Sentences with phrase «carbon emissions regulations»

From 2005 to 2008, the Kochs handed out almost $ 25 million to groups actively opposing clean energy legislation, carbon emissions regulations, and other environmental policies — groups like the Cato Institute, the Heritage Foundation, and Americans for Prosperity, among many, many others.

«As I read the agreement it requires the Chinese to do nothing at all for 16 years while these carbon emissions regulations are creating havoc in my state and around the country.»

The mining industry has significant potential exposure to carbon emissions regulation in its value chain where Scope 3 emissions from downstream customers is estimated at an average of 10x and up to 30x higher than operational emissions.

President Trump and EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt are threatening repeal of the Clean Power Plan, the United States» hallmark carbon emissions regulation.

Republicans are scared of carbon emission regulation because they are worried about what it will do to our extremely fragile economy.

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«By getting active in communities, we can raise our voices to defend policies and regulations that will protect wild places and wildlife, reduce carbon emissions, build a modern energy economy based on investment in renewables, and, most crucially, ensure the United States remains fully committed to the vital goals set forth in the Paris Agreement on climate change.»

Obama had introduced a raft of regulations intended to slash emissions of carbon dioxide blamed for climate change, a policy course that accelerated the retirement of older coal - fired power plants and bolstered the nascent solar and wind sectors, which depend heavily on weather conditions for their power output.

Pruitt has rolled back a slew of Obama - era regulations limiting carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels.

Canadian regulations initially proposed a limit of 350 kg of carbon dioxide emissions per megawatt hour, but the final version of the regulations saw this limit raised to 420 kg.

Despite Obama's clear signal that the pipeline's fate rests on carbon emissions, the Canadian government still hasn't implemented regulations on the oil and gas sector.

Ms. Mitchelmore said CCS technology won't be widely adopted unless there is a price on carbon — either through a tax, a cap - and - trade system or regulations on emissions.

To fix that, B.C. needs a stronger carbon tax and new and improved regulations that cover a broader range of emissions.

In contrast to Alberta's largely cosmetic Specified Gas Emitters Regulation that does little to curb emissions or raise revenue for the province, British Columbia has implemented a much more comprehensive carbon tax.

Heather Scoffield explores three options for reducing carbon emissions — a carbon tax, cap - and - trade and regulation — and explains that each involve costs.

Washington has sought to roll back burdensome regulations at a time when provincial and federal governments here are raising minimum wages and rolling out carbon emission reduction policies.

«carbon - intensive industries will relocate to other countries that choose not to regulate emissions [lower taxes & regulations in general].»

So, if one does want to lower emissions, the choice is not between a carbon price and nothing, but between a carbon price and regulations, technology subsidies, higher - cost renewable energy, or the long list of other tools.

In cases where a regulatory proposal deals with carbon emissions (e.g. regulation of emissions from vehicles or coal - fired power plants), SCC is used to express the monetary value of changes in emission amounts.

Will also significantly reduce carbon emissions and, with other regulations, comprises what's been called Obama's «stealth climate policy.»

The current regulations are aimed at cutting tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming.

The U.S. power sector must cut carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, according to federal regulations unveiled on Monday that form the centerpiece of the Obama administration's climate change strategy.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg will run millions of dollars in political television ads against four state attorneys general who are suing the Obama administration over new regulations on carbon emissions from power plants.

The president has already signaled, via a March executive order, that he will scrap the Clean Power Plan, a regulation enacted under his Democratic predecessor to curb carbon emissions from electric power plants.

The decision has no direct impact on key U.S. regulations on power plants and car rules aimed at reducing carbon emissions, although those are under review by Trump.

He's repealing the Clean Power Plan, every EPA regulation that finally got to the point of reducing carbon emissions.

Tenney called new Environmental Protection Agency regulations of carbon emissions from power plants «a job killer» that would not have much of an effect on the climate.

In «Let them eat carbon» Sinclair reveals the financial implications of regulations such as the Renewables Obligation and the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).

