Sentences with phrase «emissions legislation in»

Telephone surveys were conducted among voters who live in the congressional districts of six members of the powerful House Energy and Commerce Committee (which will be considering new global warming emissions legislation in the fall).

Last February a dedicated government forum issued a discussion paper targeting future vehicle emissions, and the future of LCT within a wider overhaul of vehicle emission legislation in Australia.

Compliant with emissions legislations in all fifty states, the latest diesel model from Mercedes - Benz shows that premium elegance and outstanding economy are not mutually exclusive.

The 6.23 litre V8 engine's performance suffered to some extent from increasingly tight emission legislation in some countries which was made up for in 1969/70 with the engine's capacity increased to 6,750 cc.

To meet European laws governing the size of exposed components several changes became necessary including a modified hood and a retractable Flying Lady mascot; obeying emission legislation in Japan as well as in the United States had resulted in fuel injection been fitted.

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Anonymous: unfortunately the PCs re-wrote the legislation in favour of the oil companies a few years ago and appointed industry and PC insiders to key regulatory posts — Gerry Protti, formerly of CAPP, is the chairman of the new Alberta Energy Board, Jim Elliis, formerly DM for Environment is Protti's CEO and Lorne Taylor, a former PC MLA is the head of the oilsands emissions monitoring agency.

The different governments lead by Mrs. Thatcher restrain the emission of the monetary mass, raise the rate of interest, reduce in a drastic way the taxes on the highest incomes, abolish the control of the financial flows, strongly raise the rate of unemployment, provoke strikes, put in place an anti-unions legislation and cut the social expenses.

Shell has yet to comment on the demands, but the company's chief executive said in September it was «preparing for increasingly robust legislation on emissions» and «understand that renewable has a huge role to play in the energy system of the future.»

The choice to use contraceptives or to support legislation limiting industrial emissions may be based in part on scientific data, but the choice itself is subjective.

ANNAPOLIS, MD, March 5, 2013 — Legislation before the Maryland Senate would significantly increase recycling rates, while reducing energy use and emissions, noted Lynn Bragg, President of the Glass Packaging Institute (GPI), in testimony offered today before the Senate Education,

The conference's report calls for legislation that would enact in statute the state's commitments to reducing greenhouse gas emissions as well as a measure that would enhance «green» or environmentally sustainable practices at state agencies as well as climate neutral goals at the state and city university campuses.

Miliband is making a concerted effort to push next week's Paris climate change talks up the political agenda, with a Guardian article saying the UK should put in legislation a target to eradicate carbon emissions completely.

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The environmental lobbying group says Hanna has «actively undermined» efforts to get a handle on greenhouse emissions and has backed legislation that would repeal pesticide laws in the state.

In celebration of Earth Day last week, state Sen. Michael Gianaris (D - Astoria) touted the pro-environment legislation he has recently introduced that would reduce emissions and crack down on polluters.

Last, in December, the much anticipated climate summit in Copenhagen failed to produce a significant agreement to curb greenhouse emissions; at the same time, U.S. legislation on those fronts has stalled.

It also stirred confusion about the governor's legal authority and what will happen to the carbon trading program, which caps utility carbon dioxide emissions in 10 Northeastern and mid-Atlantic states, at a time when national climate legislation appears dead on Capitol Hill.

With no chance of Congress enacting legislation to make these targets into actual U.S. law, the White House is depending on using existing authority under the Clean Air Act and other laws to set regulations in place on power plant emissions, heavy - duty vehicles and more.

The groups said the United States should make the conservation, restoration and sustainable management of forests in developing nations a central goal of federal climate legislation, as tropical deforestation and other land - use decisions account for about 20 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

In that regard, I introduced the first Cap and Dividend legislation in the United States Congress, which would have put a price on greenhouse gas emissions and rebated the proceeds to consumers in the form of a Healthy Climate DividenIn that regard, I introduced the first Cap and Dividend legislation in the United States Congress, which would have put a price on greenhouse gas emissions and rebated the proceeds to consumers in the form of a Healthy Climate Dividenin the United States Congress, which would have put a price on greenhouse gas emissions and rebated the proceeds to consumers in the form of a Healthy Climate Dividenin the form of a Healthy Climate Dividend.

Hedegaard, who will play a key role in the December climate talks here, appeared to back away from a recent call on Obama to pass legislation designed to reduce U.S. carbon emissions before those talks.

It gained urgency after the failure of the 2009 legislation known as the Waxman - Markey bill, which was aimed at setting up an emissions trading system in the United States.

During that same period, these companies spent $ 45 million on ads for clean coal and $ 125 million in lobbying dollars to defeat a national renewable energy standard and federal legislation to place mandatory limits on CO2 emissions.

Many Warsaw delegates say the 2015 accord looks likely to be a patchwork of national pledges for curbing greenhouse gas emissions, anchored in domestic legislation, after Copenhagen failed to agree a sweeping treaty built on international law.

... With a successful deal here in Copenhagen, next year, the United States Congress, House, and Senate, will pass comprehensive energy - climate legislation that will reduce America's emissions.»

My attention was piqued on February 8 when 86 leading evangelical Christians — the last cohort I expected to get on the environmental bandwagon — issued the Evangelical Climate Initiative calling for «national legislation requiring sufficient economy - wide reductions» in carbon emissions.

