Sentences with phrase «addiction to fossil»

We aren't going to kick our addiction to fossil fuels overnight, but the decisions we make around these pipelines will set us on a course for either more oil dependence or less.

What is needed is for people to wake up and understand that our CO2 emissions through our addiction to fossil fuel burning is really turning up the thermostat of the planet causing a shift that the planet likely only have experienced in rather more cataclysmic events like the big siberian traps vulcanism or asteroide impact.

This addiction to fossil fuels has driven a binge of extreme exploitation of our environment and our social structures, that is threatening our very existence.

It's obviously nontrivial, but I really don't see what else can be done given our addiction to fossil fuels.

Restating the need to break our addiction to fossil fuels, he stared at the camera and confessed that «we don't yet know precisely how we're going to get there.»

Instead of producing energy, industrial agriculture consumes it, through the addiction to fossil fuel - powered machinery and petroleum - based agrochemicals.

After seeing what our addiction to fossil fuels was doing to the residents of Port Arthur, Genoways began to see the connection elsewhere around the US:

I learned that, on my way to Morocco — to report on a summit dedicated to tamping down our addiction to fossil fuels — I'm responsible for more than 0.58 metric tons of carbon dioxide emissions.

Colin Roche, extractives campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe said: «Europe must end its addiction to fossil fuels, including in the transport sector.

«His initiatives to stimulate renewable energy development would create thousands of jobs in California alone while moving us away from our addiction to fossil fuels.»

A case has been made that the absence of effective governmental leadership is related to the effect of special interests on policy, as well as to public relations efforts by organizations that profit from the public's addiction to fossil fuels [237], [250].

- former Energy Secretary James Schlesinger responding the American addiction to fossil fuels and our inability to be energy independent

In her opening argument, Deborah Goldberg of Earth Justice asserts that fracking is an overhyped initiative that will continue to feed our addiction to fossil fuels and further deteriorate our environment.

Our addiction to fossil fuels is devastating the West's wildlife, wild places and wild rivers.

That if we end our addiction to fossil fuels, we might put a dent in public health impacts that lead to sicker and shorter lives in places like the Duwamish Valley and other disadvantaged communities across our state.

In delaying action on climate, some people have had a much greater role than others in prolonging our addiction to fossil fuels.

The list of «Projects of Common Interest» (PCI) eligible for EU public subsidies shows the extent of Europe's addiction to fossil fuels.

Our deadly addiction to fossil fuels is wreaking havoc on our waterways and communities.

And with each passing day, it is clear that our addiction to fossil fuels is one of the most serious threats to our national security in the 21st century.

We must get over our addiction to fossil fuel, one way or another.

«To turn carbon trading into a tool that helps end our addiction to fossil fuel, especially coal, polluter handouts must end,» said coal policy expert Joanna Flisowska.

So, following this logic, it's humanitarian to continue, even to expand, our dangerous addiction to fossil fuels worldwide.

Even if the world can break its addiction to fossil fuels and peak carbon emissions soon, it could still be too late to prevent devastating climate change.

Scientific American: The world must spend an extra $ 700 billion a year to curb its addiction to fossil fuels blamed for worsening floods and heat waves and rising sea levels, a study issued by the World Economic Forum (WEF) showed on Monday.

«Society needs to wean itself from the addiction to fossil fuels as quickly as possible,» Howarth said.

«Congressman Heinrich puts significant faith in science, and he knows how important it is to address our addiction to fossil fuels,» said David Wilmot, Ph.D., Ocean Champions» President and Co-Founder.

While Broecker is an advocate of utilizing alternative fuels, he is realistic about humanity's addiction to fossil fuels — especially in industrializing nations.

I am happy to look at other ideas and approaches from either party --- as long they seriously tackle our addiction to fossil fuels.

It only requires the will to look toward the future and to curb our addiction to fossil fuels.

When will the human race recognize it is rendering the planet uninhabitable with its addiction to fossil fuel?

A case has been made that the absence of effective governmental leadership is related to the effect of special interests on policy, as well as to public relations efforts by organizations that profit from the public's addiction to fossil fuels [237], [250].

He also supports a «Green New Deal» to end the country's addiction to fossil fuels and invest in green and sustainable energy.

Not exact matches

Will governments, investors and green - minded consumers, who put their faith in the sun's power to help wean us off our fossil - fuel addiction, back away from another technology that promised too much — in jobs and profits as much as in renewable energy — and failed to deliver?

We don't need more time to «figure out how to get off our fossil fuel addiction».

«When handing Canada the Colossal Fossil last year we pointed to the unfair advantage in this competition that the carbon doping of the tar sands is providing for Canada since the Harper government's tar sands addiction determines its abysmal approach to climate policy.

We either are going to continue our addiction to dirty, dangerous fossil fuels or we're going to take a better path, the new path towards renewables and we're going to open up our ocean waters to offshore wind.»

«His weak green light to renewable fuels, refusal to cut fossil fuel subsidies and his call for further imports, completely undermines last year's recognition of the need to end the nation's oil addiction,» she said.

Photographer J. Henry Fair has documented the landscapes left behind by the industrial processes that feed the world's fossil - fuel addiction — as well as many of the necessities and luxuries of modern life that energy makes possible, from plastics to paper towels.

The Kia Soul EV is an interesting choice if you're ready to give up your fossil fuel addiction.

Rather, it is far more insidious and pervasive; it is an addiction to an energy intensive lifestyle driven by copious amounts of fossil fuel combustion.

It really doesn't matter whether the fossil fuels addiction of ours (to quote George W. Bush again (this must be his most intelligent remark, ever)-RRB- is not being dealt with by the authorities and peoples of whichever country you might want to visit.

Sure, we only meant to draw attention to problems of continued fossil fuel addiction.

Carbon tax with 100 percent dividend is needed to wean us off fossil fuel addiction.

Actual temperature data doesn't cooperate with their party line that mankind is ruining the planet with its addiction to so - called fossil fuels and its appetite for ample, affordable energy.

To put it simply, nuclear and hydro are very long term investments, efficiency, wind and solar are investments and fossil fuels are an addiction.

We have to stop fueling our fossil fuel addiction and say no to dirty tar sands.

The Lieberman - Warner American Climate InSecurity Act (A-CISA) has, as its core centerpiece, a poorly structured Cap and Trade program, inadequate for achieiving required reductions in US (and Global) GreenHouse Gase (GHG) emissions while giving away $ 500 billion (and likely more) to serial polluters, making the task of reducing America's fossil - fuel addiction that much more costly -LSB-...]

He must explain that a rising carbon price is needed to phase out our fossil fuel addiction.»

Antoine Simon, extractive industries campaigner for Friends of the Earth Europe said: «Europe desperately needs to kick its fossil fuel addiction, but the fossil fuel lobby has embedded itself deep in the heart of European decision making.

We know we eventually need to kick our addiction to costly, dangerous fossil fuels.