Sentences with phrase «address global climate»

To help address global climate change problem, the city would send carbon contamination from power plants and other area based sources down to the ocean depths, where microorganisms would convert into methane gas.

Common Dreams By Jessica Corbett 6 Feb 2018 Michael Foster, the valve turner who temporarily halted the flow of tar sands oil in TransCanada's Keystone pipeline in October 2016, called for future actions to address the global climate crisis before he headed to prison, where he is expected to serve at least a year of his three - year sentence.

-- McConnell has repeatedly voted against Senate bills recognizing global warming, including a «sense of the Senate» amendment expressing «the need to address global climate change through comprehensive and cost - effective national measures and through the negotiation of fair and binding international commitments.»

Regardless, CSPW will be there to fight for the return of science and reason in order to promote critically needed energy policies that effectively address global climate change.

Energy efficiency measures have been proven by many analyses to be the most cost - effective and fast - track way to address global climate change while reducing energy usage and more affordably...

Developing a low carbon economy is a must as China continues to industrialize, not only for the nation's energy security strategy, but also as part of an urgent international responsibility to address global climate change.

With only four months left, rich nations must come up with substantial initial fund pledges to build the trust needed to address the global climate crisis.

Not having an honest, complete discussion is a bad strategy if you really want to address global climate change over the long term.

Energy efficiency measures have been proven by many analyses to be the most cost - effective and fast - track way to address global climate change while...

At times, the report reads like a White House press release, gushing, for example: «President Obama has outlined a comprehensive plan to address global climate change through investments that will save or create many jobs.»

Thus, the Times mentions how prosecutors like Schneiderman would prefer big oil companies to act: «Last month, 10 of the world's biggest oil companies, including BP, Royal Dutch Shell, Saudi Aramco, Repsol of Spain, Eni of Italy and Total, made a public declaration acknowledging that their industry must help address global climate change.»

In 1998, the Trusts established the Pew Center on Global Climate Change for the purpose of providing credible information, straight answers and innovative solutions to address global climate change.

Beyond some unions that legitimately fear harmful effects on their members, the attacks on the Clean Power Plan are coming from the same anti-union corporate polluters that have sought to destroy the labor movement and fought any attempt to address global climate disruption for decades.

For a more detailed account, see my Hamilton Project paper, A U.S. Cap - and - Trade System to Address Global Climate Change.)

According to the survey, a majority (56 %) of Americans think the United States should join other countries in setting standards to address global climate change, while 32 % say that the United States should set its own standards.

As the world's largest economy, and the world's largest emitter of greenhouse gases, the United States is central to any long - term strategy to address global climate change.

Duke University ConocoPhillips Pledges $ 1 Million to Climate Change Policy Partnership at Duke 2007 ConocoPhillips, the third - largest integrated energy company in the United States, has pledged $ 1 million to support an industry - university collaboration working to develop policies that address global climate change, Duke University President Richard H. Brodhead announced Wednesday.

Wind energy is well positioned to meet Canada's future electricity needs in a clean, reliable and cost - competitive way while also helping Canada to address the global climate change challenge.

This talk will explore the role of government actions in fostering the technology innovations needed to address global climate change.

Abstract This talk will explore the role of government actions in fostering the technology innovations needed to address global climate change.

Article XXXII of the 35 Articles of Impeachment, introduced on June 9 by Congressman Dennis Kucinich (D - Ohio), charges President Bush with «Misleading Congress and the American People, Systematically Undermining Efforts to Address Global Climate Change.»

Will you be, and CAN you be, a spokesperson and champion to inspire and help lead the American people and American companies to begin (substantially) to address the global climate problem?

Divestment of fossil fuel stocks would hurt, not help efforts to address global climate change.

Lead International Efforts to Address Global Climate Change.

* The role of the US in global efforts to address pollutants that are broadly dispersed across national borders, such as greenhouse gasses, persistent organic pollutants, ozone, etc...; * How they view a president's ability to influence national science policy in a way that will persist beyond their term (s), as would be necessary for example to address global climate change or enhancement of science education nationwide; * Their perspective on the relative roles that scientific knowledge, ethics, economics, and faith should play in resolving debates over embryonic stem cell research, evolution education, human population growth, etc... * What specific steps they would take to prevent the introduction of political or economic bias in the dissemination and use of scientific knowledge; * (and many more...)

