Sentences with phrase «fuel climate change»

Such a large - scale release could also fuel climate change.

When the soil warms up, it releases more carbon dioxide (CO2)-- an effect that further fuels climate change.

«The Lancet report underscores the terrible consequences for human health if we don't start reducing the dangerous carbon pollution fueling climate change — and dramatic benefits for people the world over from taking action now,» echoed Kim Knowlton, senior scientist and deputy director of the Science Center at the Natural Resources Defense Council, in a release.

The researchers have shown that extreme weather events may reduce an ecosystem's capability to absorb carbon and create a damaging cycle in which extreme weather fuels climate change by preventing forests from absorbing carbon, allowing more of it to remain in the atmosphere.

By supporting clean energy where the playing field is actually level - off grid areas - we can create a base of power to launch an insurgency against the industries fueling climate change.

«Fueling climate change does not help public health, safety and welfare.

The Occupy movement makes frequent mention of how the Koch brothers corporate capture of US politics is fuelling climate change denialism and horrendous environmental tragedies.

Trump's choice to be America's top diplomat, Rex Tillerson, has used Exxon's profits to fuel climate change denial and obstruction through ALEC.

FOLLOW THE MONEY: In speaking to politically fuelled climate change and the so called anthropogenic questions surrounding it, it might be prudent to first ask WHY people have such a need to suicidally abandon themselves to fundamentalist type Armageddon laden fear mongering by offering to pay up front before depopulating themselves, — all for the sake of the planet.

Environmentalists are celebrating two new lawsuits filed by the cities of Oakland and San Francisco, California, in attempts to hold some of the world's largest oil companies to account for fueling climate change.

WASHINGTON (October 27, 2015)-- Members of Congress have introduced resolutions of disapproval under the Congressional Review Act this week, seeking to block the Clean Power Plan, the landmark initiative to cut the dangerous carbon pollution from power plants fueling climate change.

Parts of the Arabian Gulf region — prime source of the oil that helps fuel climate change — are most at risk of becoming uninhabitable for humans unless global warming is tackled.

[8] Peat land drainage destroys the habitat of many species, and heavily fuels climate change.

The BLM's corrupt coal - leasing program is fueling climate change with billions of tons of carbon pollution, and it's been a rip - off for U.S. taxpayers for decades.

«The Lancet report underscores the terrible consequences for human health if we don't start reducing the dangerous carbon pollution fueling climate change — and dramatic benefits for people the world over from taking action now.

A spokesperson, Ella Gilbert, for some group that no - ones ever heard of, Plane Stupid, has been quoted as saying: «Having lived in Norwich and Finsbury Park, I can tell you this is a distance that you can do in two hours by train, without fuelling climate change.

A Florida State University researcher is delving into the complexities of exactly how permafrost thawing in Earth's most northern regions is cycling back into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide and further fueling climate change.

Howard Crystal, a senior attorney with the Center for Biological Diversity, said: «If Trump really wants to put America first, he should reduce our reliance on polluting energy sources that fuel climate change.

Tearfund said a third of all food produced globally is not eaten and waste on this scale is «fueling climate change, causing more droughts, floods and less reliable rain, making life harder for the people in poverty across the world that Tearfund works with».

Dr. Hans Hoogeveen, Vice-Minister for Agriculture, The Netherlands (The Government of the Netherlands is the co-secretariat of Champions 12.3): «Worldwide, food loss and waste impedes food security and fuels climate change.

By reducing wasted food in landfills, we cut harmful methane emissions that fuel climate change, conserve our natural resources, and protect our planet for future generations» said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy.

«Worldwide, food loss and waste impedes food security and fuels climate change.

At the outset of her work, Jansson suspected that warming trends might activate bacterial processes that break down stored carbon, releasing it into the atmosphere and fueling climate change.

However, earlier this week, the WMO reported that atmospheric greenhouse gases, fuelling climate change, have reached a record high.

But overwhelming scientific evidence shows that, along with other greenhouse gases, CO2 causes ocean acidification and fuels climate change, putting humans and other life at risk.

Currently, the Amazon is a carbon sink, meaning it stores carbon dioxide and prevents it from entering the atmosphere and fueling climate change.

As with other fossil fuels, our reliance on oil is fueling climate change, polluting priceless landscapes, and costing billions of dollars.

[Translate] The Guardian.COM Nord Stream 2 will transport gas from Russia to Europe, endangering habitats, fuelling climate change...

By reducing wasted food in landfills, we cut harmful methane emissions that fuel climate change, conserve our natural resources, and protect our planet for future generations» says Gina McCarthy, EPA Administrator.

It looks at how the state - system, world economy, and our increasingly global culture both fuel climate change and represent political realms for mobilizing response.

Over a longer time frame, those choices can fuel climate change, which in turn affects water quantity — through drought and other extreme weather events — and quality, by raising the temperature of lakes, streams, and rivers.

But what if those extreme weather events themselves cause more extreme weather events, fueling climate change?

All of this is against the backdrop of an increasing grassroots movement against coal, and scientific certainty and elite concerns about fossil fueled climate change.

«Today, through our cost - effective proposed standards, we are underscoring our commitment to reducing the pollution fueling climate change and protecting public health while supporting responsible energy development, transparency and accountability,» said EPA Administrator Gina McCarthy in a press statement.

She added the pipeline would mean more tar sands expansion that will impact First Nations everywhere by fueling climate change.

Potential pipeline spills threaten water and fish, and fuel climate change.