Sentences with phrase «than coal mining»

The wind power sector has grown to employ more Americans than coal mining as demand for clean energy has jumped over the past decade.

The solar industry already employs more people than coal mining and wind energy is cheaper than coal power in many U.S. states.

Similarly, by taking advantage of progressive clean energy policies and strategies to spur inclusion, the U.S. solar installation industry employs 4,000 more African - Americans, 5,000 more Asian / Pacific Islanders, 10,000 more women and 16,000 more Latinos than the coal mining industry.

Across the country, these industries already employ far more people than coal mining.

Between 2006 and 2011, the Denver - metro area saw a 35 % increase in direct employment growth in the clean energy sector; today more people are employed by the solar industry than the coal mining or steel manufacturing industries.

today more people are employed by the solar industry than the coal mining or steel manufacturing industries.

If climate change continues to have a negative impact on these tourism spots and natural wonders, it could have a huge effect on the local economy, too, as tourism is Australia's second-most valuable export, employing more than 580,000 people — 15 times more than the coal mining industry.

My general aim in this work is to examine more sustainable economic models than coal mining for both indigenous and non-indigenous people in the North Queensland region.

Trillions of cubic feet of coalbed methane are pumped in the US each year from an industry that is much smaller than coal mining.

Trillions of cubic feet of coalbed methane are pumped in the US each year from an industry that is much smaller than coal mining.

There is nothing on Earth any better than a coal mine for analyzing ancient ecosystems.

Not exact matches

South Korean cities in the province have fared better than their neighbors north of the DMZ, but they have struggled to diversify their economy beyond old coal mines, farming and fisheries.

The temporary foreign worker program was first under fire in the fall of 2012, when it came to light that approval was granted to Chinese - owned HD Mining International to bring more than 200 people from China to work at its coal mine near Tumbler Ridge, B.C.

For all its green bona fides, the province has been mining coal for more than 100 years and exporting it for more than 40.

A federally backed national rural innovation fund would send a strong message that there is more to rural America than just shuttered factories and abandoned coal mines.

In a region where more than a 1,000 workers were recently laid - off from the coal mines, projects like this offer a much - needed economic boost that helps diversify the local economy and buffer, as the mayor of Tumbler Ridge said, the «devastating shocks» from the regular boom - bust cycle of the traditional resource sectors.

Nationally, China will have closed more than 2,000 small coal mines from 2013 to the end of 2015.

It's certainly not high enough, but the barrier to raising it is less the impact on the outer suburbs than the impact on coal mining regions.

For example, PNC no longer lends to coal producers with anything more than a minimal exposure to mountaintop removal mining.

The drop was somewhat surprising given that Teck more than quadrupled its adjusted earnings during the quarter, riding strong operating results for its steelmaking coal segment as well as record zinc production at its Antamina mine in Peru.

(As is frequently noted, Arby's employs more people than the entire coal mining industry.

The businesses drilling for oil and gas and mining coal enjoy effectively lower income tax rates than other American businesses because of an array of favorable provisions in the US tax code.

You're right — coal mining very well be worse for the environment than the creation of cement, but even if so, that doesn't mean that it's a cure - all.

«Coal is good for air quality» as an advert, carries a lot more weight if it is endorsed by the World Health Organisation than if it's endorsed by a mining company.

Across the country, the transport, mining and importing of coal with an ash content higher than 40 per cent and sulphur content higher than 3 per cent is banned, effectively ending the use of the poorest - quality coal.

Banks suggests that reconciling those rights agreements could lead to a shift in the way coal mining companies view methane gas, treating it as a potential source of revenue rather than a fugitive gas to be dealt with as a safety or environmental concern.

A nomadic horseman herds cattle among shadows cast by the nation's first wind farm, while a few hundred metres away, a train with more than 60 carriages ships coal from an enormous mine.

According to the National Bureau of Statistics, China last year invested about $ 74.8 billion in coal mining and dressing facilities, about $ 7.8 billion less than in 2013.

«It's possible the pinyon is a canary in a coal mine, but the question is a lot broader than just the piñon pine.»

