Sentences with phrase «cutting greenhouse gas emissions»

«The United States is a global leader in production and refining of natural gas and oil while cutting greenhouse gas emissions, the result of technological advances in hydraulic fracturing and horizontal drilling.

But a strong European commitment to cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 20 % would be a much - needed signal to the UN climate meeting in Copenhagen 2009, where nations hope to conclude on a successor treaty to the Kyoto Protocol.

Therefore a tool that enables countries to measure past deforestation and track forest disturbance and loss shortly after it occurs would be of great value in efforts to fight climate change by cutting greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation.

The EU's «triple twenty by 2020» standard is aimed at getting 20 percent of their power from renewables, improving efficiency 20 percent, and cutting greenhouse gas emissions 20 percent.

Standards cutting greenhouse gas emissions from cars and light trucks and raising fuel economy are among the biggest environmental achievements of the Obama administration.

Those efforts — which include cutting greenhouse gas emissions to 50 percent below 1990 levels by 2050 — are still moving ahead.

And if the models are good enough to accurately model the effects of geoengineering, then perhaps we should trust what they tell us about addressing global climate disruption, namely that cutting greenhouse gas emissions is the best way to curtail overall climate disruption.

Bjørn Lomborg claimed in 2009 that cutting greenhouse gas emissions would not succeed in halting climate change — and put up posters and a building - sized billboard to promote this message during the UN climate talks in Copenhagen.

In a separate letter, bin Laden urged a close aide to launch a media campaign for the 10th anniversary of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks that included a call for cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Germany's coalition government has decided to take a big step in fighting climate change by cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 80 to 95 percent in just by the year 2050.

CCS may be able to play a serious role in cutting greenhouse gas emissions in half by mid-century, but doing so will take an IEA - estimated $ 5 trillion of investment.

By choosing renewables, they're cutting their greenhouse gas emissions and creating a healthier environment for their citizens and customers — and a brighter future for our planet.

International negotiators at the Lima climate change talks have agreed on a plan to fight global warming that would for the first time commit all countries to cutting their greenhouse gas emissions.

But if, as expected, Inhofe becomes the new committee chair next January, he will probably try to dismantle the EPA rules cutting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants — the centrepiece of Obama's environmental agenda.

Will cutting greenhouse gas emissions — such as carbon dioxide and methane, which create heat - trapping blankets around the planet — harm economies or create benefits?

Southwest Airlines has begun implementing enhanced landing procedures at 11 airports, with an aim of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and reducing delays.

to find a way for established and emerging industrial powers to divvy up the task of cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

But it's pretty edgy, given 10:10's aim of asking people, businesses and organisations to take positive action against global warming by cutting their greenhouse gas emissions by 10 % in a year, and thereby pressuring governments to act.

A very hopeful development, maybe even a game changer — by and large, that's how climate - change activists were greeting the surprising news out of Beijing of cooperation between the U.S. and China on capping and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

The bottom line from the groundbreaking National Energy Technology Laboratory report I recently cited is that generating baseload electricity with natural gas will end up cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

So if, as Wallace - Wells says, «the alternative [to stopping climate change] is simply unimaginable,» then there is simply no alternative to cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

By comparison, the near - term costs of cutting greenhouse gas emissions to stabilize climate, which Stern estimates at 1 percent of GWP, would be a bargain.

For 2014, Alec plans to promote a suite of model bills and resolutions aimed at blocking Barack Obama from cutting greenhouse gas emissions, and state governments from promoting the expansion of wind and solar power through regulations known as Renewable Portfolio Standards.

It's more about UN house - keeping than grandstanding, and many of its conclusions will be technical and businesslike, designed to make the process of cutting greenhouse gas emissions work better, rather than announcing new goals or targets.

[UPDATED, 10:50 p.m.: John P. Holdren, a Harvard physicist best known as a strong proponent of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and a specialist on energy technology policy and nuclear nonproliferation, has been chosen to be Mr. Obama's science adviser, according to two people close to Dr. Holdren and one person involved in the decision.

To come anywhere near achieving Mr. Obama's goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by 2050 to 80 percent below where they were in 1990 would require huge leaps in technology along with deploying what's available now, he said.

