Sentences with phrase «of coal in»

His time at @WePublicHealth coincided with Federal LNP Government Ministers passing around a lump of coal in Parliament, extreme weather conditions including bushfires in NSW and flooding in WA, and with the annual #healthpolicyvalentines Twitter thread.

Just in time for Christmas, the January — February 2018 issue of the Harvard Business Review offers us a lump of coal in the form of an article entitled The Case for Plain - Language Contracts (here).

And although a chance for banter and merriment with your employees is always a good idea, sometimes, what they do at your yearly soiree could leave them with a lump of coal in their inbox the next morning.

The authors pinpoint the end of coal in 2030 - 2035 and oil between 2040 - 2045 according to their «carbon law».

Thirty - seven states were net importers of coal in 2012, sending billions of dollars to other states and nations for coal — money that could have instead been used to support local economies.

The share of coal in the global energy mix is forecast to decline to 26 % in 2022, from 27 % in 2016 because of sluggish demand compared with other fuels.

Read more about the role of coal in building sustainable societies in this section.

Denmark's Dong Energy will phase out the use of coal in all its power plants in Europe by 2023 and will begin building Hornsea Project Two, the world's biggest offshore wind farm.

The combustion of coal in power generating plants is used to make steam which, in turn, operates turbines and generators.

Considering that the country receives 37 percent of its energy from coal, and that we're sitting on the largest reserve of coal in the world, the answer is «disastrous.»

The emission factor for Alaska subbituminous coal was derived from information obtained from the sole producer of coal in Alaska.

The emissions from the 721 million tons of coal in the South Porcupine is equivalent to the annual emissions of over 234 million passenger cars — that's nearly all the cars in the U.S.. Another way of measuring this coal — especially important for those in the Pacific Northwest resisting the industry's efforts to ship it through their communities for export to Asia — is that 721 million tons of coal is enough to fill 6.5 million train cars.

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Many times that number died as a result of the atmospheric pollution arising from the burning of coal in power stations.»

According to this scenario, the IEA says, the share of coal in the power generation mix falls from 75 % to less than 60 %, but coal - fired power still meets half of the increase in power generation.

So if 100 billion tons of coal in Montana were converted to liquid fuel it would produce 230 billion barrels of oil (Saudi Arabia size resource).

Because single factors do not account for differences among coals, they fail to reflect the changing «mix» of coal in U.S. coal consumption that has occurred in the past and will occur in the future.

Given the importance of coal in the climate action equation, some sort of fast - tracking may be necessary by the next US administration.

Last year, Amsterdam announced that it would phase out the transshipment of coal in 2030.

In the US, there has been substantial political pressure over the role of coal in the electricity system, leading to energy secretary Rick Perry to order a study on grid reliability and baseload power, which led to a controversial rule from the US Department of Energy allowing conventional generators to receive costs from suppliers to remain available, even when they are not required by the market.

It supplies 25 percent of the coal in Northwest Europe.

This report addresses the current status of coal in Turkey as an energy and greenhouse gas source, its impacts on health, the association between increasing the share of coal in electricity generation and climate and economic policies, and the discussions on «clean coal».

Energy Secretary Alfonso Cusi, recently said he would not put a cap on the the use of coal in spite of the country's recent ratification of the Paris Agreement.

Basically, the price of coal in the current world market is too low to cover the costs of production.

Taken together, the report concludes that based on an average coal prices of RMB 498 per ton in 2007, the total direct external costs are RMB 698 per ton, or 140 % of the average market price of coal in 2007.

The report highlights: Trends in domestic energy demand and supply prospects to 2040, broken down by fuel and sector The outlook for the power sector and the increasing share of coal in the region's electricity generation The role that Southeast Asia will play in international energy trade and the implications for its energy expenditures The potential energy and environmental benefits of implementing pragmatic measures that would help limit the rise in the region's greenhouse - gas emissions An in - depth analysis of energy prospects in Malaysia to 2040 A focus on four key issues that will shape the direction of the region's energy system: power grid interconnection, energy investment, energy access and fossil - fuel subsidies

External costs (i.e. cost not accounted for in the price tag, such as environmental, public health and other social costs) of coal in China totaled RMB 1.7 trillion (about US$ 250 billion) in 2007, equivalent to 7.1 % of China's 2007 GDP, according to a landmark report commissioned by Greenpeace, Energy Foundation and World Wildlife Fund released yesterday.

Chinese coal the increased burning of coal in China is producing aerosols 8.

The plant took its final shipment of coal in February.

Without major changes, the federal coal leasing program will continue to undermine federal, state, and international efforts to reduce carbon pollution; the BLM Wyoming office plans to lease over 10 billion tons of coal in the coming years, dwarfing the emissions reductions expected from the Environmental Protection Agency's Clean Power Plan.

We can calculate the carbon pollution from these lease sales by looking at the tons of coal in each lease, the energy content of the coal in each lease (in BTU / lb), and the amount of carbon pollution released per BTU, which varies depending upon the type of coal.

But one of the most interesting stories to emerge from the T - 1 provisional results is the fact that 2.8 GW of coal - firing plants exited the auction, including the Eggborough and Drax Unit 4 plants, in what will be regarded as yet another sign of the looming end of coal in the UK.

China's situation also demonstrates the role of coal in raising people out of energy poverty.

The government has already signalled its prospective date and terms for the end of coal in the UK — effectively 1 October 2025 — but given the technology's continuing struggles and dwindling influence in the UK power mix, a number of critics have questioned whether coal will even be economic by that date.

Chinese coal the increased burning of coal in China is producing aerosols that are cooling the world.

In recent years, a number of climate scientists, most prominently NASA's James Hansen, have advocated a phase - out of coal in order to reduce the danger of climate change.

In 1975 the USGS estimated that there might be up to 1.4 trillion tons of coal in this category.

To that end, we are looking forward to continuing our cooperation with the UNECE in demonstrating the role of coal in achieving universal energy access and the importance of low emission coal technologies in meeting climate goals.

The rapid displacement of coal in the US domestic market has seen US producers try and switch to exporting, but that window is already starting to close.

Thirty - eight states were net importers of coal in 2008 — from other states and, increasingly, other nations.

Consumption of coal in China has already grown by a factor of three from 2000 to 2013.

I have seen 10 trillion tonnes of coal in that category (3.6 in the US alone), which is easily enough for 1600 ppm.

Norfolk exported 32 million short tons of coal in 2010.

China, for instance — the biggest emitter of greenhouse gases and greatest consumer of coal in the world — has made notable strides in shifting its energy landscape in recent years.

Despite the focus on oil and transportation in recent years, the significance of coal in future energy use and its role in climate change can not be overlooked, especially if coal gasification processes become widely used in the production of transport fuels (Perley, 2008).

Cheap natural gas has led to the widespread displacement of coal in the U.S., contributing to historic declines in the nation's CO2 emissions, and many see it as a promising bridge to renewables.

Also, mild temperatures in the winter and high stockpiles at electric power plants limited demand for more purchases of coal in the second half of 2012.

Getting rid of coal in India and China in a socially and economically beneficial way is fundamental.

Arch Coal is the second largest supplier of coal in the U.S., [1] second only to Peabody Energy [2].

As of early 2010, Arch controlled 731 million tons of coal in Otter Creek.