Forty years of mountaintop coal mining have made parts of Central Appalachia 60 percent flatter than they were before excavation, says new research by Duke University.

Here's how it might work: Next year and in each year thereafter, Congress would set an overall cap on fossil fuels extracted by upstream energy producers, which David A. Weisbach of the University of Chicago Law School identifies as «fewer than 3,000 entities» — petroleum refiners, coal mines and domestic natural gas processors — «plus imports at a few locations.»

Doughty gathered coal samples from mines throughout the U.S.. By measuring the coal elemental concentrations, he found elements needed by plants, like phosphorus, were more abundant and much better distributed during the era of the dinosaurs than the Carboniferous.

One study concluded that a coal - burning plant located next to coal mine is about six times as likely to be fully integrated than any other coal plant.

Coal mined in Britain emits more sulphur dioxide (SO2) than coal from abroad, while natural gas liberates almost nCoal mined in Britain emits more sulphur dioxide (SO2) than coal from abroad, while natural gas liberates almost ncoal from abroad, while natural gas liberates almost none.

For example, a study by Vasilis Fthenakis and Hung Chul Kim of Columbia University (2009) found that, on a life - cycle electricity - output basis — including direct and indirect land transformation — utility - scale PV in the U.S. Southwest requires less land than the average U.S. power plant using surface - mined coal.

Perhaps someone with a better background on geology could explain why there's so much more methane extracted per unit of coal resource in coalbed methane than is vented in regular coal mining.

And according to a recent study published by the University of Wyoming's Center for Energy Economics & Public Policy, coal - mining operations directly account for more than 11 percent of Wyoming's gross state product and a nearly identical percentage of state revenues.

In Ohio, the state has granted permits to mine for coal at new and existing sites ranging from less than 20 acres to more than 350.

By comparison, the country's largest coal mines produce more than 100 million tons of coal each year.

«Coral reefs are sometimes regarded as canaries in the global climate coal mine — but it is now very clear than not all reef species will be affected equally,» explains lead author Professor Terry Hughes, director of the ARC Centre of Excellence for Coral Reef Studies at James Cook University.

Secondly, not only is that coal becoming more costly to mine, we have to burn more of it in order to generate an equal amount of electricity this year than we did last year.

â $ œSecondly, not only is that coal becoming more costly to mine, we have to burn more of it in order to generate an equal amount of electricity this year than we did last year.

The smash - hit London musical, «Billy Elliot» (opening Nov. 13), is based on the hit 2000 film about a working - class lad from England's coal mining north who'd rather learn ballet than kick a soccer ball — much to the dismay of his family, especially his macho father.

But is has some questionable elements: an interior that fits way too tight; an interior that has a design similar to the lowest of Honda offerings (the prominent parking brake button is the same as in the Honda HR - V); an interior that is as bright as a coal mine - even with the color accents; sticker run - up with weird and over priced carbon fiber options; a cup holder than is less effective than a 911's though doesn't exhibit the effort of Porsche; no room for anything more than your wallet (the front compartment is filled with electrics / electronics).

In 1936, Manifest is a town worn down by sadness, drought, and the Depression, but it is more welcoming to newcomers than it was in 1918, when it was a conglomeration of coal - mining immigrants who were kept apart by habit, company practice, and prejudice.

Whilst the symptoms don't match carbon monoxide poisoning; I will mention that if you have a wood burning stove, ensure that it is serviced annually to ensure you aren't putting your life at risk, a small dog can be like a canary in a coal mine as they are more adversely affected by small amount of carbon monoxide than humans.

Witbank is the local coal mining area with 22 collieries in an area no more than 40 km in any...

During his visit, Cai Guo - Qiang followed the coal miners on their way 1040 meters below ground level and into the more than 1000 meters long tunnel of the mine.

The main body of Nistor's exhibition «canary in a coal mine» was formed by eleven small panels, each titled Evidence and no bigger than about twenty by sixteen inches, creating a modest and intimate space.

It was then used to power very big and inefficient steam engines that pumped water out of mines; when James Watt developed his steam engine that used 75 percent less coal than the Newcomen engine it replaced, the common thinking was that the increased efficiency meant that they would burn less coal.