Sentences with phrase «comprehensive climate and energy policy»
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«With the U.S. Senate's recent failure to act on comprehensive energy and climate legislation, we need strong environmental leaders at the state level to move the ball forward on new energy policies that will put America on the path to a clean energy future.»
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It's put climate change leaders in a variety of key positions, made climate change a priority in initiatives in departments and agencies, revitalized the US Global Change Research Program and other interagency efforts, working with other major emitting countries, both industrialized and developing, to build technology cooperation and individual and joint climate policies consistent with avoiding the unmanageable, and is working with Congress — and this is the toughest part really — working with Congress to get comprehensive energy and climate legislation that will put us on a responsible emissions trajectory.
GSA strongly encourages that the following efforts be undertaken internationally: (1) adequately research climate change at all time scales, (2) develop thoughtful, science - based policy appropriate for the multifaceted issues of global climate change, (3) organize global planning to recognize, prepare for, and adapt to the causes and consequences of global climate change, and (4) organize and develop comprehensive, long - term strategies for sustainable energy, particularly focused on minimizing impacts on global climate.
In a new Rolling Stone interview, President Obama has offered a replacement for the now - defunct notion of comprehensive climate and energy legislation: a policy rolled out in «chunks.»
Ms. Kreisher, Ms. Whitman's spokeswoman, said: «The administrator has said in the past that President Bush regards climate change very seriously and supports a comprehensive, balanced energy policy that is intended to improve air quality, and the administrator is gratified that he supports that.»
In a move that may derail a comprehensive climate change and energy bill in the Senate, one of the measure's central architects, Senator Lindsey Graham, has issued an angry protest over what he says are Democratic plans to give priority to a debate over immigration policy.
Research groups (MIT, RTI, and the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratories [PNNL]-RRB- have also analyzed the economic impacts of a generic comprehensive, economy - wide climate policy to reduce GHG emissions 50 - 80 % by the year 2050.
Dr. Romm helped lead the administration's climate technology policy formulation, and initiated, supervised, and publicized a comprehensive technical analysis by five national laboratories of how energy technologies can reduce greenhouse gas emissions at low - cost: Scenarios of U.S. Carbon Reductions.
«The loan guarantees announced today may ease the politics around comprehensive clean - energy and climate legislation, but we do not believe that they are the best policy.»
As China's domestic energy policy has transformed over the last several years to incorporate climate - friendly goals — increased energy efficiency and a greater contribution of non-fossil fuels to its energy mix — this opportunity is already becoming a reality, especially as the United States advances comprehensive climate policy.
As President - elect Trump and his administration look to relieve the U.S. power sector from what he considers regulatory overreach and unleash America's energy potential, it is recommended that he do so with a view towards developing a comprehensive energy policy resilient enough to withstand subsequent political transitions and to provide the power sector with a stable, more predictable investment climate.
We seek to develop and promote a comprehensive, market - based climate change policy framework that creates jobs and puts the country on course toward a sustainable energy future.
While this blog is not meant to be a comprehensive assessment of Mr. Trump's stance on energy policies, we hope it provides a general overview for evaluating where Mr. Trump may stand on issues of interest to energy - focused voters: coal, climate change, renewables, efficiency, natural gas, nuclear and drilling.
ENSURING CLIMATE CHANGE IS INCLUDED IN NATIONAL ENERGY POLICY & PLANNING The United States does not have, and, in reality, has never had, a comprehensive national energy policy that has been deliberated as a whole by the American pENERGY POLICY & PLANNING The United States does not have, and, in reality, has never had, a comprehensive national energy policy that has been deliberated as a whole by the American penergy policy that has been deliberated as a whole by the American people.
My hope is that victories like this one will help build the momentum to generate the kind of people power necessary to move the needle on comprehensive climate policy — policy that prices carbon, removes subsidies for oil companies, and encourages clean energy development.
They highlight fundamental and persistent challenges in the United States to the use of energy efficiency as a potent tool for efforts to mitigate climate change, strengthen national energy security, and realize the economic benefits of a comprehensive, forward - thinking energy policy.