A version of this article first appeared in the Sep. / Oct. 2016 edition of the Carbon Capture Journal Introduction Even in an election year, there are
areas of energy policy where leaders of both parties and stakeholders from diverse sectors of...
Huge international decisions in
the areas of energy policy, climate change and sustainable development need to be reached.
Not exact matches
This research
area covers
policies pertaining to Canada's
energy and other natural resources and that concern Canada's ability to exploit this source
of comparative advantage.
- Governments offer myriad tax supports and other
policies to help businesses in a wide range
of areas, from skills training to capital investment tax credits to export insurance to rebates for increasing
energy efficiency.
Any
energy policy which tries to play one
area of concern against the other can not be encompassed in an ethic
of ecological justice.
Those nine
areas are focused on agriculture (carbon farming), increasing
energy efficiency, reducing food waste, eliminating commodity - driven deforestation, reducing the climate impact
of packaging, advocating for responsible
policies, committing to 100 percent renewable power, reducing short - lived climate pollutant emissions and transportation - related emissions.
These are two
of the calls that the Institution
of Engineering and Technology is making to government across
policy areas including
energy; education; manufacturing; IT and communications; and transport ahead
of the general election.
In a congressional district that encompasses cash - strapped, potentially gas - rich Sullivan County, New York City's watershed, eco-sensitive communities like Woodstock and various rural
areas on the east side
of the Hudson River, incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson and challenger Sean Eldridge are on the campaign trail seeking to define their own, and their opponent's, positions on climate change,
energy policy and perhaps most critically fracking.
This includes taking the credit for significant
areas of policy covering welfare,
energy, housing, and constitutional reform.
A majority
of voters back Labour's
policies in key
areas such as the NHS, minimum wages and
energy pricing.
Different government departments moving in different directions is not a new development, but the prospect
of collapse in a
policy area of such vital importance to our national
energy, economic and environmental needs bears the hallmarks
of incoherent government and now risks becoming a national scandal.
The Pacific Northwest National Laboratory seeks solutions in
areas of climate
policy, renewable
energy integration and electric vehicles
The study, which is being conducted under the Environmental Protection Agency's Superfund program, is the first time the EPA has undertaken its own water analysis in response to complaints
of contamination in drilling
areas, and it could be pivotal in the national debate over the role
of natural gas in America's
energy policy.
Sutley, for her part, came to the post after a four - year stint as a deputy mayor in Los Angeles, where she also oversaw climate change and
energy policy, including restraining emissions from diesel trucks at
area ports as well as promoting solar
energy by setting a goal
of generating 10 percent
of the city's electricity from the sun by 2020.
The Secretary shall ensure that the geographic
areas included in the demonstration program include dwelling units on Indian lands (as such term is defined in section 2601
of the
Energy Policy Act
of 1992 (25 U.S.C. 3501), to the extent that dwelling units on Indian land have the type
of residential structures that are the focus
of the demonstration program.
A sustainable city should have clear
policies and comprehensive sanitation, waste collection and treatment, water management, with the collection, treatment, reuse and economy; transportation systems that favor mass transit quality and safety; actions that preserve and expand green
areas and use
of clean and renewable
energy, and finally, public administration transparent and shared with civil society organizations.
The Institute contributes to sustainable development by advancing
policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic
policy, climate change and
energy, and management
of natural and social capital, as well as the enabling role
of communication technologies in these
areas.
I'm not suggesting a credit crisis now, but it is useful to keep a list
of areas where caution is being thrown to the wind — I can think
of a few
areas: student loans, agricultural loans,
energy loans, lending to certain weak governments with large liabilities and no independent monetary
policy... there may be more — can you think
of any?
This is an obvious
area where stated domestic
policy is in direct conflict with stated foreign
policy — for example, we just had the U.S. special envoy for Eurasian
energy, Richard Morningstar, state that the U.S. supports all projects that increase world use
of oil and gas.
It stems from failed
policy in all
areas, and from delegating climate and
energy policy to the likes
of Dick Cheney and Lee Raymond.
Joe demonstrates a remarkable intellectual breadth and depth that goes well beyond his obvious expertise in the
area of climate and
energy policy.
The petitioners» list
of possible debate topics includes climate change,
energy policy and other broad
policy areas.
The directive focuses on seven broad
areas of Arctic
policy: 1) National security and homeland security, 2) International governance, 3) Extended continental shelf and boundary issues, 4) Promotion
of international scientific cooperation, 5) Maritime transportation, 6) Economic issues, including
energy resources, and 7) Environmental protection and conservation
of natural resources.
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.
Obama's recent opening
of new offshore
areas for oil and gas exploration, the recent Gulf oil spill, and the approval
of a wind farm offshore from Cape Cod, Mass., bring
energy to the forefront once again, and motivate us to consider carefully where government
policies are taking American citizens and the world.
Steven E. Koonin, once the Obama administration's undersecretary
of energy for science and chief scientist at BP, stirred up a swirl
of turbulence in global warming discourse this week after The Wall Street Journal published «Climate Science is Not Settled,» his essay calling for more frankness about
areas of deep uncertainty in climate science, more research to narrow error ranges and more acknowledgement that society's decisions on
energy and climate
policy are based on values as much as data.
EESI advances
policy solutions that will result in decreased global warming and air pollution; improvements in public health,
energy security and rural economic development opportunities; increased use
of renewable
energy sources and improved
energy efficiency; and the protection
of areas such as the Arctic and coastal regions.»
