Sentences with phrase «energy policies we choose»

The energy policies we choose today will determine if our nation will continue its march toward global energy leadership — a unique and once - in - a-generation opportunity.

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However, First Solar is incredibly well positioned for the long term, no matter what direction Trump chooses to take on its climate and energy policy.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailOTTAWA — Clare Demerse, federal policy advisor at Clean Energy Canada, made the following comments in response to today's federal carbon pricing discussion paper: «This proposal is a big step forward on a key climate commitment, and the approach Ottawa has chosen is a promising one.

As special assistant to the president for Domestic Energy and Environmental Policy at the National Economic Council, Trump chose Michael Catanzaro, a fossil fuel lobbyist.

However, sensing a dramatic shift in U.S. monetary policy, as well as market fundamentals, Charles chose instead to devote his energies to gold and silver.

The revelation that Quebec was chosen over other provinces to play host to Amazon's data cluster comes at a time when Kathleen Wynne's Ontario Liberal government is reeling from an energy policy that has sent electricity prices skyrocketing in recent years.

After implementation of the Healthy Hunger - Free Kids Act, change was associated with significant improvement in the nutritional quality of foods chosen by students, as measured by increased mean adequacy ratio from a mean of 58.7 (range, 49.6 - 63.1) prior to policy implementation to 75.6 (range, 68.7 - 81.8) after policy implementation and decreased energy density from a mean of 1.65 (range, 1.53 - 1.82) to 1.44 (range, 1.29 - 1.61), respectively.

«I chose not to speak publicly about these disagreements, however, because I feel my responsibility as CEO of Success Academy is not to advance my personal beliefs on a broad range of political issues but instead to focus all of my energies on advocating for our kids and public policies that expand educational opportunity and parent choice,» she wrote.

«Whether choosing which cars we drive or thinking about national energy policy issues, understanding basic energy concepts can help everyone make more well - informed decisions.»

Designed for use in a classroom setting, this game from Red Redemption for teenagers and adults challenges players to choose which new technologies and energy policies to invest in to clear up the skies.

It may be in doldrums, and Germany's emissions targets are certainly precarious right now, but it's not due to some failing in terms of renewable energy; it's partly due to the fact that they chose to make their task enormously harder by simultaneously ending nuclear power, and partly due to the fact that they were among the technical and policy pioneering nations, and consequently made more mistakes than those who came later.

What was learned at the seminar was while there's a wide range of energy and environmental paths to choose from, it remains to be seen if senior policy makers can live up to the high standards of energy information gatherers, analysts and forecasters.

[UPDATED, 10:50 p.m.: John P. Holdren, a Harvard physicist best known as a strong proponent of cutting greenhouse gas emissions and a specialist on energy technology policy and nuclear nonproliferation, has been chosen to be Mr. Obama's science adviser, according to two people close to Dr. Holdren and one person involved in the decision.

Marvel et al will be forever used by green advocates to claim empirical estimates are biased low, and must therefore be ignored when choosing public energy policies.

Apart from the obvious connection that Peabody is a company which stands to lose if climate science influences public policy it is not quite clear why Peabody Energy Company, an American company, chose to influence the British Government in this way.

«We are proud to have been chosen as Community Ambassadors to implement the Energy Upgrade California educational outreach grant and look forward to working with individuals in our community to provide them with tools and resources they can use to reduce their energy consumption and save money in the process,» said Gina Goodhill Rosen, Senior Policy Associate at Global GreeEnergy Upgrade California educational outreach grant and look forward to working with individuals in our community to provide them with tools and resources they can use to reduce their energy consumption and save money in the process,» said Gina Goodhill Rosen, Senior Policy Associate at Global Greeenergy consumption and save money in the process,» said Gina Goodhill Rosen, Senior Policy Associate at Global Green USA.

This approach involves using research, expert analysis and industry partnerships to broaden the menu of effective policy options and low carbon energy technologies that society has to choose from in combating climate change.

