Sentences with phrase «energy policies impact»

It follows that how our energy policies impact energy choices at home is of crucial importance — perhaps more than how they impact choices abroad.

Robert Howarth, David R. Atkinson Professor of Ecology and Environmental Biology, Cornell University, leading researcher on energy policy impact on climate change

Energy policy impacts climate change and climate change impacts us all, so all of us should be interested in the issue of shale gas drilling, as well.

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In 2017, DeAngelis followed the Trump Administration's pro-energy policies and its America First Energy Plan, covering a range of stories from pipelines, to natural gas, to coal and their impact on raw commodity and stock prices.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

Jon also previously worked with The Pembina Institute, leading corporate - consulting services on low - impact renewable energy and energy policy.

Among the topics of discussion will include energy independence, legal and policy issues impacting the energy sector, tax reform and geopolitical risks in Syria, Russia and Iran.

Concerns over energy - induced weakness in headline PCE, as well as non-oil import prices» pass - through impacts on Core PCE had dominated recent Federal Reserve policy deliberations.

As I wrote here, I expect and welcome the conversation with respect to the impact of accepting this position on my objectivity and ability to comment on energy policy without bias related to the professorship.

Seldom making a serious impact on the life and policy of the church body, it consumes its energy in planning conferences on evangelism or on prayer and encourages the new packaging of old revival techniques in such activities as the charismatic movement or the Faith Alive movement.

A central concern of energy policy is the equitable distribution of positive and negative impacts of energy production and use.

In October 1977 the entire panel was assembled for an Energy Ethics Consultation, at which an effort was made to assess technologies and policies for energy use and production in terms of their consistency with Christian ethical concern for the social iEnergy Ethics Consultation, at which an effort was made to assess technologies and policies for energy use and production in terms of their consistency with Christian ethical concern for the social ienergy use and production in terms of their consistency with Christian ethical concern for the social impact.

Those nine areas are focused on agriculture (carbon farming), increasing energy efficiency, reducing food waste, eliminating commodity - driven deforestation, reducing the climate impact of packaging, advocating for responsible policies, committing to 100 percent renewable power, reducing short - lived climate pollutant emissions and transportation - related emissions.

Further analysis of the impacts of policies on prices and bills, including analysis on households medium - sized businesses and large energy intensive users and a breakdown by individual policy, will be published later this year alongside the Annual Energy Statement and should provide more detail on the uncertainty surrounding the true cost of the Government's polenergy intensive users and a breakdown by individual policy, will be published later this year alongside the Annual Energy Statement and should provide more detail on the uncertainty surrounding the true cost of the Government's polEnergy Statement and should provide more detail on the uncertainty surrounding the true cost of the Government's policies.

NEA's research team has over 30 years» combined experience of working on and researching fuel poverty, domestic energy issues and the impact of associated policy and practice interventions.

http://www.publications.parliament.uk/pa/cm201012/cmselect/cmenergy/1065/106502.htm Helen Farr, IET Principal Policy Advisor said: «This is a wake - up call to all Government Departments not just DECC to address the energy impact of their policies in a holistic way.

That this House expresses deep concern at the impact of the UK Government's policies on Wales; notes the UK Government's real - terms reduction of the Welsh Budget by # 1.5 bn; notes that Wales currently suffers from the lowest average rates of pay in Britain and has the highest proportion of individuals affected by cuts to social security including the Bedroom Tax; further notes that Wales suffers the highest energy bills in the UK and that these, along with low pay, have compounded the cost of living crisis in Wales; and calls on the Government to immediately scrap the Bedroom Tax, freeze energy bills and undertake measures to increase pay rates in Wales.

The Manhattan Institute's Center for Energy Policy and the Environment releases a new report on the economic impacts of closing and replacing Indian Point.

WNYC talked to task force member Ashok Gupta, who is also director of energy policy at the Natural Resources Defense Council, about the proposals and their possible impact.

«I see it as a best level effort, and hopefully with continued movement in the right direction, we'll be able to get there,» says Jeffery Greenblatt, a greenhouse gas policy analyst in the lab's Energy Analysis and Environmental Impacts Division.

Trudeau has also said his party will embrace «evidence based policy» and «data - driven decision - making,» do more to address climate change, protect endangered species, and review the environmental impact of major energy and development projects.»

They indicate that particulates are the greatest current environmental risk to human health, with the impact on life expectancy in many parts of the world similar to the effects of every man, woman and child smoking cigarettes for several decades,» says study co-author Michael Greenstone, the director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago (EPIC) and the Milton Friedman Professor in Economics, the College and the Harris School.

While current energy policy focuses on preventing greenhouse gas emissions, the results show that freshwater impacts also need to be considered when deciding future national and international energy policies.

EU sources say they do not expect publication of the Commission's impact assessment until after a major chunk of environment and energy policy set to be announced in January.

The AAAS analysis also traces global scientific output, breaks down R&D spending by sectors such as health and energy, looks at the balance of R&D spending between the civil and defense sectors and weighs the use and impact of tax policies to spur R&D spending.

