Sentences with phrase «enact carbon emissions caps»

All these developments in China are encouraging considering also that South Korea and Mexico, two other non-Annex I countries — developing countries as defined in the U.N. climate treaty process — recently indicated a willingness to enact carbon emissions caps for 2020.

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If the EPA acts unilaterally to restrict carbon dioxide emissions, the impact on the economy could be even worse than a cap and trade law enacted by Congress.

Again, states have plenty of leeway on how to reduce emissions: they can switch from coal to natural gas, expand renewables or nuclear, boost energy efficiency, enact carbon pricing... And if states refuse to submit a plan, the EPA will impose its own federal plan, which could involve some sort of cap - and - trade program.

After failing to convince Congress to enact a «cap and trade» system to limit carbon emissions, Obama has increasingly relied on a regulatory approach such as his recently - announced limits on use of fossil fuels by power plants.

Although the math behind Hansen's prediction has been questioned, Ryan Lizza described in the September issue of The New Yorker how the warning became a rallying cry for environmental leaders desperate to find some unifying mission after breakdowns in international climate negotiations and a failed bid to enact a cap - and - trade system that would have put a price on carbon emissions.