Sentences with phrase «encourage oil and natural gas»

These voluntary partnerships encourage oil and natural gas companies to adopt cost - effective technologies and practices that improve operational efficiency and reduce methane emissions.

In the late 1800s and early 1900s, the federal government helped encourage oil and natural gas development in Alaska.

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I was encouraged by President Obama's calls for the construction of more nuclear power plants, as well as for increased offshore exploration of oil and natural gas, and the further development of clean coal technologies.

For example, she said, attending last year's rally helped encourage her to work in her state to support petitions to ban offshore drilling for oil and natural gas.

We encourage you to investigate and include significant direct and indirect emissions from all fuels, including conventional petroleum, heavy oils, natural gas for transportation, oil sand - based fuels, and the range of fuels used to power electrified transportation, consistent with the best available science.

The bill aims to thread various needles, for instance including measures to encourage a shift from coal and oil to natural gas (which produces roughly half the emissions per unit of energy) but in ways that won't alarm environmentalists worried about impacts of expanded gas drilling.

The coalition will also encourage the EPA to limit climate change - causing carbon emissions from fossil fuel power plants under the Clean Power Plan, push for federal controls on methane emissions from the oil and natural gas industry, and work on controlling emissions from large - scale industry facilities, said the New York attorney general's office in a statement.

They argue that Obama has pursued a policy that simply encourages all forms of energy production, expanding oil and natural gas drilling just as aggressively as he has promoted solar and wind power and electric cars.

The CEA supports lifting moratoria on offshore and land - based oil and natural gas drilling, encourages the creation and expansion of petroleum refineries and easing the permitting process for drilling.

But he can do a great deal with regard to encouraging greater natural gas and particularly oil development.

«Today's announcement from the MMS is an encouraging sign that Alaska's oil and natural gas resources can continue to play a major role in America's energy security.»

Under the previous president, Barack Obama, the U.S. used environmental rules to encourage the closing or costly upgrade of coal plants because burning the fuel emits almost twice as much carbon dioxide as natural gas and 28 percent more pollutants than heating oil.

A shift to natural gas from coal (power generation) and oil (transportation) should be encouraged for the sake of our children's health and the environment.

Last week EPA launched a new program it hopes will encourage U.S. oil and natural gas companies to voluntarily focus on reducing methane emissions from oil and gas operations.

Given energy's central place in family budgets and U.S. economic and security objectives, the best tax approach is the one that encourages robust oil and natural gas development.

to craft a measure to reduce heat - trapping gases in the power sector and encourage development of nuclear power, «clean» coal, natural gas and offshore oil drilling.

Carbon taxes are coming... The carbon tax [is] the single most powerful tool for encouraging conservation of the planet's finite coal, oil and natural gas resources, and for diminishing the role of CO2 emissions in destroying the earth.