Sentences with phrase «benefits over fossil fuels»

He also repeated US claims that corn ethanol was «an efficient producer of energy» despite studies suggesting that it offered little or no environmental benefits over fossil fuels.

Not exact matches

BC is one of few provinces with no limit on corporate donations (as is Saskatchewan, whose leading political party appears to have benefitted handsomely from vast sums of money from Alberta - based fossil fuel corporations over the last decade).

The Model S exudes the benefits an electric car has over fossil - fuelled alternatives; Supercharger network makes it more usable than ever

But this wouldn't preclude the inevitable fight over the costs and benefits of continued reliance on fossil fuels.

By contrast, despite spending over $ 2 trillion in 5 decades, aid programs have much less to show in terms of poverty reduction — or its ancillary benefits, e.g., reductions in hunger, disease, better health care and education, and greater adaptive capacity to deal with climate change and natural disasters — than does fossil fuel - powered economic development.

Brian — your hysteria over the Koch brothers is blinding you to who truly benefits from fossil fuels: you and I.

It can be added that CO2 impacts are only part of the troubles and impacts created by the fighting over the right to benefit most from burning fossil fuels.

There are immense direct and indirect public benefits in transitioning to an efficient renewable energy system in terms of reduced incidence of diseases such as asthma, freeing up of most of the supplies of water that are now used for thermal electricity generation (and hence reduced conflict over water), reduced air, water, and soil pollution that accompanies fossil fuel production, processing and use, and greatly improved prospects of avoiding the worst consequences of climate change.

A 2014 IMF report (covering over 150 countries) provides estimates for taxes on fossil fuel products to reflect pollution and other environmental impacts associated with energy use, while underscoring the large environmental, health, and fiscal benefits from tax reform and the critical role of finance ministries in administration and ensuring efficient use of revenues.

Global Warming might decrease but people would die all over the planet unable to gain the benefits provided by the use of fossil fuels (Mainly cheap power and low cost transportation of goods) and the results such a change would have on the world's economy.

NRDC as an organization has over $ 70 million invested in fossil fuel and renewable energy companies that could benefit financially from closing nuclear plants

Over at The Oil Drum, Gail has just penned an exhaustive and, we think, invaluable post clarifying the perceived benefits and disadvantages of using corn - based ethanol as an alternative to fossil fuels.