Sentences with phrase «climate than electricity»

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More than 3,500 churches are ditching fossil fuels for renewable electricity as part of efforts to tackle climate change.

Having the Belleayre, Gore and Whiteface ski centers join The Climate Reality Project's «I Am Snow 100 %» program is in line with Cuomo's Clean Energy Standard, which requires that half of all electricity used in New York come from renewable sources, rather than fossil fuels, by 2030, the governor's office said in a press release.

They're more interested in cutting household electricity bills than (futile) attempts to stop climate change.»

It's less costly to get electricity from wind turbines and solar panels than coal - fired power plants when climate change costs and other health impacts are factored in, according to a new study published in Springer's Journal of Environmental Studies and Sciences.

The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predicts that by 2100, the need for electricity to power cooling will have surged to more than 30 times what it was in 2000.

And when we think about climate, we have to think about more than electricity.

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With the climate crisis escalating, no state is better positioned than Washington to demonstrate that the transition to fossil fuel - free electricity powering zero - emission vehicles is technically possible, economically viable, and a key driver for new jobs and economic growth.

Because electricity and heat account for 41 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions, curbing climate change will require satisfying much of that demand with renewables rather than fossil fuels.

«[Howarth et al.'s] analysis is seriously flawed in that they significantly overestimate the fugitive emissions associated with unconventional gas extraction, undervalue the contribution of «green technologies» to reducing those emissions to a level approaching that of conventional gas, base their comparison between gas and coal on heat rather than electricity generation (almost the sole use of coal), and assume a time interval over which to compute the relative climate impact of gas compared to coal that does not capture the contrast between the long residence time of CO2 and the short residence time of methane in the atmosphere.»

Digitally enabled demand response is often a more cost - effective and climate - friendly measure facilitating the integration of variable renewables than building new power plants or electricity storage.

As the last major economy to submit a target for a global climate pact, India is pledging to reduce the intensity of its carbon emissions and boost the share of electricity produced from sources other than fossil fuels to...

While our views are still evolving, we think it's clear that removing bioenergy subsidies and mandates and preventing EPA from letting electricity generators claim credit for biomass as carbon - neutral would do more to internalize the climate costs of bioenergy than even a hefty carbon tax.

Today, a coalition of more than 25 organizations sent the below message to Washington state legislators calling for strong climate action, in the form of three key solutions: (1) supporting a path to 100 % carbon - free electricity, (2) putting a price on carbon pollution, and (3) advancing clean fuels for transportation.

Most importantly, we had to actively promote the importance of renewable energy and to raise awareness for climate - related topics among the public — especially given that electricity from renewable sources is a little pricier than energy from traditional fossil fuels.

Despite EEI's 1989 pledge to reduce atmospheric emissions, annual CO2 emissions from the electricity sector remained higher in 2016 than they were when McCollum testified in 1989, due in large part to ongoing efforts by some in the industry to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on CO2 emissions from power plants.

It is far from clear whether Trump can do much more for coal than remove most or even all the climate - related regulations discouraging the use of coal, and this may not have a huge effect since to date the major adverse effects of the «war on coal» on raising electricity prices have not yet occurred because of the Supreme Court's stay on the so - called Clean Power Plan.

Rather than replacing this energy source with fossil fuels, thus boosting carbon emissions and encouraging runaway climate change, the world can use this opportunity to pursue a much safer electricity sector powered largely by wind, solar, and geothermal energy.

Hillary Clinton, courting young voters and the broader Democratic base, has promised to one - up President Obama on climate change, vowing to produce a third of the nation's electricity from renewable sources by 2027, three years faster than Mr. Obama, while spending billions of dollars to transform the energy economy....

bearing in mind that only a small percentage of earths population have access to electricity, if we enabled all under developed countries in the world with fossil fuel electricity and heating systems, we would likely have to cover every sq inch of farmland in trees to combat climate change.rather than outright fighting the building of wind turbines (that in future times can be repaired at a fraction of the impact and pollution of replacing them) we should be putting pressure on the manufacturers of these systems and technologies to invest more in finding green solutions to using the polluting chemicals in the construction of turbines.

Mark Summerfield, CEO of Co-op Insurance said: «We were one of the first businesses to recognise and respond to the impacts of climate change, since then we have reduced our greenhouse gas emissions from our operations, purchased renewable electricity and have offset more than a million tonnes of carbon since we first introduced carbon offsetting on our products 10 years ago»

Usual investment criteria may not deliver the super low - cost, clean, renewable energy soon enough to avoid the worst effects of climate change,» said Dr. Larry Brilliant, Executive Director of Google.org, Google's philanthropic arm, «Google.org's hope is that by funding research on promising technologies, investing in promising new companies, and doing a lot of R&D ourselves, we may help spark a green electricity revolution that will deliver breakthrough technologies priced lower than coal.»

In an article rating the climate pledges of ten countries, National Geographic described India's climate pledge as «ambitious,» and quoted an expert who said India's proposal to get 40 percent of its electricity from renewable sources by 2030 is «nothing less than gargantuan»:

However, the climate benefits of shifting from fossil - fueled transportation to electric cars, trucks, buses and trains only pencil out if our electricity itself is clean — that it's produced through carbon - free resources such as solar, wind, and hydroelectric, rather than fossil fuels such as coal, oil or fracked gas.

The time has come to bite the bullet, cancel further wind and solar generation acquisitions and let experts plan our energy needs rather than politicians who fail to grasp that electricity is a «necessity of life», particularly in our climate as this year's record cold February has clearly demonstrated!

Electricity, not coal, adds to our quality of life, and electricity can be gathered from cleaner sources than coal, sources that don't require devastation to wild habitats for its collection, nor cause devastation to humans and the climate via emissionsElectricity, not coal, adds to our quality of life, and electricity can be gathered from cleaner sources than coal, sources that don't require devastation to wild habitats for its collection, nor cause devastation to humans and the climate via emissionselectricity can be gathered from cleaner sources than coal, sources that don't require devastation to wild habitats for its collection, nor cause devastation to humans and the climate via emissions pollution.

The Government's independent climate advisers, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), have stated that the low carbon grid of 2030 should produce no more than 50g of CO2 for every kilowatt hour of electricity genclimate advisers, the Committee on Climate Change (CCC), have stated that the low carbon grid of 2030 should produce no more than 50g of CO2 for every kilowatt hour of electricity genClimate Change (CCC), have stated that the low carbon grid of 2030 should produce no more than 50g of CO2 for every kilowatt hour of electricity generated.

Storing energy as heat is also 20 - 100 times cheaper than storing electricity in batteries, according to Joseph Romm at Climate Progress.

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Paolo Frankl, Head of IEA's Renewable Energy Division, commented: «Given that global energy demand for heat represents almost half of the world's final energy use - more than the combined global demand for electricity and transport - solar heat can make a significant contribution in both tackling climate change and strengthening energy security, The IEA's Solar Heating and Cooling Roadmap outlines how best to advance the global uptake of solar heating and cooling (SHC) technologies, which, it notes, involve very low levels of greenhouse - gas emissions.

Friends of the Earth offered a quite nuanced view to the Energy and Climate Select Committe: «available data suggests that the carbon footprint of shale gas is smaller than that of coal used in electricity production, although it is higher than that of conventional gas.