Sentences with phrase «quality coal at»

If mountaintop removal to extract high quality coal at reduced risk to miners is unacceptable and unsustainable — how is it eco-friendly and sustainable to clear - cut mountain vistas for wind turbines?

Not exact matches

Average Quality of Coal Received at Commercial and Institutional Users by Census Division and State

Same Energy Watch Group report, citing a 2006 study conducted by BP Energy: â $ œThe growing share of lower quality coal is the reason why total coal production in terms of energy content peaked in 1998 at 598.4 Mtoe and has since declined to 576.2 Mtoe in 2005 in spite of the continuous rise in produced volumes (BP 2006).

From U.S. Geological Survey Professional Paper 1625â $ «C, 2001: «Sufficient high - quality, thick, bituminous resources remain in [major Appalachian Basin] coal beds and coal zones to last for the next one to two decades at current production.

So the black gold from the mines is at the centre of this exhibition of large - scale installations and sculptures: The deep black of coal, its shimmering surface and tactile qualities were used as aesthetic resources by artists such as Marcel Broodthaers, David Hammons, Reiner Ruthenbeck, Richard Serra, Robert Smithson, Bernar Venet or the ZERO group.

In late November 2009, Peabody Energy's Arclar Coal Company received two permits, one for water quality certification and one for discharge, allowing mining to expand on 668 acres at the Wildcat Hills Complex in southern Illinois.

Average Quality of Coal Received at Manufacturing and Coke Plants by Census Division and State

On December 22, 2010, Michigan's Department of Natural Resources and Environment air quality division said it approved a permit that allows DTE to burn more coal and also petroleum coke at the Monroe plant.

In addition, regulations imposed by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) aimed at improving air quality have contributed to the retirement of coal capacity (over 50 gigawatts (GW) of coal capacity has been retired since 2002 with retirements in recent years partially due to regulations).

What greater crime can there be than to dishonestly support coal and disparage renewables at the cost of severe damage to the planet and the quality of life of all future generations?

In an op - ed for the New York Times, Michael E. Webber, deputy director of the Energy Institute at the University of Texas at Austin, blames coal's struggles on cheap and plentiful natural gas, cheap renewables and air - quality regulations launched under the George W. Bush administration, as well as weaker - than - expected demand for coal in Asia.

Earlier this year a team of University of Minnesota researchers looked at the life - cycle air quality impacts of alternatives to conventional gasoline vehicles and found that powering vehicles with corn ethanol or with coal - based or grid electricity increases «monetized environmental health impacts by 80 % or more relative to using conventional gasoline.»

Generating energy using coal, oil, and gas also comes at high environmental costs by decreasing air quality, impacting our water resources, and negatively affecting our health.

For this study, we linked monthly data on the amount of coal stored on - site at each of 236 coal - fired power plants across the United States to measurements from nearby air quality monitors.

So if we internalize into the price of the coal the external costs of climate emissions, localized pollution from rail shipping, costs to other commerce from longer waits at RR crossings, probable loss of the Cherry Point Herring stock, and degradation of quality of life from those affected by these impacts, the effect will be to raise the price.

(PS As a society we've demonstrated a willingness to damage private property and destroy water quality to get at coal — and natural gas, apparently.)

Researchers at Kyoto University in Japan have proposed a novel two - stage process to convert low - rank coals or biomass wastes under mild conditions to high - quality liquid fuel.

«Sufficient high - quality, thick, bituminous resources remain in [Appalachian Basin] coal beds and coal zones to last for the next one to two decades at current production.»

In comparison with the aforementioned coal plant at the 5th percentile of current air quality emissions, the leak rate for the natural gas sector has to be only 1.9 %, 1.6 % or 1.1 % for 1.4, 3 and 5 % discounting, respectively, to match the damages from coal.

Imagine a legal business model for the franchisee where there are NO existing solicitors firms already at «the coal face» with potential conflict where uniform brand, values, quality, outdated fee structures and legacy systems, policies and governance would be an issue.