Sentences with phrase «clean energy agendas»

We're approached by green groups and climate justice campaigners on a weekly basis, offering a perspective of the global negotiations or pushing their clean energy agendas.

Once a national leader in these categories, in recent years the state has slipped behind many others, including neighbors New York, Massachusetts and Rhode Island, each of which is pursuing aggressive, if not radical, clean energy agendas and taking risks with policies never attempted before.

Cities are increasingly leveraging their status as large customers to advance clean energy agendas, with the number of cities establishing carbon neutrality or renewable energy targets expanding rapidly in recent years.

«I look forward to working closely with Lynn to shape the nation's clean energy agenda, and to sustain American leadership in science,» Moniz said in a statement.

The mission of the ALCC is to award time for special situations of interest to the Department with an emphasis on high - risk, high - payoff simulations in areas directly related to the Department's energy mission in areas such as advancing the clean energy agenda and understanding the Earth's climate, for national emergencies, or for broadening the community of researchers capable of using leadership computing resources.

Beth Kemler, the Virginia director of the Chesapeake Climate Action Network, a grassroots nonprofit in the region, said her group is putting together a clean energy agenda that candidates can use to build their platforms.

Gov. Deval Patrick outlines his entire clean energy agenda at the Alliance to Save Energy breakfast on July 17.

There are many organizations CRS works with regularly to advance a clean energy agenda.

Central Petroleum chief Richard Cottee has delivered an extraordinary attack on AGL Energy's plans to close the Liddell power station in the NSW Hunter Valley in 2022, accusing the power giant of pursuing higher power prices to drive up profit under the guise of a clean energy agenda.

I congratulate everyone involved with this project, which advances New York's efforts to dramatically reduce greenhouse gas emissions under Governor Cuomo's nation - leading clean energy agenda.»

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.

Along with a broad clean energy agenda including energy efficiency and a renewable energy standard, they could make the green economy a reality for millions more Americans.

The Clean Energy Finance & Investment Summit 2010 will connect the key players in the clean energy industry — investors and inventors, policymakers and regulators — to rapidly accelerate the clean energy agenda.

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From an investment perspective, assuming Macron is able to build support and implement the central tenets of his reform agenda, we'd expect the main beneficiaries could be stocks with an exposure to clean energy, research and development (R&D), technology, health care and infrastructure projects.

In an email to its members, the NYLCV touted Avella's «tireless work» on some of the organization's key agenda items, like getting toxic chemicals out of children's products, promoting clean energy and protecting clean drinking water.

«The Clean Energy Jobs and Climate Agenda released today will continue New York's path towards a more sustainable future by reducing harmful carbon emissions, ending New York's reliance on coal, and advancing offshore wind, energy efficiency, and energy stEnergy Jobs and Climate Agenda released today will continue New York's path towards a more sustainable future by reducing harmful carbon emissions, ending New York's reliance on coal, and advancing offshore wind, energy efficiency, and energy stenergy efficiency, and energy stenergy storage.

, NYSERDA collected $ 170.5 million from RGGI — which serves, in effect, as a major source of discretionary funding for a range of projects promoted as part of the governor's «clean energy» political agenda.

In fiscal 2016, NYSERDA collected $ 170.5 million from RGGI — which serves, in effect, as a major source of discretionary funding for a range of projects promoted as part of the governor's «clean energy» political agenda.

Ralph Nader will rally the campaign supporters and volunteers to get out the vote for Howie Hawkins and will highlight the Green Party's agenda including: acting on climate change and clean energy, banning fracking, raising the minimum wage to $ 15, creating public sector jobs, creating and protecting affordable housing for the working and middle classes, legalizing marijuana, fighting for economic justice and criminal justice reform.

Climate Science • The new Republican House majority provides an opportunity to shape the science agenda for bipartisan efforts to reduce the nation's energy usage and to take steps towards a clean energy — based economy.

