Sentences with phrase «asked about carbon»

He made a special, surprise, pit stop to Northern California in between European tour stops in Germany and Ireland (I didn't ask about carbon offsets).

The last asks about carbon capture and sequestration, which Forkin says is technically feasible but not commercially viable.

When I wrote about Carrboro, NC based Goat Patrol landscaping, while being generally positive about the concept, I did ask about the carbon footprint of moving a bunch of goats around.

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I asked her about reports that her government is planning to raise Alberta's $ 15 per tonne carbon price to $ 40 per tonne as a means to getting American approval for the pipeline project — a price that environmental critics say would be still too low.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailIf asked what the federal government is doing to cut carbon pollution, most Canadians would likely point to the policy they've heard the most about: carbon pricing.

If asked what the federal government is doing to cut carbon pollution, most Canadians would likely point to the policy they've heard the most about: carbon pricing.

When Maclean's asked Kenney before the leadership vote about a carbon policy that these industry leaders may now view as something that must be replaced if it's repealed, he did something aspiring conservative premiers seldom do in Alberta: he took a shot at the corporate titans.

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

«And communities asked to accept intrusive new renewable energy infrastructure such as wind farms will ask how serious the government is about reducing greenhouse gas emissions when it is still prepared to allow carbon intensive opencast mining.»

«It doesn't get you off the hook on carbon,» Nitin Desai, a member of the Indian prime minister's climate change council, said earlier this week when asked about the coalition.

They're putting these tools to use to ask questions not just about ocean ecology, but about the carbon cycle as well.

The agency did not elaborate when asked for more information about how the agency was progressing toward classifying biomass as carbon neutral.

Citing reporting by the Los Angeles Times and InsideClimate News, Kaine asked about documents that showed Exxon concluded in the 1970s that carbon dioxide affected climate, then for years after publicly cast doubt on the science.

Both senators asked Perry about remarks he made this past Monday on a CNBC news program casting doubt on carbon dioxide's role in climate change.

When asked about the connections between C60 and carbon fibres, they discussed the possibility of adding rings of ten carbon atoms to elongate the football to become C70.

I ask questions about the new lighter Brembo carbon - ceramic brakes and the revised suspension and the four - way adjustable Öhlins dampers.

Naturally the interior can be ordered in just about any shade possible, from the standard black with color coded inserts over to anything you like with the Ad Personam program, add the Carbon Skin package to make a difference while the branding package adds the Lamborghini script on the dashboard and the Raging Bull crest on the headrests... the interior carbon fiber package is another must have if you ask me while the optional fire extinguisher and carbon fiber floor mats just complete that track day feeling for you.

When I was at the zoo last week, I asked a lawyer from the conservation society whether it might be best to think of these credits as «conservation credits,» given the persistent questions about the utility of carbon trading in limiting the buildup of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.

I'd like to ask a general question: since the oceans are taking up about 1/3 of the anthropogenic carbon emissions, what is the opinion now of the scientific community about when the ocean surface layers will get saturated and this carbon sink (on relatively short timescales) will start to diminish?

If the U.S. keeps building new coal - fired power plants without CCS (a technology still in development that is intended to take carbon dioxide out of emissions), we can't very well ask or expect other countries (e.g., China) to care much about the issue, unless they decide to care for their own reasons.

The company asked for a $ 334 million grant to cover about half of the estimated costs of installing carbon capture and storage system.

Virgin Group CEO Richard Branson, when asked by TNA about what he wanted from Rio +20, called for planetary carbon taxes and global treaties supposedly to protect the environment.

When asked about climate change impacts, Americans do not mention health impacts, 290 and when asked about health impacts specifically, most believe it will affect people in a different time or place.291 But diverse groups of Americans find information on health impacts to be helpful once received, particularly information about the health benefits of mitigation (reducing carbon emissions) and adaptation.292

When asked about specific proposals to reduce climate change, most Democrats (90 %) and smaller majorities of Republicans (65 %) say that restrictions on power plant emissions would make a difference in reducing climate change, as would tax incentives encouraging businesses to reduce their carbon emissions (85 % and 65 %, respectively).

