Sentences with phrase «emissions restrictions on»

With the Copenhagen Climate Change Conference behind us, it seems like every front page is still devoting most of its real estate to environmental concerns: battles in the U.S. Senate over the Waxman - Markey bill; CO2 reduction targets for various countries; emissions restrictions on the automotive industry.

Responding to public outrage, the government has recently introduced a series of measures like making public the level of air pollution in Beijing and also plans to impose emission restrictions on the steel, coal and petrochemicals industries, among others.

Not exact matches

For the Bank of England, for instance, the prospect of restrictions on carbon emissions is real enough to prompt a study on the broad implications for the U.K. economy.

(CNN)-- Gov. Bobby Jindal said Monday that a lawsuit against the Environmental Protection Agency is «on the table» in efforts to counter the Obama administration's proposed restrictions on carbon emission from power plants.

Conservatives are, on the whole, more aligned with business and / or industry Since industry is most likely to be adversely affected by the consequences of regulations to reduce global warming (emissions restrictions, for example) there is an incentive to deny global warming.

Only voluntary restrictions or, more likely, taxes on fossil - fuel consumption and incentives for developing alternative fuels will reduce emissions.

Presidential contenders John McCain and Barack Obama have committed to early enactment of mandatory, economy - wide restrictions on emissions, implemented through tradable permits and designed to reduce emissions by 60 to 80 percent below 1990 levels by 2050.

By calling for re-energizing CCS development, PCAST is making two judgments: 1) that the coal industry is highly likely to remain competitive even as it complies with EPA restrictions on emissions of SOx, NOx, Hg, and other toxics; and 2) that a substantial price on carbon is highly likely to arrive in a time frame of relevance for a CCS development effort.

Trump has also promised to «lift restrictions on the production» of shale, oil, natural gas and clean coal — such a move would increase the market share of fossil - fuel power, and could drive emissions up.

Under this scheme, investors could earn credits for projects that cut emissions in developing nations even though the host country faced no binding restriction on its output of these gases.

The American Petroleum Institute hopes EPA's move is part of a one - two punch, with the Senate also considering using the Congressional Review Act to torpedo Bureau of Land Management restrictions on methane emissions for oil and gas development on public and tribal lands.

, a leading climate skeptic who opposes restrictions on carbon pollution, argued that the administration could harm the U.S. economy by enacting new regulations particularly given the skyrocketing emissions of China and India, Kerry was quick with a challenge.

Furthermore, the relatively quick process of converting coal - fired plants to biomass - fired generation is an attractive benefit for power generators whose generation assets are no longer viable as coal plants due to the expiration of operating permits or the introduction of taxes or other restrictions on fossil fuel usage or emissions of GHGs and other pollutants.

Allthough this is only one of several possible offset sources under consideration by policy makers, we find already that, without restrictions on offset eligibility, CORSIA will not incentivise any further emission reductions beyond those that will happen without the scheme and will also not provide price signals that reward previous investments in CDM projects.

EcoLogo requires products to meet Energy Star criteria and Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) requirements and sets strict limits on ozone, dust, and VOC emissions.

Secondly, the elite in places like China, London, or Paris still want to ride in size and style despite rising restrictions on emissions.

CEO Carlos Ghosn continues to believe that electric vehicles will catch on as emissions restrictions get tighter.

Pontiac offered the 455 through the 1976 model year, but the engine could not meet tightening restrictions on vehicle emissions.

It arrived on the market in 1975 when the F - Series was in its sixth generation and was placed between the F - 100 and the F - 250 in order to avoid certain emission control restrictions.

Vehicles like the Mission E will play a key role in markets such as China where restrictions on emissions are expected to become the world's toughest in the coming years.

Much of the rhetoric pressing for a new agreement was framed as «sealing the deal» on a new internationally legally - binding restriction on greenhouse gas emissions building on the model represented by the dead - end 1997 Kyoto Protocol.

On Friday afternoon, three non-governmental organizations charged that a «secret Mexican text» was being drafted that could, following Japan's lead early in the week, end efforts to create new binding emissions restrictions to replace those that expire in 2012 under the Kyoto Protocol.

This week, Hertsgaard took his «Generation Hot» campaign to Washington to confront lawmakers fighting restrictions on emissions of greenhouse gases.

That record is mainly driven by ozone depletion (which is slowing due to restrictions on CFC emissions).

