Sentences with phrase «fuel change efforts»

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While axing a tax on the fuel Albertans produce is popular, much of the energy sector appears reasonably happy a provincial government is doing things to erase Alberta's old image as an environmental laggard; last month, oil sands heavyweights Suncor and Canadian Natural Resources Ltd. talked up Alberta's new environmental efforts to European investors, and their executives joined Notley on stage when the climate change plan and carbon tax were first announced.

More than 3,500 churches are ditching fossil fuels for renewable electricity as part of efforts to tackle climate change.

After moving last month against former President Obama's efforts to limit fossil fuel exploration and combat climate change, Trump will complete his effort to overturn environmental policy this week, signing two executive orders to expand offshore drilling and roll back conservation on public lands.

Over the next year we will go further in our efforts to eradicate fuel poverty and to deliver against our ambitious climate change targets.

The Clean Power Plan was part of an effort that included New York and other states to develop required cuts in emissions from fossil fuel burning power plants in order to combat climate change.

Cuomo spokesman Rich Azzopardi called the analysis «more misguided and cherry - picked propaganda that fails to take into account the skyrocketing energy bills, increased reliance on dirty - burning fuels, hundreds of lost New York jobs and setbacks in this state's nation - leading efforts to combat climate change that would occur if these plants shuttered their doors.»

Panels focused on current efforts to tackle climate change, ranging from local environmental initiatives to the global Paris climate agreement, as well as how divestment from fossil fuels can be a tool for climate justice and curbing the impacts of climate change.

Climate Reality Project uses online advertising to drive messages related to its anti-fossil fuel and climate change activism efforts.

Although Chinese law mandates that cars get at least 35 miles per gallon fuel efficiency, a level the U.S. fleet won't reach until 2020, a large enough fleet of Chinese cars would forestall efforts to combat climate change or eliminate the other environmental challenges posed by paved roads, suburbanization and all that traffic.

Chopping many of Obama's key climate change efforts is part of Trump's plan to encourage fossil fuel production.

Australia has created an adaptation program to «help Australians better understand climate change, manage risks, and take advantage of potential opportunities;» In Nigeria, state and local governments are developing action plans for high - risk urban areas, while the federal government is seeking to expand forests by reducing deforestation and wood fuel demand; in Mali, significant efforts are being made to conserve water resources, as well as create usable mechanisms to track the development of climate change.

Western Wildfires — The increasingly destructive and widespread fire seasons of recent years are likely to continue due to a combination of increased drought and land development encroaching on naturally burning landscapes, along with a climate change — induced fuel boom (enhanced plant growth and a shift to more woody species) exacerbated by fire - suppression efforts leading to more abundant plant matter to fuel violent blazes, according to ecologist Dominique Bachelet of Oregon State University in Corvallis and The Nature Conservancy.

The federal case demands sweeping changes in federal climate efforts and in government programs that subsidize or foster development of fossil fuels.

The U.S. efforts abroad to tackle climate change have been counter-balanced by Trump's aggressive push at home to increase production of the fossil fuels scientists blame for global warming.

The most telling example may be in New York, where the simultaneous effort to change testing and accountability fueled intense concerns about how the tests would affect teacher job security, engendering fierce backlash and strong teachers union support for the «opt - out» movement.

Illinois» fix to their funding formula — a high profile legislative change — was fueled by a four - year effort of a massive coalition,

Due to the criticism and lawsuits, in July 2013 Ford announced that it would boost the on - road fuel efficiency of the C - Max and the other two 2013 hybrids through changes in the vehicle control software in an effort to improve customer satisfaction.

Ford boosted the on - road fuel efficiency of its three 2013 model year hybrids through changes in the cars» vehicle control software in an effort to improve customer satisfaction.

In Sport mode, throttle response is enhanced and steering effort required by the electric power assist is weighted off - centre to offer a sportier character, while Eco changes throttle response and A / C power usage to help improve fuel economy.

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Resorts of the Canadian Rockies makes every effort to anticipate costs at time of travel, however, in the event of unanticipated increase in fuel costs or taxes or where there are changes in the Canadian Dollar or foreign currencies, RCR reserves the right to charge guests for a those increases.

-- Climate impacts: global temperatures, ice cap melting, ocean currents, ENSO, volcanic impacts, tipping points, severe weather events — Environment impacts: ecosystem changes, disease vectors, coastal flooding, marine ecosystem, agricultural system — Government actions: US political views, world - wide political views, carbon tax / cap - and - trade restrictions, state and city efforts — Reducing GHGs: + electric power systems: fossil fuel use, conservation, solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, tidal, other + transportation sector: conservation, mass transit, high speed rail, air travel, auto / truck (mileage issues, PHEVs, EVs, biofuels, hydrogen) + architectural structure design: home / office energy use, home / office conservation, passive solar, other

She said that the analysis she and co-authors did for a paper on «irreversible climate change» helped lead her, as a non-expert citizen when considering energy technology, to conclude that such research is vital, even as efforts are made to find successors to fossil fuels.

Divestment of fossil fuel stocks would hurt, not help efforts to address global climate change.

Each year, governments and firms estimate and report CO2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels, and their efforts to slow climate change are measured against these annual emissions.

