Sentences with phrase «fuel sector»

In addition, the 40 - page report said, the global fossil fuel sector receives approximately $ 1.9 trillion in subsidies each year.
This evolution of our research kept climate risk on the agenda of the fossil fuel sector by tackling the fundamentals of the business.
In both instances, however, removing the CO2 emissions from the fossil fuel sector from 2011 to date leaves very little budget left for the sector to the end of the century.
Looking at it from a common sense point of view, it is obvious that the revenues to government from the fossil fuel sector are greater than any subsidies provided.
calls for a managed decline of the fossil fuel sector in line with the Paris climate goals.
We hope that the Senate Committee on the Environment and Public Works will consider a hearing on whether it might be a good idea to stop the RFS in its place or perhaps remove it entirely and allow more efficient market based policies to govern our liquid transportation fuel sector.
Clean fuel use in Canada could more than triple by 2030 with a Clean Fuel Standard, growing our clean fuel sector by $ 5.6 - billion a year.
Congress created the renewable fuel standard (RFS) program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand the nation's renewable fuels sector while reducing reliance on imported oil.
At the very top of EPA's Renewable Fuel Standard website, you'll find this description of the program devised by Congress in 2005 and expanded in 2007: Congress created the renewable fuel standard (RFS) program to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and expand the nation's renewable fuels sector while reducing reliance on imported oil.
It's also giving the fossil fuels sector whiplash from a White House whose energy policies have otherwise been very good to them, from starting to undo greenhouse gas regulations to opening more public land to mining and drilling and tax cuts.
Ultimately, it may not be Canada, alone, that decides what effect the Paris Agreement will have on oil sands operations, or indeed the fossil fuel sector as a whole.
And finally, he looks at how many jobs are produced for each million dollars of investment in this sector compared to other sectors — and in short, the fossil fuel sector scores very poorly against so many alternatives, which are more labour intensive.
My own research shows that, even taking the OECD's analysis at face value, when we compare the «subsidies» given to green and brown sectors on a unit - for - unit basis, the renewable sector enjoys thirteen times the subsidy that the fossil fuel sector received.
Third, there can be — indeed, has been — a major impact in the U.S. motor fuels sector, where the market for biofuels (mainly ethanol) is negatively affected by low conventional gasoline prices.
Truly effective efforts to implement equitable and science - based climate and energy policy are built upon the scientific and moral imperative to «Keep It in The Ground,» and require actions to reduce the fossil fuel sector at all infrastructure elements in the fossil fuel lifecycle, and to place equity and justice at the center of all proposed policy solutions.
We need to be developing an alliance with what remains of the unionized labour movement: at a minimum to support the development of training programs for fossil fuel sector workers, and more ambitiously to support the emergence of an electable political ideology that calls for the transition away from capitalism intent on endless growth in consumption.
1 Please note that this circle chart visualization excludes emissions and removals from land use, land - use change and forestry (LULUCF) and bunker fuels sectors.
In Spain, Austria and Denmark, the fossil fuel sector tended to hire high - level politicians.
There is a potential role for the Australian Securities and Investment Commission to examine whether the stigmatisation of the fossil fuel sector via the divestment campaign is a breach of the [Corporations Act].
The company is a national leader in multimodal logistics, warehousing and biomass fuel sectors, as well as operating in the property development, ports, airports and civil engineering sectors.
The Lofoten Declaration calls for a managed decline of the fossil fuel sector in line with the Paris climate goals.
Including biofuels under a cap - and - trade scheme could create a more complete carbon management framework for the transportation fuels sector, according to a new peer - reviewed discussion paper by Dr. John DeCicco.
What we found is that a well - designed Clean Fuel Standard — informed by experience with similar policies in California and B.C. — would not only help Canada cut pollution in keeping with our commitment under the Paris Agreement, it would create jobs in Canada's clean fuel sector and grow a new segment of our economy.
We have shown how it's possible to use forward looking, quantitative metrics to compare multiple companies within the fossil fuel sector in our 2ºC of Separation report.
His rivals play off it on the campaign trail, with the NDP's Thomas Mulcair bemoaning billions in subsidies to the fossil fuel sector and Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau saying Harper «bet everything on the price of oil.»
It's these eager young consumers that Turkey's advertising industry has in its sights, and in turn it is them fuelling the sector's steady and splendid growth — 8 % last year.
Recent weakness in U.S. stocks has turned investor attention onto consumer discretionary companies, fueling the sector's year - to - date outperformance.
Trump has worked hard to appoint and staff his administration with people loyal to the fossil fuel sector and is coming up with absurd strategies to attempt to resurrect coal in the United States.
The development of this network of top - performing New York City tech founders has initiated a virtuous cycle of reinvestment that continues to fuel the sector's growth.
Recently Mr Sims said the petrol shopper dockets could severely impact competition in the fuel sector and he called on the supermarkets to end the scheme or only allow discounts at supermarkets, not the petrol stations.
It pointed out that the effective implementation of a new foreign exchange mechanism and liberalisation of the fuel sector in Nigeria would face fresh hurdles as the UK withdraws from the EU.
Still, critics of the supply - side alternative say it is wholly unrealistic to believe the fossil fuel sector — which drives so much of the global economy — could be reined in by attempts to «lock up» coal in perpetuity.
Today, however, it is not U.S. policy that is driving the growth of the wood - fuel sector.
DiCaprio attended a meeting of the Divest - Invest Coalition in New York City Tuesday, where he pledged to end his personal and his Leonardo DiCaprio Foundation's investments in the fossil fuel sector.
The oil price collapse, which follows a drop in global coal prices, shows that the global fossil fuel sector is presently one of the world's riskiest asset classes.
At a time when countries must be planning for a just transition and a managed decline of their fossil fuel sectors, Norway is doing the opposite: it is looking for ways to keep adding new reserves to the mix.
Meanwhile, shale gas «fracking» and the potential recovery of methane hydrates from the ocean floor demonstrate that there is a great deal of R&D left to do in the fossil fuel sector.
Carbon Tracker's analysis shows how it's possible to use forward - looking, quantitative metrics to compare multiple companies within the fossil fuel sector.
Right now, there is a significant conflict of interest when government officials have an individual or collective interest in the continued profitability of the fossil fuel sector.
Consequently, this document, and accompanying animation, outline the variables that must be ascertained before calculating the size of a carbon budget and what that budget might mean for the fossil fuel sector.
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