Sentences with word «petcoke»

Uroš Macerl, an organic farmer from Slovenia, successfully stopped a cement kiln from co-incinerating petcoke with hazardous industrial waste by rallying legal support from fellow Eko Krog activists and leveraging his status as the only citizen allowed to challenge the plant's permits.

In the Q&A below, we catch up with 2017 Goldman Prize winner Uroš Macerl, an organic farmer from Slovenia who successfully stopped a Lafarge cement kiln from co-incinerating petcoke with hazardous industrial waste by rallying legal support from fellow Eko Krog activists and leveraging his status as the only citizen allowed to challenge the plant's permits.

Some people, like the Koch brothers, see Petcoke as a money maker.

Unwilling to accept the injustice to his community, Macerl began organizing farmers, residents, and local groups to collect air quality data that showed a dramatic increase in dangerous pollutants since Lafarge had begun burning petcoke.

Finally, over 95 percent of their production of petcoke — a dirty coal substitute that is a byproduct of refining heavy oil [3]-- is exported.

BP have recently announced their DF1 (Scotland) and DF2 (California) projects - these involve making hydrogen from NG and Petcoke respectively.

Climate Home contacted some of the largest US petcoke exporters.

Delhi's environmental authorities say petcoke, cut into coal power station feeds around the capital, is now one of the major sources of smog in the city.

The weekend's events also include an Artist Talk: Friday, September 16, 2016, 1 - 2:15 pm at Museum of Contemporary Photography On the occasion of the exhibition Petcoke: Tracing Dirty Energy, exhibiting artists Oliver Sann, Brian Holmes and Claire Pentecost will discuss their work with Deep Time Chicago, an art / research / activism initiative formed in the wake of their participation in the Anthropocene Curriculum at the Haus der Kulturen der Welt in Berlin.

When burned, petcoke emits 5 - 10 % more climate change - causing CO2 than coal.

In 2016, 87 % of India's overseas petcoke came from the US, the world's largest producer.

Petcoke emissions also contain significant amounts of toxic heavy metals — particularly vanadium, nickel and iron.

n the refinery states, we were able to show that there are more toxic metals and elements associated with refining tar sands oil (petcoke became a big issue in Chicago's refinery areas and in Texas» Port Arthur.)

Macerl is an organic farmer from Slovenia who successfully stopped a Lafarge cement kiln from co-incinerating toxic petcoke (a byproduct of oil refining) and hazardous industrial waste by rallying legal support from fellow Eko Krog activists.

The AP also points out that among the largest exporters of U.S. petcoke are Koch Industries subsidiary Koch Carbon and Oxbow Carbon, the latter of which is owned by the twin brother of David Koch, Bill Koch.

Petcoke samples were obtained from Alberta oil sands (Sample # 1) and refinery (Sample # 2)... Read more →

Unsold Petcoke surpluses are pilling up in many (open) places.

He said they can also work to prevent petcoke, which is left behind after tar - sands oil from Canada is refined, from reaching export markets, where it can be burned to produce a filthy form of energy.

Preston Chiaro, group executive, Technology & Innovation, said that the California project is an excellent strategic fit for Rio Tinto as it will use coal or petcoke as a feedstock.

Among these companies was Lafarge Cement, which in 2003, took over a 130 - year - old cement plant in Trbovlje and began burning petcoke, a byproduct of oil refining that burns extremely hot — and incredibly dirty.

Uroš Macerl, Slovenia: Uroš Macerl, an organic farmer from Slovenia, successfully stopped a cement kiln from co-incinerating petcoke with hazardous industrial waste by rallying legal support from fellow Eko Krog activists and leveraging his status as the only citizen allowed to challenge the plant's permits.

Lorne Stockman, a senior research analyst at Oil Change International, said much of the US petcoke was left over from the refinement of heavy oil from Canada's tar sands.

The National Capital Territory's environmental agency (EPCA) says petcoke being burned around the capital contains sulphur up to 72,000 ppm.

In the Q&A below, we catch up with 2017 Goldman Prize winner Uroš Macerl, an organic farmer from Slovenia who successfully stopped a Lafarge cement kiln from co-incinerating petcoke with... Read More

The City of Chicago has pushed the smaller of two petroleum coke (petcoke) storage facilities out of town, although the remaining one, owned by...

Petcoke's primary use in India is in cement - making plants, where the process limits pollution.

Note: In this figure, «Renewables» includes wind, solar, and geothermal while «Oil and Other» includes oil, petcoke, biomass, solid waste, landfill gas, tires, purchases, and other miscellaneous fuel types.

By the time of the president's decision, there had been numerous spills associated with other tar sands pipelines, petcoke had sickened children as it blew over their playing fields, and whistleblowers revealed that TransCanada had cut corners in building the first Keystone pipeline, Keystone 1, and had otherwise disregarded safety precautions.

After enduring years of pollution from the cement plant, Macerl came to a breakthrough in 2009 when Lafarge applied for an environmental permit to co-incinerate hazardous industrial waste with petcoke.

Lafarge continues its attempts to restart co-incinerating petcoke and waste, but faces formidable opposition in Macerl, Eko Krog members, and a community determined to protect its health and environment.

Macerl filed and won a lawsuit that canceled the permit, but Lafarge continued to burn petcoke and waste.

The advocacy group Oil Change International referred to petcoke as «the coal hiding in the tar sands» in a 2013 report documenting the carbon footprint of petcoke production and combustion.

Canada - based MGX Minerals Inc. will proceed with its previously announced partnership with Highbury Energy Inc. to develop a detailed thermochemical gasification process to extract metals such as nickel, vanadium, cobalt and hydrogen from petroleum coke (petcoke).

In the gasification process hard coal, lignite and other substances such as biomass, petcoke and refinery residues will be converted to syngas, and environmental pollutants such as sulfur and carbon dioxide subsequently removed.