The report, which also warns of major wildlife extinctions and risks to crops from extreme heat, calls for reducing emissions 80 percent from current levels by 2050, which is consistent with the targets in major climate legislation moving through Congress.

In California, where half the state's emissions come from livestock, lawmakers recently passed legislation that will eventually set targets for methane reductions, the most ambitious law of its kind in the countrIn California, where half the state's emissions come from livestock, lawmakers recently passed legislation that will eventually set targets for methane reductions, the most ambitious law of its kind in the countrin the country.

Researchers from the US and China have determined that a duckweed biorefinery producing a range of gasoline, diesel and kerosene products can be economically competitive with petroleum - based processes, even in some cases without environmental legislation that penalizes greenhouse gas emissions.

One key member of the denial machine, astrophysicist Willie Soon from the Smithsonian Institute for Astrophysics, has portrayed himself as an «expert» on mercury and public health in order to attack legislation curbing mercury emissions from coal plants.

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.

A higher output, smaller displacement turbo - four will also better prepare Jaguar (which currently uses mostly supercharged V - 6 and V - 8 engines) for the low - emissions European Union legislation on the horizon in 2020, and potentially find a home in the soon - to - arrive Jaguar XS, which will face off against the BMW 3 - Series when it hits the market by 2016.

«Autonomy in its own right isn't that appealing to our customers, but we need to have capabilities designed in for safety, legislation, and emissions.»

It remains to be seen if U.S. regulators will share Jaguar Land Rover's enthusiasm for diesels going forward; until the new administration signaled its intention to relax fuel economy and emissions standards, prospects for diesel in the U.S. looked limited at best, with impending 2018 legislation making VW throw in the towel instead of waiting for the regulatory regime to tighten.

Compared to an xDrive 40d diesel with 157 g / km emissions, the 40e would save a company car user # 2,711 a year in benefit - in - kind taxation and under current road tax legislation there would be no tax to pay.

However, GM canceled development in 1974 for reasons that included durability issues, the fuel crisis, tooling costs (for the engines and also for a new product line designed to take advantage of the rotary's ultra-compact dimensions) and the upcoming (late 1970s) U.S. emissions legislation.

In the decades since, legislation and regulation of vehicular emissions has tightened substantially.

However, he said that if emissions legislation forced Rolls - Royce to explore alternative powertrains, he would probably «lean towards a plug - in hybrid».

But worldwide emissions have continued to swell, driven mainly by blistering economic growth and coal burning in Asia; debate over a new climate treaty has stalled; lawmakers of both parties have not embraced legislation aimed at cutting emissions; and polls show the public still largely disengaged.

But Obama faces a reality that many of these groups seem slow to recognize: While the 20th - century toolkit preferred by traditional environmentalists — litigation, regulation and legislation — remains vital to limiting domestic pollution risks such as the oil gusher, it is a bad fit for addressing the building human influence on the climate system, which is driven now mainly by a surge in emissions mostly outside United States borders in countries aiming to propel their climb out of poverty on the same fossil fuels that generated much of our affluence.

According to the A.P. «Bush is not going to outline a specific proposal, but he'll lay out a strategy for «realistic» emission reduction targets and «principles» he thinks Congress should follow in crafting global warming legislation.

1:10 p.m. Updated On the Green blog, John Broder has posted a letter that was sent to President Obama on Friday pressing him to get directly involved in crafting Senate legislation that would cut oil use and emissions of greenhouse gases.

For all regular dotearth readers, I would personally hope that you would take the time to contact your Senator and tell them how URGENT it is that we get moving on some legislation that will produce real reductioins in CO2 emissions.

In all of the fevered recent discussions over next steps for climate legislation, I haven't heard anyone put forward a template for a bill that would lock in a carbon pricing path coming anywhere close to $ 60 to $ 95 a ton on a timescale that would make the technology globally competitive in time to blunt the burst of emissions coming by 2030 in China and IndiIn all of the fevered recent discussions over next steps for climate legislation, I haven't heard anyone put forward a template for a bill that would lock in a carbon pricing path coming anywhere close to $ 60 to $ 95 a ton on a timescale that would make the technology globally competitive in time to blunt the burst of emissions coming by 2030 in China and Indiin a carbon pricing path coming anywhere close to $ 60 to $ 95 a ton on a timescale that would make the technology globally competitive in time to blunt the burst of emissions coming by 2030 in China and Indiin time to blunt the burst of emissions coming by 2030 in China and Indiin China and India.

The avoidance of the C word in the bill's title, «Clean Energy Jobs and American Power Act,» seems at odds with the urgent arguments put forward by backers of the legislation that emissions are climbing and climate is changing more drastically than previously predicted.

Even if they don't, here's my longstanding concern: Any package of legislation focused on emissions restrictions will — because of the nature of congressional compromise — inevitably be too weak to have much of an impact where it matters — in the atmosphere.

In the US, John McCain, who is really quite conservative, has introduced legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions.

She said in an e-mail message that it's clear the E.P.A. now would much prefer having legislation with a focus on the power sector, given that «the utilities have a relationship that would make it much easier to benchmark their emissions.»

Eric Pooley, the deputy editor of Bloomberg Businessweek, spent long stretches of the last three years immersed with a variety of combatants in the intensifying battle over legislation aimed at putting a price on carbon dioxide emissions.

President Obama is preparing to take another stab at seeking consensus in the Senate on energy legislation with components that could rein in emissions of greenhouse gases.