Sentences with phrase «fuel infrastructure when»

Rather than continuing to invest in fossil fuel infrastructure when their climate goals require them to wean off of fossil fuel reliance, the leaders say they will push toward strengthening a clean energy economy in their jurisdictions.

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And if that's the case it makes little economic or ecological sense to spend billions of dollars building new fossil fuel infrastructure and increasing capacity, particularly when that infrastructure has a working life span and expected financial return that well exceeds thirty years.

There is an overlying awareness when assessing New York's environmentally progressive work - in - progress that the effects climate change and fossil fuel energy industries have on the environment, infrastructure and public health don't stop at state lines.

The trick now for activists is to stop new fossil - fuel infrastructure, even when it is hard for a government to do so.

First, we could count on a backup infrastructure of dispatchable fossil fuel power plants to supply electricity when there's not enough renewable energy available.

When countries are developing, they are building infrastructure which means lots of construction and fossil fuel use.

Nuclear fuel is 20,000 times more energy dense than fossil fuels (up to 2 million times more energy dense when we start using the Gen IV breeder reactors like the IFR); so it requires 1/20, 000 (to a 2 millionth) the amount of ports, shipping, railway and gas pipeline infrastructure.

At a time when the federal government is jeopardizing our country's future, Governor Cuomo's legislation to prohibit offshore drilling and the expansion of fossil fuel infrastructure in New York waters is exactly the kind of policy that will get us on a truly sustainable path.

Depending on their level of resilience, low - tech networks can remain in operation when the supply of fossil fuels is interrupted, when the electricity infrastructure deteriorates, when the economy grinds to a halt, or if other calamities should hit.

When developing low ‐ carbon transport systems, behavioural change and infrastructure investments are often as important as developing more efficient vehicle technologies and using lower ‐ carbon fuels.

Oil and gas pipelines are a typical analogy for the scale and nature of infrastructure required, but have significant differences: the science of fossil fuel reserves was limited when much of the industry was created, and under business - as - usual the price of oil can be expected to rise as reserves go down, thus stretching out the time in which the investment is worthwhile.

We understood that folly of building 50 - year fossil fuel infrastructure at a time when we should urgently be transitioning to conservation and renewable energy.

PFIs must cease by 2020 direct, indirect, ancillary infrastructure and policy support for upstream and downstream fossil fuels, GHG - intensive projects, nuclear, large bioenergy and hydropower when more cost - effective and less damaging alternatives exist; All PFI investments must meet strict environmental and social development criteria and be assessed through a pro-poor, inclusive, climate - resilient and gender - responsive lens;