Sentences with phrase «rising coal exports»

[UPDATE 7/1: Upon consultation with editors here at The Times, we've pulled the photograph of a cliff of coal that was provided by Peabody Energy to accompany a Times business - section story in March on rising coal exports and which I used to illustrate this post on Peabody's response to criticisms of coal companies by James Hansen of NASA.

Not exact matches

U.S. coal exports to Asia have also risen in recent months as ailing U.S. mining companies search for alternatives to the weak domestic market.

This recent pick - up in export volumes stems from rising global demand and efforts to redress capacity constraints; it has been most pronounced in exports of coal.

In contrast, exports of metal ores & minerals and coal have risen modestly, and the volume of gold exports was almost 20 per cent higher.

Some environmental groups are worried over the rise in coal exports from multiple countries (including the United States and Australia) to China, which burns half of the six billion tons the world burns annually.

Instead of Australia dumping millions of tonnes of sludge onto their Great Barrier Reef so they can export more coal to be burned (8 February, p 7), why don't they send it to an island country that needs it because of rising sea levels caused by climate change, such as Tuvalu in Polynesia?

Communities in Oregon, Washington, and Northern California have risen up to resist proposals to build coal export terminals in their midst.

In 2017, a rise in coal imports and prices led to greater US exports; but as prices ease, so will exports.

• Support for energy innovation today comes from those concerned about the high (and rising) economic costs, not to mention the foreign entanglements created by America's dependence on oil; the need for greater energy access in poor countries; diseases and deaths caused by air pollution, oil and gas drilling, and coal mining and waste; and the potential for America to manufacture and export new energy technologies at a profit.

Coal exports in 2011 rose 171 % from 2002, with only a brief interruption by the global recession.

Exports of coking coal & used in steelmaking & rose to an estimated 55 million tons in 2010, up from the low of 22 million tons in 2002 and the highest level since 1991.

U.S. 2012 coal exports, supported by rising steam coal exports, are expected to break their previous record level of almost 113 million tons, set in 1981.

Coal exports from Seattle, Washington have also risen sharply in recent years as significant coal production in the Powder River Basin seeks access to growing Asian coal markCoal exports from Seattle, Washington have also risen sharply in recent years as significant coal production in the Powder River Basin seeks access to growing Asian coal markcoal production in the Powder River Basin seeks access to growing Asian coal markcoal markets.

Shale: new production economics, regions, and technology Imminent LNG Export: Significant volumes, long timeline Coal - fired Power Replacement: Gradual, large, predictable Liquids: rising gas production as an oil and NGL byproduct

Environment groups said the Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, needed to explain how he would curb rising greenhouse gas emissions at a time when Queensland and NSW were dramatically boosting coal exports and several states were approving big road and power projects that would increase climate change pollution.

As the market for coal - fired electricity generation here in North America shrinks due to the rise of cheap natural gas - fired power (thanks to fracking for shale - gas), exports of coal from the US to overseas markets in Europe and Asia are sharply increasing.

But environmentalists say that such laws will be meaningless if the country continues its nascent coal rush and «exports global warming to the world,» as one group, Rising Tide Australia, puts it.