Sentences with phrase «of oil and coal»

Equally significant is Comer v Nationwide Mutual Insurance, a class action issued by 14 individuals against a variety of oil and coal producers.

Of course, lots of things can happen in the next 90 years to emissions, to the ocean and plant absorption rate (resulting in the 50 % airborne fraction), and to the supply of oil and coal, to the population and to technology.

Cut our energy needs thus prolonging our supply of oil and coal.

It seems like a high - risk strategy to convince Americans that God means for us to pollute His creation on behalf of oil and coal tycoons.

Although the Keystone State was thought to have tapped out its big - time energy supplies long ago, Pennsylvania was key to the rise of oil and coal that fueled U.S. industry in the 19th and 20th centuries.

(2) As to your comment regarding CEOs of oil and coal companies, in fact we have already waited so long that many of the the oil companies now accept the science on AGW!

But because most reporters don't have the time, curiosity, or professionalism to check out the science, they write equivocal stories with counterposing quotes that play directly into the hands of the oil and coal industries by keeping the public confused.

People who hate oil companies amaze me with their ingratitude, and their seeming incomprehension of how good their lives are thanks to the wonders of oil and coal.

That's also not surprising given that North Dakota is one of the largest producers of oil and coal in the nation.

Natural gas — that once seemingly promising link between the era of oil and coal to the serenity of sustainable solar, wind and water power — is a major source of atmospheric methane, due to widespread leaks as well as purposeful venting of gas.

If the United States starts weaning off of oil and coal and onto homegrown biofuels, renewables, nuclear and other options, how much land will be gobbled up by new forms of energy production?

which the bill detractors prefer serves to protect the status quo, which includes the messy business of oil and coal recovery and the laziness of auto manufacturers; in addition, sequestration would require REGULATIONS in order for power plants to adopt it.

There is a raging battle today about the size of fossil fuel reserves and resources, with «peakists» claiming that we are already at or near peak production of both oil and coal because the amounts of economically recoverable fuels in the ground are more limited than the fossil fuel industry has admitted.

But there was a much discussed recommendation in both his oral presentation and a written statement he prepared beforehand: that the heads of oil and coal companies who knowingly delayed action on curbing greenhouse gas emissions were committing a crime.

When the use of oil and coal goes up, pollution goes up.

The big question is how long will our elected officials refuse to free the country and the climate from the stranglehold of oil and coal companies?

It would require a lot of cows to match the huge quantities of oil and coal extracted from the ground each day.

We are experiencing the cumulative effects of more than a century's use of oil and coal, land clearing and forest burning.

The only devastation that will be wreaked will be on the income statements of the oil and coal companies (unless they get off their duffs and get with the program).

Then they dropped between 1940 and 1975, when the use of oil and coal increased, he said.

Last summer, he photographed six of the largest coal - fired electric plants in the United States in Texas, Alabama, North Carolina, and Georgia, translating these digital images into the materiality of oil and coal ash in acrylic paint on linen - stretched canvases.

If the New York and California Minimalists asked their audiences to consider synthetic materials anew, the value of Mono - ha lay in its reconsideration of the natural elements that we often take for granted (and, in our age of oil and coal reliance, often ruin).

In 2011, the institute sent Davies a list of Soon's funders, which included a number of oil and coal companies, a list that Davies passed on to journalists.

Investors have started to lead the way in putting an end to the age of oil and coal.

Not exact matches

Estimates vary widely on just how much methane is leaked from the vast network of oil and gas wells, pipelines and processing plants, but the problem has cast doubt on how much better natural gas is than coal for the environment.

It is often difficult to calculate the precise proportion of fossil fuel investments in complex funds, but about $ 400bn of the $ 5.2 tn total is likely to be in coal, oil and gas.

The fossil fuel divestment campaign began on university campuses in 2011 but the new report reveals that concerns over investments in coal, oil and gas have now entered the financial mainstream, with more than 80 % of the funds now committed to divest being managed by commercial investment and pension funds.

