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All Documents in International Issues Tagged liquid coal

Stop Dirty Fuels Looking for fuel in all the wrong places puts wildlands, air, water and climate at risk. Overview: Looking for fuel in all the wrong places puts wildlands, air, water and climate at risk.

Documents Tagged liquid coal in All Sections

Limit to Producing "Cheap" Coal Makes Liquid Coal Plans Unworkable
Fact Sheet: While the coal industry has been aggressively promoting the development of a large liquid coal industry in the United States, it is unrealistic to expect that customers could be supplied with domestic coal at reasonable prices. According to the most recent Energy Information Administration Annual Energy Outlook report, if the liquid coal industry grew to the size proposed by industry lobbyists, the United States would have to import coal beginning in just six years. The increased demand created by a liquid coal industry could raise electricity rates as well as increase emissions of global warming pollution, bringing costs that far outweigh the benefits that would come from a large domestic liquid coal industry. Get document in pdf.
Repower America with Clean Energy Don't Choose Dirty Fuels Such As Tar Sands, Oil Shale or Liquid Coal Fact Sheet: Congress must stop oil and gas companies from opening up our Western lands to dirty fuels like tar sands, oil shale, and liquid coal Get document in pdf.
Protect Our Friendly Skies Gassing up on tar sands, liquid coal, and oil shale would sharply increase aviation emissions Fact Sheet: The aviation industry should not use dirty fuels and should instead focus on emission reduction techniques. Get document in pdf.
Driving It Home: Choosing the Right Path for Fueling North America's Transportation Future Choosing the Right Path for Fueling North America's Transportation Future Report: North America faces an energy crossroads. With the world fast approaching the end of cheap, plentiful conventional oil, we must choose between developing ever-dirtier sources of fossil fuels -- at great cost to our health and environment -- or setting a course for a more sustainable energy future of clean, renewable fuels. This June 2007 report explores the full scale of the damage done by attempts to extract oil from liquid coal, oil shale, and tar sands; examines the risks for investors of gambling on these dirty fuel sources; and lays out solutions for guiding us toward a cleaner fuel future.