Sentences with phrase «for curbing emissions from»

Many believe the world won't be able to stop drastic climate change without a technology for curbing emissions from the cheapest, most - carbon intensive fuel.

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Green groups have lobbied Stefanik to help retain the funding for the program, and have fretted about the Trump administration's rollbacks on environmental policies, including pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Accord and Pruitt's decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama - era policy designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions from coal - fired power plants.

Some observers quietly worry that, under Trump, a new focus on climate engineering could become part of a justification for delaying government action to curb carbon emissions, with the reasoning that geoengineering technologies could later be used to remove carbon from the atmosphere, or prevent the warming effects of solar radiation.

A researcher is about to test a technology that he says could be a breakthrough for curbing greenhouse gas emissions from coal plants, natural gas generators and other industrial facilities.

Figuring out the composition of dark earth and how it was formed offers a way to improve soil fertility for today's small farmers and also curb carbon emissions from the fires that these farmers set to clear the forest.

As for costs to the economy, Brandt said the benefits from curbing carbon dioxide emissions drastically outweigh the risks from regulation, though current accounting methods may not accurately reflect the scale of the impact.

It may also look for new ways of curbing emissions not currently covered by any targets, legal or otherwise — everything from international air travel and shipping to the soot from a billion African cooking stoves.

LONDON — Governments shouldn't wait for a proposed international climate deal to take hold in 2020 — they can take four steps right away to curb carbon emissions, argues a new report from a global energy think tank.

The Paris targets call for curbing emissions 33 to 35 percent per unit of economic output from 2005 levels by 2030.

It calls for phasing out a wide range of mercury products and curbing emissions from major sources.

One key member of the denial machine, astrophysicist Willie Soon from the Smithsonian Institute for Astrophysics, has portrayed himself as an «expert» on mercury and public health in order to attack legislation curbing mercury emissions from coal plants.

He said it was particularly important, if that goal is to be reached, for the federal government to work with utilities to curb emissions from power plants (half the country's electricity still comes from coal burning.).

In reviewing events in Bali for this week's story, I reflected on nearly two decades of efforts to use treaty - making as a means of curbing heat - trapping emissions from the burning of fossil fuels and forests.

In an interview with several journalists from The Times, President Lee Myung - bak of South Korea described his country's plans for voluntarily curbing emissions and intensifying research on non-polluting energy technology.

And there are fresh recommendations from the Council on Foreign Relations on the need for meaningful domestic emissions curbs in the United States and continued efforts to make progress both among the established powers and those emerging as this century's giants.

It's been nice in recent days to see some strong advocates for curbs in emissions of greenhouse gases shift from the more overheated, and unsupported, rhetoric they used earlier this year in attempting a kind of «kitchen sink» argument aiming to tie virtually every recent harmful weather event to warming, even those — like powerful tornadoes — for which there is no link and certainly no trend.

For now, emissions avoided this way would not count toward the greenhouse - gas targets of countries adhering to the Kyoto Protocol, which does not require countries to measure or curb emissions from shipping.

From the Wall Street Journal A new poll out today on Americansâ $ ™ attitudes about climate change presents sobering findings for those that favor aggressive action to curb U.S. emissions of greenhouse gases.

One key member of the denial machine, astrophysicist Willie Soon from the Smithsonian Institute for Astrophysics, has portrayed himself as an «expert» on mercury and public health in order to attack legislation curbing mercury emissions from coal plants.

First, there was another confused piece on climate change from New York Times environmental reporter Andrew Revkin, this time postulating that «stable temperatures» and «a recent spate of relatively cool years» might blunt momentum for an international agreement on curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

Marsha Blackburn, a congressional representative from Gore's home state of Tennessee, tackled him over the issue in April during a subcommittee debate in Congress on the Obama administration's proposed cap - in - trade system for curbing emissions.

