Sentences with phrase «particularly in the coal»

He also continued on the theme of reforming fossil fuel subsidies, so that the cost of fossil fuels can «better reflect the costs they impose on taxpayers and our planet», and investing in the clean technology of the future, particularly in the coal states that could suffer as their power plants shut down.

Growing economic headwinds in the fossil fuel sector — particularly in the coal and oil industries — may bring about radical change much sooner than Obama's Clean Power Plan.

Not exact matches

Although there has been reasonable growth in the other two resource export components, particularly for iron ore, alumina and coal, the growth in these items has not been sufficient to compensate for the weakness in those components where production has fallen significantly.

Methanol production is also experiencing a global resurgence, particularly in China where the finished product — typically extracted from solid waste / biomass, but also from natural gas and coal feedstocks — is widely used in chemical production and industrial processes, as well as in blended vehicle fuel.

Another participant said, «I'm beginning to see some real enthusiasm, particularly among young people in small communities in West Virginia, to begin looking for something beyond, something beyond coal.»

In Los Angeles, air quality, particularly from traffic, is one of the worst, but other areas have different problems — coal - fired power plants, chemical factories, contaminated water, hazardous waste.

Coal power plants are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, and new plants are planned around the world, particularly in India and China.

Study author, Dr Wendy Timms, also from CWI, says: «This is particularly important in the southern Sydney basin where six underground coal mines operate within the Sydney water supply catchment, and underneath wetlands and sensitive ecosystems.

The government agency said that the country's coal use has been underestimated since 2000 and particularly in recent years.

-- Eliminate methane releases from coal mines — particularly in China — by capturing it and burning it.

From the International Energy Agency to the United Nations — sanctioned Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), such carbon capture and storage (CCS), particularly for coal - fired power plants, has been identified as a technology critical to enabling deep, rapid cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

Thus the stage is set for some soft but no less entertaining (and very timely) satire on commercialism in contemporary society, particularly in the burgeoning teen pop music market (which is further raked over the coals by a spot - on, if brief, opening parody of boy bands).

The slump in commodity prices has caused a number of railroad stocks to go on sale, and CN looks particularly interesting since it has less exposure to the weakest commodity — coal.

However, at least 41 % is now invested in Mongolia and this percentage is likely to grow, particularly if the fund's largest holding (Gobi Coal) goes ahead with an IPO.

The coal miners in Staffordshire were said to be particularly avid followers of the clandestine «sport.»

One year, I worked with a particularly strategic Congressional campaign in coal country.

It has a rich industrial history of coal mining particularly in the main town of Longyearbyen, named after its most famous coal mining entrepreneur.

I also note that if Asia (particularly China) converts its many existing coal - fired power plants to methane (from hydrofracking) over the next few decades, then the air pollution in this part of the world will likely be reduced, which would further increase radiative forcing on the Earth.

There's scant evidence that well - meaning efforts to raise public awareness and will around the climate challenge will engender willingness to abandon the fuels of convenience — coal and oil — particularly where expanded energy use matters most, in the fast - growing nations of the developing world.

Electric cars are particularly clean in Quebec because close to 100 % of the province's electricity comes from hydro (while big hydro isn't perfect, it beats coal for sure...).

Pollution from coal burning, in the United States and particularly in developing countries, has big impacts on public health, and the climate impact from coal - generated carbon dioxide could be enormous if the world's still - vast reserves are heavily exploited.

That remains a myth, given the dominance of coal for generating electricity and trends in its use in Asia, particularly.

One interesting facet of the report, «The All - Of - The - Above Energy Strategy as a Path to Sustainable Economic Growth,» is how much of the progress it describes — particularly in reductions of petroleum and coal use — came as a complete surprise.

The modeling study is far more a thought experiment than a prediction, given that, even in China, there is every indication that the world's coal, particularly, will not all be exploited.

In the wake of Australia's move to add a price to carbon dioxide emissions — which is particularly notable considering the country is one of the world's big exporters of coal (and related CO2 emissions)-- I sent a query to some Australian analysts of climate and energy policy to see if this holds lessons for the United States.