The world remains deeply divided over next steps, with the world's greenhouse - gas giants, China and the United States, refusing to consider mandatory restrictions on emissions.

That fight had been particularly intense in negotiations shaping the Kyoto Protocol, the first climate treaty with binding restrictions on emissions from some countries.

The problem is, I don't think you can tell China (who is making great strides against poverty) «It is likely that emissions restrictions will put a damper on your growth, but there is a possibility that there will be a proliferation of alternative energies beyond anything we have ever seen before, and you could see an increase in growth».

The thousands gathered here for two weeks have included people passionately fighting for and against restrictions on emissions and campaigners on related issues — from human rights to nuclear power to vegetarianism.

-- A look at how Poland, the country hosting the next round of climate - treaty talks, is fighting European Union efforts to reform restrictions on greenhouse - gas emissions.

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 meantime, the United States and China, with the world's biggest economies and greenhouse - gas emissions, rejected the pact's mandatory restrictions on the gases and were often portrayed by environmental campaigners as stifling progress.

After all, the reality is that Obama has moved pretty aggressively, if quietly, to roll out restrictions on greenhouse gas emissions through regulations, tighter standards for energy use and vehicle fuel economy and pursue policies fostering a shift from coal to gas.

I'd been covering the climate bill — and Graham — extensively at that time, and found it a perplexing response from someone who had, just four months earlier, argued that the Senate shouldn't move a «half - assed bill» that lacked restrictions on carbon emissions.

In the first period (2005 - 07) the allocation will not impose any tough restrictions on emissions, because it is a trial period, and the Kyoto limits do not apply until 2008.

During a briefing the NRDC held Wednesday, David Goldston, the group's director of government affairs, said that the coming restrictions aimed at reducing carbon emissions represent «the pivotal battle on climate change for U.S. domestic politics.

We learned Australia's ETS needs fixing to ensure the emissions caps are effective; international offsets must be disallowed; and there is a case for greater restrictions on the domestic carbon market to ensure emissions cuts occur where they are most important instead of where they are cheapest.

But the Bush administration, which maintained that restrictions on emissions would raise the price of energy and so hurt the economy while doing little to help the climate, managed to prevaricate for almost two years before passing the buck to Barack Obama and Ms Jackson.

When asked about specific proposals to reduce climate change, most Democrats (90 %) and smaller majorities of Republicans (65 %) say that restrictions on power plant emissions would make a difference in reducing climate change, as would tax incentives encouraging businesses to reduce their carbon emissions (85 % and 65 %, respectively).

For instance, 79 % of Americans say that restrictions on power plant emissions can make a difference in reducing the effects of global climate change.

As a result, Brulle insisted, the public is uncertain about the alarmist claim that man - made carbon dioxide emissions are causing severe climate change, and the government in turn has failed to enact the kind of restrictions on emissions Brulle favors.

In February 2008, investment banks Morgan Stanley, Citi, J.P. Morgan Chase, and Bank of America announced that any future lending for coal - fired power would be contingent on the utilities demonstrating that the plants would be economically viable with the higher costs associated with future federal restrictions on carbon emissions.

And yet another large issue complicates Brulle's claims: he says the defining characteristic of the Conspirators is an effort to block «legislative restrictions on carbon emissions.»

By 1988, environmental pressure groups were already arguing for similar restrictions on the emission of carbon dioxide «to save the climate.»

Kyoto is not the first attempt to impose worldwide restrictions on anthropogenic emissions.

The measures announced by Obama, including vehicle emissions standards and restrictions on coal - fired power stations appear set to achieve further substantial reductions, again while yielding net economic benefits.

There are still many who support restrictions on carbon emissions.

Of course real - world measurements show that temperature rise is barely on track for the RCP 2.6 scenario; the fantasy where all the governments of the world cooperatively apply punitive restrictions on CO2 emissions and revert their economies and standard of living to the early 19th century.

by Bonner Cohen The Heartland Institute California Gov. Jerry Brown (D) signed legislation on September 8 that slaps new, more - stringent restrictions on emissions of manmade greenhouse gases.

E.g., although only 15 % of «conservative Republicans» say they believe that the «earth is warming mostly due to human activity,» almost double that percentage agree that «restrictions on power plant carbon emissions» (29 %) and «international agreements to limit carbon emissions» (27 %) would «make a big difference» in «address [ing] climate change»!

Gjefsen says that in America the major political restrictions on emissions never materialised.