Sentences with phrase «that coal»

However, the decrease in CO2 emissions will be greatly offset by the increasing need to import electricity from coal plants in other countries.

Not only does it result in double the global warming emissions as oil, it would lead to an increase in coal mining which destroys rivers and threatens community health.

Moving away from coal for power generation would help tremendously, and the mining industry needs to clean up its act.

The number of tons of coal mined increased by 85 percent, but the number of miners fell by half.

Kids love small spaces, and are just perfectly sized for the new opportunities in the clean coal industry.

But as gas prices have risen in recent months, so has demand for coal for power generation.

Whether there is a huge penalty or an outright ban on coal use, another fuel would have to be bought on the market.

It would not seem to be that difficult to establish a global moratorium on new coal power plants.

These leases, which give companies the right to strip mine, would lock in more than 7 billion tons of new coal production.

The huge fall in CO2 from coal use in 2016 was partially offset by increased emissions from oil (up 1.6 %) and gas (up 12.5 %).

By contrast, there are those to avoid, such as coal industry stocks.

But it will not do much to prevent the local damage caused by coal mining in the first place.

These include the ones initiated just this week that call for coal companies to mitigate and even eliminate water contamination near mines.

Today in 2012 our determination can stop the expansion of coal exports.

Today, she is a leading voice in the campaign to expose the environmental hazards wrought from coal production.

For coal miners nearing retirement age, a transition plan could make support payments available until they are eligible to receive their pensions.

The effort succeeded, buying time to ramp up a public relations campaign touting the «beneficial» uses of coal ash and pushing the familiar dire economic implications of federal oversight.

The assault on coal consumption, until recently a developed - world affair, is starting to look something like a world war.

Therefore, we must stop looking at coal as an option and start by reducing our dependence on it beginning right now.

In fact, wind turbines save lives by replacing coal fired power stations.

Global coal reserve data are of poor quality, but seem to be biased towards the high side.

Adoption of clean coal technologies like carbon capture and storage also will be a heavy lift for the utility sector, since they can significantly drive up production costs.

Power companies that need large amounts of power, but aren't naturally sunny or windy, will inevitably turn to cleaner burning natural gas plants over coal plants.

But the reality is there's no other way to engage in global environmental issues like coal exports without focusing on the local impacts.

But even his back big coal company changes it's mind, next two year we will get a goal, also, the president will change.

The price of new - build renewable energy is expected to fall significantly relative to new - build coal energy in coming years.

• Close all existing coal fired plants in its portfolio by 2050 at the latest.

Despite these strong commitments, some countries are continuing to finance international coal projects using scarce public resources.

This, of course, will then see coal prices drop again.

Investors want assurances that capital is not being spent on high - cost, high - carbon projects that may not be competitive as global coal demand declines.

«This indicates that there are processes occurring — e.g. emissions from coal seams during the drilling process — that are not captured in the inventory development process,» he said.

It is the most comprehensive snapshot of the global coal industry.

It is said that holding onto anger is like holding a very hot coal with the sole intent of throwing it to your enemy.

Burning coal produces more than half the country's electricity, despite its immense human and environmental costs.

I found that published material indicating that the world coal industry was in deep trouble was plentiful and increasing almost daily.

Many of the technologies necessary to capture carbon and make coal cleaner burning are not yet commercially viable and won't be for some time.

That price per ton is worth noting because it was well above what thermal coal producers collected for their production last year.

While state coal producers have their bureaucratic turf to protect, local governments have something else to hide.