Sentences with phrase «quality coal in»

With new measures to cap coal use and restrict imports of low quality coal in China, it appears the tide is turning against the coal exporters.

Mahan is a 20,000 - hectare forest that overlies some of the highest - quality coal in India.

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They've argued that coal dust coming off the trains would harm local air quality and that exporting the coal negates U.S. reductions in carbon emissions.

The decline in coal consumption fits an overall pattern seen in China over the past few years, which suggests that China is running out of high quality coal.

Like a canary in a coal mine, red abalone is often used as an indicator of water quality because of its sensitivity to impurities.

In mountaintop mining, companies use explosives and heavy machinery to clear away surface rocks and extract shallow deposits of high - quality coal.

The agency, tasked with protecting the state's environment and public health, denied air quality permits for two 700 - megawatt, coal - fired power plants proposed by Sunflower Electric for Holcomb, a municipality in the southwestern corner of the state.

Robert Finkelman, a former USGS coordinator of coal quality who oversaw research on uranium in fly ash in the 1990s, says that for the average person the by - product accounts for a miniscule amount of background radiation, probably less than 0.1 percent of total background radiation exposure.

In Los Angeles, air quality, particularly from traffic, is one of the worst, but other areas have different problems — coal - fired power plants, chemical factories, contaminated water, hazardous waste.

The Chinese government has been exploring alternative resources in order to improve air quality but it has not scaled up yet, and coal production continues apace

In 2012 and 2013, Chinese «netizens» realized that domestic air quality data were far rosier than international measurements showed — and that coal use was the main culprit.

But the air quality has improved dramatically in the last 25 years (as it did in many other cities in the industrialized world), largely because of well - enforced government regulations, reduced industrial output, closure of coal - fired power stations, and the switch to central heating from coal stoves.

Along with editors Brian Bienkowski and Lindsey Konkel, I want to draw your attention to our picks for the top topics of the year: China's worsening air quality, Canada's oilsands controversy and king coal's waning reign in the United States.

Call them the canary in the coal mine for water quality; small fish species are being extirpated from Kansas rivers, according to Kansas State University ecologists.

«China is the largest coal consumer in the world, but it burns much lower quality coal, such as brown coal, which has a lower heat value and carbon content compared to the coal burned in the US and Europe,» said Prof Guan.

«It's the first time ever for someone to take into account, systematically and comprehensively, the quality of the coal actually used in China,» Guan says.

In addition, recent air quality rules will make building and operating a coal plant much more expensive than in the pasIn addition, recent air quality rules will make building and operating a coal plant much more expensive than in the pasin the past.

In its statement, Peabody reiterated its belief that advanced clean coal technology «is the bridge to a low - emissions future for a world experiencing rising electricity demand to satisfy urbanization and offer a higher quality of life.»

But they believe that the UK «is bucking these positive trends» and they call on the government to phase out unabated use of coal by 2023 to «improve air quality, protect the health of our population, and reclaim the UK's leadership position in tackling climate change.»

Moreover, we notice a decline in production of the highest quality coal, that is, the coal with the highest energy content per volume.

The concern that figuring out how to sequester CO2 could act as a «license to burn» more coal is important, since dirty coal has such a negative impact on local air quality and human health, in addition to emitting CO2.

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.

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With these thoughts in mind, the available source of energy, namely coal, very much will tie quality of life to CO2.

One of the grand challenges in the climate debate remains clarifying the different responsibilities of countries that have already built their prosperity and quality of life on coal (and to a smaller extent oil) and those on the verge of doing so.

In Illinois, our Governor (who is otherwise awful) got an agreement to shut down several old coal plants as part of an overall air quality arrangement.

Problem number one in greenhouse gas emissions remains coal consumption, not to mention its onerous impact on air quality and public health.

In China, burning coal is the biggest contributor to poor air quality.

Aside from improvements to the air quality and health of the people, I think the most important effect is that it has empowered the community to fight for themselves — if they can succeed in shutting down major coal plants, whatcan't they do?

