Sentences with phrase «energy public policy debates»

In just a short period of time, our energy public policy debates have transitioned from multi-decade discussions of scarcity and limits to growth, to discussions of American energy abundance and the enormous benefits that it can offer.

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But it's also raising alarms from critics who worry that key decisions about state energy policy are being rushed without enough public debate.

Similar to the debate on fracking, public opposition to the gas port became part of a larger discussion about New York State's energy policy and how the state should respond to climate change.

And by all means let's ask Walmart to be a louder voice in public policy debates about energy and climate change.

But while science advances through that process of argument, public attitudes on climate change have largely been dulled by the debate, particularly after more than a decade of industry - backed efforts to point to the implicit complexity in the science as a reason for inaction on related energy and climate policies.

On a more serious note, Brunelli's cover note also makes very clear that, far from the «transparent,» «educational» organization ALEC now claims to be, ALEC told its funders a different story: «One hundred percent of our energy and effort goes into winning the public policy debate and championing a free market economy... [elipses original] a pro-business, pro-growth, pro-freedom, limited government agenda.»

Right now, the public policy debate is dominated by the people who oppose divesting the energy economy from fossil fuels.

It has not only distorted our public and policy debates on issues related to energy, greenhouse gas emissions and the environment, it also has inhibited the scientific and policy discussions that we need to have about our climate future.»

Considered a top state for solar energy potential — and home to a robust rooftop solar sector — Arizona's current net metering policy debates started in 2013, when utility Arizona Public Service sparked controversy with a fee proposal for rooftop solar customers that regulators ultimately scaled back to

Founded in May, 2008, The American Energy Alliance («AEA») is a not - for - profit organization that engages in grassroots public policy advocacy and debate concerning energy and environmental polEnergy Alliance («AEA») is a not - for - profit organization that engages in grassroots public policy advocacy and debate concerning energy and environmental polenergy and environmental policies.

Considered a top state for solar energy potential — and home to a robust rooftop solar sector — Arizona's current net metering policy debates started in 2013, when utility Arizona Public Service sparked controversy with a fee proposal for rooftop solar customers that regulators ultimately scaled back to a $ 5 grid access charge.

The report also says that most of the benefits of climate mitigation policies in the short term will come in the form of public health co-benefits from reduced air pollution, suggesting that climate advocacy will be well served to move away from debates over climate science and apocalyptic doomsaying, instead focusing on the multiple benefits in the near term of moving toward cleaner energy sources.

Singer / WWF: we as an NGO working on climate policy need such a document pretty soon for the public and for informed decision makers in order to get a) a debate started and b) in order to get into the media the context between climate extremes / desasters / costs and finally the link between weather extremes and energy

If a public debate about climate change and energy policies were permitted, and if the values that inform the interpretation of climate science were open to democratic contest, the climategate emails would be inconsequential.

It has not only distorted our public and policy debates on issues related to energy, greenhouse - gas emissions and the environment.

In the current context, if someone were to make a copyrighted scientific study available to the public for the true and obvious purpose of engaging in the political debate over climate and energy policy, then I think they'd have a chance of winning in court.

In my future research, I plan to build on my PhD study to further investigate how economic interests use think tanks, the news media, social media and social movements to engage in the social production of scientific ignorance in order to manipulate policy debates in the areas of environment, energy and public health.

It would be much harder to say that about wind energy, if there had been a public, democratic, transparent debate about our energy policy, and the values which inform it.