Sentences with phrase «fuel industry remain»

While tax incentives for the fossil fuel industry remain intact, support for clean energy is on the chopping block.

While the cost of wind and solar energy is falling dramatically, which could lead to a major shift in infrastructure46, the fossil fuel industry remains remarkably resilient, subsidized, and still capable of tipping us over the limit47.

Not exact matches

With Queensland on the cusp of joining the world's elite band of LNG exporters, federal Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane has voiced confidence that the construction cost pressures that could impede further growth of exports are on the wane, but insisted gas would also remain an important fuel for domestic users.

Jeremy Leggett, a geologist who was once an oil industry consultant and now runs Greenpeace's climate campaign, concludes that «we have no option but to leave the vast majority of the remaining fossil - fuel reserves in the ground».

Even the fossil fuel industry in the U.S. is worried, and urging Trump to remain in the Paris agreement.

While full - size SUVs have lost some of their curb appeal in recent years with many consumers swapping gargantuan, fuel - gulping monstrosities for more fuel efficient compact crossovers, one part of the full - size SUV industry has remained hot: luxurious and off - road capable machines.

The Honda Accord continually tops the charts for safety, reliability and strong resale, and its fuel - efficient 4 - cylinder engine remains one of the best in the industry.

To remain relevant, Chevy continues to improve on the Silverado's powerful yet fuel - efficient V8 engines and offers the industry's only full - size hybrid pickup.

However, as a climate scientist I remain much more concerned about the fossil fuel industry than I am about Arctic methane.

, demonstrate how public support for wind power remains strong despite the years of misleading attacks backed by the fossil fuel industry.

Here's a story we all now know well: A small number of groups backed by the fossil fuel industry have for decades shed doubt on the science of climate change, even as the actual scientific community consensus on the issue — that greenhouse gas pollution posed a significant threat to our climate — remained strong and continued to grow stronger.

This shows how the greening of industry can be good for jobs - and highlights the dangers of remaining stuck in economic thinking mired in fossil - fuels.

AP's Borenstein inaccurately described scientist as «one of the few remaining scientists skeptical of the global warming harm caused by industries that burn fossil fuels» — July 27, 2006

Global climate negotiations remain important, of course, and a global deal towards a good climate outcome has never been more desirable, but the changing costs of technologies, and domestic measures on air quality show the building and varied negative pressures on fossil fuel industries.

«Direct natural gas use in industry and to fuel electric generation grows, while natural gas use in building heat remains relatively flat over time,» the report says.

The embargo was renewed in December 2003 and is to remain in place until the Liberian government guarantees «full control over the timber producing areas... [and] all necessary steps to ensure that government revenues from the Liberian timber industry are not used to fuel conflict...» (7).

But it remains to be seen what action Congress might take to hold the fossil fuel industry accountable for delaying policy solutions and confusing the public on this critical issue.

In the longer term, the problem of the environmental impact of an industry relying predominantly on carbon - based fuels remains to be addressed.

The tax has been a success on its own terms — fuel consumption is down slightly and the economy is still growing — but a) it only covers about three - quarters of the economy, b) some of the revenue has started to be funneled to specific industries, and c) it remains capped at $ 30, too little to fully capture the SCC or drive a green industrial revolution.

Welch also thanked Pruitt for «greenhouse gas standards that help us build upon the incredible progress that the automotive industry has made in fuel economy, and improvements in emission reductions, while ensuring that new motor vehicles remain in the economic reach of our customer base.»

When an oil production platform caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico near the Louisiana coast last week, a collective gasp would have been appropriate — from the residents of coastal Louisiana, who are no strangers to offshore oil rig disasters, from the fossil fuel industry, which is priming itself for a golden age under the incoming Trump Administration, and from the American public, whose oil reliance remains unchecked despite increasing awareness of both the massive downside of fossil fuel use and the increasing availability of clean, renewable energy sources.

On the House side, the 131 climate science deniers have taken $ 35,702,245 in fossil fuel industry contributions while the remaining voting members who haven't denied the science have only taken $ 24,268,787 in career contributions.