He also wants to dismantle the Environmental Protection Agency and replace it with an Environmental Solutions Agency that would consider «the impact of federal environmental policies on job creation and the cost of energy.»

Energy planners need to put more emphasis on the local water impacts, since they may limit policy choices.

Observers note that if the vote triggers a prolonged recession, that could have an impact on U.K. energy and climate policy as well as its aid budget, which per capita is one of the largest in the world.

Inman plots Hubbert's work and short - lived impact on US energy policy, until the geologist's death in 1989, but his uncritical approach relegates any attempt to find current relevance for Hubbert to a 20 - page epilogue.

«As local and state policymakers decide whether to allow hydraulic fracturing in their communities, it is crucial that they carefully examine the costs and benefits, including the potential impacts from pollution,» said study co-author Michael Greenstone, the Milton Friedman Professor in Economics and director of the Energy Policy Institute at the University of Chicago.

Mahowald said current U.S. energy policies will likely lead to large negative impacts on ocean fishery productivity, but there is hope: «Renewable energy has become more affordable, so as a country, we're moving more toward renewables,» she said.

Although the primary responsibility is at the federal level, state and local governments can have a substantial mitigation impact through land - use, energy and transportation policies.

It conducts interdisciplinary, peer - reviewed studies related to air pollution and greenhouse gases in China, from root causes in the energy demands to power its economy, to the chemistry and transport of pollutants in the atmosphere, to their impacts on public health, to policies to protect air quality and limit climate change.

In its 2012 World Energy Outlook, the IEA is very clear about the impact of climate policy on U.S. oil demand.

Director Dot Harris, Office of Economic Impact and Diversity at the Department of Energy, will be on the line with Dr. Rebecca Spyke - Keiser, Associate Deputy Administrator for Strategy and Policy at NASA; Jill Fuss, Scientist at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, Stephanie Stilson, Engineer at Kennedy Space Center and NASA Headquarters, and a class at Andrew Jackson Middle School in Titusville, Florida, to discuss ways to find role models for young people in STEM fields and answer questions from students and the general public about STEM careers.

Fellows will work with local government agencies, civil society groups, and universities to discuss regional impacts of climate change and energy policy, and develop relationships for continued multi-lateral cooperation.

It is dedicated to tracking all major policy and legal developments impacting the U.S. renewable energy industry.

Ed Miliband's conference speech announcing his intention to freeze energy bills has highlighted the impact of ever rising fuel prices and created a political football of the UK's energy policy.

It's not a policy that parents might support in theory but, because it has no practical impact on them, won't spend political energy promoting or defending.

The CCAP Transportation Guidebook is to engage state and local officials in understanding the extent to which policy decisions impact air pollution, energy use, and greenhouse gas emissions.

The Environment team within the Office of Policy Development, Strategic Planning and Performance works across the spectrum of energy and environmental issues, coordinating across DOT's modes and with other Federal agencies to ensure that the environmental impacts of transportation policies are considered at all levels.

We commend Batu Karang's environmental policies using low impact energy, water and waste systems as well as training and empowering locals through school programmes — it's great to see fancy resorts participating in such practices.

This course contains solution - based content encouraging discourse on energy production and extraction, peak oil, fossil fuel subsidies, energy efficiency, equity, energy policy and environmental impacts.

Reflecting the reality that recent efforts to strengthen that treaty are as much about economics and energy policy as climate change and its impacts, the flow of attendees has greatly broadened.

... reminds me again of some of the failings of the ways we have constructed «climate change» as the centerpiece of progressive environmental and welfare policy, in which science, energy and impacts are locked in tight embrace.

GSA strongly encourages that the following efforts be undertaken internationally: (1) adequately research climate change at all time scales, (2) develop thoughtful, science - based policy appropriate for the multifaceted issues of global climate change, (3) organize global planning to recognize, prepare for, and adapt to the causes and consequences of global climate change, and (4) organize and develop comprehensive, long - term strategies for sustainable energy, particularly focused on minimizing impacts on global climate.

My great fear is that systems thinking is not going to be applied vigorously when it comes to policies that will ultimately impact the deployment of the complex energy matrix suggested above.

-- It's clear that vulnerability to impacts from climate extremes, natural or otherwise, is largely a function of poverty, so fostering economic advancement (and access to any form of relatively clean energy, fossil fuels included) in the world's poorest places is smart climate policy.

Postscript: In the meantime, there are few signs of serious action by wealthy countries to carry out the pledges they made last December to help poorer ones withstand climate impacts and adopt less - polluting energy policies and technologies.

To learn more, I urge you to read «The History and Future of the Clean Energy Ministerial,» an essay by David Sandalow, a former Obama administration energy official who was involved in the early days of the ministerial and now, as a fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, offers five ways to boost the impact of these meeEnergy Ministerial,» an essay by David Sandalow, a former Obama administration energy official who was involved in the early days of the ministerial and now, as a fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, offers five ways to boost the impact of these meeenergy official who was involved in the early days of the ministerial and now, as a fellow at Columbia University's Center on Global Energy Policy, offers five ways to boost the impact of these meeEnergy Policy, offers five ways to boost the impact of these meetings.