Prosecutors in New Jersey recently used the Patriot Act to convict Yehuda Abraham, whose services were used in a plot to sell shoulder-fired surface-to-air missiles to terrorists with the understanding that they were going to be used to shoot down U.S. commercial aircraft.
This is partially being done by switching coal-fired plants to the cleaner-burning natural gas.
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Why not simply convert coal-fired electricity-generating plants to natural gas?
American Electric will utilize the pipeline to fuel its power plants, which will be converted from coal-fired to natural gas in order to comply with tightening environmental standards.
Man-of-the-match Garrett went close for the Blues on the 21st minute while Thompson should have fired the soon-to-be-champions ahead two minutes before the break after being set up by the lively Mark McAllister.
The committee has urged the government to set a deadline for coal-fired power stations to adopt CCS, which it says could play a decisive role in reducing carbon emissions.
Pietersen made only two more runs after the first appeal before falling lbw to the fired-up Siddle but Prior went on to form a formidable partnership with Jonathan Trott as England finished the day on 444-5, 346 ahead of the hosts.
As well, construction costs for LNG and coal-fired plants to be able to generate this additional electricity would be substantial.
And natural gas prices have soared, destroying some--but not all--of the economic justification for installing small gas-fired turbines to power commercial buildings.
At daybreak police fired tear-gas to clear protesters and let members enter.
The EIA expects 8.5% of the coal-fired fleet to retire by 2016, and 17% by 2020, and those are very conservative estimates.
"We're trying to see a pathway to where you can make electricity for 5 to 8 cents a kilowatt-hour, " equivalent to gas-fired power plants, he says.
Mugs and ceramics have to be "first-fired" in England to qualify as "made in England, " and there's considerable resentment at the misleading labelling of goods made elsewhere.
In fact, the U.S. hit a milestone in April of this year when government data showed that natural gas-fired power plants supplied as much electricity to the nation as coal-fired plants for the first time.
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Wigan pressurised the visiting ball-carriers and after the ball was spilled, Deacon fired a cross-kick to the corner which was collected in the air by Carmont and then touched down for the first try after only two minutes.
Once the bane of environmentalists, the nuclear industry enjoyed newfound "green" credentials as a cleaner alternative to coal-fired plants that belch greenhouse gases to produce electricity.
Miller is perhaps better known for journeying across small-town Texas to rally ranchers in opposition to TXU's plans for more coal-fired plants, an effort that catapulted her to the central role in a recent Robert Redford-narrated documentary, Fighting Goliath: Texas Coal Wars.
One obvious way for firms in the power sector to reduce their emissions is to switch the type of energy they use, for example from inefficient coal-fired power stations to efficient gas stations.
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Crop yields are now projected to be better, natural gas-fired distilling is projected to get more efficient, and the carbon emissions from increased land use are now less than previously calculated.
While both coal and gas play important roles in our energy future, and there is another agenda to regulate coal-fired power plants out of existence, the claim is contrary to the well-accepted fact that the greenhouse gas impacts of burning natural gas are less than coal.
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Over the past three years, China has added 200 gigiwatts of coal-fired electric power capacity--equivalent to 20% of the entire installed capacity of the United States.
The way utilities now meet demand spikes is to attach an extra natural-gas-fired generator or two to the grid and let it sit idle for most of the year.
The additional nuclear power plants would also have the advantage of being less vulnerable to fuel price changes than coal or gas-fired generation, helping to enhance the security of electricity supplies.
The Irishman, who will defend his U.S. PGA title later this month, shot a five-birdie, two-bogey 67 in the Ohio rain to lead the tournament on 10-under-par after six-time winner Woods fired a five-under-par 65 to move to seven-under-par -- setting-up a compelling last pairing for Sunday's final round.
He added that there was a need to for "carbon capture in storage for gas-fired power stations" to ensure that the carbon is not released into the atmosphere.
But the Fed-fed inflation fired up the housing boom to white-hot levels.
Wigan substitute Joel Tomkins prevented Australian Test winger Morris from collecting a hat-trick with a superb ankle-tap tackle and from the resulting play, Jamie Soward fired over a drop-goal to extend the lead to six points.
At present the K-MAX has no defensive systems, but Lockheed Martin says the helicopters could easily be fitted with armour, machine-gun pods or flares which could be fired as decoys to divert ground-launched missiles.
"We estimate there was over 200 shots fired in a five- to 10-minute period, " Deveau said.
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