reliance on coal, its view on nuclear power and more.
The impacts of its reliance on coal are becoming more well known and recently there was much online discussion after an eight - year - old girl was diagnosed with lung cancer which her doctor blamed on air pollution.
More than half of this potential is from a handful of categories — solar and wind energy, efficient passenger cars, afforestation and halting deforestation — and requires quickly reducing reliance on, and soon phasing out, coal - fired power not equipped with carbon capture and storage.
Of course, state reliance on imported coal for producing electricity creates more than economic problems.
Energy efficiency measures deliver positive environmental impacts, reduce your reliance on utility - generated electricity, and provide more jobs than the coal or upstream oil & gas sectors in the United States.
To those who don't believe CO2 is a problem, it's still a good idea — more efficient use of energy means less reliance on the Middle East, less push to mine coal...
The Tokyo Electric Power Company is also in talks with the blockchain startup Grid +, looking to make energy systems more efficient and reduce reliance on nuclear power, oil and coal.