Sentences with phrase «further fuels climate change»

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

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Over the next year we will go further in our efforts to eradicate fuel poverty and to deliver against our ambitious climate change targets.

The development of natural gas, far from being a bridge fuel, makes climate change worse because it is so much more potent than carbon near term.

The finding suggests that an increase in hurricanes and tropical storms induced by global warming could turn forests into overall emitters of carbon dioxide, fuelling further climate change.

(Reuters)- The U.S. electric industry knew as far back as 1968 that burning fossil fuels might cause global warming, but cast doubt on the science of climate change and ramped up coal use for decades afterward, an environmental watchdog group said on Tuesday.

Brown wants drop in fuel use Cap and trade's expansion to include motor fuels takes place as Brown made clear that he supports further action to address climate change.

Ken Caldeira, a climate scientist at the Carnegie Institute for Science, said he signed the letter because further fossil fuels development in the Arctic will make climate change worse.

One must be able to make a convincing argument that the negative impacts of climate change far exceed the negative impacts of restricting fossil fuel use.

In the case of climate change, a clear consensus exists among mainstream researchers that human influences on climate are already detectable, and that potentially far more substantial changes are likely to take place in the future if we continue to burn fossil fuels at current rates.

Discussions around the climate favor the hypothesis that no real problem of fuel supply will occur, and that climate change will dominate by far all the other issues.

But the burning of fossil fuels has caused a 41 percent increase in the heat - trapping gas since the Industrial Revolution, a mere geological instant, and scientists say the climate is beginning to react, though they expect far larger changes in the future.

When you add up that there is more methane being emitted than E.P.A. has estimated, that methane is responsible for up to half of all the greenhouse gas emissions for the entire US, and that each unit of methane emitted is far more important in causing global climate change over the critical few decades ahead, it should be clear that bridge - fuel argument just doesn't hold up.

To further demonstrate her progressive bona fides, Harris has now joined «AGs United For Clean Power,» a coalition of 16 other state attorney generals that will promote the climate change agenda by targeting the fossil fuel industry.

By far the best way to deal with climate change would be to follow Fuhr and Hallstrom's recommendation «to reduce emissions fast, while developing alternative energy sources that allow us to leave fossil fuels in the ground.»

The pledges and determination shown by world governments at the Paris climate change talks in Paris meant there would likely be «further policies aimed at shifting the fuel - mix towards cleaner, lower - carbon fuels, with renewable energy, along with natural gas, the main beneficiary,» said Dale.

«The evidence is clear: to avoid catastrophic climate change, we need our political and financial leaders to stop any further fossil fuel development and start scaling back,» said Amanda Starbuck of Rainforest Action Network, whose organization endorsed the report.

Keeping fossil fuels in the ground is the most important step we can take to prevent further climate change.

But Canada is further ahead on implementing the actions required to address climate change that will provide a long - term sustainable future for wind energy development by looking beyond wind energy's role in the electricity grid to its role (with other renewable energies) as a substitute for fossil fuels in other sectors of the economy where most of our greenhouse gas emissions are produced.

By far the most frequent arguments made in opposition to climate change policies are economic predictions of various kinds such as claims that proposed climate change legislation will destroy jobs, reduce GDP, damage US businesses such as the coal and petroleum industries, or increase the cost of fuel.

«We're gonna be using American produced, American energy that will create jobs in the United States, will create a far more secure source of energy for us and will make us better environmental stewards because we will be contributing less to climate change and burning much cleaner fuel.»

Far from making climate change a priority, Obama in 2012 — the guy trying to get elected — was an avowed champion of all fossil fuels, which, of course, are the alleged cause of supposedly terrifying global warming.

Susan Solomon wrote this paper on water vapor in 2010 and she states this: Scientists have underestimated the role that water vapour plays in determining global temperature changes, according to a new study that could fuel further attacks on the science of climate change.

Most fossil - fuel - producing countries are far from the locus of climate - change policy development, despite the impact that it will have on their economic prospects.

