Sentences with phrase «against increasing fuel»

In 2005, Salazar voted against increasing fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks; and in the same year voted against repealing tax breaks for oil producers.

But the Tory MP Robert Halfon, who has led the campaign against increasing fuel duty, said he would not vote against the government until he saw whether the chancellor, George Osborne, responded to the mounting concerns in his autumn statement, due on 5 December.

He voted against increased fuel efficiency standards and opposed legislation that included tax credits for more efficient cars.

Not exact matches

Increased tension between Tehran and Riyadh has fueled speculation that shared interests may push Saudi Arabia and Israel to work together against what they regard as a common Iranian threat.

Operating expenses rose 2 percent on higher fuel costs, which increased because of a 9 percent gain in capacity and the weakening of the ringgit against the dollar, the airline reported.

It also organised a protest in the city of Port Harcourt against the federal government's inability to address the burning perennial fuel scarcity, zero megawatts and total lack of electricity amidst increased tariff and economic hardship unleashed on Nigerians by the Buhari administration.

With EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt determined to use the EPA to increase fossil fuel use, we need our representative to fight hard against climate change deniers.

«To the point where competition among the Oil Marketing Companies remains high, market price for both Brent crude and refined oil dropping in average price terms, added to the appreciation of the Cedi against the U.S. dollar, and increasing national fuel stock; the Institute for Energy Security (IES) believe that there is enough positive momentum and fundamental justification to move the prices of Petrol and Diesel lower on the local market,» IES said in a release signed by Gilbert Richmond Rockson, Principal Research Analyst.

Weighed against should be the increasing evidence that poorer drivers are being forced off the roads by expensive fuel prices, with less money is coming into the Treasury as a result.

Last week's increase of 0.8 % in the Conservatives» vote can be seen as any kind of triumph only when set against poll - fuelled expectations and their success in turning the coalition's unpopularity into the destruction of the Liberal Democrats.

The authors review over 800 recent studies addressing human rights violations against sex workers, HIV, law and policy, concluding that criminalization of sex work fuels and fosters human rights violations and increases sex workers» susceptibility to HIV, including by reducing sex workers» access to HIV prevention, treatment and care.

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Since we understand that our digestive system and immune system are linked to our mood and overall functioning, it becomes imperative that we learn how to fuel our brains, improve digestion, balance inflammation and take proactive measures against our increasing levels of stress.

Coupled with the fact that many of these cars are leased and not purchased for the long - term, the slight monthly payment increase for a 450h starts to make sense against the fuel cost savings you'll see around town.

In cultivating our ability to «farm carbon,» we would simultaneously be reducing our reliance on fossil fuels and chemical fertilizers, increasing our farm lands» ability to retain nutrients and hold water, we'd be mitigating flooding and protecting against drought, and we'd be enhancing biodiversity too.

Other research teams have found that slower progress against headwinds will mean dramatic increases in fuel demands.

In the opinion of the Danish government this is a reasonable insurance policy against unexpected increases in fossil fuel costs and a solid investment in Denmark's future energy security.

«Accordingly, as we concluded in D.P.U. 10 - 54, at 229 - 230, the Cape Wind facility will produce far greater benefits in terms of its: (1) contribution to narrowing the projected gap between supply and demand of renewable resources; (2) contribution to compliance with GWSA emission reductions requirements; (3) contribution to fuel diversity; (4) price suppression effects; (5) ability to act as a hedge against future fuel price increases and volatility; (6) contribution to system reliability; and (7) ability to moderate system peak load.

«Climate science» as it is used by warmists implies adherence to a set of beliefs: (1) Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will warm the Earth's surface and atmosphere; (2) Human production of CO2 is producing significant increases in CO2 concentration; (3) The rate of rise of temperature in the 20th and 21st centuries is unprecedented compared to the rates of change of temperature in the previous two millennia and this can only be due to rising greenhouse gas concentrations; (4) The climate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industrializing.

It's time religious leaders take a stand against fossil fuels With the moral issues in mind, Christiana Figueres, the executive secretary of the UN Framework Convention on Climate, called upon all religious leaders to take a public stand against fossil fuels, whose high emissions of greenhouse gases are said to increase the rate of climate change.

McKibben, who spent much of the summer organizing protests in Washington, D.C. against increased U.S. imports of oil from Canada's tar sands, called on Bellingham residents to join in another battle against increasing fossil fuel trade.

The C13 / 12 ratios are a good argument against the increase coming from volcanoes but it seems to me that any biological source or sink is likely to have the same ratio as fossil fuels.

Xcel was also caught testifying just three days later that, when concerning its nuclear power plant, non-fossil generation (like solar...) did provide «a valuable hedge against potential increases in fossil fuel costs» which have been «extremely volatile.»

So is the need for a hedge against fossil fuel cost increases, the opportunity to create local jobs, put generation near customers and offer community garden subscriptions.

This may seem like a lot, but look at the rate of return (below), and the protection that this buys against future fuel price increases.

And all this brings increasing recognition by investors that the carbon bubble and stranded assets are serious financial risks, which in turn reinforces the growing power of NGO campaigns against coal and CSG along with their fossil fuel divestment campaign.

In other words, fossil fuel price increases and volatility will increase energy bills, and measures which reduce consumption and shift production away from fossil fuel sources are a way of hedging against this.

Another critic argues that the studies fail to consider no - till cultivation of biofuel crops, which actually increase soil carbon storage, and that corn ethanol plants are converting to renewable energy, thus decreasing their emissions - meanwhile they are competing against fossil fuels like oil from tar sands that have an increased carbon footprint even compared to conventional gasoline.

All of this is against the backdrop of an increasing grassroots movement against coal, and scientific certainty and elite concerns about fossil fueled climate change.

One of the arguments against the proposal was that restricting cars to 30kph would keep them changing between first and second gears, making them less fuel - efficient and increasing carbon emissions.

Last month, in «We Won't See You in Court: The Era of Tort Lawsuits Is Waning,» the Wall Street Journal took a look at the decline in tort lawsuit filings and the reasons fueling the decline, citing «state restrictions on litigation, the increasing cost of bringing suits, improved auto safety, and a long campaign by businesses to turn public opinion against plaintiffs and their lawyers.»

In the commodities markets, farmers deal in futures as a hedge against the risk of falling prices in the commodity they produce (say, corn) while, on the other side of the equation, companies like airline operators deal in futures to hedge against the risk of an increase in the price of fuel for their aircraft.