With less than two months to go before the Rio +20 U.N. conference in Brazil, which many hope will breathe new life into the sustainable development agenda, the two - day Clean Energy Ministerial meeting is being hailed as a major opportunity to set the stage with a range of bilateral initiatives expected to be announced on projects across the renewable energy speEnergy Ministerial meeting is being hailed as a major opportunity to set the stage with a range of bilateral initiatives expected to be announced on projects across the renewable energy speenergy spectrum.

Given that climate change is fairly far down President - elect Trump's to - do list (and given that many of his plans will be harder to carry out than to pledge), that may leave him some room to settle in with an agenda a bit more reflective of statements he's made about climate and clean energy than those he's made in inflammatory Twitter bites and speeches.

Bill Gates added clean energy and climate change to his agenda in 2010 with a TED talk on the need for «energy miracles,» during which he uncapped a jarful of blinking fireflies in place of the mosquitoes he liberated in a malaria talk the year before.

.@BillGates Can oil majors be part of the clean - energy innovation agenda, directly or indirectly, or are they hopeless dinosaurs?

«In 2011, Phillips announced, his organization plans to drive a wedge between Congress and the EPA, to increase attacks on climate science, and to attempt to discredit clean energy jobs, creating the impression that the American people support a pollution agenda (even though polls show the opposite).»

The United States must quickly pivot from pollution regulation to an aggressive clean energy competitiveness and innovation agenda, and we can begin with new leadership in the next Congress.

«Spending precious resources to pursue a dubious climate change agenda compromises our clean - energy research and America's infrastructure,» McKinley said on the House floor, according to the WV Gazette.

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This stark fact will top the agenda in Manila as the 2015 Asia Clean Energy Forum gets underway today.

On the agenda of ALEC's closed - door Energy, Environment, and Agriculture task force meeting is a model «Environmental Impact Litigation Act» that would allow companies to pay into a fund for the state to sue against environmental laws including the Clean Air Act.

Many are looking to the G20 for a clear signal from world leaders that the message of Paris was received, and that member countries are putting climate and clean energy action at the heart of their growth agendas.

Arvizu serves on a number of Boards, Panels and Advisory Committees including the American Council on Renewable Energy Advisory Board; the Energy Research, Development, and Deployment Policy Project Advisory Committee at the Harvard Kennedy School; the World Economic Forum's Global Agenda Council on Alternative Energies; the Singapore Clean Energy International Advisory Panel; the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Working Group III; the Hispanic Engineer National Achievement Award Corporation; and the Colorado Renewable Energy Authority Board of Directors.

Well, nobody is against clean energy, but it has not been a sufficiently compelling narrative to drive this agenda through Congress.

«Winding back the climate agenda means that the U.S. will be left behind in the clean energy transition as other global players, such as in Europe and China, demonstrate greater commitment to deploying low carbon and job - creating solutions to climate change,» said Peter Kiernan, of the Economist Intelligence Unit.

With over 70 percent of the British public voicing support for clean energy, making this one of the few areas where the country is united, why shouldn't the government present its strategy as the exciting, transformational and yes, hope - filled agenda that it is?

They know that there is extraordinary opportunity politically when we redefine our agenda around clean energy investment.

Asia Pacific Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development Agenda 2004 (WEC) Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) in Asia Asia - Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate

Asia Pacific Renewable Energy and Sustainable Development Agenda 2004 (WEC) ASTAE (Asia Alternative Energy Program, World Bank) Renewable Energy Technologies (RETs) in Asia Asia - Pacific Partnership on Clean Development and Climate

«If the president vetoes the pipeline or prevents the pipeline from happening, it will confirm that he is moving forward with his agenda of growing the economy through investments in clean energy rather than dirty energy,» said Daniel Weiss, a senior fellow at the American Progress, a progressive think tank in Washington.

Specifically, a clean - energy investment agenda generates more than three times the number of jobs within the United States as does spending the same amount of money in the fossil fuel sectors.

