Sentences with phrase «pressure on coal»

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

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.

And he will work to ease regulatory pressure on coal, boost oil and gas extraction, and remove policy supports for clean energy.

Over the past few years, the price of natural gas has been below $ 3.00, actually below $ 2.50 per million BTU during 2016, which has put considerable pressure on both coal - fired and nuclear power pants to compete... especially with the effect of preferential dispatching used by RTO / ISO organizations.

«We expect to see less downside pressure on coal prices in view of ongoing production cuts in 2016 and demand recovery, albeit at a slow pace,» said Helen Lau, an analyst with Argonaut Securities (Asia) Ltd. «China is still oversupplied.»

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

At the same time, subsidies and other support for renewable energy projects have boosted competition from wind and solar power and piled pressure on coal - fired and nuclear power plants.

Not exact matches

The United Nations Security Council blacklisted dozens of ships and shipping companies on Friday over oil and coal smuggling by North Korea, boosting pressure on Pyongyang as leader Kim Jong Un plans to meet with his South Korean and U.S. counterparts.

If Carney is right, this will add to pressure on the Canadian dollar by slashing oil, gas and coal exports even further.

Additionally the construction jobs themselves will put overall pressure on wages, and workers in otherwise stranded industries, like coal, may find new work in new fields.

While there is obvious environmental pressure on miners and utilities in the coal business, the number one coal killer is an unlikely source: hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

China's demand for resources to supply its industrial expansion has put upward pressure on prices for steel and its raw materials (iron ore, coking coal), and on the costs of shipping.

Cele notes that, «the demand from China for iron - ore continues to grow, but at a declining pace, further exacerbating pricing pressure,» meaning that Vale's considerable investment in nickel, coal, fertilisers and copper will only partially mitigate the impact of the increase in iron - ore mining capacity globally on the company.

CPRE contested the government's promise to cut down greenhouse gas emissions after it did not rule out coal mining, a huge source of emissions, adding pressure on Mr Miliband to justify this.

And while CCS could theoretically be used to retrofit coal power plants, the study shows that hundreds of power plants would need retrofitting in a short period of time — a lot of pressure on a technology that as yet remains both technically and politically uncertain.

But to give you a sense of the challenge, here are his estimates of the scale of the challenge: six billion metric tons of coal burned every year, producing 18 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide and requiring an underground storage volume of 30,000 cubic kilometers per year with untold consequences on subsurface pressure, mineral composition and the like.

«Activists have focused on ways to create obstacles in India's coal - based energy plans and methods to pressure India to use only renewable energy.»

Several other coal companies, including Arch Coal and Walter Energy, have also filed for bankruptcy over the last year because of pressures on the induscoal companies, including Arch Coal and Walter Energy, have also filed for bankruptcy over the last year because of pressures on the indusCoal and Walter Energy, have also filed for bankruptcy over the last year because of pressures on the industry.

In an EdCast taped on Monday, Professor Daniel Koretz — author of Measuring Up: What Educational Testing Really Tells Us — calls the APS cheating case «the canary in the coal mine,» a cautionary tale about pressure «to raise scores at any cost.»

Basically, developmental editing is the process that puts pressure on your little piece of coal until it's a beautiful diamond.

The more the public is alerted to new coal plants / mines, and how harmful they are, the more pressure will hopefully be brought to bear on them.

Therefore coal mines are usually shallow (many on the surface), so the coals have low gas contents, and low pressure.

Many seasoned observers of climate science and policy feel it's hard to see how they will, given the pressures on political figures to focus on the here and now, and the variegated interests arrayed at the ranks of tables — from shrinking island states to oil monarchies to established and emerging powers sitting on mountains of coal — and the tough time our species has recognizing slow but consequential changes.

This puts pressure on the national system of natural gas pricing, and the resulting effect is that power operators in other states seek to avoid paying higher prices by shifting more to coal.

I would like to find out if there was any pressure exerted on China to slow down its effort to turn coal into liquid fuels.

