Sentences with phrase «clean economy so»

Here's a primer on what we know about America's clean economy so far — what it is, how it rose to prominence over the past decade and who's taking the lead as Congress dawdles on a national clean energy agenda.

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«Canadians broadly believe in shifting towards cleaner sources of energy, because they are convinced doing so will benefit the planet, and are unconvinced by the argument that such a transition would gravely damage the economy.

Most debts in early Mesopotamia were owed to the palace, so rulers basically were cancelling debts owed to themselves and their collectors when they proclaimed Clean Slates that saved their economies from widespread debt bondage that would have diverted labor to work for creditors at the expense of the palace.

This is a necessary part of the great cleanse and reset so needed to reboot asset prices and the economy.

Hundreds of people from around the country are in Albany this week to talk about ways to grow and improve the nation's so - called «clean economy.»

Excerpt: «Public policy needs to «listen the science» to build a sustainable economy made of relocalized (meaning to make local again) manufacturing clean energy industries and creating conditions so that small businesses can thrive.

The 1.6 - litre engine returns a claimed 44.1 mpg fuel economy and emits 147g / km of CO2 — the 134bhp MINI Cooper is far cleaner with 105g / km CO2 emissions so won't cost so much in road tax or company car tax, but it costs nearly # 2,000 more to buy.

So we've pursued a series of policies aimed at encouraging the rise of innovative as well as more cost - effective clean energy technologies that can help America and developing nations reduce greenhouse gases, reduce our dependence on oil, and keep our economies vibrant and strong for decades to come.

Action of emerging economies could take several forms, such as sustainable development policies and measures, an improved and strengthened clean development mechanism, the setting up of plans for the sectors that generate most pollution so as to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions compared with a business as usual scenario.

So at moments like these, sacrificing these investments in research and development, in supporting clean energy technologies, that would weaken our energy economy and make us more dependent on oil.

To build on this progress, the Obama Administration is putting in place tough new rules to cut carbon pollution — just like we have for other toxins like mercury and arsenic — so we protect the health of our children and move our economy toward American - made clean energy sources that will create good jobs and lower home energy bills.

so all things being equal (true cost to environment / economy of continuing coal, «clean» or otherwise) alternatives and improved efficiency are more than competitive.

So in the interest of a little truth - telling, over the next couple weeks, we're highlighting some of the nations showing that clean energy economies work — and work well — beginning with a few that have been going clean and winning for a while.

We can do so in a way that protects and lifts up the most vulnerable among us, and launches a cleaner, more equitable economy.

The threat of continued climate change is so urgent, more than 170 world leaders have signed the Paris climate agreement to dramatically cut their greenhouse gas emissions in the future and transition towards a clean energy economy.

Besides, we've had so many opportunities to build out our clean energy economy in the past... And we chose to ignore those opportunities because politics and special interests stood in the way.

Leschine says the Q Microbe is important because it can do so many things: provide a clean alternative to fossil fuels that can be produced in a way that is carbon neutral, help to boost rural economies, and aid the nation's quest for energy independence.

Norway's growth in emissions has been a lot less than its economic growth over the same period, so the economy is clearly getting cleaner.

«Protecting our water sources is a critical component of adapting to climate change impacts like drought, sea level rise, stronger storms, and warmer temperatures — which is why EPA and the Army have finalized the Clean Water Rule to protect these important waters, so we can strengthen our economy and provide certainty to American businesses.»

Rather than do so, we can demand policies that will protect our climate (while also cleaning our air and water, creating jobs, improving our economy, and making our lives more convenient), or we can sit on our butts and let big fossil fuel companies control our governmental bodies in order to maximize their profits (at the expense of society as a whole).

If a Republican like Donald Trump gets elected in 2016 and wants to weaken the Clean Power Plan or relax those fuel economy rules, he'll have a lot of leeway to do so (though total repeal could prove difficult, as we'll see).

But let's change the damned system so we can do what we know is right, necessary, and possible: make the transition from fossil fuels to a clean energy economy.

Even so, our region continues to be dominated by expensive, dirty fossil plants that burn coal and gas — harming our health and polluting our air and water, as we watch the clean energy economy pass us by.

Equally impressive, virtually all the evidence shows that California has profited mightily from its green energy economy so far, attracting an estimated $ 27 billion of venture capital into California clean tech companies since 2006.

Virginia will meet the challenge of climate change head on, and we will do so in a way that grows our clean energy sector and supports our new Virginia economy.»

With Ontario municipalities receiving so little for hosting industrial wind turbines it is surprising the Canadian Wind Energy Association (CanWEA) when faced with any kind of opposition would issue a press release that claims: «Right now there are literally thousands of Ontarians participating in the province's ground - breaking clean energy economy.

But if the Clean Power Plan is so anemic, why in the world would conservatives entertain the idea of replacing it with a much more robust and ambitious carbon tax, particularly when that tax would almost certainly impose more net costs on the economy than the CPP as it is written at present?

The choice of Gov. Huntsman has been lauded for various reasons - his fluency in Chinese, his track record as an Asian diplomat, the bipartisanship on the part of President Obama in nominating a Republican for the position (although some say he did so to take Gov. Huntsman, a likely Republican contender for the 2012 elections, out of contention)- but receiving less attention is the fact that Gov. Huntsman is a vocal advocate of the clean energy economy and the greenest governor that Utah as ever had (see youtube video interview).

As the global economy starts to gather pace again, so investments in clean - tech are rising.

There are massive challenges in the developing world that must be overcome in order to build clean power, but they also have a massive advantage that the developed world does not — their slate is largely clean, so they have the option of jumping right in and skipping over some of the dirtier technologies that the developed world has to upgrade without disrupting their economies.

Well, sure, they say — we could make polluting industries clean up their acts, have them install cleaner technologies — but it would be so damn expensive that it'd drag the economy down.

Additional mandated or voluntarily implemented controls of other pollutants since 1972 (the year of the «first» US so - called «Clean Air Act») have also not brought the economy down.

I don't think the message will get lost... so many economists and politicians are saying that large - scale investment in clean energy and transportation infrastructure is the key to jump - starting the economy.

His administration used the massive stimulus package to create green jobs and build a so - called clean energy economy.

In today's tough job economy job seekers need resumes that are leaner and cleaner than ever before, so they command the attention of busy hiring personnel.