This Twitter item leads to a Grist / Climate Desk piece on «Political ideology affects energy - efficiency attitudes and choices,» a fascinating new study in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences that, in part using light bulb choices, shows how polarization over the merits of cutting greenhouse gas emissions appears to torque the behavior of conservatives away from commonsense energy choices.

He says political and social pressure can build as a result, but must still be coupled with concrete policies and investments given the scope of the challenge in cutting greenhouse gas emissions in an energy - hungry world:

To meet the Obama administration's targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, some researchers say, Americans may have to experience a sobering reality: gas at $ 7 a gallon.

The clear message of the team conducting this fresh assessment of the climate science consensus is that it's vital to close that gap to have a chance of breaking societal deadlock on cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Anyone thinking that the erosion of Lindzen's credibility will somehow build societal enthusiasm for cutting greenhouse gas emissions is probably overly optimistic.

The Major Economies Forum will facilitate a candid dialogue among key developed and developing countries, help generate the political leadership necessary to achieve a successful outcome at the UN climate change negotiations that will convene this December in Copenhagen, and advance the exploration of concrete initiatives and joint ventures that increase the supply of clean energy while cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

I'm in Chicago, which just unveiled a climate action plan aimed at cutting its greenhouse gas emissions by 2020 to 25 percent below 1990 levels.

In Europe, in the meantime, there have been some hints that the Bush administration is closing in on a specific long - term goal for cutting greenhouse gas emissions — possibly 50 percent by 2050.

You'd then have to submit the Treaty to the Senate for approval and enact a series of legislation cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

Romm's right that today's coastal communities need to integrate that reality into development decisions far faster than they are doing (Grunwald, of course, would agree, and we all agree that cutting greenhouse gas emissions is important, too).

Known as a «co-benefit,» using state of the art models for human and natural systems, along with climate projections from the international community, the team was able for the first time to put a value on the global air pollution benefits of cutting greenhouse gas emissions over the 21st century.

In California, where lawmakers passed an ambitious law aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions in 2006, regulators have had the authority to require dairies to cut methane, but have not followed through because of opposition from the industry.

Companies and institutions of higher education area also voluntarily cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

«I see cities cutting greenhouse gas emissions and saving money in the process, but much more needs to be done,» Gore said.

Governments agree they should focus most on cutting greenhouse gas emissions under the 2015 Paris agreement rather than on science - fiction - like short - cuts to limit temperatures blamed for causing more heatwaves, floods and rising sea levels.

«Cutting greenhouse gas emissions may be difficult, but it is a medical necessity.»

For example, Dow Chemical Co. has saved approximately $ 4 billion in energy costs between 1994 and 2005 by cutting greenhouse gas emissions 32 percent and its chemical industry competitor DuPont saved $ 3 billion between 1990 and 2005 while cutting such emissions 60 percent.

With more money for development of novel designs and public financial support for construction — perhaps as part of a clean energy portfolio standard that lumps in all low - carbon energy sources, not just renewables or a carbon tax — nuclear could be one of the pillars of a three - pronged approach to cutting greenhouse gas emissions: using less energy to do more (or energy efficiency), low - carbon power, and electric cars (as long as they are charged with electricity from clean sources, not coal burning).

However, the Clean Air Act is not the ideal vehicle for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, Parenteau said, suggesting that pricing carbon would yield better and faster results than setting compliance targets for individual states.

On that score, she called for developed nations to set a goal of cutting greenhouse gas emissions 15 % to 30 % «below business as usual» emissions by 2030.

Cutting greenhouse gas emissions is one powerful incentive for finding a better way to provide the concrete the world needs; another is the need for stronger, longer - lasting buildings, bridges, and other structures.

Writing in the journal Weather, Climate and Society, the University of Manchester researchers argue that cutting greenhouse gas emissions, while crucial to reducing humanity's longer - term impact on the planet, will not eliminate violent storms, tornadoes or flooding and the damage they cause.

If renewable energy is going to be a bigger player and have a significant impact in cutting the greenhouse gas emissions from power plants that are driving climate change, it's going to have to grow quickly.

(Reuters)- Almost 200 nations began global climate talks on Monday with time running out to save the Kyoto Protocol aimed at cutting the greenhouse gas emissions scientists blame for rising sea levels, intense storms, drought and crop failures.