That entity, which has a balance sheet of 4.5 billion euros ($ 5.3 billion), was severing links with coal, tar sands crude, and oil shale.

Under this scenario, by 2040 global energy demand will be significantly larger than it is now; oil, coal, and natural gas each will account for about one - quarter of total demand, and solar and wind together will account for roughly 5 %.

Eisenhower, according to a 1953 article in The Miami Daily News, «rubs the steak with oil and garlic and then, as the horrified guests look on, casually flings the steak into the midst of the red and glowing coals.»

The big issue around climate change that «nobody's talking about» is whether oil and coal companies are prepared to write down 80 % of their reserves.

But the real level of unemployment or underemployment is masked by the fact that the official data does not include China «s 277 million migrant workers, such as Zhang Sihu and his wife from Bianqiang in Yulin, a region rich in coal, oil and natural gas in northwestern Shaanxi province.

Most of the senators who signed are from states that depend on the continued burning of coal, oil and gas.

«We are hopeful that the premier's efforts to allow the voices of his citizens to be listened to will be successful, because it is very much in common with our citizens,» Inslee said, adding that residents in his state recently rejected proposals for both coal and oil ports.

Today, the same page says the US favors an «all of the above» energy approach: «The BLM supports the America First Energy Plan, which includes oil and gas, coal, strategic minerals, and renewable energy resources such as wind, geothermal and solar,» the website reads.

So while the impact on Climate Change of the electric car may not be all its visionaries claim, the alternative of a world powered by coal and oil is — particularly for the populations of China's and India's cities — unthinkable.

Kansas is still largely dependent on coal, however, and is one of the country's top hubs for crude oil and natural gas production.

The U.N. Security Council on Friday blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies over oil and coal smuggling...

A number of coal - and oil - fired power plants will likely be retired, and while Virginia's four existing nuclear units will remain in use, plans for a fifth reactor remain shelved, for now.

President Donald Trump announced his decision to withdraw from the Paris deal in June, saying the accord would have cost America trillions of dollars, killed jobs, and hindered the oil, gas, coal and manufacturing industries.

This crackdown is partly due to a string of recent, highly - publicized disasters including the West Virginia coal mine explosion, an oil rig south of Louisiana that blew up, and a fire at a Washington State oil refinery.

The natural gas plants are necessary partly because of expected load growth, partly because of the intermittent nature of solar power and partly because of the planned retirement of around 3,000 megawatts of generation powered by less efficient coal and oil plants, he said.

Legislation passed near the end of 2015 guarantees energy tax credits through 2019, which gives the industry time to further refine its technology before it has to go head to head with oil and coal.

Last year, Alberta obtained 23.5 % of its total revenue from oil, gas and coal.

Rogers said he thinks that energy in 2039 will be a dynamic mix of coal, solar, wind, gas, nuclear and oil, with no one power source dominating.

But politicians, especially from the Maritime provinces, were also of the view that their taxpayers had bought and paid for the western timber, farmlands, coal and later oil and gas with the payout to the Hudson's Bay Co..

Instead of a world dominated by renewable sources of power like wind and solar — as people concerned about the dangers of climate change would hope — PE execs see gas, oil and even coal as a substantial component of electricity and fuel sources in 2039, according to recent interviews conducted by CNBC.com on the future of energy as part of CNBC's 25th anniversary.

In addition to tax changes (more on that below), Trump's plan to grow the economy focuses largely on generating more jobs in the fossil fuel economy (in coal and onshore and offshore drilling for oil and gas) and as a result of new infrastructure projects.

The United Nations Security Council blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies on Friday over oil and coal smuggling by North Korea, boosting pressure on Pyongyang as leader Kim Jong Un plans to meet with his South Korean and U.S. counterparts.

The U.N. Security Council has unanimously boosted sanctions on North Korea since 2006 in a bid to choke off funding for Pyongyang's nuclear and ballistic missile programs, banning exports including coal, iron, lead, textiles and seafood, and capping imports of crude oil and refined petroleum products.