Sentences with phrase «climate and energy policies as»

However, it may also be a potential new source of conflict, says Dennis Taenzler, a senior project manager at adelphi in Berlin, who works on climate and energy policies as well as peace and conflict issues.

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However, the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change lays out a number of policies that will compel more clean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like methane.

The beachhead groups were part of a larger constellation of advisers, including Oklahoma oil and gas mogul Harold Hamm (once considered for energy secretary), billionaire investor Carl Icahn (last seen shadily pushing for policy that would benefit his oil refineries), GOP energy lobbyist Mike McKenna (in charge of the DOE transition team), longtime climate skeptic (and hopeless dope) Myron Ebell, North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer (the oil devotee who supposedly wrote Trump's big energy speech last May), and Thomas J. Pyle, the director of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), a pro-fossil fuel «think tank» which, as we shall see, has provided several Trump staenergy secretary), billionaire investor Carl Icahn (last seen shadily pushing for policy that would benefit his oil refineries), GOP energy lobbyist Mike McKenna (in charge of the DOE transition team), longtime climate skeptic (and hopeless dope) Myron Ebell, North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer (the oil devotee who supposedly wrote Trump's big energy speech last May), and Thomas J. Pyle, the director of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), a pro-fossil fuel «think tank» which, as we shall see, has provided several Trump staenergy lobbyist Mike McKenna (in charge of the DOE transition team), longtime climate skeptic (and hopeless dope) Myron Ebell, North Dakota Rep. Kevin Cramer (the oil devotee who supposedly wrote Trump's big energy speech last May), and Thomas J. Pyle, the director of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), a pro-fossil fuel «think tank» which, as we shall see, has provided several Trump staenergy speech last May), and Thomas J. Pyle, the director of the Institute for Energy Research (IER), a pro-fossil fuel «think tank» which, as we shall see, has provided several Trump staEnergy Research (IER), a pro-fossil fuel «think tank» which, as we shall see, has provided several Trump staffers.

«This is a systemic critique, pointing out how the board must accept responsibility for excessive political spending, inadequate energy policy, our changing climate, toxic hazards, and human rights abuses,» Andrew Behar, CEO of As You Sow, said.

One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.

Through policies such as withdrawing from the Paris Climate Accord, rescinding the Clean Power Plan, approving the Keystone XL Pipeline and removing countless Obama era regulations on energy production, the Trump Administration has created an environment which fosters energy independence and growth rather than stifling it.

As I point out in chapter three, Dieter Helm, Professor of Energy Policy at Oxford, and one of the most authoritative writers on the subject, has shown that the world's response to the threat posed by climate change has so far been hopelessly inadequate, and that a world - wide programme of «de-carbonization» is urgently needed.

His job as chair of the Commons» energy and climate change committee makes him one of the most influential policy influencers in the country on energy and climate change.

The coalition government is unwaveringly refusing to reverse a combination of the housing and climate change policies formulated by Ed Miliband as secretary of state for energy and climate change in Gordon Brown's last Labour government.

There is probably no other policy portfolio which has as many question - marks hanging over it as does the energy and climate change brief.

Now Tata is pointing to unrealistically low prices of Chinese steel as a factor behind the closure of Port Talbot plant, alongside high energy prices and the extra cost of climate change policies.

However, as transport is a major consumer of energy and a transport policy will be essential to fighting climate change, I decided to address it -LSB-...]

But while Cuomo's budget proposal included the most aggressive set of climate policies he has introduced during his tenure as governor, some key details about two particularly significant climate and energy initiatives remained vague.

The Institute for Public Policy Research (IPPR) said ministers should change their mind and use the cash specifically for projects such as improving energy efficiency of homes, investing in low - carbon technologies and helping poorer countries cope with climate change.

China leans toward cap and trade In a separate effort published yesterday, a Massachusetts Institute of Technology report concluded that climate policy researchers who work in China would prefer an emissions trading market that puts the highest burden on energy - intensive regions and cities in eastern China and, as the market moves west, becomes less costly.

«In the face of rapidly expanding energy demand and the increasingly urgent threat of climate change, we are continuing to respond to the energy system as it evolves rather than actively managing its transformation,» Didier Houssin, IEA's director of sustainable energy policy and technology, said yesterday at the report's launch.

