Sentences with phrase «leaders in clean energy policy»

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The Conservatives wrote the policies currently in place, and NDP leader Thomas Mulcair's energy plan includes a cap - and - trade component and more tax breaks for clean energy.

As many as 37,409 clean energy jobs could be created as a result of the more than 70 major clean energy projects announced across the US in 2Q, according to a study from Environmental Entrepreneurs (E2), a national group of business leaders advocating for sound economic and environmental policies.

Although Gov. Jerry Brown isn't involved in decisions on the five proposed coal facilities, he could lend his influence to the debate as governor of the most economically powerful state in the country and the national leader on clean energy and climate policy.

In the latest attempt to greenwash the tar sands, Canada's Natural Resources Minister Joe Oliver has been roaming the United States trying to convince American politicians and thought leaders that Alberta's dirty crude is a clean, responsible, sustainable — even «green» — source of energy, and that Canada's environmental record and climate change policy are as good as it gets.

As the Alberta government crafts a new climate change action plan, it has the opportunity to put in place the policies that will allow the province to compete for this investment, and demonstrate that it knows what it really means to be a clean energy leader.

«And we hear every day from community leaders, utilities, clean energy advocates and policy makers across the country who are interested in expanding access to affordable clean energy in their communities.

As the price of clean energy continues to decrease, consumers will see substantial savings from this smart policy, which has established North Carolina as a business and industry leader in the Southeast.

The campaign will engage business leaders, policy makers and financial institutions to encourage their role in accelerating a clean energy future.

«New York has been a national solar leader, eliciting over a billion dollars in investments by solar companies to help create a cleaner more reliable energy system for New York,» said Valessa Souter - Kline, Policy Coordinator at the New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYenergy system for New York,» said Valessa Souter - Kline, Policy Coordinator at the New York Solar Energy Industries Association (NYEnergy Industries Association (NYSEIA).

NECEC brings together business leaders and key stakeholders to engage in influential policy discussions and business initiatives while building connections that propel the clean energy industry forward.

Once a national leader in these categories, in recent years the state has slipped behind many others, including neighbors New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, each of which is pursuing aggressive, if not radical, clean energy agendas and taking risks with policies never attempted before.

«This forward - looking energy policy levels the playing field and values all carbon - free energy equally, positions Illinois as a national leader in advancing clean energy, and will provide a major boost to the Illinois economy,» he said in a statement.

From Apple, Facebook and Google telling North Carolina to keep its renewable energy mandates in place to business leaders coming out in vocal support of Obama's Clean Power Plan, as companies beef up their own sustainability commitments, they also appear willing to defend and demand policy that makes those commitments easier to achive.