Sentences with phrase «about energy policy in»

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Ken Bone (C), a power plant employee from Belleville, Illinois, waits in the audience to ask a question about energy policy and jobs during the presidential debate between Republican U.S. presidential nominee Donald Trump and Democratic nominee Hillary Clinton at Washington University in St. Louis, Missouri, October 9, 2016.

Saskatchewan Premier Brad Wall did not agree to the new climate framework, and said the likely direction of U.S. climate and energy policy under president - elect Donald Trump means we need to be very cautious about adopting climate policies in Canada.

Alberta premier Alison Redford is in Washington, DC today to speak about her province's energy resources and environmental policies as the Obama administration continues to review the proposed Keystone XL pipeline.

Monetary policy: continued investment recovery, unemployment and inflation expectations are key; energy prices less so «The year - on - year rate of increase in the CPI is likely to be about 0 percent for the time being, due to the effects of the decline in energy prices.»

Second, we need a national vision as to the role that energy should play in our economy, and an informed discussion about the policies that will be needed to ensure that Canada's diverse array of energy resources continues to be source of competitive advantage.

Governments in most Third World countries, supported by development policies in First and Second World countries, have been concerned about supplying sophisticated forms of energy for industrialization and urban life.

The governor telegraphed his position about hydrofracking in a campaign document on energy policy he released last year.

Paterson spoke at length about the budget, the transition of power, and his hopes to work in energy policy after he leaves office.

In the past, the group's responsibilities included recommending policies to the Town Board and educating the public about energy incentive programs.

WAMC's David Guistina talks with Mike Spain of the Times Union about growing tick populations and competing energy policies in New York state.

With energy part of his remit, it might please climate change activists to know that among the achievements he boasts about on his personal website are «landmark policy papers» connected to Britain in the low carbon economy.

Gov. Rick Snyder praised the project in a March 2015 speech about energy policy, saying its findings had already helped shape changes to state rules regarding hydraulic fracturing.

With a degree in theoretical physics from York University in the United Kingdom and previous experience at magazines including Physics World and New Scientist, Daniel writes about physics, astronomy, space science, energy, and European science policy.

About this Book: Fact and Fiction in Global Energy Policy 15 Contentious Questions Benjamin K. Sovacool, Marilyn A. Brown, and Scott V. Valentine Johns Hopkins University Press, 2016

So there is a lot more in that than just energy that we are talking about; but I guess the point is that the United States wouldn't be relying on Middle Eastern oil, which changes [has], you know, massive foreign policy implications for the country.

Policy makers and managers could use the index to guide decision making — for example, about whether offshore wind energy should be expanded in the U.S., whether land or ocean conservation measures will benefit coral reefs in Fiji and how marine - zoning plans in Brazil might affect overall ocean health.

Speaking about the policy options emerging from the four regional assessments, Watson said: «Although there are no «silver bullets» or «one - size - fits all» answers, the best options in all four regional assessments are found in better governance, integrating biodiversity concerns into sectoral policies and practices (e.g. agriculture and energy), the application of scientific knowledge and technology, increased awareness and behavioural changes.»

Registration fees for plug - in vehicles also fly in the face of policies intended to promote their use due to concerns about energy independence, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions, Dumortier said.

Concerns about global warming and oil's imminent demise have caused scientists and policy - makers to look for solutions in both the future and the past: to new technologies such as nuclear fusion, multijunction photovoltaics, and fuel cells — and to traditional energy sources such as water power, wind power, and (sustainable) biomass cultivation (coupled with clean and energy - efficient combustion).

But he cautioned that governments need concrete policy proposals every bit as much as they need probing analyses, and that moving conversations about energy subsidies rhetoric to action is a heavy lift in today's highly charged political arenas.

A lot of nuggets of information, some good dialogue back and forth about energy and environmental policy in Texas.

«About half of the public believes that a range of environmental and economic considerations should be top priorities in the country's energy policies.

Lomborg claims in his rebuttal that «Holdren could find little but a badly translated word and a necessary specification for nuclear energy production in this chapter».8 Actually, as my original critique indicated to the extent practical in the space available, and as Lomborgs rebuttal and this response make even plainer, his energy chapter is so permeated with misunderstandings, misreadings, misrepresentations, and blunders of other sorts that it can not be considered a positive contribution to public or policy - maker understanding, notwithstanding its managing to get right a few (already well known) truths about the subject.

«We want to think about the role of Monju» within a broader energy policy, education minister Masaharu Nakagawa said at a press briefing today unveiling the budget request for fiscal 2012, which starts in April.

He comes to the table with strong feelings about keeping federal lands in the hands of the government, a belief that «something is going on» with the climate and an embrace of an «all of the above» energy policy.

Inslee, Jerry Brown and Kate Brown talked about the efforts underway in each of their states to curb greenhouse gas emissions through initiatives such as renewable energy and grid modernization, electrification of transportation infrastructure, energy efficiency and policies to price or cap carbon emissions.

