Sentences with phrase «only coal states»

They are thus the only coal states that also have strong employment in clean energy.

Not exact matches

The facts: According to the Bureau of Labor Statistics, there are currently 50,800 coal mining jobs in the United States — only 800 of which have been added since January, when Trump took office.

The whole thing started in 2015, when Stanford professor Mark Jacobson and some colleagues published a paper arguing that, by mid-century, the United States could be powered entirely by clean energy sources — and by clean, he meant the really clean stuff (wind, solar, hydropower), not the only - somewhat - cleaner - than - coal stuff like natural gas, nuclear energy, and biofuels.

Coal only provides about 4 percent of the state's power, but closing down the dirtiest power plant is a symbolic victory for environmentalists.

In addition to the above, there is at present about 680 coal city cabs and shuttle buses offering internal transportation services to commuters, Public Private Partnership which ushered into the state world - class investment stores such as Shoperite, Game and Max which have not only helped in providing employment for the unemployed but have strengthened the state's image in terms of commercial tourism as residents of neighbouring states come to make one purchase or the other at the stores.

Southern signed a memorandum of understanding with state - owned Chinese company Shenhua Group earlier this year to collaborate on clean coal technologies, but the one licensing of TRIG on a Chinese facility so far is for the gasification technology only, minus the capture component, according to Southern officials.

«The only significant decline in coal consumption globally was in the United States, and the reason is cheap gas.»

The real winners here are not only coal miners and coal states, but all those Americans who simply can't afford massive increases in their energy bills as a result of the Clean Power Plan.»

«The only additional required explanation, clearly stated in my testimony, is that coal - fired power plants that capture and sequester the CO2 are consistent with preserving creation, life on the planet as we know it, but the required technology is not yet ready.

Indeed, the one new line he unveiled Sunday — which his aides said he would use several times during his seven - state swing in the run - up to Election Day — was to make fun of something Obama had told a reporter, «The only thing I've said with respect to coal, I haven't been some coal booster.»

The ad went on to say that the United States has 250 years» worth of coal in the ground at current rates of use, and that only imports of liquefied natural gas, much of it from hostile countries, would be able to supply power if coal is off limits.

Coal ash has not yet been designated a hazardous waste by the E.P.A. (although they are inching in that direction), and thus is still regulated only by states.

If the trend continues, the dramatic changes in energy use in the United States — in particular, the switch from coal to newly abundant natural gas for generating electricity — will have only a modest impact on global warming, observers warn.

At the time only 12 % of the state's electricity was from renewable sources and most of Victoria's electricity was being generated by burning highly polluting brown coal.

«Coincidentally, by phasing out coal the UK is not only acting in the best interests of their citizens through improved air quality, but also the financial interests of utility shareholders,» the report states.

There is a concentration of coal reliance in eastern Europe, with Poland the only EU state getting more than half of its energy from this source.

As a result, despite periodic energy price spikes caused by disruptive world events and about $ 50 billion (in real terms) in energy R&D funding since 1978, the United States has made only steady incremental progress in developing and deploying advanced renewable, coal, and nuclear technologies that can compete with conventional energy technologies.

The threatened early termination of Liddell is one reason that the Monash Forum has gone on the offensive — a fired - up group of 30 National and Liberal MPs are determined not only to prevent that event, but also to ensure that Victoria replaces its recently closed 1,600 MW Hazelwood plant, with a High - Efficiency Low - Emissions coal - fired plant, to prevent blackouts and bring power prices back to earth in that state.

The company, which describes itself as «the world's largest private - sector coal company and the only global pure - play coal investment», claims that it fuels approximately 10 % of the electricity generated in the United States and 2 % of electricity generated throughout the world.

Besides, there is only 15 - 25 years worth of coal available from existing mines in Wyoming (the single largest source of coal for the United States) and coal mine expansion will be both expensive and contentious.

Together, those twin positions effectively amount to a vote for the energy status quo in which the United States moves only modestly to unshackle itself from oil, coal, and other fossil fuels.

Here, in the United States, we need, for several reasons, base load power plants other than natural gas, and with the slow demise of nuclear, coal is the only alternative.

By backing the coal industry, which is plainly in a state of serious and continuious decline, Mr Abbott is not only betraying future generations, but he is damaging Australia's economic future.

Apparently more interested in protecting the coal - mining interests in his own state, Mr. McConnell ignores these settled facts and uses what he sees as the only remaining option: Secede from our «clean air» union.

The American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity (ACCCE) is the only national trade organization whose sole mission is to advocate at the federal and state levels on behalf of coal - fueled electricity and the coal flCoal Electricity (ACCCE) is the only national trade organization whose sole mission is to advocate at the federal and state levels on behalf of coal - fueled electricity and the coal flcoal - fueled electricity and the coal flcoal fleet.

There are only 20 coal - fired power plants in the state of Michigan, with one quarter of the total located in just these two counties.

To be sure, the mandates aren't the only reason that electricity costs are rising — increased regulation of coal - fired power plants is also a major factor — and it is difficult to isolate the cost of the renewable mandates without rigorous cost - benefit analysis by the states.