Summing up, he says that in his view other real - time problems, particularly global poverty, trump whatever long - term risk is posed by man - made warming, and that the slow natural pace of society's shift away from dirty fuels like coal toward cleaner ones will take care of the problem in any case.

The document is in part familiar, reprising Dr. Hansen's prescription for American action to cut carbon dioxide emissions from coal burning as a way to lead the emerging greenhouse giants, particularly China, toward this goal.

... In the late 1980s, there was a sense of the new about the greenhouse effect, even though scientists had been positing since the 1890s that heat - trapping gases, particularly carbon dioxide released by burning coal and other focal fuels could raise global temperatures.

[4] While a range of positions is possible, it seems particularly strange that ExxonMobil takes the position that it does in that future global warming will be caused most by emissions from use of coal rather than by emissions from use of petroleum or natural gas.

This is particularly important because a number of studies indicate that carbon cap - and - trade schemes will disproportionately burden lower - income households, rural households, and those living in coal - dependent states in the south and Midwest.

However, it cited wind power as a threat to nuclear and coal generation, particularly in the Midwest, where several wind projects are either in service or planned over the next few years.

The chamber argues that the costs for companies to comply with the new regulations, along with higher energy prices and lost jobs, will reduce productivity, particularly in the southern Atlantic states, because of the «need to replace large portions of coal generation.»

It was a reminder of the skepticism that conservative and business groups have expressed over whether other nations — particularly China, which is responsible for about a quarter of the world's carbon emissions and is burning increasing amounts of coal — will follow Obama's lead in restricting such emissions.

The world's energy needs are growing rapidly, particularly in India and China, so coal, being one of the cheapest options, is attractive.

''... I have felt for some time that new investments today in coal and tar sands are highly likely to become stranded assets, and everything I have seen, in the last year particularly, increases my confidence.»

Some countries in ASEAN, particularly Thailand, have been embarking on CCTs by retiring their old conventional coal power plants and replacing them with ultra-supercritical coal power plants.

A favorite of President Trump's, he's made frequent mention of «beautiful, clean coal» in speeches, particularly in beleaguered Appalachia.

This toolkit serves as a plan of action for NAACP units who want to take action on the findings of the report, particularly on the failing coal fired power plants highlighted in the report.

Coal - fired power plants were first and now natural gas - fired power plants are getting the ax, particularly in states with high mandates for renewable energy.

The solar industry has been suggesting the scheme be changed, particularly in light of the 50 per cent reduction in module costs in the last 18 months, but it argued for a staged reduction to avoid havoc in the industry, and to end with a tariff that reflected the value of the solar put back into the grid (i.e. give it a value greater than coal).

«It's particularly important that we do not demonise the coal industry and if there was one fundamental problem, above all else, with the carbon tax was that it said to our people, it said to the wider world, that a commodity which in many years is our biggest single export, somehow should be left in the ground and not sold.

Although coal combustors can be designed to produce little BC, coal can also be highly polluting when burned in simple combustors, which are still present in small industries, particularly in developing countries.

AGL says brown coal can still spin off cash flow even with a carbon price of more than $ 50 / t, particularly as the cost of gas and black coal is expected to increase dramatically in coming years.

Significant reduction in our dependency on fossil fuels, particularly coal, through the adoption of an energy revolution to move us from a world powered by fossil fuels and nuclear to one running on renewable energy;

Power companies have been switching to coal from cleaner, more expensive gas particularly in the UK, Germany, Spain and the Netherlands.

During 2012, particularly in the spring and early summer, low natural gas prices led to competition between natural gas - and coal - fired electric power generators.

Carbon Tracker's modelling has shown that CCS is likely to be prohibitively expensive to significantly extend the demand profiles for coal, oil and gas, particularly in the power sector where increasingly cheap alternatives are available.

The current downward trend in coal - fired generation began in 2007, when increased U.S. production of natural gas (particularly from shale) led to a sustained downward shift in natural gas spot prices and increased generation from natural gas - fired generators.

It was only after expatriation that I learned the old «pea - soupers» were laden with noxious coal smoke, dispelled by environmental laws after a particularly deadly fog in 1952.

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