The past couple of weeks have highlighted the folly of the energy policies favored by left - leaning advocacy agencies that, rather than allowing consumers and markets to choose, require government mandates and subsidies.

Although these extremes are both unlikely they represent about a 5 C difference in global temperature just from the chosen fossil fuel policy, and it is no wonder that energy policy has got the world's attention now because we can make that much difference despite what you read in op - eds, blogs and certain thinktank reports.

According to another New York Times report, «Energy experts said prosecutors may decide to investigate companies that chose to fund or join organizations that questioned climate science or policies designed to address the problem, such as the Global Climate Coalition and the American Legislative Exchange Council.»

Apple, Google and Facebook deflate this assertion through this letter, which contends the presence of clean energy in the North Carolina portfolio, supported by policies such as the Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS), is a driving reason these companies chose to bring their businesses to North Carolina versus other southeastern states that also have low electricity energy in the North Carolina portfolio, supported by policies such as the Renewable Energy & Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS), is a driving reason these companies chose to bring their businesses to North Carolina versus other southeastern states that also have low electricity Energy & Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS), is a driving reason these companies chose to bring their businesses to North Carolina versus other southeastern states that also have low electricity Energy Efficiency Portfolio Standard (REPS), is a driving reason these companies chose to bring their businesses to North Carolina versus other southeastern states that also have low electricity rates.

Whether candidates choose to talk about it or not, whoever gets elected president next year will have enormous influence over US climate and energy policy.

Lamy, 2003: Prices versus quantities: choosing policies for promoting the development of renewable energy.

Most of us would choose a responsible climate policy and an orderly transition to a clean energy economy.

The analysis also indicates that regardless of the pathway chosen for the energy sector transformation, policy action is needed to ensure that multiple economic, security and other benefits to the accelerated deployment of clean energy technologies are realised through a systematic and co-ordinated approach.

Noel Cain, regulatory policy manager for Alabama Power, said during last month's public hearing that renewables could help further diversify the company's energy sources, giving the company greater flexibility in choosing the most cost - effective option for customers.

In South America, the vision of a clean energy economy is starting to come to life as countries like Chile are seeing the reality of the climate crisis and choosing bold policy solutions, replacing dirty fossil fuels with wind, solar, and geothermal at every turn.

New York State energy planning based on the Reforming the Energy Vision goal to change the energy system of New York to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80 % from 1990 levels by 2050 is trying to choose between many expensive policy options like pricing carbon in the electric sector while at the same time attempting to understand which one (or what mix) will be the least expensive and have the fewest negative impacts on the existing senergy planning based on the Reforming the Energy Vision goal to change the energy system of New York to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80 % from 1990 levels by 2050 is trying to choose between many expensive policy options like pricing carbon in the electric sector while at the same time attempting to understand which one (or what mix) will be the least expensive and have the fewest negative impacts on the existing sEnergy Vision goal to change the energy system of New York to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80 % from 1990 levels by 2050 is trying to choose between many expensive policy options like pricing carbon in the electric sector while at the same time attempting to understand which one (or what mix) will be the least expensive and have the fewest negative impacts on the existing senergy system of New York to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 80 % from 1990 levels by 2050 is trying to choose between many expensive policy options like pricing carbon in the electric sector while at the same time attempting to understand which one (or what mix) will be the least expensive and have the fewest negative impacts on the existing system.

Moreover, I would suggest that those of us in «the electorate» who are well - informed about this issue are well aware that changes in public policy — including putting a price on carbon pollution, directly regulating GHG emissions, and providing effective support for the development and deployment of efficiency and renewable energy technologies on a scale at least comparable to the subsidies that fossil fuels have received for a century — are far more effective than the options that any individual can currently choose, and are in fact crucial to making more such options available to all of us.

In an essay for The Daily Beast last week, Somerhalder talks about the impact of dirty energy money on clean energy policy, and makes a plea to voters to choose candidates who will protect the environment.