Bad legislation would impose tremendous costs on our economy and on American families without accomplishing the
important climate change goals we share.
We show that
because climate change goals dictate a stringent global carbon budget, each of the approaches to equity necessarily imposes large costs on at least some groups of countries.
Capitalizing on the world - class wind resources in the region can help both provinces meet aggressive
climate change goals in a cost - effective way.
SPF plays a valuable and essential role to help California achieve the energy efficiency and
climate change goals mandated by AB 32, California's landmark climate change legislation.
Energy groups risk wasting $ 1.6 trillion of investment by assuming that current emissions - cutting policies will not be tightened up in the light of the latest science and
international climate change goals, according to the think tank Carbon Tracker.
Heads of States will find it hard to credibly justify the SDGs in September 2015 without
climate change goals while academia, civil society and even the private sector (and of course, ECO too!)
Detractors say it would push the country's
climate change goals out of reach and increase the risks of catastrophic spills.
In 2007, the Oregon Legislature established
climate change goals for the state through House Bill 3543, the bill which also created the Oregon Global Warming Commission.
New Report: U.S. States Failing at Reducing Transportation Emissions The Natural Resources Defense Council and Smart Growth America released a report, «Getting Back on Track: Aligning State Transportation Policy
with Climate Change Goals,»...
The U.S. Forest Service should not be making special exceptions for private companies that degrade our public lands, damage the forests under their care, and undermine
U.S. climate change goals.»
Germany's Chancellor has for 12 years failed to invest enough, prepare for
costly climate change goals, or tailor the welfare state to an ageing population.
Also spurring growth in the industry is a number of pro-electric vehicle policies and incentives that have been adopted in California, in part because the state is counting on electric vehicles to help it meet its
ambitious climate change goals.
«You have the opportunity, in fact the responsibility, to finalize an agreement that enables the achievement of
national climate change goals, that delivers the necessary support for the developing world and that catalyses continuously increasing ambition and action by all»
They call for a separate, stand -
alone climate change goal, and for climate elements to be included in other relevant goals: «A robust framework of this nature will help to support the scale of ambition needed to achieve the UNFCCC's aims and help to ensure the delivery of a strong climate deal at COP21 in Paris in 2015».
Secondly, the types of fuel used for the energy inputs and their greenhouse gas emissions must be taken into account
where climate change goals are targeted through bioenergy use.
Taking advantage of SPF's environmental benefits will help California achieve the energy efficiency and
climate change goals mandated by Governor Brown, and California's landmark climate change legislation — AB 32.
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International Climate Change Goals Will Require Aggressive Measures
Energy efficiency has often been proposed as a kind of «holy grail» for environmentalists: a means of contributing to
climate change goals while also spurring economic growth.
But many pipeline opponents argue that new energy infrastructure to support expanded extraction of bitumen from Alberta's oilsands would lead to spills and push Canada's
climate change goals out of reach.
They find that the method, known as Bioenergy with Carbon Capture and Storage (BECCS), can improve the feasibility and reduce the costs of
achieving climate change goals.
Secondly, focussing on delivering turnkey hybrid power solutions, which is of immense requirement in remote power installations such as island nations, most of which either can not afford the kind of diesel or fuel import costs that exist at this particular stage, or have mandates to move away from heavy carbon footprint in order to
meet climate change goals.
Wind energy represents a massive opportunity for Alberta and Saskatchewan and capitalizing on the world - class wind resources in the region can help both provinces meet
aggressive climate change goals in a cost - effective way.
«With continued and increased funding for Zero Emission Buses we have the best chance of leading California to achieve
important climate change goals, while cleaning up the air and making important investments in disadvantaged communities in our region,» DeMartino says.
In addition, the four utility SGIP administrators refer to a variety of criteria designed to realize the program's overarching «green» energy and
climate change goals in making their final decisions.
The administration says they want to meet the COP 21
climate change goals, which were laid out in Paris last year.
Campbell also said the project «meshes» with British Columbia's
climate change goals.
This makes it clearer than ever that any system of carbon pricing, whether based on taxes, caps or some combination of the two, can only be one part of a comprehensive set of policies to achieve
climate change goals.
It will serve you well when you meet with your provincial and federal counterparts to hammer out how the two levels of government will work together to help Canada achieve
the climate change goals it agreed to in Paris.
«It undermines
our climate change goals, and threatens our endangered resident orca population.
It may be more immediately obvious how business can potentially contribute towards achieving
the climate change goal, but what about equality?
Today's report, written by consulting firm Impetus for Greenpeace, warns the government needs to invest heavily in energy efficiency if it is to meet
its climate change goals.
The United Nations Environment Program warns that global emissions of greenhouse gases are opening up a widening gap between reality and climate change goals
Amongst all of these,
the climate change goal is having the hardest time staying alive.
Utility's can earn money by achieving affordability and
climate change goals.
Research suggests that divesting in fossil fuels could help nations meet
their climate change goals.
The success of the recent climate negotiations in Paris provides a strong basis for invoking a powerful tool available to help achieve the country's
climate change goals: Section 115 of the Clean Air Act, titled «International Air Pollution.»