Beyond high food prices, little to show for $ 11B / yr in biofuel support, says OECD report (7/17/2008) Government support of biofuel production in rich countries is squandering vast amounts of amounts of money while exacerbating the global food crisis and failing to meaningfully curb greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security, alleges a new report from the OECD, the club of industrialized nations.

The Center for American Progress recently released a report showing that the country's biggest coal companies have spent only a fraction of their multibillion - dollar profits developing technologies to curb carbon emissions from coal - fired power plants.

In a sharp change from its cautious approach in the past, the National Academy of Sciences on Wednesday called for taxes on carbon emissions, a cap - and - trade program for such emissions or some other strong action to curb runaway global warming.Such actions, which would increase the cost of using coal and petroleum — at least in the immediate future — are necessary because «climate change is occurring, the Earth is warming... concentrations of carbon dioxide are increasing, and there are very clear fingerprints that link [those effects] to humans,» said Pamela A. Matson of Stanford University, who chaired one of five panels organized by the academy at the request of Congress to look at the science of climate change and how the nation should respond.

This month China suspended price adjustments for fuel as a way to curb automobile exhaust and it has pledged to peak carbon emissions around 2030, by which time it aims to derive 20 percent of the energy it uses from clean sources.

Barring policies to curb GHG emissions, scientists expect this problem to grow and eventually lead to climate change and its accompanying costs, including damage to economic activity from the destruction of capital (for example, along coastal areas) and lower agricultural productivity.

Reporting from Washington — The United States, China and dozens of other countries accounting for nearly 80 % of the world's greenhouse gas emissions have signed onto a voluntary agreement to curb climate change.

The research, led by a consortium of international research bodies including the University of Exeter and the University of East Anglia, comes a week before the 16th Conference of Parties (COP16) in Cancun, running from 29 November - 10 December, and stresses the need for nations to take action to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

And to magically save the moose, the NWF encourages you to sign their petition to the EPA to curb CO2 emissions, and for just $ 20 to $ 50 you can adopt a moose from the NWF.

They say favoring wood could actually boost carbon emissions, not curb them, for many decades, and that wind and solar energy — emissions - free from the start — are a better bet for the climate.

The companies have criticized the Obama administration for waging a so - called «war on coal,» arguing that the president's policies to curb emissions from power plants are harming energy companies and their customers.

Update, Update, Update, the Obama administration has outfoxed everyone for today the Environmental Protection Agency announced plans to regulate greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, factories and oil refineries to curb global warming.

NRDC asked the full U.S. Court of Appeals for the District of Columbia Circuit to rehear and reverse a divided panel's August decision blocking the Environmental Protection Agency from curbing emissions of hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs)-- powerful greenhouse gases with thousands of times the heat - trapping power of carbon dioxide.

The seven countries renewed their own commitments and called for higher levels of ambition to curb emissions in line with the Paris Agreement and protect the planet from devastating climate change.

Los Angeles Times: Pope Francis, in leaked draft letter, calls for curbing global warming Earth Ministry's LeeAnne Beres and Jessie Dye were interviewed by Bill Yardley of the LA Times regarding the Pope's encyclical and cutting carbon emissions, and a quote from Jessie was included in the story.

called for an «armed and dangerous» revolution against measures to curb greenhouse - gas emissions and move away from fossil fuels.

This seedy relationship puts profits for the oil industry and banks ahead of much needed legislation which will curb emissions from transport fuel in Europe.

And the images may help pave the way for a new United Nations monitoring system to curb deforestation and forest degradation.The UN's Reduced Emissions from Deforestation and Degradation, or REDD, initiative could create financial incentives to reduce carbon emissions from forest destruction and over-use, Carnegie officEmissions from Deforestation and Degradation, or REDD, initiative could create financial incentives to reduce carbon emissions from forest destruction and over-use, Carnegie officemissions from forest destruction and over-use, Carnegie officials say.

With activists in the US preparing for the largest climate march in history, the refrain you'll often hear from naysayers is that curbing emissions in the West is pointless because China and India will continue to pollute.