Sentences with phrase «plants out of the nation»

EPA enforcement of the Clean Air Act is pushing the oldest and dirtiest coal - fired power plants out of the nation's power fleet.

Not exact matches

You with your own hand drove out the nations, but them you planted; you afflicted the peoples, but them you set free; for not by their own sword did they win the land, nor did their own arm give them victory; but your right hand, and your arm, and the light of your countenance, for you delighted in them.

Thou didst bring a vine out of Egypt; thou didst drive out the nations and plant it.

After a long year of legislative face - plants and just one hour of debate, the House of Representatives voted to approve a massive overhaul of the nation's tax system and knock out a key pillar of the Affordable Care Act: the individual mandate.

In a 2002 report, the Department of Energy laid out a plan to get rid of the nation's spent nuclear power plants» waste, which has been piling up for several decades.

Staking out a different kind of property claim, a Russian submarine planted that nation's flag at the bottom of the Arctic Ocean, at the terrestrial North Pole, in 2007.

One study suggests that coal fires in the United States may spit out as much as 11.5 metric tons of mercury annually, nearly a quarter as much as all the nation's coal - fired power plants.

Overall, coal - fired power plants and motor vehicles spew out most of the nation's nitrogen oxides, the feedstock for nitric acid rain.

The study The Economics of Ecosystems and Biodiversity (TEEB), accomplished by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP), pointed out the economic value of plants, animals, forests and ecosystems.

Avoiding carbon from BBQ's, vegan celebrations in Texas, fireworks and the environment, have all been highlighted, so let's take a tour on the blogosphere party bus to see what other bright green 4th of July sparks there are out there.Colbert Nation: 4th of July Under Attack by Stephen Colbert «An environmental activist sues Seattle to suspend their 4th of July fireworks display on an abandoned gas plant.»

While remote regions of Russia and Canada have the greatest theoretical potential, the Harvard study pointed out that there are real gains to be made in high - emission nations, especially China, which has been rapidly constructing coal plants.

The American Lung Association supports the phase out of conventional coal - fired power plants as the nation transitions to a clean energy future.

But even when you account for that, the IPCC figured that staying below 2 °C would depend on a series of long - shot maneuvers: all nations would need to act right this second, ramp up wind and solar and nuclear power massively, and figure out still - nascent technologies to capture and bury emissions from coal plants.

Even as many of the world's rich nations seek to phase out the use of coal, Asia's two most developed economies are burning more than ever and plan to add at least 60 new coal - fired power plants over the next 10 years.

Germany's nuclear phase - out strikes either joy or fear into the hearts of environmentalists — joy over the end of nuclear power in a major industrial nation, or fear over the undeniable prospect of more coal - fired plants in central Europe.

This government assistance would be warranted by the «insurance» value of blackout protection, just as Sydney's desalination plant provides the nation's largest city crucial «insurance» against running out of water.

The good news is that, for now, many nations do not want Russia's influence to expand within their borders, which was part of the reason Vietnam cancelled its plans for a nuclear build - out and is planning to construct coal plants instead.

Aside from overlooking rooftop solar, this move to shut down the last nuclear power plant as part of an increase in renewable energy is reminiscent of Germany's «Energiewende», of which one component is the nation's nuclear phase - out.

But this time, instead of blocking construction of new plants, the strategy will be to figure out which are the nations oldest and worst - pollution coal power plants, get them shut down, and replace them with renewable energy.

There's a slim chance that if our nation pulled in one direction that we could get a decent portion of our electric generation out of new nuke plants 6 - 10 years from now if we start building like crazy now.

His objective is to push hard on achieving a goal laid out this summer by the Group of Eight leading nations: Deploy some 20 industrial - scale carbon - capture coal plants by 2020.

According to the Post and Courier, last week plant disease inspectors started going door to door in downtown Charleston, looking at backyard orange and lemon trees for signs of a disease that could wipe out the nation's citrus crop if it gets out of the city.

In Indiana, Ohio, and Kentucky, communities came out on top in a lawsuit that will shut down three of the nation's worst - actor coal plants and invest in wind and solar.