Dutch
policy in the
area of climate change,
energy efficiency and renewables is very ambitious, and results may fall short
of the objectives.
In Issues, a scholar
of conservative
policy has looked at
areas where action on climate measures might win favor, while an
energy analyst has proposed combining climate
policies drawn from across the political spectrum.
Supply, cost, environmental consequences - these are among the central features
of debate over
energy policy in the U.S. Those who want to open up more
areas to drilling - on land and offshore - and expand the use
of fracking to extract natural gas from deep underground argue that we must reduce our dependence on foreign oil.
The
Energy Policy Act
of 2005 granted the Federal
Energy Regulatory Commission the authority to approve and issue siting permits for new transmission lines in
areas designated by the Department
of Energy as National Interest Electric Transmission Corridors (NIETC).
Areas of Expertise:
policy, leadership, grassroots organizing, environmental justice, green jobs,
energy
Donald Trump's election victory provides the best opportunity that is likely to occur to push back against the green lobby before they assume permanent control
of the climate /
energy policy area and with it the continued survival
of the free enterprise system in the US and the fossil fuels that provide the
energy that make a modern economy function.
In recent years, Harvard faculty members have made many vital contributions in this
area, such as creating an artificial leaf that mimics photosynthesis, designing new chemical processes to reduce fossil fuel dependence, developing new battery technologies, envisioning the future
of green buildings and cities, proposing carbon pricing models, and helping to shape progress on international climate agreements, US
energy policy, and strategies to reduce emissions in China.
The Monitor highlights the regional variations to better understand differing priorities, and its national deep - dives showcase specific
areas of concern for national
energy policy.
Although concern with
energy may not immediately be associated with the Fund's ongoing involvement in international monetary and fiscal -
policy issues, it would be a mistake to view
energy subsidies as extraneous to those traditional
areas of responsibility.
The goal
of the
Energy Policy Act
of 1992 was to replace 30 percent
of U.S. transportation - related petroleum consumption with alternative - fuel vehicles by 2010, and the Act requires that at least 75 percent
of vehicles purchased annually by federal agencies in major metropolitan
areas be alternative - fuel vehicles.
His
areas of expertise include cost - benefit analysis applied to both
energy and environmental
policy, rate regulation, market structure, and antitrust.
Mark Z. Jacobson and Mark A. Delucchi, «Providing All Global
Energy with Wind, Water, and Solar Power, Part I: Technologies,
Energy Resources, Quantities and
Areas of Infrastructure, and Materials,»
Energy Policy, vol.
The paper, «
Energy, Development and Climate Change: Striking a Balance», examines the energy scenario — availability, access, influence of markets and government policies — in rural India, especially in the areas where WOTR has been wo
Energy, Development and Climate Change: Striking a Balance», examines the
energy scenario — availability, access, influence of markets and government policies — in rural India, especially in the areas where WOTR has been wo
energy scenario — availability, access, influence
of markets and government
policies — in rural India, especially in the
areas where WOTR has been working.
I assisted Fingal County Council in 2005 - 06 to pass a
policy into local
area plans that all new buildings should have a combined space heating & hot water target
of 50 kWh / m2 / yr — which then evolved into 60 %
energy and CO2 emissions reductions targets — along with mandatory renewable
energy targets.
It is an active
area of policy - making around the world: for example, the European Union just arrived at new
policies for carbon emissions, including a unified target for renewable
energy.
The
Energy Commission's Integrated
Energy Policy Report (IEPR) Committee will conduct a workshop to discuss the potential need for new and replacement generation in areas under the jurisdiction of the South Coast Air Quality Management District in order to meet state policy directives and local reliability
Policy Report (IEPR) Committee will conduct a workshop to discuss the potential need for new and replacement generation in
areas under the jurisdiction
of the South Coast Air Quality Management District in order to meet state
policy directives and local reliability
policy directives and local reliability needs.
Clean
energy has boomed in recent years, but to guarantee its continued growth investors need stable, long - term
policy support, three
of the Bay
Area's leading
energy journalists told a Climate One audience on February 3.
Dr Tina Abouhmaboub, Climate
Policy Analyst Works in the area of integrated assessment modeling, energy and climate change mitigation economics and p
Policy Analyst Works in the
area of integrated assessment modeling,
energy and climate change mitigation economics and
policypolicy.
Based on country interviews it considers identified priority
areas like capacity building for
policy makers, training, HFC alternatives technology,
energy efficiency, public private partnerships, and gender balance and inclusion
of women and youth in the growing refrigeration and air conditioning sector.
(Sec. 209) Amends the Public Utility Regulatory
Policies Act
of 1978 to authorize the Secretary to provide grants to: (1) increase
energy efficiency, siting, or upgrading transmission and distribution lines serving rural
areas; or (2) provide or modernize electric generation facilities that serve rural
areas.
Today
energy development in
Area 1002, as in much
of the Arctic, remains prohibited by restrictive federal
policies, which puts at risk our nation's long - term
energy security and ability to meet the nation and the world's
energy needs.
This International
Energy Agency review highlights the areas that are critical to the success of Greece's energy policy a
Energy Agency review highlights the
areas that are critical to the success
of Greece's
energy policy a
energy policy agenda.
Ten years after my initial forays into this subject
area I am more than ever
of the view that a future - facing climate
policy must be informed by backward - facing
energy analysis.