Sentences with phrase «climate impact of the regulations»

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The ruling marks the latest setback for the Trump administration as it seeks to roll back regulations aimed at mitigating the impacts of climate change.

«NYSTA's knowledge of highway use and regulation and traffic impacts, while important, is highly limited within the context of a complex environmental review covering surface and groundwater, soils, bedrock and geology, storm water, air quality, habitat, and climate, among other areas of specialized knowledge and expertise,» they wrote.

If the measure of President Obama's proposed power plant regulations is their impact on climate change, they would be doomed to failure, according to climate scientists.

The only thing that is clear is that there continues to be great debate and uncertainty among these experts regarding the extent of natural climate variability versus human impacts, and what, if anything, enactment of economy - wide greenhouse gas regulations might do to alter our changing climate.

The work coordinated by University of Leeds (UK) researcher Catherine Scott was also based on years of analyses and survey over the functioning of tropical and temperate forests, the gases emitted by vegetation, and their impact on climate regulation.

The faltering federal controls on methane followed a growing recognition of the gas's impact on the climate that translated into regulations on methane emissions for landfills and the oil and gas industry toward the end of Obama's second term.

Introduction The Climate Action Regulation (CAR), also known as the Effort Sharing Regulation, is Europe's tool to reduce the climate impact of sectors not covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EClimate Action Regulation (CAR), also known as the Effort Sharing Regulation, is Europe's tool to reduce the climate impact of sectors not covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (Eclimate impact of sectors not covered by the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS).

When you speak up about what your scientific speciality says about climate change, you are speaking as an expert; when you advocate a particular policy, estimation of the impact of which requires knowledge of economics, laws and regulations in foreign lands, trade and technology trends in addition to your scientific speciality, you are speaking as a citizen, and have no more authority than anyone else.

The goal of the paper I have just written is to «restart» the discussion of climate change, which, as I see it, is on the verge of disappearing from view, putting into cold storage both 1) the policy initiatives like carbon prices and regulations that could have short - term impact on wedge technologies like conventional renewables, efficiency, and CCS, and 2) commitments to the advancement of a climate - change - driven research frontier.

But as Mr. Romm goes on to explain, «[F] undamentally his remarks reflect an accurate understanding of the impact — indeed, the goal — of serious climate regulations, if we ever get around to them.

- I believe that classical materials have a very strong impact in energetic waste and that architecture of large metropolis handles very badly the regulation of climate, destroying the ecosystems.

We have used the Model for the Assessment of Greenhouse - gas Induced Climate Change (MAGICC)-- a simple climate model emulator that was, in part, developed through support of the EPA — to examine the climate impact of proposed regulClimate Change (MAGICC)-- a simple climate model emulator that was, in part, developed through support of the EPA — to examine the climate impact of proposed regulclimate model emulator that was, in part, developed through support of the EPA — to examine the climate impact of proposed regulclimate impact of proposed regulations.

The announcement by Peabody came as a result of a two - year investigation by the New York Attorney General Office for not disclosing the impacts that climate change regulation would have on its business to investors.

Analysis of how climate regulation impacts the demand for, and price of hydrocarbons, as well as capital expenditure strategies for exploration, acquisition and development;

Given the uncertainties surrounding the science of climate change, the minuscule impact of the suggested remedies, and the high cost of proposed regulations, now is a good time to step back from precipitous actions and exaggerated rhetoric.

His research has examined traditional knowledge of marine mammals and sea ice, the impacts of climate change on Arctic communities, the regulation of subsistence hunting, and other topics.

With the late - mover advantage of being able to learn from earlier failures — both economic and political, in Europe and in Washington — specialists working with California's Air Resources Board have drafted proposed regulations intended to cushion the economic impact on the state's industries but still accomplish the law's purpose: reducing emissions linked to climate change to 1990 levels by 2020.

Cato Institute scholars Patrick Michaels and Chip Knappenberger have produced a layman - friendly yet thoroughly referenced draft report summarizing «the important science that is missing from Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States,» a U.S. Government document underpinning the EPA's December 2009 endangerment rule, the foundation of all of the agency's greenhouse gas (GHG) regulations.

Also included in this larger figure is $ 86 million to support clean energy regulatory actions that focus on energy efficiency; $ 48 million to develop transportation sector regulations and next - generation clean transportation initiatives; $ 58 million for projects that improve our understanding of climate change impacts; and $ 25 million to advance Canada's engagement in international negotiations and support the Canada-U.S. Clean Energy Dialogue.

Better yet would be to debate an energy policy for the USA, including opening up exploratory oil and gas drilling including shale deposits, limiting the exponential growth of regulations currently stifling new exploration, ending the EPA regulatory war on coal, reactivating the Keystone pipeline, etc.; these issues have direct impact on American jobs and future energy independence, both of which are more important issues for US voters (and presidential candidates) than any «climate» debate.

Post Reporter Juliet Eilperin claims: «As the real - world impacts of climate change begin to materialize... regulation of greenhouse gases appears more likely» — September 23, 2009)

We argue that had the new science indicating a lower equilibrium climate sensitivity been properly incorporated into the determination of the SCC used by the DOE, it would have had a significant impact on the cost / benefit analysis used to justify the new regulation.

