Sentences with phrase «dangerous carbon pollution»
No agreement is perfect, and this one must be strengthened over time, but groups across every sector of society will now begin to reduce dangerous carbon pollution through the framework of this agreement.
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At stake are limits on the nation's biggest single source of dangerous carbon pollution — some 1500 coal and gas fired power plants that together emit nearly two billion tons per year of carbon dioxide.
The Environmental Protection Agency proposed standards that will limit dangerous carbon pollution from new power plants.
My testimony, along with the statements of over 1,600 individuals at public hearings across the nation, translated into a proposed rule that would limit dangerous carbon pollution for the first time, the Clean Power Plan.
«It sets achievable limits on dangerous carbon pollution, spurs investments in new clean energy technologies, and provides certainty for industry,» Congressman Waxman said in a statement.
The challengers next claim is that EPA is completely barred from limiting power plants» dangerous carbon pollution because EPA has already used another part of the law — Section 112 — to curb the same plants» emissions of mercury and other hazardous air pollutants.
«The path forward is actually quite clear: we have the technology and know - how to reduce dangerous carbon pollution, protect vulnerable communities, and grow sustainable, resilient, economies.»
«We can reduce health and climate change costs while reducing the dangerous carbon pollution driving global warming.»
«The Lancet report underscores the terrible consequences for human health if we don't start reducing the dangerous carbon pollution fueling climate change — and dramatic benefits for people the world over from taking action now,» echoed Kim Knowlton, senior scientist and deputy director of the Science Center at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a release.
President Barack Obama counted the trend among his environmental accomplishments in his State of the Union address last month: «Over the last four years, our emissions of the dangerous carbon pollution that threatens our planet have actually fallen.»
And over the last four years, our emissions of the dangerous carbon pollution that threatens our planet have actually fallen.
WASHINGTON (October 27, 2015)-- Members of Congress have introduced resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act this week, seeking to block the Clean Power Plan, the landmark initiative to cut the dangerous carbon pollution from power plants fueling climate change.
«The Lancet report underscores the terrible consequences for human health if we don't start reducing the dangerous carbon pollution fueling climate change — and dramatic benefits for people the world over from taking action now.
Targeting these four areas will reduce dangerous carbon pollution and help curb climate change.
Speeding up the transition to clean, renewable energy is one of the best ways to curb the dangerous carbon pollution that causes climate change.