Sentences with phrase «environmental think tank»

«Assuming that technology will allow ever more shale gas production at low prices — and betting energy policy and the future energy security of the country on it — is risky business,» says geologist David Hughes, who retired from the Canadian Geological Survey and is now doing assessments of shale gas and oil for the nonprofit Post Carbon Institute, a California - based environmental think tank.

«We are in danger of being able to build renewables faster than we can build the grid, so we need to build the grid much faster,» Nick Mabey of influential environmental think tank E3G told ClimateWire.

Thus, an analysis by the Canadian environmental think tank Pembina Institute found that Keystone XL would be a «key driver for oilsands growth,» increasing production by 36 percent.

And it's become a global movement — endorsed by environmental think tanks like the Ellen MacArthur Foundation, and powered by everyday people who don't mind showing other people how to use a screwdriver.

If the proposal garners less than last year's 38 percent support, it could endorse Exxon's view which is that its current reporting is appropriate, said Rob Schuwerk, senior counsel for environmental think tank Carbon Tracker Initiative.

Prior to founding Earth Policy Institute, Brown was well known in environmental and policy circles for his work with the Worldwatch Institute, a pioneering environmental think tank he launched back in 1974.

According to Lester Brown, author of the 2003 book, Plan B (and three subsequent updates) and founder of the non-profit environmental think tank, Earth Policy Institute, the plan is based on replacing the fossil - fuel - based, automobile - centered, throwaway economy with a new economic model powered by abundant sources of renewable energy.

It's being waged by cheap natural gas,» Ted Nordhaus, chairman of the energy and environmental think tank Breakthrough Institute, told American Public Media's Marketplace radio program.

Steffen Schlömer (Germany)- researcher, Ecologic Institute, (European environmental think tank).

The telecon offered insight from a provincial government regulator, a lawyer practicing in Alberta's environmental regulatory law, industry interests, and an independent environmental think tank.

Sam Adams, U.S. director of the World Resources Institute, a Washington, D.C. — based environmental think tank, issued this statement:

AfricaGate — The IPCC claim that rising temperatures could cut in half agricultural yields in African countries turns out to have come from a 2003 paper published by a Canadian environmental think tank — not a peer - reviewed scientific journal.

Speaking at the Greener Britain Hustings, hosted by environmental think tank the Green Alliance, Davey called the potential for a Conservative government after the election a «nightmare scenario» that would distract from «the most important climate negotiations ever».

Environmental think tank the Green Alliance has managed to get the leaders of the UK's three largest political parties to sign a cross-party agreement.

An environmental think tank released guidelines outlining how communities can work with companies and state regulators to diminish widespread opposition

Amory Lovins is a physicist, economist, inventor, automobile designer, consultant to 18 heads of state, author of 29 books, and cofounder of Rocky Mountain Institute, an environmental think tank.

«We have not made a lot of progress, and we need to get our act together,» says Thomas Lovejoy, a biodiversity specialist at the Heinz Center, an environmental think tank in Washington, D.C.

Against this backdrop, an environmental think tank released guidelines yesterday outlining how communities can work with companies and state regulators to diminish widespread opposition.

The promises were analysed by the World Resources Institute (WRI), an environmental think tank in Washington DC (see map).

At least 35,000 people died as a result of the record heatwave that scorched Europe in August 2003, says an environmental think tank.

Determining which projects are «additional» can be tricky, explains researcher Larry Lohmann of the Corner House, an environmental think tank based in Dorset, England.

The World Resources Institute (WRI) is an environmental think tank that goes beyond research to find practical ways to protect the earth and improve people's lives.

While visiting India two years ago, Stef Van Dongen, director of Enviu, an environmental think tank in Rotterdam, had a different kind of inspiration: A low - emissions auto - rickshaw, or «tuk tuk» as they are known in Thailand.

Now we need an all - out sprint to get over the finish line in Paris,» said Jennifer Morgan of the World Resources Institute, a Washington - based environmental think tank.

A more cheerful note came from Camilla Born, of the environmental think tank E3G.

«There has to be $ 100 billion in financing that has to be mobilised in this period between now and 2022, and that is not going to come from government alone,» he told a conference call hosted by the World Resources Institute, an environmental think tank.