(Too much uncertainty regarding the existence and magnitude of «biotic regulation» of our climate and the purported negative human impact on this mechanism; no mention of possible positive effect on biota of higher CO2 concentrations and / or slightly warmer temperatures.)

It's a positive step — for U.S. energy, economic growth, consumer benefits and climate progress — for the Bureau of Land Management (BLM) to begin rescinding its 2015 hydraulic fracturing rule — one that we argue duplicates existing and effective state regulation and risks delaying energy development, potentially impacting consumers.

We ask for the indulgence of the reader as there are some lengths and repetitions; the huge economic impact of the climate regulations and of the energy market distortions striking both the industries and the households require that no ambiguousness, no uncertainty be left.

Huntington's research activities include reviewing the regulation of subsistence hunting in northern Alaska, documenting traditional ecological knowledge of beluga whales and bowhead whales, examining Iñupiat Eskimo and Inuit knowledge and use of sea ice, and assessing the impacts of climate change on Arctic communities and Arctic marine mammals.

These include energy efficiency, reducing greenhouse gas emissions, planning for the impacts of climate change, environmental permitting, the threat to businesses and their critical infrastructure from rising sea levels and flooding and water regulations.

Reporting companies, particularly those in fossil fuel industries, may wish to review their disclosure practices regarding the possible financial impact of climate change and of proposed laws, regulations and policies aimed at reducing carbon emissions.

Changes in population, age, income, technology, relative prices, lifestyle, regulation, governance, and many other aspects of socioeconomic development will have an impact on the supply and demand of economic goods and services that is large relative to the impact of climate change.

At Tuesday's House Energy & Commerce Committee hearing on Climate Science and EPA's Greenhouse Gas Regulation, Dr. Christopher Field of the Carnegie Institution for Science, presented a scary assessment of global warming's impact on U.S. grain yields.

... The impacts of these changes on oceanic ecosystems and the services they provide, for example in fisheries, coastal protection, tourism, carbon sequestration and climate regulation, can not yet be estimated accurately but they are potentially large.

In addition to publishing original papers on topics like climate change and mercury in the environment, SPPI has profiled the states for observed climate change and the impact or cost of climate change regulations or prevention measures.

You may wonder why the government finds the need to pursue such action since 1) U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have already topped out and have generally been on the decline for the past 7 - 8 years or so (from technological advances in natural gas extraction and a slow economy more so than from already - enacted government regulations and subsidies); 2) greenhouse gases from the rest of the world (primarily driven by China) have been sky - rocketing over the same period, which lessens any impacts that our emissions reduction have); and 3) even in their totality, U.S. carbon dioxide emissions have a negligible influence on local / regional / global climate change (even a immediate and permanent cessation of all our carbon dioxide emissions would likely result in a mitigation of global temperature rise of less than one - quarter of a degree C by the end of the century).

The Effort Sharing Regulation is Europe's largest policy tool to reduce the climate impact of...

With a low - end warming comes low - end impacts and an overall lack of urgency for federal rules and regulations (such as those outlined in the President's Climate Action Plan) to limit carbon dioxide emissions and limit our energy choices.

The report, titled «Impacts of Greenhouse Gas Regulations On the Industrial Sector,» was prepared for the American Council for Capital Formation (ACCCF) and concludes that «Regulatory measures are an inefficient way to achieve climate goals.»

However, we believe that the unburnable carbon approach to assessing the impact of potential climate regulation on a company's value oversimplifies the complexity of the issue and overstates the potential financial impact.»

Two new federal air pollution regulations are expected to spur the closure of up to 69 aging, inefficient, coal - fired power plants, reducing both harmful air pollutants and emissions of the climate destabilizing greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), according to an AP survey of US power plant operators and a preliminary Breakthrough Institute analysis of the likely impacts on CO2 emissions.

Impact Findings from the Head Start CARES Demonstration: National Evaluation of the Three Approaches to Improving Preschoolers» Social and Emotional Competence Morris, Mattera, Castells, Bangser, Bierman, & Raver U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (2014) Describes the impact of the CARES demonstration, focusing on outcomes during the spring of the preschool year in: (1) teacher practices; (2) classroom climate; (3) children's behavior regulation, executive function, emotion knowledge, and social problem - solving skills; and (4) children's learning behaviors and social behaImpact Findings from the Head Start CARES Demonstration: National Evaluation of the Three Approaches to Improving Preschoolers» Social and Emotional Competence Morris, Mattera, Castells, Bangser, Bierman, & Raver U.S. Department of Health and Human Services, Administration for Children and Families, Office of Planning, Research and Evaluation (2014) Describes the impact of the CARES demonstration, focusing on outcomes during the spring of the preschool year in: (1) teacher practices; (2) classroom climate; (3) children's behavior regulation, executive function, emotion knowledge, and social problem - solving skills; and (4) children's learning behaviors and social behaimpact of the CARES demonstration, focusing on outcomes during the spring of the preschool year in: (1) teacher practices; (2) classroom climate; (3) children's behavior regulation, executive function, emotion knowledge, and social problem - solving skills; and (4) children's learning behaviors and social behaviors.

In its report: Drivers of change for the Real Estate Industry, PwC's experts say that high energy prices, climate change and government regulation will impact the role that property managers play in ensuring success for their clients.