The
reliance on coal power for electricity generation, where fuel choice is a function of existing infrastructure, has large impacts on residential emissions.
For example, don't
rely on a coal plant for power if the area has no coal to speak of.
Instead, most of the emission reductions would occur in the electric utilities — specifically, those that rely
heavily on coal.
The senators, most from industrial states or regions heavily
dependent on coal for power generation, laid out 10 provisions any agreement must contain to win their support.
There's heavy
dependence on coal and fossil fuels, less experience with environmental remediation, and a fast - growing industrial sector.
Work with environmental organizations focused
on coal plant retirement to reach an understanding of how coal fired generation can transition to geothermal power without loss of jobs or taxes.
It listed the potential impacts
on the coal industry, but there was only six sentences about global warming.
Together those facilities will generate 600 MW of clean electricity, reducing the province's reliance
on coal power.
The
focus on coal in climate legislation is directly linked to its abundance.
As a result, our carbon budget is being spent ever
more on coal, leaving less for oil.
I don't know about you but I don't really care if the new consoles
run on coal and live hamsters as long as the games are good.
The carbon
tax on coal extraction would be a net jobs creator.
One company's coal plant may be more or less competitive to another company's solar plant
depending on coal prices, for example.
It's certainly not high enough, but the barrier to raising it is less the impact on the outer suburbs than the impact
on coal mining regions.
That means that the
impact on coal mining revenues between the current and the 450 policies is closer to $ 1 trillion a year.
If the
regulations on the coal industry are allowed to stand, they will almost certainly destroy the coal industry, with predictable, undesirable economic effects on the rest of the country.
As an example of anticipated displacement, she mentioned coal industry workers who will lose their jobs due to
restrictions on coal power.
The main concern as with a lot of utilities I looked at is that they're 50 % dependent
on coal as an energy source and more regulations are totally coming.
Whether there is a huge penalty or an outright
ban on coal use, another fuel would have to be bought on the market.
Such a system would cover both new and existing emission sources, and could have a more pervasive effect
on coal use than standards, subsidies, or credit - based programs.
It makes more than 80 % of its electricity from coal, and its economy depends significantly
on coal exports.
Tough new federal rules on power plant emissions would also place significant
pressure on coal plants to close.
By any measure, this is a huge quantity of coal, with a corresponding major
effect on coal markets.
Coal companies know this — utilities that burn the fossil fuel are willing to spend millions of dollars each year to undermine laws that cut back
on coal pollution and protect public health.
They stated that the
cap on coal would be starting about four years after the announcement in order to give electricity producers adequate time to adjust.
That's about the amount of money spent on insurance, or the value added by the real estate sector, or the money
spent on coal, gas and uranium.
This reliance
on coal makes future emission reduction challenging.
The assault
on coal consumption, until recently a developed - world affair, is starting to look something like a world war.
He didn't taken a
position on the coal plans in part because the job - creation potential of the projects made them a political hot potato.
It says it has done this «by shutting down nuclear capacity and locking in
dependency on coal for decades, despite hundreds of billions in investments and subsidy - schemes».
Personal transport is inherently inefficient; just because
action on coal is crucial does not mean that oil gets a free pass.
Solar energy supporters said the legislation will move the state out of the dark ages in its stance toward renewable power after years of dependence almost
entirely on coal, nuclear and natural gas.
Our
research on coal consists of a package of detailed analyses of coal supply, demand and financial trends.
Strong grassroots work, too, is helping to close the curtain
on coal even faster.
Once you see the real
data on coal, you'll have the opportunity to further validate the inevitable demise of coal - fired power plants.
Of course there are already significant political
constraints on coal and it appears likely that heavier political constraints will be placed in the future.
And, the restrictions come down especially
hard on coal, their only real competitor.
Industry itself has called for a moratorium
on coal sales until 2016.
I sent the release to a few
experts on coal and carbon dioxide for their reactions.