Sentences with phrase «threat of coal burning»

They recognize the health threat of coal burning, having banned new coal plants in key regions and reduced coal production by nearly 3 % over the last year.

Not exact matches

I have a sort of mental chart with lots of arrows: actions that produce GHGs (e.g., coal - burning) causing a plethora of problems (& goods — like power), acid rain, ocean acidification, local ground, air, water pollution, GW, health problems & dangers for miners, military threats / expenses (according to Pentagon studies re oil), etc.; and also many arrows of good (some bad) coming out of measures to abate GW.

Some Murdoch papers are running an ad that seeks to guarantee > 1.5, by claiming the world needs 1,200 more coal burning power plants to stave off the existential threat of the next Ice Age

Because it specifies the capture of emissions from coal burning and one can only hope that it will also mean a reduction in mercury and soot and other exotic substances which I think pose a greater threat than the CO2 per se.

The landmark decision, affirming a challenge brought by the Sierra Club and allies at Earthjustice, WildEarth Guardians, and High Country Conservation Advocates, could have far - reaching implications for protecting our climate from the threat of mining and burning of coal, natural gas, tar sands, and other fossil fuels.

[1] They are up against a formidable array of political, corporate, and cultural forces that is reminiscent of what the miners were up against 90 years ago — with the added threats of global climatic disruption from coal - burning and the devastating assault on the mountains and environment of Appalachia by destructive modern technology.

Mr. Dickson wrote passionately about several areas in climate science that troubled him, including: first, the idea that 97 percent of climate scientists agree that climate change is real, caused by humans, and a threat; second, the idea that government agencies had manipulated temperature records to fit a narrative of warming; and third, that China is developing its coal resources so fast that nothing short of radical population control will save us, if burning fossil fuels really does cause global warming.

Critics contend that emissions from wood - fired power plants can be twice that of coal - burning power stations and are a threat to forests in the southeastern U.S.

Released on the heels of a July 2012 article in Rolling Stone by Dr. Bill McKibben warning that we had already discovered five times as much oil, gas, and coal than scientists concluded we could safely burn for energy, the ad reflected growing public concern regarding the climate change threat and a reaction to the continued presence of outright climate denialists bred by Exxon decades before.

We do this because we recognise the mining and burning of coal as the biggest threat to the world's climate system.

I am also interested to know what happens when we burn ALL the oil, and natural gas and coal (depending on the low oil supply and high oil supply theories) as opposed to just what happens in 2100 this defines the magnitude of the potential threat and allows us to define exactly where our line in the sand is.