Moreover, Exxon Mobil expressed confidence that its oil and gas assets were unlikely to become stranded even under much tighter regulation of carbon emissions because the fossil fuels would be needed to grow the world's economies.

Ruling in a suit brought by Massachusetts over the regulation of car emissions, the court said that the EPA has the authority to regulate such climate - destabilizing greenhouse gases as carbon dioxide — something the agency had denied.

Based on its research, EPRI concludes that capture and sequestration of carbon emissions from coal plants would be technically feasible by 2020, and it assumes that new regulations would be in place to support that strategy.

When faced with environmental regulations and the costs they impose, companies may relocate to a less - regulated jurisdiction, taking with them jobs and contributing to «leakage» in which targets of regulation, such as carbon emissions, are not reduced, just redistributed.

The EPA chief is under fire from conservatives who question his reluctance to attack his agency's finding that carbon dioxide emissions endanger human health — a necessary precursor to regulations.

The EPA will convene public meetings later this week in Arlington, Virginia, and Rosemont, Illinois, to discuss proposed regulations to cap carbon dioxide emissions from powerplants.

«Only a plan that combines carbon pricing with ambitious regulations in every sector of the economy will result in emissions reductions deep enough to reach our current climate targets and put Canada on a path to exceeding those targets.»

But by putting the targets into law and mandating a set of regulations — including requiring 35 percent of the country's electricity to come from clean sources by 2024; establishing a voluntary carbon market; developing incentives to promote renewable energy; phasing out fossil fuel subsidies; and forcing companies in the largest carbon polluting sectors to report their emissions — they said the results could be groundbreaking.

As for costs to the economy, Brandt said the benefits from curbing carbon dioxide emissions drastically outweigh the risks from regulation, though current accounting methods may not accurately reflect the scale of the impact.

The Obama administration is quietly working on new greenhouse gas emissions targets to deliver to the United Nations, even as it struggles to craft regulations that will enable the United States to meet its current carbon - cutting goals.

The other complication relates to the fact that carbon emissions and investments are affected not only by explicit carbon regulations and prices, but also a wide array of other policy directives.

(As we discovered at a convention of climate change skeptics, polar bears are a flash point for those who oppose the regulation of carbon emissions, as well.)

It is not clear whether or not Romney accepts the science on the pace and causes of climate change, but he promises to amend the Clean Air Act to specifically exclude regulation of carbon emissions.

«Regardless of which theory proves correct, the goal is the same — to reduce carbon emissions, we need innovation in the private sector; not excessive government regulation to stifle some industries while rewarding others.

It includes 42 recommendations for state action, including calls for stronger regulation of carbon emissions and other land - based pollutants that contribute to acidification.

No Obama climate regulation has drawn Trump's ire more than the Clean Power Plan, which would limit carbon emissions from existing coal - fired power plants as a way to reduce U.S. greenhouse gas emissions.

Moreover, the Senate bill that would fund DOE — the so - called energy and water bill — hangs in limbo, thanks to the political battle over the Obama administration's plan to use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations to set new limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, especially those that burn coal.

The U.K. government is keen to address societal issues such as obesity and carbon emissions by finding ways to change behavior without using regulation.

Thanks to these regulations, automakers have prevented emissions of 130 million metric tons of carbon dioxide — equivalent to a year's worth of electricity use for 20 million homes.

McCarthy said the administration will build upon vehicle fuel emissions rules, regulations to reduce hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) from refrigeration and air conditioning units, and future proposals to cut methane emissions from oil and gas production, as well as EPA's proposal to cut carbon emissions from the power sector.

At least some of that amount can be achieved through regulations already in the pipeline, mainly U.S. EPA's draft rule to slash carbon emissions from the power sector and other measures included in the administration's Climate Action Plan.

, a leading climate skeptic who opposes restrictions on carbon pollution, argued that the administration could harm the U.S. economy by enacting new regulations particularly given the skyrocketing emissions of China and India, Kerry was quick with a challenge.

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