Sentences with phrase «state coal business»

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By: Simone Liedtke 30th April 2018 State - owned power utility Eskom says it is considering a proposal by Optimum coal mine business rescue practitioners (BRPs) to reduce the monthly coal supply tonnage from the mine from 400 000 t to 200 000 t for the remainder of the contract period.

But businesses say they already adhere to rules and laws when obtaining permits from state and local government before processing and reusing coal waste.

Cole has won the endorsement of the state Business and Industry Council and the West Virginia Coal Association, while Justice has won the endorsement of the United Mine Workers union and the two state teachers unions.

To me it seems that the coal industry, recognising that the game will soon be up, has conned our rather stupid state government into helping them ramp up production rapidly to make a windfall profit before they go out of business — akin to drug dealers getting governments to help them ramp up sales before banning the product.

Most states have renewable standards at the moment, but isn't a broader standard logical going forward if the goal is to gain momentum away from coal - biased business as usual?

It compared coal owners» business as usual plans and member state phase - out policies with the International Energy Agency's Beyond 2 °C Scenario (IEA B2DS), which phases out all coal power in the EU by 2030 and gives a 50 % chance of limiting global warming to 1.75 °C.

Furthermore, as Obama's stated goal was to put coal plants out of business, removing rules designed to expedite that result is commendable.

At an industry roundtable hosted by the U.S. - India Business Council (USIBC) in New York, Piyush Goyal, Minister of State with Independent Charge for Power, Coal, New & Renewable Energy discussed India's ambitious target of achieving 175 GW of renewable generation capacity and innovative ways of mainstreaming energy efficiency.

Rising Tide North America, a loose - knit group of students and workers for nonprofit organizations, posed as phony public relations officials and targeted energy reporters around the world on Monday with e-mails and telephone calls claiming that a legitimate group of 33 businesses and environmental groups, the United States Climate Action Partnership, had agreed to slash emissions, blamed for warming the earth, by 90 percent by 2050 and had called for a moratorium on new coal plants, Reuters reports.

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The Los Angeles Business Council also questioned the Department's continued use of out - of - state coal.

The former U.S. secretary of state and New York senator told CNN in March, «We're going to put a lot of coal miners and coal companies out of business.»

It is a direct attack on the economies of coal - producing states that rely on coal as an affordable, reliable energy source,» said Karen Kerrigan, President and CEO of the Small Business Survival Committee and co-chair of United for Jobs.

In the Pacific Northwest, many homes and businesses use power produced by coal plants outside the state: Oregon gets a third of its power from coal, and Washington gets 13 percent from coal.

DEBORAH AMOS: Back in Texas, it was, in fact, big business that stepped in to resolve the state's battle over the coal plants.

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It is led by the Association of Washington Business and funded by five top money donors including TransAlta, Washington's only in - state coal plant and single largest carbon emitter.

The stakes are high, particularly in view of the Obama EPA's war on coal mining, coal - fired power plants, businesses and industries that require reliable, affordable electricity — and families, communities and entire states whose jobs, health and welfare will suffer under this anti-fossil fuel agenda.

Higley7 Im in Kentucky a tobacco growing state and now the miscreants have shut down our coal industry and its going to put 200,000 folks out of work at the same time ObummerCare is forcing businesses to cut folks down to working under 30 hours a week to avoid the fines imposed!

Now scale this idea up to the state level (per the graphic depicting projected wind power additions by state) and think of it in context of a carbon cap and trade program making it more expensive to do business in highly coal dependent areas.

In Washington State, the Port of Tacomasaid Friday that it would not host a proposed coal loading plant, citing «a multitude of business and community factors.»