For several decades, the ALEC agenda directly opposed any action to tackle climate change, including the proposed EPA Clean Power Plan, and includes numerous efforts to block the development of renewable energy.

Behind this RICO campaign of climate desperation lies a feeding machine of «Big Green» money: wealthy foundations with climate agendas (Energy Foundation, Soros Foundations, etc), well - funded media operations (InsideClimate News, Media Matters for America, etc), older environmental organizations anxious for a new strategy (Natural Resources Defense Council, Audubon, etc), billionaire newbies (Tom Steyer, Nathaniel Simons, etc), and clean - energy companies looking for long - term government subsidies that could only become available if larger, older organizations can no longer rececive them (Tesla, Solyndra, etc), and acadEnergy Foundation, Soros Foundations, etc), well - funded media operations (InsideClimate News, Media Matters for America, etc), older environmental organizations anxious for a new strategy (Natural Resources Defense Council, Audubon, etc), billionaire newbies (Tom Steyer, Nathaniel Simons, etc), and clean - energy companies looking for long - term government subsidies that could only become available if larger, older organizations can no longer rececive them (Tesla, Solyndra, etc), and acadenergy companies looking for long - term government subsidies that could only become available if larger, older organizations can no longer rececive them (Tesla, Solyndra, etc), and academics.

John B. Rhodes, President and CEO, New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), said, Through NY - Sun and other clean energy initiatives, New York supports solar and renewable energy projects that advance Governor Cuomo's energy agenda in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing locally produced Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA), said, Through NY - Sun and other clean energy initiatives, New York supports solar and renewable energy projects that advance Governor Cuomo's energy agenda in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing locally produced energy initiatives, New York supports solar and renewable energy projects that advance Governor Cuomo's energy agenda in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing locally produced energy projects that advance Governor Cuomo's energy agenda in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing locally produced energy agenda in reducing greenhouse gas emissions and increasing locally produced power.

Most recently, World Bank president Jim Yong Kim emphasized that «we need to get rid of fossil fuel subsidies now» in his agenda for promoting clean energy.

In fact, when 17 state governors recently announced an agreement to work together on clean energy goals, their document made no explicit mention of climate change, and one of the signatories, embattled Snyder, is a vocal opponent of Obama's climate agenda.

No representatives from any environmental advocacy or clean energy organizations were listed on the agenda, despite multiple panels which focused on those issues.

The announcements also suggest that the United States and China are on the same page when it comes to both the necessity of aggressively moving forward on an affirmative agenda to reduce carbon pollution and create millions of new clean energy jobs.

California must bolster its current energy foundation with an aggressive and wide - ranging agenda that will continue to reduce energy demand, promote development of renewable energy resources, ensure development of cleaner fossil resources, give consumers more energy choices, and build the necessary infrastructure to protect the state from future supply disruptions and high prices.

Yet what Koch - affiliated groups like ALEC and the American Energy Alliance manage to do is take policies that save jobs and strengthen (clean) energy security and make them all about President Obama's agenda: any show of support for clean energy, goes their pro-fossil fuel line of reasoning, is a direct endorsement of climate action / the existence of climate change, and thus can not be toleEnergy Alliance manage to do is take policies that save jobs and strengthen (clean) energy security and make them all about President Obama's agenda: any show of support for clean energy, goes their pro-fossil fuel line of reasoning, is a direct endorsement of climate action / the existence of climate change, and thus can not be toleenergy security and make them all about President Obama's agenda: any show of support for clean energy, goes their pro-fossil fuel line of reasoning, is a direct endorsement of climate action / the existence of climate change, and thus can not be toleenergy, goes their pro-fossil fuel line of reasoning, is a direct endorsement of climate action / the existence of climate change, and thus can not be tolerated.

Many wanted a clearer outline of how his calls for cleaner energy translate into actual policy, or at least a hint of if and how Obama plans to move clean energy onto his agenda