Carbon emissions from fossil fuel fired power stations are one of the main causes of climate change and ocean acidification and these are far greater threats to the Australian environment than are wind farms.

London, 19th April 2013 — Today new research by Carbon Tracker Initiative and the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment at London School of Economics and Political Science reveals that despite fossil fuel reserves already far exceeding the carbon budget to avoid global warming of more than 2 °C, $ 674 billion was spent last year finding and developing new potentially stranded assets.

They found that, as humans burn ever more fossil fuels to release ever higher levels of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere, to stoke yet further global warming and trigger catastrophic climate change, all 571 cities will experience ever greater heatwaves: that is, three consecutive days and nights at which temperatures are about as high as they have ever been for that city.

Most fossil - fuel - producing countries are far from the locus of climate - change policy development, despite the impact that it will have on their economic prospects... As a result, these countries remain woefully unprepared for what is coming

So far most of the attention has focused on the risk of climate change to fossil fuel companies.

A detailed analysis of the pledges made for the Paris Agreement on climate change finds that the era of fossil fuels appears far from over and underscores the challenge of reaching more ambitious climate goals.

Incorporating fossil fuels» largely externalized costs, such as climate change and pollution - related illnesses, into the price of fossil - generated electricity would further accelerate PV's march to grid parity.

In the first big study of the impact of the recession on climate change, the IEA found that CO 2 emissions from burning fossil fuels had undergone «a significant decline» this year - further than in any year in the last 40.

Gingrich, who in 2007 told The New York Times that it was conceivable human beings were playing a role in global warming, went further in a recent interview when he said he doubted there was a connection between climate change and the burning of fossil fuels.

In its most comprehensive study so far, the nation's leading scientific body declared on Wednesday that climate change is a reality and is driven mostly by human activity, chiefly the burning of fossil fuels and deforestation.

Thawing permafrost also delivers organic - rich soils to lake bottoms, where decomposition in the absence of oxygen releases additional methane.116 Extensive wildfires also release carbon that contributes to climate warming.107, 117,118 The capacity of the Yukon River Basin in Alaska and adjacent Canada to store carbon has been substantially weakened since the 1960s by the combination of warming and thawing of permafrost and by increased wildfire.119 Expansion of tall shrubs and trees into tundra makes the surface darker and rougher, increasing absorption of the sun's energy and further contributing to warming.120 This warming is likely stronger than the potential cooling effects of increased carbon dioxide uptake associated with tree and shrub expansion.121 The shorter snow - covered seasons in Alaska further increase energy absorption by the land surface, an effect only slightly offset by the reduced energy absorption of highly reflective post-fire snow - covered landscapes.121 This spectrum of changes in Alaskan and other high - latitude terrestrial ecosystems jeopardizes efforts by society to use ecosystem carbon management to offset fossil fuel emissions.94, 95,96

«Climate science» as it is used by warmists implies adherence to a set of beliefs: (1) Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will warm the Earth's surface and atmosphere; (2) Human production of CO2 is producing significant increases in CO2 concentration; (3) The rate of rise of temperature in the 20th and 21st centuries is unprecedented compared to the rates of change of temperature in the previous two millennia and this can only be due to rising greenhouse gas concentrations; (4) The climate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industriaClimate science» as it is used by warmists implies adherence to a set of beliefs: (1) Increasing greenhouse gas concentrations will warm the Earth's surface and atmosphere; (2) Human production of CO2 is producing significant increases in CO2 concentration; (3) The rate of rise of temperature in the 20th and 21st centuries is unprecedented compared to the rates of change of temperature in the previous two millennia and this can only be due to rising greenhouse gas concentrations; (4) The climate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industriaclimate of the 19th century was ideal and may be taken as a standard to compare against any current climate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industriaclimate; (5) global climate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industriaclimate models, while still not perfect, are good enough to indicate that continued use of fossil fuels at projected rates in the 21st century will cause the CO2 concentration to rise to a high level by 2100 (possibly 700 to 900 ppm); (6) The global average temperature under this condition will rise more than 3 °C from the late 19th century ideal; (7) The negative impact on humanity of such a rise will be enormous; (8) The only alternative to such a disaster is to immediately and sharply reduce CO2 emissions (reducing emissions in 2050 by 80 % compared to today's rate) and continue further reductions after 2050; (9) Even with such draconian CO2 reductions, the CO2 concentration is likely to reach at least 450 to 500 ppm by 2100 resulting in significant damage to humanity; (10) Such reductions in CO2 emissions are technically feasible and economically affordable while providing adequate energy to a growing world population that is increasingly industrializing.

