Sentences with phrase «defense of climate»

There might well be a place for Cap’n Trade in a grand scheme, but the best foundation on which to build the defense of our climate is the Carbon Tax.

metaphor «thread - rogering» — pretty much all of Prof. Roberts - Miller's gender - specific characteristics of demagoguery are being aggressively deployed on Climate Etc... invariably in defense of climate - change denialism:

Most of the criticism was aimed at the IPCC's defense of climate models — models that the latest observations of the earth's climate evolution show to be inaccurate, or at least are strongly indicative that is the case.

Most of would choose rational, science - based limits on climate pollution, but we can't have them; instead, the chair of the relevant committee in the United States Senate is chaired by a guy who actually brings snowballs to the Senate floor in defense of climate denial.

Morano eventually retires, and sets himself up as the Climate Drudge, selectively linking to any sites that either might be seen to over-reach in defense of climate science of climate - related policy, and any sites that fling accusations of any sort against climate science.

«Matt Ridley's Rousing Defense of Climate Change Skepticism,» Hit & Run (Reason Foundation blog), November 4, 2011.

If I were for a moment to play the Advocatus Diaboli in the discussion, however, I would note in the defense of the climate scientists who might be in good will misled by Global Circulation Models whether or not you consider them «falsifiable» — and your asserting that they are not does not make that so — they are, generally, based on actual physics.

V Kann Rasmussen Fdn grant for «In support of the legal defense of climate science and scientists»

New York Times journalists immediately begin subtweeting Bret Stephens» defense of climate change skepticism

In defense of climate modelers, these concepts are difficult to understand for most people.

A couple of weeks ago, when he and his fellow board members were supposed to be voting on whether to purchase new textbooks and reading materials for the district, Weber put a stop to the vote by taking a bold stand in defense of climate denial, political cronyism, and intellectual closed - mindedness.

While I am no scientist, this reluctance to agree to what a null hypothesis should be for AGW / CAGW is to me no different from the defense of climate models by claiming they do not need to be validated, or claims that peer review of the published literature does not need to ensure the correctness of the article being published.

I'm a reporter, not an editorial writer, so I'll let you be the judge of actions that violate laws in defense of the climate.

As it is, much of the defense of climate science gets left to cutting and pasting — not necessarily a bad thing in the sense that, unless you're doing original science you are doing some form of cut and paste anyway.

Not exact matches

The study, published by the Environmental Defense Fund's (EDF) Climate Corps program, says that solar and wind jobs have grown at rates of about 20 % annually in recent years, and sustainability now collectively represents four to four and a half million jobs in the U.S., up from 3.4 million in 2011.

«We are on the cusp of a transformative moment,» Nathaniel Keohane, vice president for climate for the New York - based Environmental Defense Fund, told reporters.

«Climate change both threatens [Department of Defense] assets globally and appears to enhance the risk of civil conflict in conflict - prone countries,» Dr. Robert Kopp, a professor in the department of Earth and planetary sciences at Rutgers University and associate director of the Rutgers Energy Institute, told Business Insider.

Defense Department spokeswoman Heather Babb told The Washington Post the study «provided a better understanding of how atoll islands may be affected by a changing climate.»

The national security strategy the Trump administration released in December made no mention of climate change whatsoever, despite the fact Defense Secretary James Mattis has acknowledged it as a threat.

The Shared Mobility Principles for Livable Cities were developed in 2017 by Robin Chase, Zipcar co-Founder, and a consortium of leading city and transport organizations including: the C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group, ICLEI — Local Governments for Sustainability, Institute for Transportation and Development Policy, Natural Resources Defense Council, Partnership on Sustainable Low Carbon Transport (SLoCaT), Transportation for America (T4America), Rocky Mountain Institute, Shared - Use Mobility Center, and WRI Ross Center for Sustainable Cities.

Amid today's dietary climate of fad diets and special restrictions, it feels revelatory to experience a documentary series that comes to the defense of food, plain and simple.

- see: http://www.globalchange.gov/ Even the US Dept of Defense is making plans for man - made climate change - right - wingers please note!

But green groups haven't hesitated to take aim at Trump online, with the Natural Resources Defense Council criticizing his recent move to rescind climate standards for federal infrastructure and the League of Conservation Voters praising Miami's Republican mayor, Tomás Regalado, for saying it is time to talk about climate change.

Guests on the show included environmentalist Bill McKibben, who has praised Cuomo for «paying attention» to climate change and its impact on the weather in the wake of Hurricane Sandy, and Rep. Jerry Nadler, who offered no defense of Cuomo following Hayes» rant.

In his key note speech to the party conference in Liverpool, the energy and climate change secretary delivered a passionate defense of his decision to back down on his opposition to nuclear power.

The coalition also includes Earthjustice, Environmental Advocates of New York, Municipal Art Society of New York, Natural Resources Defense Council, New York League of Conservation Voters, Pace Energy and Climate Law Center of Pace Law School and Riverkeeper.

