Sentences with phrase «global warming solutions»

As Chairman of the Budget Subcommittee No. 3 on Resources, he is responsible for oversight of the state's environmental agencies, including the Air Resources Board and the Energy Commission, and the implementation of key measures like AB32 (California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006) and AB118 (the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program).

General American Climate Value Survey Findings -73 percent of Americans believe global warming is happening - But only 18 percent «strongly believe» global warming is real, and is harmful and caused by humans -74 percent said they want the US to be an international leader in global warming solutions

While an expanded RGGI can not serve as a direct compliance option for the Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act in and of itself, there is great potential for it to help Massachusetts meets its carbon dioxide reduction mandate.

The initiative is part of Duke University's participation in Focus the Nation, a national teach in on global warming solutions.

Growing the Economy through Global Warming Solutions Series (2007)

Yet their paltry CCS research investment demonstrates that the ads and other public clean coal activities are merely designed to delay global warming solutions without suffering a public relations black eye.

«The ads and other public clean coal activities are merely designed to delay global warming solutions without suffering a public relations black eye,» the CAP report stated.

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Eight of the top 20 most effective global warming solutions found by Drawdown researchers were food - related.

Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger appointed him Secretary of the California Environmental Protection Agency and later Cabinet Secretary, the Chief Policy Advisor to the Governor, where Terry was the architect of many groundbreaking sustainability policies, including California's landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006, the Hydrogen Highway Network, and the Million Solar Roofs initiative.

Fifth, implementing emission reduction mandates and targets under each New England state's global warming solutions laws will likely cause economy - wide natural gas use to decrease by 20 percent by 2030, despite recent policies and trends that incentivize fuel - switching to natural gas.

May 25, 2007, Combating Climate Change: Farming Out Global Warming Solutions, by David Biello.

Going beyond «wind farms» and the Socolow and Pacala wedges study, I'd suggest you take a look at some of the other packages of solutions out there — perhaps starting with Joe Romm's excellent global warming solutions using the same «wedge» approach and a lot of background thinking on cost - effectiveness.

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The essay is by Myles Allen, an Oxford University climatologist who was a leader of research developing a carbon budget as a way to gauge global warming solutions and has since 2013 pressed for intensified work on capturing CO2.

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The next workshop, billed as a «Global Warming Solutions Weekend Retreat,» is scheduled for Spring Green, Wisconsin on July 14 - 16.

In looking at potential global warming solutions, it is important to consider how big a role they can play, how fast they can be implemented, how affordable they are, and what impact they have on the environment.

We joined a delegation to Sacramento sponsored by E2 with the Greentech Innovation Network (founded by venture capitol firm Kleiner Perkins) that Governor Schwarzenegger said helped convince him to support for the pioneering Global Warming Solutions Act (AB32).

This hearing will explore scientists» ability to present data and information that can guide global warming solutions in a sometimes fierce political landscape.

While critical for avoiding dangerous climate change, because of the way that gas leaks are currently under - accounted for in the Commonwealth's emissions inventory, fixing them does little to address Global Warming Solutions Act compliance.

Global warming solutions protect our citizens.

NWF is working to broaden the climate movement by engaging and empowering people and communities around global warming solutions that reduce pollution and jump - start investments in a clean energy economy.

Experience has shown that government policies are critical to spurring and enabling global warming solutions and that individual actions alone will not solve the problem.

After you take a look at the Vanguard, tell the new president of the Auto Alliance, Dave McCurdy, that you want global warming solutions like the UCS Vanguard, not more spin and lawsuits.

Founded in 1990, the group describes itself on its website as «a partnership of major environmental groups and private - sector clean energy companies» that «fight for policies that promote global warming solutions and increased reliance on clean, renewable energy sources for California and the West.»

And from the NY Times, Charles and David Koch, the billionaires from Kansas who have played a prominent role in financing the Tea Party movement, donated $ 1 million to the campaign to suspend the [California] Global Warming Solutions Act...

However, RGGI (both as it exists today, and in a future with a 5 percent declining cap) is a complimentary policy that can be used to help make compliance with the Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act easier.

The solution to gridlock on global warming solutions is not grand policies such as the Kyoto Protocol, but smaller initiatives aligned with what each individual nation can honor.

The problem grows more difficult when we realize that proposed global warming solutions have often been victims of the domestic political process — rightly or wrongly — or else have been unacceptable to developing nations.

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Given the current political situation in Washington, it is unlikely that any broader national climate policies will emerge from Congress in the near - term future — continued and growing public demand for climate action will be essential to enact effective global warming solutions in the years to come.

Fran Pavley, Former California Assemblywoman A three - term Assembly member, Fran Pavley authored the landmark Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32) and the Clean Car Regulations Bill (AB 1493), which has served as a model for legislation in ten other states and Canada.

I testified to the Massachusetts Department of Environmental Protection («MassDEP») yesterday regarding means of enforcing limits as required by the Massachusetts General Laws, Chapter 21N, Section 3 (d), otherwise known as (a portion of) the Massachusetts Global Warming Solutions Act, as... Continue reading →

Winner of a National Wildlife Federation Chill Out award for innovations in global warming solutions.

Prior to Ceres, Winston worked to educate and mobilize public support to pass major state legislation to promote clean energy and tackle climate change, including California's Zero Emissions Vehicles regulations, «Million Solar Roofs Initiative» and «Global Warming Solutions Act».

The Executive Order also aims to continue reducing emissions by improving the targets set forth by the Global Warming Solutions Act.

This was done, in part by statutorily requiring Green House Gas (GHG) Emission reduction targets through the Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA, Chapter 298 of the Acts of 2008), and the Renewable Portfolio Standard through the Green Communities Act (Chapter 169 of the Acts of 2008).

The Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) requires an 10 - 15 % reduction in in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 and 80 % reduction by 2050.

The Global Warming Solutions Act (GWSA) requires a reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 10 - 15 % below 1990 levels by 2020 and 80 % by 2050.

Massachusetts Executive Office of Energy and Environmental Affairs» Global Warming Solutions Act Implementation Advisory Committee, working for the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions.

It gives examples of California's Global Warming Solutions Act, the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative and city actions to adapt to heavy rainfall events.

In 2006 California passed a law — the Global Warming Solutions Act (Assembly Bill 32)-- that pledged the state to reduce its greenhouse gas emission levels back to 1990 levels by 2020.

And, right now, the main goal for California, environmentally speaking, is to reduce the state's greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020, or back to roughly 427 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — equivalent from roughly 525 million metric tons now — as enshrined into law in 2006 with the passage of Global Warming Solutions Act (aka Assembly Bill 32.)