The warmunists continually warn about the «risk», so far not in evidence, of «climate change», meaning of course the risk to our civilization created by our burning fossil fuels to sustain it.

(That baseline of course should be the pre-industrial baseline — so we can (easily) see how far anthropogenic fossil fuelled climate change has progressed.)

These groups and individuals — all of them residing on the far left of the political spectrum — claim Exxon - Mobil knew fossil fuels could cause catastrophic climate change but paid think tanks and advocacy groups to «deny» the truth in order to protect the company's profits.

This analysis comes on the heels of reports from scientific bodies such as the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change and International Energy Agency that suggest the world has far greater reserves of fossil fuels already than can be burned while staying within agreed climate Climate Change and International Energy Agency that suggest the world has far greater reserves of fossil fuels already than can be burned while staying within agreed climate climate limits.

The Greens, who could hold the balance of power in the next parliament, have so far focused their attention on climate change policies, with a seven - point plan aimed at transitioning Australia away from fossil fuels.

Difficult, complicated science questions like the interplay between natural climate variability (e.g., volcanic eruptions, solar minimums, the El Niño - La Niña cycle) and manmade, fossil fuel - based energy consumption — which accelerates greenhouse gas emissions and drives climate change — still need further clarification.

The fact is that all offset projects are sanctioning further fossil fuel use, and in doing so are a dangerous distraction from tackling climate change.

The company went further than the fossil fuel companies and conservative groups that merely promoted doubt about the risks of climate change, asserting that carbon emissions were beneficial.

The documents, unveiled by Dutch newspaper De Correspondent on Thursday, show that the oil giant's researchers flagged that climate change could have major implications for the fossil fuel industry as far back as the 1980s — and predicted that environmental groups could sue following damages from extreme weather.

It must always be repeated that the clean energy revolution can't prevent catastrophic climate change without far more aggressive government policies to speed the transition off fossil fuels.

Global attempts to craft a pivotal new climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being stymied by a far - reaching, multinational backlash led by fossil fuel industries and other heavy carbon emitters, according to The Global Climate Change Lobby, a new project by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists climate treaty in Copenhagen this December are being stymied by a far - reaching, multinational backlash led by fossil fuel industries and other heavy carbon emitters, according to The Global Climate Change Lobby, a new project by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists Climate Change Lobby, a new project by the International Consortium of Investigative Journalists (ICIJ).

Given the obvious parallels between the activities of the tobacco and fossil fuel industries, the New York Attorney General has issued a subpoena further investigating Exxon's activities regarding climate change.

If we humans aim for a post-fossil fuel world, we'll have a chance of achieving it and halting climate change before it goes too far.

«Until now, fossil fuel companies have been able to talk about climate science in political and media arenas where there is far less accountability to the truth,» Michael Burger of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University toldclimate science in political and media arenas where there is far less accountability to the truth,» Michael Burger of the Sabin Center for Climate Change Law at Columbia University toldClimate Change Law at Columbia University told Grist.

The commentary, published in the British scientific journal, Nature Climate Change, estimated the impact of consuming the fuel from oilsands deposits â $» without factoring in greenhouse gas emissions associated with extraction and production â $» would be far less harmful to the planet's atmosphere than consuming all of the world's coal resources.