Sentences with phrase «whether from coal burned»

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40:00 He provides a reality check, using simple calculations, on whether carbon dioxide from coal burning can be captured at a scale remotely applicable to the climate challenge.

Carbon dioxide emissions from burning gas are a fraction of those from coal combustion, but gas wells and pipelines leak, so it's not clear whether switching to gas really reduces greenhouse emissions.

And if the climate movement can keep pressuring the the government, banks and universities to invest in the future and divest from fossil fuels, it seems inevitable that we'll be burning less coal in the coming years, whether President Obama has officially waged a War on Coal or coal in the coming years, whether President Obama has officially waged a War on Coal or Coal or not.

However, from the point of view of a temperature peak in the next century, it matters little whether we burn a ton of coal now or 50 years from now.

Regardless of whether the plant closes, the experience of residents in Semora, NC illustrates one of the negative impacts of burning coal for electricity: water pollution resulting from the disposal of coal ash.