Sentences with phrase «climate change at the federal level»

Following Obama's re-election on November 6th, the environmental community is hoping for a new chance at tackling climate change at the federal level, especially with renewed media and political interest in the issue following Hurricane Sandy.

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At the federal level, the US Department of Energy's much - anticipated study on grid reliability deliberately removed language noting harm from climate change between the draft and final versions.

There are few signs at the local or federal level that policymakers are taking the risks of climate change and extreme weather seriously, and some forces are even exacerbating the risk.

Several American states are stepping up to maintain their climate change commitments despite the federal government's pullback, however NAFTA isn't being negotiated at the state level.

400,000 marched in NYC on September 21 to demand action on climate change - a great march that, unfortunately, has done little to change the politics of global warming at the state or federal level.

she said, adding that, in her view, part of the problem is those charged with tackling the problem at the local, corporate or federal level often have no formal education on climate change.

They recognize at a federal level climate change is a problem.

(2) a description of current research, observation, and monitoring activities at the Federal, State, tribal, and local level related to the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources, as well as identification of research and data needs and priorities;

I. Lead by example through strong action at home and abroad: Making significant progress in combating climate change through domestic actions within the Department and at the federal, regional, and local level.

The report, Building on the best: Keeping Canada's climate promise, used analysis by Navius Research to examine the best climate change policies and solutions being used in Canada and how they can be applied at the federal level.

While the majority of Americans want stronger U.S. action on climate change, policies at the state and federal level continue to underwrite the ongoing exploration and production of fossil fuels.

It is past time for our elected officials at the local, state and federal level to take action that combats climate change and moves Virginia toward a clean energy future.

The federal government is clearly the most capable of making the sweeping changes we need, but a surprising amount could also be achieved through climate emergency action at the state and territory level.

(2) a description of current research, observation, and monitoring activities at the Federal, State, tribal, and local level related to the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification on natural resources, as well as identification of research and data needs and priorities;

«Climate change is a global issue — not even a regional issue — therefore it has to be tackled at a national level, as a federal subject,» he said.

With federal - level climate action stalled, our movement is working hard to effect change at the local level.

A former senior researcher in the department, Doug Lord, said yesterday two papers he co-authored with colleagues and was due to present at conferences were suppressed because they suggested sea - levels on the east coast are rising at only one 10th of the rate estimated by the federal government, based on data from the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

Such efforts are beginning at the federal, regional, state, tribal, and local levels, and in the corporate and non-governmental sectors, to build adaptive capacity and resilience to climate change impacts.

And so there is a growing body of sociological work that is now available to help citizens understand how the cultural understanding of climate change has been manipulated at the federal level in the United States and in several other countries.

ALEC has produced a number of model bills aimed at promoting dirty energy and preventing government at the local, state, and federal levels from addressing climate change.

At the federal level, the Bush administration was criticized by Republican and Democratic lawmakers at several recent hearings on climate changAt the federal level, the Bush administration was criticized by Republican and Democratic lawmakers at several recent hearings on climate changat several recent hearings on climate change.

Recent climate and clean energy policy developments at the state and city - level policy developments could potentially accelerate last year's pace of emission reductions, while recent federal regulatory changes could slow that progress.

In this installment, we describe a particularly egregious fault that exists in at least one of the prominent models used by the federal government to determine the SCC: The projections of future sea - level rise (a leading driver of future climate change - related damages) from the model are much higher than even the worst - case mainstream scientific thinking on the matter.