Download or read book Sulfur Emissions Policies Oil Prices and the Appalachian Coal Industry written by Robin Landis and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2017-09-11 with total page 204 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This volume, originally published in 1984, analyzes the impact of the 1973-74 oil price increases on the Appalachian coal industry in the USA, which would otherwise have suffered large output reductions as a result of sulfur emission restrictions. Although focussed on a particular geographical region and timeframe, this book has enduring relevance as it analyzes and discusses many of the issues which are still facing the ailing coal mining industries both in the USA and globally: the advent of new energy forms, increased competition from cheaper sources, strict pollution legislation and the impact that all of these issues have on productivity and employment.
Download or read book The U S Coal Industry written by Martin B. Zimmerman and published by Cambridge, Mass. : MIT Press. This book was released on 1981 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: The increased use of coal as an energy source in the United States has risen to a high priority on the national agenda. Coal is the only such source that is readily and abundantly available for supplanting expensive and uncertain imported oil for industrial and utility use. It is the power base on which the synthetic-fuel industry is to be built. And it is seen as a backstop for the faltering nuclear power industry, which is facing a slowdown in new plant construction if not an outright moratorium. The U.S. Coal Industryinvestigates a wide range of economic and policy alternatives by developing and utilizing several linked models that are sufficiently general to deal with policy proposals that may be seen as viable at some future date as well as those now being debated, and sufficiently specific to provide quantitative forecasts of the economic consequences of changes in key variables. These models focus on the broad trade-offs that the United States must make in developing a comprehensive coal-use strategy. Among the relevant trade-offs are environmental regulation versus oil imports, sulfur pollution from Appalachian coal versus strip mining for low-sulfur Western coal, and the hazards of coal mining versus those of nuclear power plants. The introductory chapter reviews the current coal environment, the current state of regulation, and related issues (such as the rent, tax, and railroad situations that can limit or encourage coal production). Subsequent chapters discuss the models used in the analysis (the coal supply model, the demand model, and the link between them, along with a consideration of regional transportation rates), the basic forces in the industry (the drive to western and midwestern coal and the decline of Appalachia, the effects of sulfur pollution regulation, changing relative factor prices, supply and demand developments, user costs, and policy responses), the economics of environmental trade-offs (including their impact on the cost of electricity to consumers), and the coal industry in the absence of a nuclear alternative (the electric utility model as a predictor of nuclear power generation, the effects of a nuclear moratorium, and the interaction of coal and nuclear policy). A final chapter presents a summary and conclusions, encompassing supply side influences, demand side effects, and the impacts of coal policies on oil imports.
Download or read book Coal In Appalachia written by Curtis E. Harvey and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2021-10-21 with total page 237 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coal, the nation's most abundant fossil fuel and the only one that is exported, represents one of our most valuable natural resources. This study undertakes a thorough review of the economics of the Appalachian coal industry. It establishes, first of all, the international framework within which the American and the Appalachian coal industry function. It next examines the underlying principles that govern the production of and the demand for coal. This demand is influenced not only by price but also by world politics, the economic well-being of dozens of countries, government regulation, and the availability of fuel substitutes. Included are a comprehensive treatment of the regulation of the industry, the effects of coal utilization on air quality, land reclamation, safety, transport, and legislation pertaining to port use. In conclusion, Harvey looks at the prospects for Appalachian coal, considering the impact of technologies such as fluidized bed combustion and coal-water slurry and the issue of energy policy and fuel alternatives. The picture that emerges is not unexpected—an industry whose recovery and enduring health depend on resurgence of world and domestic economic activity, social and political stability, and government regulation.
Download or read book Environmental Regulation and the Allocation of Coal written by Alan M. Schlottmann and published by Greenwood. This book was released on 1977 with total page 168 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
Download or read book Coal written by National Research Council and published by National Academies Press. This book was released on 2007-12-21 with total page 183 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coal will continue to provide a major portion of energy requirements in the United States for at least the next several decades. It is imperative that accurate information describing the amount, location, and quality of the coal resources and reserves be available to fulfill energy needs. It is also important that the United States extract its coal resources efficiently, safely, and in an environmentally responsible manner. A renewed focus on federal support for coal-related research, coordinated across agencies and with the active participation of the states and industrial sector, is a critical element for each of these requirements. Coal focuses on the research and development needs and priorities in the areas of coal resource and reserve assessments, coal mining and processing, transportation of coal and coal products, and coal utilization.
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Download or read book Coal Surface Mining written by James E. Rowe and published by Routledge. This book was released on 2019-03-08 with total page 503 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Since coal is seen by many as the logical solution to the nation's energy crisis, strip mining operations will continue. But they will continue amid intense public debate, much of it centering on the standards that will govern reclamation. In this book leading authorities address the economic, environmental, and legal ramifications of land reclamation following coal surface mining, review the status of the coal industry, and look at possible future developments.
Download or read book Appalachian Outlook written by and published by . This book was released on 1984 with total page 484 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Development and Implementation of the Coal Industry Retiree Health Benefit Act of 1992 written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 1995 with total page 148 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Distributed to some depository libraries in microfiche.
Download or read book Hearings Reports and Prints of the Senate Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs written by United States. Congress. Senate. Committee on Interior and Insular Affairs and published by . This book was released on 1973 with total page 1422 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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Download or read book Coal In Appalachia written by Curtis E. Harvey and published by University Press of Kentucky. This book was released on 2014-10-17 with total page 232 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Coal, the nation's most abundant fossil fuel and the only one that is exported, represents one of our most valuable natural resources. This study undertakes a thorough review of the economics of the Appalachian coal industry. It establishes, first of all, the international framework within which the American and the Appalachian coal industry function. It next examines the underlying principles that govern the production of and the demand for coal. This demand is influenced not only by price but also by world politics, the economic well-being of dozens of countries, government regulation, and the availability of fuel substitutes. Included are a comprehensive treatment of the regulation of the industry, the effects of coal utilization on air quality, land reclamation, safety, transport, and legislation pertaining to port use. In conclusion, Harvey looks at the prospects for Appalachian coal, considering the impact of technologies such as fluidized bed combustion and coal-water slurry and the issue of energy policy and fuel alternatives. The picture that emerges is not unexpected -- an industry whose recovery and enduring health depend on resurgence of world and domestic economic activity, social and political stability, and government regulation.
Download or read book Financing UMWA Coal Miner orphan Retiree Health Benefits written by United States. Congress. House. Committee on Ways and Means and published by . This book was released on 1993 with total page 128 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt:
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