But expanding coal - fired power generation in the exporting provinces is likely to degrade air quality in western regions, escalating inequality and increasing the environmental and ecological stress between power importing and exporting provinces.

«Coincidentally, by phasing out coal the UK is not only acting in the best interests of their citizens through improved air quality, but also the financial interests of utility shareholders,» the report states.

TVA spokesman Mike Bradley said TVA's coal - fired plants have water discharge permits that require them to meet «stringent water quality standards to protect water quality in our service areas.»

Reference prices are assumed to be below observed import prices in some cases, such as steam coal in India, which relies heavily on low - quality domestic coal but imports small volumes of higher quality coal.

The CSIRO «MyPower» calculator shows that, even in Australia where we have cheap, high quality coal close to the main population centres and where nuclear power is strongly opposed, nuclear power would be the cheapest way to reduce emissions: http://www.csiro.au/Outcomes/Energy/MyPower.aspx

Winsway, it stated, «is one of the leading suppliers in China of imported high - quality coking coal.

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 IllinoiIn 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 Illinoiin southern Illinois.

Second, WORC wrote that a coal mining increase would impact the local environment and surrounding communities, citing in particular air quality degradation due to an increase in particulate matter and land and water strains.

The fall in oil - indexed natural gas prices, continued growth in renewables, the impact of EU air quality directives, and the introduction of a carbon price floor in the UK have all contributed to coal generation retreating in Europe.

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 regulationsIn 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 regulationsin recent years partially due to regulations).

In 2012 and 2013, Chinese «netizens» realized that domestic air quality data were far rosier than international measurements showed — and that coal use was the main culprit.

As a general rule, in the SRES scenarios an increasing affluence causes energy use per capita to rise and leads to the substitution of solid fuels, such as coal and fuelwood, with energy forms of higher quality.

In the United States, coal's dominance in the power sector has been eroded by low gas prices; in China, coal demand has fallen due to lower use in the industrial and residential sectors linked to efforts to improve air quality; while in the United Kingdom a recently introduced carbon price floor has rung the death knell for coal use in power generatioIn the United States, coal's dominance in the power sector has been eroded by low gas prices; in China, coal demand has fallen due to lower use in the industrial and residential sectors linked to efforts to improve air quality; while in the United Kingdom a recently introduced carbon price floor has rung the death knell for coal use in power generatioin the power sector has been eroded by low gas prices; in China, coal demand has fallen due to lower use in the industrial and residential sectors linked to efforts to improve air quality; while in the United Kingdom a recently introduced carbon price floor has rung the death knell for coal use in power generatioin China, coal demand has fallen due to lower use in the industrial and residential sectors linked to efforts to improve air quality; while in the United Kingdom a recently introduced carbon price floor has rung the death knell for coal use in power generatioin the industrial and residential sectors linked to efforts to improve air quality; while in the United Kingdom a recently introduced carbon price floor has rung the death knell for coal use in power generatioin the United Kingdom a recently introduced carbon price floor has rung the death knell for coal use in power generatioin power generation.

In the case of coking coal, where quality issues are more difficult to overcome, we forecast imports increasing by over 5 % per year through 2022.

Pipeline permits printed exclusively on unobtainium, fracking demonized daily in the media and fought in the courts, massive deposits of our highest quality coal placed off limits (by Bill Clinton, with the stroke of a pen without discussion), zero chance for new nuclear construction, drive to replace gas / diesel cars with electric cars - charged from what, ad infinitum.

China and India are also emerging as leaders in building renewable energy, which is crucial to maintain and accelerate the shift away from coal both for the sake of domestic air quality and the global climate, Myllyvirta added.

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 AsiIn 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 Asiin Asia.

Earth 2 will be still be using coal and petroleum in 2050, with resulting air quality health impacts and devastated environment from mining and spills.

Buschhaus is a modern power plant site and our high - quality coal will also ensure the economic operation of the power plant in future.

The qualities I'm looking for in climate hawks are a willingness to call for a price on carbon, a willingness to call for phasing out and ending a reliance on coal, and strong support for renewable energy, for solar and wind in particular.