Those include not only the EPA's greenhouse gas regulations but also the Renewable Fuel Standard, sub-rosa carbon regulations like the Utility MACT Rule (which effectively bans the construction of new coal power plants), California's EPA - awarded power to meddle in fuel - economy regulation, California's cap - and - trade program and low - carbon fuel standard, the Northeast States» regional greenhouse gas regulatory compact (RGGI), and State renewable portfolio standards (RPS).

As the United States focuses more on shale gas reserves, India is expected to become the second largest coal consumer in 2017, ranking only behind China.

Only a few states have that much coal on their grids.

Paul Bailey is the president and CEO of the American Coalition for Clean Coal Electricity, the only national trade organization whose sole mission is to advocate at the federal and state levels on behalf of coal - fueled electricity and the coal flCoal Electricity, the only national trade organization whose sole mission is to advocate at the federal and state levels on behalf of coal - fueled electricity and the coal flcoal - fueled electricity and the coal flcoal fleet.

Since there are only so many possible harbours that could accommodate the giant freighters needed to move the coal, this might prove a winnable battle, though the power of money that moves the White House is now being brought to bear on county commissions and state houses.

This brought not only great scrutiny of the approach, but — more important — it meant that all of the hostility to action on climate change, mainly but not exclusively from Republicans and coal - state Democrats, was targeted at the policy du jour — cap - and - trade.

The coal industry and the state of West Virginia challenged the veto, asserting that EPA could only block a permit before issuance — even though the law specifically gives the EPA the authority to veto a mining waste discharge «whenever» it would have adverse environmental impact.

I helped lead a protest outside Duke headquarters a few weeks ago, and last week activists rallied at Duke's annual shareholder meeting, calling for the retirement of the Asheville plant and the cleanup of not only the Dan River spill, but all of Duke's coal ash sites in the state.

Specifically, the executive order directs the EPA to not only rewrite the Clean Power Plan, but to also rewrite the new source performance standards (NSPS) for coal - fired power plants that required state of the art air pollution control technologies on any newly constructed coal plants.

In conclusion, we have identified strong ethical arguments that support the need to ramp up non-fossil fuel combustion in the United States and other developed countries while implicitly acknowledging that there could be some short - term benefit if coal combustion is replaced by natural gas, a conclusion that only can be reached with better understanding of the methane leakage issues.

This not only includes renewables, but also including the adoption of state - of - the - art technologies for new coal power plants as well as construction of more hydropower.

Increasingly, Indian and Chinese companies are not only buying increased amounts of coal from overseas, but are also investing in mines or buying mines outright in Australia, Indonesia, Mongolia, Russia, South Africa, the United States, Tanzania, Zambia.

Indeed, the only Democrat to show up was Rep. Nick Rahall (D - WV), the Ranking Member of the full Committee, who opposes the EPA's machinations more than Republicans, due to the fact that his State is the largest coal producer in Appalachia, and is, therefore, harmed most.

Natural gas and increasingly renewable energy dominate in - state generation, and California gets only a tiny fraction of its electricity from coal plants inside the state's boundaries.

Based on company reports and including member state phase - out policies, only 27 % of operating coal units in the EU are planning to close before 2030.

China and Japan have plans to build massive amounts of coal - fired power plants, while the United States is not only...

Coal is not the only energy source being protested in the United States.

In South Australia, for example, wind farms now produce 26 % of the electricity and, while coal - fired stations used to produce 42 %, they now only produce 25 % of the state's electricity.

In Oregon, for example, Governor Kate Brown signed a bill that will move the state to 50 percent renewable energy production by 2040 and end the state's use of coal power by 2030; in Montana, sagging demand and economic pressures caused Arch Coal to scrap its plans for a massive strip - mining operation on federal land; and in a recent Gallup poll, 64 percent of Americans said they worried a «great deal» or «fair amount» about global warming, up from 55 percent only a year coal power by 2030; in Montana, sagging demand and economic pressures caused Arch Coal to scrap its plans for a massive strip - mining operation on federal land; and in a recent Gallup poll, 64 percent of Americans said they worried a «great deal» or «fair amount» about global warming, up from 55 percent only a year Coal to scrap its plans for a massive strip - mining operation on federal land; and in a recent Gallup poll, 64 percent of Americans said they worried a «great deal» or «fair amount» about global warming, up from 55 percent only a year ago.

Much of this reduction is due to far less use of the state's only remaining coal - fired power station, the Northern, which, as of 2013, was being run for only the warmer half of each year.

It is led by the Association of Washington Business and funded by five top money donors including TransAlta, Washington's only in - state coal plant and single largest carbon emitter.

New York, which has already made strides in clean energy, has to cut power emissions 44 percent by 2030, whereas a coal - heavy state like Kentucky only has to cut 18 percent.

European countries outside the EU like Iceland and Norway were among the first in the world to prove bold initiatives like carbon pricing and state - level coal divestment could not only help cut emissions, but drive economic growth.