Holdren says it's no longer realistic to focus on mitigating the causes of climate change — efforts such as limiting carbon emissions from fossil - fuel combustion.

9/19/16 — Taxing carbon released from burning fossil fuels could be a key part of a comprehensive effort to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to human - caused climate change, two economists have argued in Issues.

President - elect Donald J. Trump has selected Scott Pruitt, the Oklahoma attorney general and a close ally of the fossil fuel industry, to run the Environmental Protection Agency, a transition official said, signaling Mr. Trump's determination to dismantle President Obama's efforts to counter climate change.

These commitments were made in recognition that inefficient fossil - fuel subsidies distort markets, impede investment in clean energy sources and undermine efforts to deal with climate change.

India's government on Tuesday defended its efforts to combat climate change after US President Barack Obama urged the country to reduce its dependence on fossil fuels.

China vowed to step up its program to cut fossil - fuel pollution, spelling out its broadest commitments yet, boosting a United Nations effort to reach a landmark deal on climate change in December.

WASHINGTON / OSLO, March 15 (Reuters)-- U.S. President Donald Trump has bashed international efforts to combat climate change and questioned the scientific consensus that global warming is dangerous and driven by human consumption of fossil fuels.

And the trees they plant on Oct. 24 are symbolic of the passion they have to change the world by combining small efforts like planting trees and large ones like developing a sustainable transportation fuel.

Likewise, the American Natural Gas Alliance ($ 88 million) seems to work mainly on advertising and public - relations efforts to promote fracking or the use of natural gas rather than other fuels, and the group takes no obvious position on Global Warming / Climate Change.

«The Canadian government is heavily lobbying European countries to derail European climate change efforts, such as the Fuel Quality Directive aimed at reducing emissions from imported transport fuels.

In addition to this effort, I authored the legislation creating the District's first Climate Change and Resiliency Commission; I led the fight to have the District's retirement and pension funds divest from carbon and fossil fuel investment holdings; I wrote several bills to expand opportunities for solar installation; and I led the effort to name 2018 as the Year of the Anacostia River to celebrate and bring attention to the river on the eastern half of our city.

The groups are shifting their funding efforts away from carbon - based fuels amid growing international awareness of climate change.

Along the way, Pruitt has begun to dismantle former president Barack Obama's environmental legacy, halting the agency's efforts to combat climate change and to shift the nation away from its reliance on fossil fuels.

Those focused both on humanitarian relief efforts, often a military mission, and on combating rising instances of extremism (which are often fueled by economic desperation or inability to access shelter, food, and water) are now very concerned about the impact of climate change disruptions on global stability.

The federal case demands sweeping changes in federal climate efforts and in government programs that subsidize or foster development of fossil fuels.

Since then, InsideClimate News published an exposé detailing a $ 30 million, multi-decade effort by Exxon Mobil to sow doubt about climate change, despite the company's own internal deliberations about known climate risks associated with fossil fuel use.

3) «Climate Destruction Sponsors» — There are some extremely wealthy people, most of which have or have had substantial investments in fossil fuel extraction and sales who have funded climate science denial efforts by institutions such as the Competitive Enterprise Institute and the Heartland Institute as a means of delaying action on climate change.

Despite early knowledge about climate change, electric utilities have continued to invest heavily in fossil fuel power generation over the past half a century, and since 1988 some have engaged in ongoing efforts to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

It also says the companies «orchestrated a campaign of deception and denial regarding climate change» by funding efforts to discredit the science on climate change even though their scientists had warned them of the risks and the role of fossil fuels in causing it.

A well paced effort to reduce green house gas emissions can also help us transition away from fossil fuels in a «gentle fashion», without threatening lifestyles or making traumatic changes.

Thawing permafrost also delivers organic - rich soils to lake bottoms, where decomposition in the absence of oxygen releases additional methane.116 Extensive wildfires also release carbon that contributes to climate warming.107, 117,118 The capacity of the Yukon River Basin in Alaska and adjacent Canada to store carbon has been substantially weakened since the 1960s by the combination of warming and thawing of permafrost and by increased wildfire.119 Expansion of tall shrubs and trees into tundra makes the surface darker and rougher, increasing absorption of the sun's energy and further contributing to warming.120 This warming is likely stronger than the potential cooling effects of increased carbon dioxide uptake associated with tree and shrub expansion.121 The shorter snow - covered seasons in Alaska further increase energy absorption by the land surface, an effect only slightly offset by the reduced energy absorption of highly reflective post-fire snow - covered landscapes.121 This spectrum of changes in Alaskan and other high - latitude terrestrial ecosystems jeopardizes efforts by society to use ecosystem carbon management to offset fossil fuel emissions.94, 95,96

UCS was a leading force behind the proposed effort by the Justice Department and various Democratic Party state attorneys general to prosecute ExxonMobil, other fossil - fuel companies, researchers, and think tanks who have expressed doubts about the claim humans are driving dangerous climate change.

President Donald Trump is promising major changes on climate and energy policy, including efforts to increase production from fossil fuel energy sources such as coal.

Biofuels are being billed as the «best replacement of fossil fuels» in the efforts by industrialised countries to cut down emissions and reduce the impacts of climate change.