Sentences with phrase «on coal plants»

Tough new federal rules on power plant emissions would also place significant pressure on coal plants to close.

For example, don't rely on a coal plant for power if the area has no coal to speak of.

It will also work in tandem with the country's cap on coal use, renewable energy targets and a nationwide efficiency standard on coal plants.

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.

As shown in «Polluting Democracy,» Mike Rogers (R - MI) has no large coal plants in his district, but takes coal company cash and votes against pollution controls on coal plants in neighboring districts that kill about 454 people every year, very likely including people in his district.

Another measure, the federal Cross-State Air Pollution Rule, will require still more expensive controls on coal plants in the Midwest and South to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions that travel across state lines, creating ozone and fine particle pollution downwind.

Another 1974 American Electric Power ad criticized EPA for encouraging the use of pollution scrubbers on coal plants.

Thus, it was highly significant that on January 1, 2017, the international community implemented restrictions on coal plant financing from OECD member export credit agencies.

Giles Dickson, head of environmental policies and global advocacy for Alstom in Paris, said countries with no limits on coal plant financing would move in to replace those who can not provide export credits.

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Scott Segal, executive director of the Electric Reliability Coordinating Council, which represents utility interests in Washington, said Bloomberg's findings about the effect of the new EPA rule on coal plants are «very consistent» with what his group concluded in its own review of the regulation.

«You can get this information on coal plants or any other polluter,» said Tarah Heinzen, an attorney with Food & Water Watch, an environmental advocacy group that has called for the agency to submit information about CAFOs to the public.

There are echoes here of the World Bank's struggles to evolve its policies on coal plants with global warming in mind.

The fake press release was picked up by several media outlets, including the Dallas Morning News, UK Hemscott and several blogs before journalists realized that USCAP members would never agree to such progressive reductions in carbon emissions or a moratorium on coal plants.

There is a lesson there for those of you demanding a moraturium on coal plants.

I'm now working on publishing a report on the coal plant campaign and how our community organizing tactics helped us get to our win — it's essentially going to be a «dummy's guide to community organizing.»

Meanwhile, India added 152 GW of coal power capacity from 2006 to 2017, second only to China, despite a broad retreat from coal financing by private capital in the country and a freeze on coal plant construction introduced in 2017.

It plans over $ 1 billion in additional spending on coal plants through 2023, according to the Los Angeles Times.

Friends of the Earth provided recommendations for how the restrictions on coal plants agreed to last year can be improved.

While there have been some relatively minor pushes for alternative energy production and reduction in pollution from other sources (such as cars and other vehicles), there has been no action on coal plant pollution for decades.

While it is hard to give the Obama administration credit for all of these factors, it was instrumental in several of them, especially the quantum jump in CAFE standards, the development and deployment of more renewables and the ongoing pressure on coal plants by the EPA.

In a way, it makes sense that GOP politicians would be so cavalier about dismantling those Clean Air Act rules that would require better pollution controls on coal plants — after all, as a group largely comprised of affluent white men, they've probably never had to live next door to one.

To date, she noted, «the new administration's efforts have focused more on helping oil and gas pipelines, which could put more pressure on coal plants.»

Studies in the United States show an increase in water pollution after installation of scrubbers on coal plants.

Groups like the Sierra Club see the announcement as a first step towards the Obama Administration imposing regulations on coal plants — and curbing the amount of greenhouse gases they emit.

In a way, it makes sense that GOP politicians would be so cavalier about dismantling those Clean Air Act rules that would require better pollution controls on coal plants — after all, as a group largely

Half Way Right: To avoid using command & control on coal plants, a couple of economists invented cap and trade.

Hone in on coal plants that are old, polluting, and have popular support in favor of shutting them down anyways — and push them past the threshold.

In other cases, state emission rules, such as those in Pennsylvania, are putting pressure on coal plants.