Sentences with phrase «fuel hit the country»

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One of the countries hit hardest by the 2008 financial crisis, Iceland has lately enjoyed an economic rebound fueled by a tourism boom.

China has already hit peak coal, but the fossil fuel does still account for 65 % of the country's power generated by source.

On Wednesday, thousands of public sector workers across the country hit the streets to protest the hikes in utility and fuel prices.

The BOST action sparked heated political debate when the minority NDC called for Mr. Obeng Boateng's suspension, but the majority New Patriotic Party (NPP) hit back, exposing the BOST under Mahama's NDC of being behind the contamination of fuel in the country when it was in power.

Billions of dollars in public and private capital for energy investment are up for grabs as developed countries like the United States and emerging economies like India get down to brass tacks on how they will hit their greenhouse gas emissions pledges and move their energy systems away from fossil fuels.

When a security breach at Hoover Dam takes all the U.S. hydroelectric power stations offline the day after a category five hurricane hits the Gulf of Mexico, cutting off electricity to millions and threatening an already compromised fuel supply, Cash figures it's time to chase those white lines home to Tennessee.By the time he hits Chicago, the lights are out across the country, throwing America into a new dark age in which only the strong and the prepared will survive.READER NOTE: This is Part One of the (separately available) three - part novel Long Haul...

The current focus of the war on fossil fuels is the fight to stop the completion of the Dakota Access Pipeline being developed by Energy Transfer Partners and Sunoco Logistics in the mid-western U.S. Protesters have gathered across the country to make their voices heard, and they're hitting the companies behind the pipeline where it hurts — in the pocketbook — by going after the 38 banks providing the financing.

If the country's economy grows enough then the target could be hit, provided industry becomes more efficient in its use of fossil fuel produced power, even if total carbon emissions actually rise.

The promises of politicians went unfulfilled, investments began flowing to other countries, and we returned to the fossil fuel spigot for one more hit to satisfy our addiction.

This is an example of how a country can integrate fossil - fuel taxes with cap - and - trade (the EU ETS) to hit a price target.

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