A testy exchange on energy policy remains as close as Barack Obama and Mitt Romney have come to addressing climate change in this campaign's debates

Under Obama the CEQ is moving forward with plans formulated during his predecessor's tenure for a U.S. policy on oceans — from newly protected areas to reconciling competing authorities and laws — along with continuing the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate as a way to address global greenhouse gas emissions.

«In our 40 - year - old role as presidential environmental policy advisors we're still very much engaged in environmental policy issues associated with energy and climate change.»

Sutley, for her part, came to the post after a four - year stint as a deputy mayor in Los Angeles, where she also oversaw climate change and energy policy, including restraining emissions from diesel trucks at area ports as well as promoting solar energy by setting a goal of generating 10 percent of the city's electricity from the sun by 2020.

«There is the potential for the U.S. and other countries to continue to rely on coal as a source of energy while at the same time protecting the climate from the massive greenhouse gas emissions associated with coal,» says Steve Caldwell, coordinator for regional climate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, an Arlington, Va., thinclimate from the massive greenhouse gas emissions associated with coal,» says Steve Caldwell, coordinator for regional climate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, an Arlington, Va., thinclimate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, an Arlington, Va., thinClimate Change, an Arlington, Va., think tank.

«As the window of opportunity to avert dangerous climate change narrows, we urgently need to take stock of policy initiatives around the world that aim to accelerate new energy technologies and stem greenhouse gas emissions,» said Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy at the University of Camclimate change narrows, we urgently need to take stock of policy initiatives around the world that aim to accelerate new energy technologies and stem greenhouse gas emissions,» said Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy at the University of Cambpolicy initiatives around the world that aim to accelerate new energy technologies and stem greenhouse gas emissions,» said Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy at the University of CamClimate Change Policy at the University of CambPolicy at the University of Cambridge.

If the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and director of the White House Office of Energy and Climate Change Policy, Carol Browner, are to be believed, those microbes have made quick work of the spill, consuming as much as 50 percent of the remaining oil already.

Gelbspan condemns corporate indifference to climate change as «a crime against humanity» and indicts the Bush administration for allowing the fossil - fuel lobby to dictate national energy policy.

Prior to joining AAAS, Chloe worked at the White House under President Obama, focusing on energy and climate change issues as an intern within the Domestic Policy Council.

Observers note that if the vote triggers a prolonged recession, that could have an impact on U.K. energy and climate policy as well as its aid budget, which per capita is one of the largest in the world.

If the Trump administration and Congress attempt to gut U.S. energy and climate policies, states are likely to emerge in 2017 as the nation's bulwark against climate change.

Clean energy policies decrease not only carbon pollution linked to climate change but also other types of pollution that harm human health, such as sulfur oxides, nitrogen oxides, and fine particles that can damage the airways of humans and other organisms.

President - elect Barack Obama today named his picks to run the nation's energy and environment policy in a move that shows a strong commitment to getting climate change under control and exploring alternative energy sources such as solar and wind.

«There is the potential for the U.S. and other countries to continue to rely on coal as a source of energy while at the same time protecting the climate from the massive greenhouse gas emissions associated with coal,» says Steve Caldwell, coordinator for regional climate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a Washington, D.C. thinclimate from the massive greenhouse gas emissions associated with coal,» says Steve Caldwell, coordinator for regional climate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a Washington, D.C. thinclimate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, a Washington, D.C. thinClimate Change, a Washington, D.C. think tank.

Industry observers say the future is likely to bring a less rosy scenario for coal and possibly for Peabody Energy as climate policies clamping down on emissions take hold.

From a climate policy perspective, the bill can be seen as part of the Conservative ongoing effort to 1) gut environmental assessments and scientific research; 2) attack ENGOs that disagree with government policy to promote unfettered development of the oil sands; and 3) to sideline and even eliminate inconvenient advisory bodies like the National Roundtable on Energy and the Environment.

As we detailed in our report «Koch Industries: Secretly Funding the Climate Denial Machine,» oil billionaires David and Charles Koch have become kingpins of climate denial, funneling tens of millions of dollars to front groups and think tanks that oppose climate and clean energy poClimate Denial Machine,» oil billionaires David and Charles Koch have become kingpins of climate denial, funneling tens of millions of dollars to front groups and think tanks that oppose climate and clean energy poclimate denial, funneling tens of millions of dollars to front groups and think tanks that oppose climate and clean energy poclimate and clean energy policies.

