Sentences with phrase «climate change are you seeking»

Q: What sources of information will you be seeking and what questions about the science of climate change are you seeking to answer first?

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Recognizing that carbon emissions resulting from consumption of these fuels is driving catastrophic global climate change, my role as leader of the company is to ensure that Virgin provides financial support to non-profit groups that are exploring renewable energy and seeking market - based solutions to climate change, like the Carbon War Room.

With the entire House on next year's ballot — and about one - third of the U.S. Senate up for a vote, too — the stakes are high for those in the Bay Area who seek to erode the GOP's control of Congress and erect a new bulwark against Trump's agenda in areas like immigration and climate change.

Anchored in the premise that climate science is «settled,» the accord seeks to dramatically change humanity's energy supply.

More companies are seeking advice about how to combat climate change litigation should the kinds of heavyweight suits launched in New York and elsewhere come to Australia.

We are seeking smart, thoughtful, and creative self - starters who want to push back against climate change, transform industrial animal agriculture, and develop healthy and humane foods that are accessible to everyone.

However, Miliband was left disappointed as the prime minister failed to offer any such reassurances that she would seek to educate the president on climate change.

Using the example of the current debate surrounding anthropomorphic climate change, Thompson sought to evaluate the argument from authority through a single prism, the way in which science is handled in argumentation about public policy.

De Blasio has sought to position New York City as a leader in the fight against climate change, but even as he has committed to quickly come up with an aggressive plan to further reduce its greenhouse gas emissions, the agency that is supposed to lead that effort is in flux.

Of course, there's not just the congestion - combating part of the plan to consider; as the city and state both move to uphold the Paris climate accord — which seeks to combat climate change and lower carbon emissions — encouraging people to drive less seems an obvious way to get New York closer to achieving that goal.

«We are in a global fight to combat climate change, and today's ruling ensures our progress will not be blocked or rolled back by fossil fuel interests and others seeking to maintain the status quo,» Cuomo said in a news release.

In a congressional district that encompasses cash - strapped, potentially gas - rich Sullivan County, New York City's watershed, eco-sensitive communities like Woodstock and various rural areas on the east side of the Hudson River, incumbent U.S. Rep. Chris Gibson and challenger Sean Eldridge are on the campaign trail seeking to define their own, and their opponent's, positions on climate change, energy policy and perhaps most critically fracking.

The information is being sought as Schneiderman's office investigates whether the company played down the impact of human activity in climate change.

While recognising that all countries are affected by the effects of climate change under «One Planet» but some are more vulnerable, the summit seeks for tangible collective action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The former Vice President, while maintaining that the future of the country is bright in view of anticipated changes in all aspects of the life of the nation, appealed to groups «that are aggrieved in one way or the other and espousing separatist sentiments, to drop their agitation and take advantage of the improving political climate in the country, to seek accommodation in the larger united national community that is fast unfolding.»

WASHINGTON, D.C. — Rep. Elise Stefanik (R - Willsboro) has joined a bipartisan group of lawmakers seeking to combat climate change.

Tony Blair is to lead a team of international experts seeking to find the right international agreement on climate change.

In response, DiNapoli said the retirement system is already a leader among public pension funds in seeking to push a low carbon economy and getting corporations to address climate change issues, such as through shareholder resolutions aimed at companies like ExxonMobil.

Faced with a worsening financial climate, Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo said Wednesday that he was contemplating whether to propose changes to the state tax code, and he did not rule out the possibility that he would seek to raise taxes on wealthy New Yorkers.

Scientists must seek a new, more energetic engagement with Americans if they are to overcome public skepticism on issues ranging from climate change to stem cell research, AAAS CEO Alan I. Leshner writes in a commentary in The Chronicle of Higher Education.

Some believe their work's most important goal is advancing knowledge for its own sake, while others prioritize societal concerns such as contributing to social justice, helping fight climate change, seeking to cure disease, or educating the next generation.

«There is a larger context for this latest development,» he wrote, «namely the onslaught of dishonest and libelous attacks that climate scientists have endured for years by dishonest front groups seeking to discredit the case for concern over climate change.»

This scenario may simply be a taste of a world undergoing climate change in the mid — 21st century, according to a new report from the International Food Policy Research Institute (IFPRI), a Washington, D.C. — based organization seeking an end to hunger and poverty through appropriate local, national and international agricultural policies.

The experiment seeks to understand the vulnerability and resilience in the Arctic, where climate change is most pronounced and rapidly unfolding.