On Tuesday, Florida GOP Reps. Carlos CurbeloCarlos Luis CurbeloAnti - Maduro Venezuelans not unlike anti-Castro Cubans of yore Farm bill revolt could fuel Dreamer push Three Republicans join climate change caucus MORE and Ileana Ros - LehtinenIleana Carmen Ros - LehtinenOvernight Defense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Tensions on immigration erupt in the House GOP MORE called on Pruitt to resign or beDefense: Over 500 amendments proposed for defense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Tensions on immigration erupt in the House GOP MORE called on Pruitt to resign or bedefense bill Measures address transgender troops, Yemen war Trump taps acting VA chief as permanent secretary Defense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Tensions on immigration erupt in the House GOP MORE called on Pruitt to resign or beDefense bill amendment would protect open transgender military service Tensions on immigration erupt in the House GOP MORE called on Pruitt to resign or be fired.

«This is like the pyramids of Giza for climate policy,» said Nathaniel Keohane, vice president of international climate at the Environmental Defense Fund, referring to the oldest of the Seven Wonders of the World in Egypt.

DOE presents a good distillation of the Administration's general approach to science and technology: a particular skepticism of federal technology programs and hostility to climate research; a general interest in scaling back even fundamental science; and a desire to increase investment in defense - related activities.

The Climate Science Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit founded in 2011 to defend climate scientists from what it calls «burdensome and invasive disclosure of scientists» communications and preliminary analyses and drafts,» authored the brief filed with the Arizona Court of AClimate Science Legal Defense Fund, a nonprofit founded in 2011 to defend climate scientists from what it calls «burdensome and invasive disclosure of scientists» communications and preliminary analyses and drafts,» authored the brief filed with the Arizona Court of Aclimate scientists from what it calls «burdensome and invasive disclosure of scientists» communications and preliminary analyses and drafts,» authored the brief filed with the Arizona Court of Appeals.

In the amicus brief, the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund sides with the university arguing that E&E Legal Institute's efforts «are part of a broader trend of harassment that threatens the core of the scientific endeavor.»

Jake Schmidt, international climate policy director for the Natural Resources Defense Council, said there has been a developing «sense of maturity» in the climate community since Copenhagen.

Columbia University and the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund today launched an online tracker of the Trump administration's crackdown on climate sClimate Science Legal Defense Fund today launched an online tracker of the Trump administration's crackdown on climate sclimate science.

Joshua Busby is an assistant professor of public affairs at the University of Texas and one of the lead researchers in the Strauss Center project on Climate Change and African Political Stability (CCAPS), a $ 7.6 million grant funded by the U.S. Department of Defense.

Cleaner air and water will come more quickly According to David Doniger, policy director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's climate and clean air program, it took the benefits of the Montreal Protocol, which aimed to reduce emissions of ozone - depleting substances, years to come to fruition.

It's also useful in cosmology and charting the far reaches of the Milky Way, weather prediction and climate change modeling or even aerial reconnaissance missions for national defense.

The projected cost of climate change worldwide by 2100, if we take a «business as usual» approach, according to a report published by the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Nevertheless, «the first CCS project that is done badly is the last CCS project that will be done,» warns Mark Brownstein, New York City — based managing director of business partnerships in the climate and air program at the Environmental Defense Fund (EDF).

«We say that there is some part of the climate change effect there in this flooding,» said Azmat Hayat Khan, a scientist at the Pakistan Meteorological Department (PMD), part of his nation's Ministry of Defense.

The decision has been a long time coming, says attorney John Walke, director of the Climate & Clean Air Program at the Natural Resources Defense Council.

Nevertheless, «the first CCS project that is done badly is the last CCS project that will be done,» warns Mark Brownstein, New York - based managing director of business partnerships in the climate and air program at the Environmental Defense Fund.

«It is imperative that both the near - and long - term climate impacts of policies be transparent to a decisionmaker,» said lead author Ilissa B. Ocko, Environmental Defense Fund.

«We applaud the majority leader for announcing a schedule that would enable Congress to deliver a bill for the president's signature before the end of the year,» said David Hawkins, director of the Natural Resources Defense Council's climate center.

Mark Brownstein, a climate expert at the non-profit Environmental Defense Fund, said the countries, two of the world's largest petroleum drillers, showed real leadership in «setting a mark for other major oil and gas producing nations.»

The researchers believe that whilst being advantageous as a defense mechanism in temperate climates, such an increase will be a potential disadvantage in the arid climate of central Australia.

The study, «Pathways of Influence in Emotional Appeals: Benefits and Tradeoffs of Using Fear or Humor to Promote Climate Change - Related Intentions and Risk Perceptions,» published in the Journal of Communication, was the result of a partnership grant between Cornell's Atkinson Center for a Sustainable Future, where Niederdeppe is a faculty fellow, and the Environmental Defense Fund.

... Unfortunately if their institution doesn't support them, it's potentially very expensive» in legal costs, says Lauren Kurtz, executive director of the Climate Science Legal Defense Fund.

Dave Hawkins, head of the Natural Resources Defense Council's Climate Center, put it to me this way: «If you had a choice to be in a car crash going 5 miles an hour or one going 50 miles an hour, which would you choose?»

Otters might also offer a defense against climate change because healthy kelp forests can grow rapidly and store large amounts of carbon.

«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.