And if the climate movement can keep pressuring the the government, banks and universities to invest in the future and divest from fossil fuels, it seems inevitable that we'll be burning less coal in the coming years, whether President Obama has officially waged a War on Coal or coal in the coming years, whether President Obama has officially waged a War on Coal or Coal or not.

FRANKFURT, Aug 6 (Reuters)- Germany utilities are heaping pressure on the government before September polls to soften green policies that are hurting their profits, with one company hinting it could even move gas or coal plants to countries where it can still make money.

«There has been no pressure on U.S. authors,» said one U.S. scientist, who is now helping to write a United Nations report that will call for coal to be «phased out rapidly» to limit global warming — a direct clash with Trump's pro-coal agenda.

Despite the much - touted solar expansion, India is also planning to double domestic coal production to one billion tonnes, and it has been putting pressure on environmental groups trying to keep mining in check.

For example, the UK has as much Australian coal listed on it as the ASX and recently pressure has been rising on the Financial Policy Committee to mitigate the risk these «sub-prime» fossil fuel assets pose to economic stability.

That would put pressure on gas and coal prices, which would in turn make electricity generation more expensive.

It's time we amp up the pressure on Chase and take their money out of the coal industry.

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Victories were seen on four continents: in Bolivia a draconian response to protestors embarrassed the government, causing them to drop plans to build a road through Tipnis, an indigenous Amazonian reserve; in Myanmar, a nation not known for bowing to public demands, large protests pushed the government to cancel a massive Chinese hydroelectric project; in Borneo a three - year struggle to stop the construction of a coal plant on the coast of the Coral Triangle ended in victory for activists; in Britain plans to privatize forests created such a public outcry that the government not only pulled back but also apologized; and in the U.S. civil disobedience and massive marches pressured the Obama Administration to delay a decision on the controversial Keystone XL pipeline, which would bring tar sands from Canada to a global market.

Researchers at Sightline Institute argue the port would contribute to additional competition in the international coal market, which would in turn put downward pressure on Asian coal prices.

As Grist readers know, a wave of new and upcoming EPA regulations puts financial pressure on old coal plants anyway.

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.

There are two EPA rules that are putting pressure on older coal generation, the cross-state air pollution rule, which is currently on stay until further ruling, and the MATS rule, which regulates mercury and other heavy metals and is scheduled to go into effect in April 2015.

Feel free to lay the blame for the death of coal on any one of several catalysts: pressure from environmentalists, public sentiment on the industry turning increasingly ugly, or even the EPA's all - out war against coal producers via its clean power plan.

Long term expert on oil and energy trends, Richard Heinberg, explains the oil story well in this podcast, while this excellent overview from Chris Nelder, shows how oil, gas and coal are all under serious pressure.

A German Kohleausstieg is key to reach the goal of a Europe - wide coal exit ultimately in 2030, so more pressure is needed on the new coalition to get rid of Germany's coal addiction.

Second, we have seen continued pressure, more veiled than overt, on the coal industry by the EPA as the agency weighs whether to use its legal authority to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants.

Given both public perceptions and economic pressures, research on new coal plants may be tantamount to the Pentagon seeking a design for a superior musket.

In the US, there has been substantial political pressure over the role of coal in the electricity system, leading to energy secretary Rick Perry to order a study on grid reliability and baseload power, which led to a controversial rule from the US Department of Energy allowing conventional generators to receive costs from suppliers to remain available, even when they are not required by the market.

That action will indirectly result in price pressure on that other fuel which will be compensated for by greater coal use somewhere else.

with all the money being spent on the perfection of clean coal (which i think is the silliest solution for energy yet, pffft, putting it underground is just hiding it and will most likely affect the techtonic plates with the pressure of the gas and the digging down) it could be invested into alternative energy sources.

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«Apple was making devices filled with toxic chemicals and running on filthy coal energy — until people pressured the company to improve,» the petition concludes.