What is your position on the following measures that have been proposed to address global climate change — a cap - and - trade system, a carbon tax, increased fuel - economy standards, or research?

At a time when melting polar sea ice is causing so many to focus on which political power will place its flag over the Arctic, controlling the Northwest Passage shipping lanes and the petroleum resources beneath the sea ice, Miami artist Xavier Cortada has developed a project that engages people across the world below to plant a green flag and native tree to help address global climate change.

Toward those ends, Honda also focuses on factors like reducing carbon emissions, to help address global climate change.

I strongly support policies to address global climate change and believe that a comprehensive solution requires congressional action.

What is your position on cap - and - trade, carbon taxes, and other policies proposed to address global climate change — and what steps can we take to improve our ability to tackle challenges like climate change that cross national boundaries?

She cites a study which analyzes survey data revealing that, since the mid-1970s, a falling percentage of college - educated conservatives claim to «trust science,» compared to relatively stable numbers among liberals, and argues that those who oppose contraception, question the Neo-Darwinist narrative of evolution, or disagree with certain political measures to address global climate change, are opposed to science in general....

We can also work together in developing rules to address global climate change.

Bush highlighted this expert - certified uncertainty when he addressed global climate change in the Rose Garden today, shortly before he left for a 6 - day trip to Europe, where his stance on global warming is expected to be sharply criticized.

Architectures for Agreement: Addressing Global Climate Change in the Post-Kyoto World.

The work addresses global climate change and will include the reinstallation of the «Longitudinal Installation» and «Endangered World» (originally created in the South Pole, 90S, during January 2007 as part of a National Science Foundation Antarctic Artist and Writers residency).

At those talks, in Milan in 2003, Mr. Watson listed a variety of initiatives begun by states and communities, which he said were like «laboratories where new and creative ideas and methods can be applied and shared with others and inform federal policy — a truly bottom - up approach to addressing global climate change.»

This is an enormous step towards a safer climate future for the world — and much closer to Canada's fair share in addressing the global climate crisis.

Rapidly reducing that coal use is essential to addressing global climate change.

A bedrock principle addressing global climate change issues is that science - not emotional or political reactions — must serve as the foundation for global climate policy decisions.»

www.climateark.org» ClimateArk is a climate change portal and search engine dedicated to promoting public policy that addresses global climate change through reductions in carbon dioxide and other emissions, renewable energy, energy conservation and ending deforestation.

And if the models are good enough to accurately model the effects of geoengineering, then perhaps we should trust what they tell us about addressing global climate disruption, namely that cutting greenhouse gas emissions is the best way to curtail overall climate disruption.

Thackeray, R.W., 2004: Struggling for air: The Kyoto Protocol, citizen's suits under the Clean Air Act, and the United States Options for Addressing Global Climate Change.

«Protecting our oceans and addressing global climate change have been central causes throughout my time in Congress, and if elected to the Senate I will work to preserve and promote healthy oceans now and for generations to follow.»

Listing a variety of initiatives begun by states and communities, Dr. Watson said they were like «laboratories where new and creative ideas and methods can be applied and shared with others and inform federal policy, a truly bottom - up approach to addressing global climate change.»

Many people might think that addressing global climate change is critical and that peacefully ending conflicts like the one in Syria is important, but how are those two issues related?

The Harvard Project on Climate Agreements identifies and communicates scientifically sound, economically sensible, and politically pragmatic public policy options for addressing global climate change.

The goal of the Harvard Project on Climate Agreements, which was established in 2007, is to help identify and advance scientifically sound, economically sensible, and politically pragmatic public policy options for addressing global climate change.

Interesting stuff, and important to understanding the legitimate impediments market forces pose to addressing global climate change.

ENERGY STAR is a national labeling and branding program that addresses global climate change by using voluntary initiatives to promote reductions in greenhouse gases and has enjoyed strong bipartisan support.

Not exact matches

Still, last year, environmentalists appeared to score a victory the biggest global agreement to address and combat climate change was signed on Earth Day.