Sentences with phrase «addressing oil dependence»

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During his 2013 State of the State address, Governor Andrew Cuomo laid out his ChargeNY plan to invest $ 50 million over five years in electric vehicle infrastructure to reduce air pollution, lower the cost of government and reduce dependence on imported oil.

«We can break our dependence on oil... and become the first country to have one million electric vehicles on the road by 2015,» President Obama said in his January 2011 State of the Union address.

Following the direction set by President Obama on May 21, 2010, NHTSA and EPA have issued joint Final Rules for Corporate Average Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas emissions regulations for model years 2017 and beyond, that will help address our country's dependence on imported oil, save consumers money at the pump, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.

«One of the best ways to address greater fuel efficiency and less dependence on oil is to drive an alternative - fuel automobile,» says Walter Dartland, executive director of the Consumer Federation of the Southeast.

We have to reduce the dependence on foreign oil, and we have to eliminate — we have to address the issue of greenhouse gas emissions.

A week later, George Bush makes his state of the union address, stating that the U.S. is addicted to oil and that he wants to makes America's dependence on Middle Eastern oil «a thing of the past» — now a national security objective of the U.S. government.

There are many reasons to address climate disruption, ranging from saving species to reducing U.S. dependence on foreign oil to reducing the chance of catastrophic drought.

In an address at Georgetown University, President Barack Obama discussed the need for alternative energy standards and called for a significant reduction in the nation's dependence on foreign oil.

Now that the leak is plugged, the reasoning goes, perhaps a more organized effort to address the environmental ills the spill brought to light — oil dependence, the dangers of deep water drilling, etc — can indeed capture the public's attention.

«Urgent action is needed to reduce our dependence on oil, cut pollution, and address the impacts of global warming, which threatens our health, environment and future prosperity,» said Peter Galvin, Conservation Director for the Center for Biological Diversity.

His has been the most influential and persistent journalistic voice for breaking U.S. oil dependence by taxing gasoline and for addressing climate change with a carbon tax.

Dr. Chameides responds: Corn ethanol will at best be a drop in the bucket when it comes to addressing our dependence on foreign oil.