The Institute contributes to sustainable development by advancing policy recommendations on international trade and investment, economic policy, climate change and energy, and management of natural and social capital, as well as the enabling role of communication technologies in these areas.

Gaston has more than fifteen years of experience in participative and transdisciplinary research on governance related to issues such as sustainable development, energy, climate change and radioactive waste management and with working in and around the assemblies of the policy processes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), the United Nations Non-Proliferation Treaty process (UN-NPT) and of the research - related activities of the European Commclimate change and radioactive waste management and with working in and around the assemblies of the policy processes of the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), the United Nations Non-Proliferation Treaty process (UN-NPT) and of the research - related activities of the European CommClimate Change (UNFCCC), the United Nations Commission on Sustainable Development (UNCSD), the United Nations Non-Proliferation Treaty process (UN-NPT) and of the research - related activities of the European Commission.

Now, dividing my time as always, I have to head to Clearwater's Great Hudson River Revival festival, where I'll be speaking about climate and energy policy at 12:30 and then performing with my Breakneck Ridge Revue ensemble on the Mystic Whaler at 2:30.

As we have long known, it was / is simply the sowing of doubt that has paralyzed the public discussion of climate and energy policy.

Reflecting the reality that recent efforts to strengthen that treaty are as much about economics and energy policy as climate change and its impacts, the flow of attendees has greatly broadened.

... reminds me again of some of the failings of the ways we have constructed «climate change» as the centerpiece of progressive environmental and welfare policy, in which science, energy and impacts are locked in tight embrace.

As surfaces absorb roughly 100 times more solar energy than the CO2 in the atmosphere, future anthropogenic changes in both land and water albedo may figure significantly in climate policy outcomes.

Finally, on the policy side, if there's evidence that existing technology is inadequate to affordably decarbonize a growing global energy system on a scale that would matter to the climate, and it's clear that we've utterly disinvested in energy research for decades, it's my job to write that, as I did in 2006, and repeat it on the blog as much as necessary.

«Fighting climate change successfully will certainly require sensible government policies to level the economic playing field between clean and dirty energy, such as putting a price on carbon dioxide emissions.

Climate, Energy and the Mind First, anyone pointing to the lack of media coverage of global warming, or the lack of chills and thrills, as the reason for a lack of climate - friendly energy policies and actions hasn't fully explored the findings of Kahan and LeiseClimate, Energy and the Mind First, anyone pointing to the lack of media coverage of global warming, or the lack of chills and thrills, as the reason for a lack of climate - friendly energy policies and actions hasn't fully explored the findings of Kahan and LeiserEnergy and the Mind First, anyone pointing to the lack of media coverage of global warming, or the lack of chills and thrills, as the reason for a lack of climate - friendly energy policies and actions hasn't fully explored the findings of Kahan and Leiseclimate - friendly energy policies and actions hasn't fully explored the findings of Kahan and Leiserenergy policies and actions hasn't fully explored the findings of Kahan and Leiserowitz.

That said, it's disturbing that the press lets candidates get away with such ambiguity, especially on issues such as climate change and energy policy.

As Matthew L. Wald and others reported this morning, Energy Secretary Steven Chu is poised to head back to California, leaving President Obama with a new opportunity to signal his approach to energy and climate policy in his finalEnergy Secretary Steven Chu is poised to head back to California, leaving President Obama with a new opportunity to signal his approach to energy and climate policy in his finalenergy and climate policy in his final term.

Dr. Sterman and other social scientists assessing climate science and climate policy say that a vital task for President Obama and his climate - energy team (and for scientists and the media), even as they weigh legislation and a treaty and technology, is to educate the public on the bathtub effect.

Energy policy impacts climate change and climate change impacts us all, so all of us should be interested in the issue of shale gas drilling, as well.

Climate change is mentioned as one of the many reasons for a concerted and intensified push on energy policies that work for the long haul.

With the paralysis of the climate treaty process and American legislation capping greenhouse gases, a direct focus on energy innovation as a climate, economic and security strategy is gaining some traction in policy circles.

But even as I push for an energy quest that limits climate risk, I'm not worried about the resilience of Arctic ecosystems and not worried about the system tipping into an irreversibly slushy state on time scales relevant to today's policy debates.