Those seeking a «last chance experience» were also more likely to be concerned about the health of the reef — in particular coral bleaching and climate change, both of which, incidentally, would have an effect on a tourist's experience of the site.

To seek to present distorted science to those who will have to deal with the consequences of worsening climate change is deeply cynical.

The U.S. team is one of three international groups that sought to penetrate Antarctica's subglacial waters in the past month, seeking clues not only to glacial microbiology but also to ice sheet dynamics and the impact of climate change on the continent.

Our research seeks to combine many different sources of climate data, in a statistically rigorous way, to determine a consensus on how much temperatures are changing.»

Infidelity may sound like a bad thing to humans, but for birds, Botero says, seeking out superior genes could be a useful strategy for surviving climate change.

Data on past climates are vital for researchers seeking to understand how anthropogenic climate change will affect Earth?s ecosystems and species, including its effects on infectious diseases and food security.

In half of the articles, participants were presented a negative message that read, in part: «However, most conservative leaders and Republican politicians believe that so - called climate change is vastly exaggerated by environmentalists, liberal scientists seeking government funding for their research and Democratic politicians who want to regulate business.»

Already that's happening, although climate has little to do with it, and Keenan and other researchers are seeking ways to identify where and how it's happening because of climate change.

But some parents sought inclusion of opposing theories, such as other causes and doubts that climate change is occurring.

The biggest news coming out of the one - day U.N. General Assembly summit on climate change was President Hu Jintao's announcement that China will seek to cut its greenhouse gas emissions by a «notable margin» relative to the 2005 level by 2020.

Mr. Holland had been seeking release of correspondence related to the CRU's role in preparing the paleoclimate chapter of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's Fourth Assessment Report.

«It would be especially unfortunate if this took the next step and became law, as it might give momentum to antievolution forces and forces that seek to deny the reality of climate change.»

He points out that globally, companies are also seeking geological structures with good seal, which can store CO2, helping to mitigate climate change and produce more oil by EOR.

Still questions on Calif. drought Many groups seeking action on climate change are eager to link that to the parched conditions now affecting California.

«The Pope sought to leverage his credibility to increase concern about climate change,» said lead author Asheley R. Landrum, an APPC postdoctoral fellow who is joining Texas Tech University as an assistant professor.

The summer flounder — one of the most sought - after catches on the U.S. East Coast — is stirring up a climate change battle as it glides through the sand and grasses at the bottom of a warming North Atlantic.

A number of this year's films sought to draw specific attention to climate change, a move organizers» hoped would help the festival «serve as a signpost» on the route to the 2015 United Nations Climate Conference, which will be held later this year in Paris, climate change, a move organizers» hoped would help the festival «serve as a signpost» on the route to the 2015 United Nations Climate Conference, which will be held later this year in Paris, Climate Conference, which will be held later this year in Paris, France.

But the nation can seek more clean energy from the sun or wind, which won't be affected by climate change, and get the electricity generated elsewhere via a smart grid, he said, referring to an advanced transmission infrastructure China has been building.

Michael Gerrard, director of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia Law School, said he's also expecting to see «a lot more litigation about fossil fuel extraction, especially on federal lands and waters,» as the Trump administration seeks to expand domestic energy production.

The letter ends with a promise of collaboration, saying, «We in the scientific community are prepared to work with you on the scientific issues important to your deliberations as you seek to address the challenges of our changing climate.»

These remnants of the Cold War are also an example of an unanticipated political issue that could arise because of the effects of climate change, particularly as countries seek to establish a presence in the Arctic as warming makes it increasingly accessible.

Australia has created an adaptation program to «help Australians better understand climate change, manage risks, and take advantage of potential opportunities;» In Nigeria, state and local governments are developing action plans for high - risk urban areas, while the federal government is seeking to expand forests by reducing deforestation and wood fuel demand; in Mali, significant efforts are being made to conserve water resources, as well as create usable mechanisms to track the development of climate change.

Those with high levels of biospheric concern also were most likely to engage in pro-environmental day - to - day behaviors, such as recycling or energy savings measures, and were the most likely to engage in coping mechanisms to deal with environmental stress, ranging from denying one's individual role in climate change to seeking more information on the issue and how to help mitigate it.

Now a well - financed coalition of right - wing ideologues, out - of - state oil and gas companies and climate - change skeptics is seeking to effectively kill that law with an initiative on the November state ballot.

Such mixed results aren't unusual in attribution science, which seeks to look for the causes, whether climate change or natural fluctuations, that change the odds of extreme weather events.

The researchers sought to discover if European outbreaks during the plague pandemic that began in the mid-14th century were related to climate changes.