A question was asked about if and when China would consider peaking its carbon emissions (see previou spost «Peaking Duck: Beijing's growing appetite for climate action «-RRB- Mr. Su basically reiterated how unfair he felt it was to talk about developing country peak emissions at this point and that developed countries should shoot for achieving their pick as soon as possible.

Roberts then asks us to panic about the possibility of the political voice of fat Americans being used to demand, elevators, escalators, and other forms of labour - saving mechanisation, which in turn worsens the cycle of increasing fuel use, carbon emissions, and the world's waistlines.

And further, to be fair, if I came at you with a simple model and suggested that we should tax carbon based on a zero dimensional model, I'll wager that you might ask» what's that model say about sea level rise?»

Jackson was also asked about the EPA's finding last week that carbon dioxide emissions are a danger to public health, which triggers the process of regulating the pollutant under the Clean Air Act.

But then again I ask: why is it that we tackle it only in the way that current dogma talks about — cut carbon emissions right now and feel good about yourself?

The President - elect told The New York Times in an interview after the election, «I think there is some connectivity,» when asked about the role that carbon dioxide produced by humans plays in climate change.

Thank you for responding... the question at hand is not about whether carbon dioxide absorbs infrared radiation: what is being asked for is the replicable experiments which verify the hypothesis (postulated by Mr. Guy Callendar et al) that adding more carbon dioxide to the atmosphere would change the height where the absorption took place.

Recently I was asked by a reporter to talk about my number one wish list item that I wish was better understood by homeowners in light of climate action and sustainable concepts that support the big picture of carbon reduction.

However, when we asked for Rep. Walden about joining the Climate Solutions Caucus, support carbon fee and dividend or go further on climate positions, Nick said that, «The Congressman is just not there yet.»

In the question and answer period, my friend and fellow Toastmaster, Erin, asked me about the economic implications of the carbon dividend 20 years from now.

RFF experts answer frequently asked questions about the design elements and potential economic impacts of a carbon tax policy.

CURWOOD: Professor Aldy, we asked you to come in because there seems to be all this excitement now in Washington about the prospect of carbon tax.

Is an initiative that urges the child in all of us to keep asking the important questions about climate change, and pressure our leaders to commit to more meaningful carbon emission reductions.

At current rates of progress, asking about your gut reaction to practical carbon storage is a purely hypothetical question.

«I'm asking everyone who cares about this fight to stand up and say so today — stand with President Obama and new carbon pollution standards.»

Senior leadership at about that time had asked Bailey, a policy expert in the company's Washington office, to find other partners who were interested in promoting a carbon tax.

So, unsurprisingly, cycling advocates tend to ask some deep questions about our transportation priorities, such as: 12 BICYCLE FRIENDLY AMERICA Why can't we seem to make room on our roads to allow people who want to travel via an efficient, zero - carbon mode of transportation to do so safely?

This past November, the USGCRP released a draft of an update to this strategic plan for public comment, in which the USGCRP specifically asked for input about what role it could play in coordinating research related to carbon removal — i.e. «negative emissions» — solutions.

The Kerrs aren't the only folks asking tough questions about carbon storage these days.

If you actually cared about human lives, you would put the time, energy, and resources you have asked us to sacrifice in an effort to reduce our «carbon footprint» toward far more constructive contingencies.

If you look at the impact, if we ask ourselves every day about the impact of using centralized electricity — in terms of carbon emissions and so forth — it can be quantified and is quite tangible.

«Ask any plant how it feels about carbon dioxide,» Prof Plimer said.

last November 29, I asked Norquist about a carbon tax.

If they care about the environment, ask how they go about reducing their carbon footprint or the recycling program.