And critics note that more than half of
the proposed coal stations will use more conventional — and polluting — technologies.
Not exact matches
Here in Arizona, the EPA is
proposing to reduce harmful nitrogen oxide (NOx) emissions from the Navajo Generating
Station (NGS), a
coal plant that is one of the largest sources of NOx emissions in the U.S. as well as from the Apache, Coronado, Sundt, and Cholla generating
stations.
Last week, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin
proposed a Settlement Agreement to keep one of the oldest, most polluting
coal plants in the Western U.S., Navajo Generating
Station (NGS), running for
To achieve these reductions they
propose phasing out
coal - fired power
stations by 2030 and scaling down the use of unconventional fossil fuels like tar sands.
Last week, Arizona Corporation Commissioner Andy Tobin
proposed a Settlement Agreement to keep one of the oldest, most polluting
coal plants in the Western U.S., Navajo Generating
Station (NGS), running for another five years.
The German government has capped the capacity of wind farms and dropped a
proposed levy for
coal - fired power
stations.
The Environmental Protection Agency has
proposed long - delayed rules that limit emissions from all new US power
station, effectively barring the building of any new
coal plants.
Rochester Gas and Electric, a subsidiary of Energy East, changes plans for the
proposed 300 MW Russell
Station II plant from
coal to natural gas.
Paddlers unfurl a floating banner near the site of the
proposed Ludo
coal - fired power
station.
Re the mindset of the «anti-energy crowd», here's an example of this from 2009 — a BBC interview with spokesman Bob Andrews of climate activist group Eastside Climate Action, in which he actually
proposes shutting down
coal - fired power
stations even when there is nothing yet to replace them with.
The action culminated with the unfurling of a floating banner near the site of the
proposed Ludo
coal - fired power
station by a stand - up paddling group to convey Cebuanos» strong opposition to the project.
To
propose keeping an old
coal - fired power
station open longer and redefine
coal as clean energy.
The Coalition are
proposing heavily subsidising new
coal - fired power
stations because banks and investment funds will not support them — simply because they are a very bad investment.
Repower Port Augusta is
proposing a solar power
station to replace the
coal - fired power
stations.
«In most of these countries, there is massive 1 These numbers are based on CoalSwarm's «Global
Coal Plant Tracker ``, which maps all proposed and existing coal - fired power stations worldw
Coal Plant Tracker ``, which maps all
proposed and existing
coal - fired power stations worldw
coal - fired power
stations worldwide.