AEP, of Columbus, Ohio, is one of the nation's top coal burners and stands to be among the companies hardest hit by tougher EPA rules.
James Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy, has called it the "fifth fuel"--on top of coal, natural gas, nuclear power and renewable resources.
James Rogers, chief executive of Duke Energy (nyse: DKE - news - people ), has called it the "fifth fuel"--on top of coal, natural gas, nuclear power and renewable resources.
American Electric Power is the nation's top consumer of coal, and we have factored climate issues into our business decisions for almost a decade.
American Electric Power (nyse: AEP - news - people ) is the nation's top consumer of coal, and we have factored climate issues into our business decisions for almost a decade.
But there are also some big differences, such as the composition of their commodity exports: New Zealand's top exports are dairy, meat and forestry products, whereas Australia's top three are coal, iron ore and gold.
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There is the further issue of the quality of coal, since the majority of the world reserve is of lower thermal quality than the top-grade anthracitic coal, and will yield less energy per tonne either burned directly or in the form of syngas in ICGC plants.
His body was cremated, as he had instructed, on top of two tons of coal.
But most days, I make enough roof top PV solar power at home to avoid buying coal-based utility power.
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Arcelor mines coal and iron, makes coke, has both integrated mills and minimills and has top-notch distribution.
Of all the reasons to get rid of the use of coal and petroleum, climate change for me probably ranks maybe 99 out of the top 100.
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The top importer is Japan, but even it only imports some 113 million tonnes annually and relies on coal for less than 30% of its electricity needs.
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