Sentences with phrase «about energy policy which»

They must look beyond the next election and make long - term, carefully considered decisions about energy policy which can remain in place for periods much greater than our current electoral cycles.»

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This corroborates the claim by the Africa Centre for Energy Policy (ACEP), which raised the alarm about...

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.

«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.

«Whether choosing which cars we drive or thinking about national energy policy issues, understanding basic energy concepts can help everyone make more well - informed decisions.»

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.

The California Business Roundtable, which includes 30 large corporations, interviews candidates about their positions on health care, budget and energy policy, then sends the answers to the member companies, said president Rob Lapsley.

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.

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.

Energy and Commerce Chair John Dingell says «There are serious health concerns about whether Bisphenol A is safe, not only for adults, but for children and infants,» and is concerned that the Food and Drug Administration's policies on BPA are «entirely dependent on two studies» that are both funded by a subsidiary of the American Chemistry Council, which represents plastic resins manufacturers.»

With this letter, you have mostly concerns about protecting jobs and domestic energy policy, which are important.

I know I would feel terrible about policies to make energy much more expensive (which would probably hurt the poor far more than they would hurt people like me) even if they were necessary for the «greater good».

It's hard to find fault with McIntyre's overarching conclusion about the report and the panel's Working Group 3 (WG3 below), which is tasked with charting possible responses to climate change: The public and policy - makers are starving for independent and authoritative analysis of precisely how much weight can be placed on renewables in the energy future.

The easiest way to develop a tax narrative is via income tax increases for the very wealthy — you can easily sell this to the 51 % of voters you need more easily than the technical details about energy security, environmental discourse, science and uncertainty, precautionary principles, climate policy stabalisation assessment, green legacies, global trading schemes, UN COP frameworks ALL of which have to be defended for the policy framework to be politically feasible.

The clean energy policies that Fisher targeted for repeal in his 2015 study for IER provide some clues about the possible identity of the «mandates and tax and subsidy policies» to which Perry made vague reference in his memo.

This prevention of going over 3C would include a combination of GHG reductions brought about by energy policy and possibly some geoengineering techniques (maybe even artificial photosynthesis which uses up CO2 and produces useful energy)..

As scenario analysis is mooted as a useful tool to understand the risks of the energy transition, it is clear that using a scenario with no changes in technology and policy (the CPS) or the new policy scenario (NPS)(AKA the «no new policies scenario»), which includes what is already known about and set to come into force does not help companies or their shareholders understand risk and opportunity.

The Tribune reports on the National Energy Policy Committee's second report, which talk about OTEC.

The White House's policy page on energy talks mostly about efficiency and conservation, which one would hope would be values more or less equally shared.

On the policy level, Macron is lobbying Germany to set a minimum price of 30 euros per ton in the CO2 permit auction, about six times the current market price, which would further accelerate the clean energy transition in Europe.

So talking about clean energy and pushing federal clean energy policies, which still has solid support among the rest of the electorate, can only be a political positive, making it a classic wedge issue.

Minnesota's energy policy emphasizing renewable energy is mostly an electricity policy, which represents only about 40 percent of the state's total energy consumption.

California is again at the forefront of renewable energy policy, requiring most new homes to have solar panels installed during construction, which will add about one large solar farm a year.

At the inaugural meeting of the Greentech Innovation Network (which Friedman talks about in today's column, «A Millioni Manhattan Projects» http://select.nytimes.com/­2006/­05/­24/­opinion/­24friedman.html), their dialogue ranged over energy policy, oil dependence, and geo - green technology.

Thinking about the problem in terms of temperature increase for a doubling of atmospheric CO2 (which we will probably exceed with current policies and energy trends), even studies that reinforce the skeptical narrative of low mean climate sensitivity leaves some chance of warming greatly exceeding international goals and historical boundaries (say a 5 percent chance of warming exceeding 4 °C).

Welcome to the RFF Weekly Policy Commentary, which is meant to provide an easy way to learn about important policy issues related to environmental, natural resource, energy, urban, and public health proPolicy Commentary, which is meant to provide an easy way to learn about important policy issues related to environmental, natural resource, energy, urban, and public health propolicy issues related to environmental, natural resource, energy, urban, and public health problems.

But is it not also irresponsible to allow debate about what looks like a disastrous range of climate and energy policies — policies which have pushed up the price of energy, leaving people poorer, in colder homes, and causing other economic effects, none of which are good?

Bruce Burcat, Executive Director of the Mid-Atlantic Renewable Energy Coalition, told me, «Sound policies like the PTC have driven innovation which has helped reduce the cost of wind energy down by about 66 percent over the past six years, making it highly price competitive with traditional forms of energy resoEnergy Coalition, told me, «Sound policies like the PTC have driven innovation which has helped reduce the cost of wind energy down by about 66 percent over the past six years, making it highly price competitive with traditional forms of energy resoenergy down by about 66 percent over the past six years, making it highly price competitive with traditional forms of energy resoenergy resources.

Over the last few weeks there has been an uptick in chatter about long dormant wind farm projects being resurrected, which has more to do with anxious developers hoping to offload their projects than any kind of renewed confidence in Australia's precarious renewable energy policies.

[43] The event, which reportedly «brought climatologists to talk about the state of climate science and economists to talk about the importance of free market energy policy» was met with protestors.

Epstein's writing received praise from Patrick Michaels and Matt Ridley on the book's publisher's page, which describes The Moral Case for Fossil Fuels as «the best popular - market book about climate, environmental policy, and energy,» as well as an «eloquent and powerful argument for using fossil fuels on moral grounds.»

I suspect what he means is that it shouldn't make any difference in decisions about energy policy, which is where I feel that a lot of these discussions break down.

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I promised to return to the question about the extent to which climate change and renewable energy policies have caused bills to rise, and will continue to cause to rise.

He has denied the public the opportunity to hear an honest rebuttal to the criticism that has been made about his advice, and the direction of UK energy and climate policy — criticism which has at last begun to change the direction of policy, much to his annoyance.

Denialists will want to focus on the anomalously cool region of northern Russia — not record - breaking, but taking about anomalous cooling can help to introduce doubt into the decision - making process, which is helpful when it comes to blocking climate and energy legislation, preventing federal and state shifts in energy policy, providing talking points for Inhofe & Barton, etc..

Despite adverse economic conditions as well as uncertainty about future Federal energy policy, wind generators continue to represent a significant share of capacity additions in the electric power industry, which totaled 16,409 MW in 2010.

It would be much harder to say that about wind energy, if there had been a public, democratic, transparent debate about our energy policy, and the values which inform it.