In its 2012 World Energy Outlook, the IEA is very clear about the impact of climate policy on U.S. oil demand.

Director Dot Harris, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the Department of Energy, will be on the line with Dr. Rebecca Spyke - Keiser, Associate Deputy Administrator for Strategy and Policy at NASA; Jill Fuss, Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Stephanie Stilson, Engineer at Kennedy Space Center and NASA Headquarters, and a class at Andrew Jackson Middle School in Titusville, Florida, to discuss ways to find role models for young people in STEM fields and answer questions from students and the general public about STEM careers.

In an article to appear in the journal Energy Policy, the authors find that urban drivers who can frequently charge their vehicles (every 20 miles) can reduce gas consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and expenses with a plug - in hybrid with a battery pack sized for about seven miles of electric traveIn an article to appear in the journal Energy Policy, the authors find that urban drivers who can frequently charge their vehicles (every 20 miles) can reduce gas consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and expenses with a plug - in hybrid with a battery pack sized for about seven miles of electric travein the journal Energy Policy, the authors find that urban drivers who can frequently charge their vehicles (every 20 miles) can reduce gas consumption, greenhouse gas emissions, and expenses with a plug - in hybrid with a battery pack sized for about seven miles of electric travein hybrid with a battery pack sized for about seven miles of electric travel.

Turekian's last visit to Trieste, in 2013, was during the first AAAS - TWAS workshop on innovative energy policies for sustainable development, which has featured the participation of about 20 students from developing countries and a group of experts in the field.

Oh, and a high oil price will be a wonderful lead - in to plenty of new guff about America's energy policy (apologies, this implies there is one...)-- perfect!

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had not intervened, I would have been heading tonight to the banks of the Hudson River, on the campus of Marist College, to talk about energy technology and policy with participants in River Summer.

And we will keep on being a victim to shifts in the oil market until we finally get serious about a long - term policy for a secure, affordable energy future.

And by all means let's ask Walmart to be a louder voice in public policy debates about energy and climate change.

However, it is not hard to see that some of those who have attempted to perpetrate this tale about man - made global warming are more interested in climate change as a way of increasing the power of government over all of our lives instead of implementing a sensible energy policy.

I noted that overarching arguments about national or state energy and regulatory policy can't compete against the political intensity that comes from those resisting an industrial - style activity in a populous region with a bucolic setting:

I recently asked whether the world is poised to enter an Obama - style «trance» on climate policy given the focus on economic turmoil and plunge in oil prices, which have in the past seemed synchronized with concerns about transforming energy policy.

Among those who care about cutting the chances that humans will propel sustained and disruptive changes in the climate and oceans, this reality still tends to result in two mindsets: Raise public will to accelerate deployment of today's relatively costly non-polluting energy choices (both renewable and nuclear) or press for intensified and sustained investments and policies that can spur energy innovation.

Finally, I worry that the reporting about the «iron hand» shutting down factories to meet energy efficiency targets may overplay the viability of that policy and also feed in to our western stereotypes about how China works.

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We're going to have to think long term, which is why I came here, to talk to young people here at Georgetown, because you have more of a stake in us getting our energy policy right than just about anybody.

The folks at Greenbiz.com have been posting a lot of fresh video from the San Francisco Verge conference on energy entrepreneurship and innovation where I spoke onstage with the pioneering energy analyst Amory Lovins and green business guru Joel Makower, sang «Liberated Carbon» and talked with Makower about networked intelligence and the role of storytelling in improving energy habits and policies:

Some Indians are appalled talking about the inequity of, for example, electricity consumers in the U.S. not wanting to pay $ 100 - $ 200 a year in higher energy bills under a climate policy.

We need to start thinking in practical terms about how to get the technologies we need ready — as the authors say, «deep energy system decarbonization is likely to require an ambitious, focused agenda of rapid innovation and improvement in every critical technology area, even those commercially available today, as well as substantial «demand pull» efforts and policies to ensure early demonstration, industry maturation, scale - up, and «learning by doing.

He echoes a recent theme on this blog about moving from the notion of a single comprehensive legislative package to a coherent long - term policy with initiatives attacked in a smart sequence that can build strong support for a long - term energy quest.

According to the Center for Climate Strategies, if all 50 states adopted a set of 23 energy and climate policies (policies the Center identified in working with more than 1,500 stakeholders), they could cut emissions 27 % by 2020 compared to 1990 levels, about nine times deeper than the cuts the President has proposed.

We said at the time that we had discontinued contributions to several public policy research groups whose position on climate change could divert attention from the important discussion about how the world will secure the energy required for economic growth in an environmentally responsible manner.

This morning, Michael Levi, who analyzes energy and the environment for the Council on Foreign Relations, answered my question about the limits of presidential influence in a way that says Obama got it right by insisting that cutting demand through policies aimed at energy efficiency and the next generation of energy technologies had to be part of a long - term American energy (and oil) agenda.