Sentences with phrase «raising coal price»

Unfortunately, these mostly do nt seem to be very effective solutions - they depend on somehow getting alternative energy costs below coal without raising coal price to be effective.

Not exact matches

The outlook is less clear for railroad companies exposed to commodities such as coal and iron ore, as falling prices raise questions over haulage volumes.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

Hansen wrote ``... In my testimony [to Congress] I noted that a «Cap» raises the price of energy, just as does a simple honest carbon tax on oil, gas and coal at the first sale at the mine or port of entry.

With oil prices as low as they are, now would be a perfect time for other countries to follow Morocco's lead — either slashing oil, coal and gas subsidies or raising their gas taxes before prices start to rise again.

They've deployed this issue, of course, mainly to attack efforts to use taxes or other means to raise the price of polluting fuels like coal to cut emissions of greenhouse gases.

There will be some concern that renewable energy subsidies have now indirectly spawned additional support for coal and gas, and that both will raise European energy prices which are already some of the highest in the world.

Then at night the only source is the coal, and because the energy companies have to recover their capital costs, they either raise the price because they're not getting any return for the day, or they slowly go bankrupt.

Essentially, the grid operator's proposal would raise prices across the RTO to provide incentives to «inflexible» generating units such as coal and nuclear.

The Obama Administration's «Clean Power Plant» would also prematurely shutter U.S. coal - fired power plants and replace them with wind, solar, and natural gas - fired power plants, raising electricity prices to U.S. consumers.

In addition, that reset will force coal miners to competitively bid for new mines which will only raise fuel prices for an already financially struggling sector.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency issued the first - ever limits on heat - trapping pollution from new power plants in March, ignoring protests from the energy industry and Republicans who fear regulation will raise electricity prices and kill off coal as an energy source.

Substituting wind, solar, and other low - density energy sources for coal, oil, and natural gas therefore hurts the poor not only by raising energy (and all other) prices but also by reducing food production.

It is far from clear whether Trump can do much more for coal than remove most or even all the climate - related regulations discouraging the use of coal, and this may not have a huge effect since to date the major adverse effects of the «war on coal» on raising electricity prices have not yet occurred because of the Supreme Court's stay on the so - called Clean Power Plan.

As shown above, alternative energy produced only 5.7 % of Pennsylvania's power while 56 % of Pennsylvania's electricity comes from coal, requiring more electricity to come from more expensive resources will inevitably raise prices.

Strong ETS reforms that might raise prices and seriously dent coal's prospects are opposed by coal - reliant states such as Poland, the EU's other major coal user.

Jared Meyer — Manhattan Institute — December 1, 2014 The Environmental Protection Agency's new proposed ozone regulations, released the day before Thanksgiving, will raise the price of American energy by forcing new requirements on utilities, coal, oil, and natural gas.

And the proposed carbon tax could have raised the price of Powder River Basin coal from $ 12 a ton to $ 92, said Matt Preston, a research director at the consulting firm Wood Mackenzie Ltd..

The alternative mining plan would have raised production costs for Arch subsidiary Mingo Logan Coal Co. by 55 cents per ton, about 1 percent of the expected per - ton sales price, according to the report obtained under the federal Freedom of Information Act.

The details are commercially confidential, but I have always been careful to disclose that I have this interest in my writing when it is relevant; I am proud that the coal mining on my land contributes to the local and national economy; and that my income from coal is not subsidized and not a drain on the economy through raising energy prices.

One hypothesis might be that while electricity from solar and wind became cheaper, other energy sources like coal, nuclear, and natural gas became more expensive, eliminating any savings, and raising the overall price of electricity.

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As Massachusetts has been shuttering its coal - fired power plants, that back - up power has mostly been supplied by natural gas, raising the price of electricity as cold weather forces different sectors to compete for natural gas.

Meanwhile three Republicans from Virginia called Obama's proposals a «war on coal,» which would raise energy prices.

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.

The only way to solve that is to raise short term marginal cost of coal — a carbon price.

The business press meanwhile is raising the risks such a focus on coal poses to investors if strong carbon pricing is put in place, quoting analysts views on the subject.

Coal - dependent Poland had threatened to veto any agreement that raised its energy prices — adding to the country's «renegade» image in Brussels.

In principle, the early closure of 5 coal - fired power plants raises power prices and must be regarded as anti-competitive.