Sentences with phrase «gas emissions policies»

He stood up, in front of a group of business leaders no less, and stated that Canada's current greenhouse gas emissions policies would not be sufficient to meet our targets, and that we needed much broader regulation.

In a wide - ranging December 2013 study, conducted to support Our Children's Trust, a group advancing legal challenges to lax greenhouse gas emissions policies on behalf of minors, Hansen called for a «human tipping point» — essentially, a social revolution — as one of the most effective ways of combating climate change, though he still favors a bilateral carbon tax agreed upon by the United States and China as the best near - term climate policy.

He stood up, in front of a group of business leaders no less, and stated that Canada's current greenhouse gas emissions policies would not be sufficient -LSB-...]

However, I agree that justifying a big budget line item on the grounds that «further research is needed» to drive greenhouse gas emissions policy is not justifiable.

In fact, it appears that Chapple was the driving force behind the state's hiring of the Pennsylvania - based advocacy group, to manage Alaska's development of their greenhouse gas emissions policy.

Not exact matches

Petronas acknowledged the B.C. government has «brought resolution to key policy matters,» such as establishing a tax regime for LNG firms, detailing offsets for greenhouse gas emissions and gaining support from First Nations.

And that likely precludes any big shifts in economic policy, whether it's weaning the treasury off its resource dependency with a sales tax or imposing the kind of greenhouse gas emissions regime that would satisfy the Americans.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

Impact on oil and gas production: compared to a carbon tax, Alberta's policy offers emitters less of an incentive to reduce production in order to cut GHGs, notes Leach: «assuming that the facility reduced production by 10 percent, and that emissions decreased proportionately (a simplifying assumption), the facility's emissions intensity would not change, so its carbon liability per barrel of oil produced would also remain constant.»

Several other administration policies are likely to have a greater impact on global greenhouse - gas emissions, including the Environmental Protection Agency's rule to limit carbon emissions from new power plants and its first - ever carbon limits on cars and light trucks.

In his year - end interviews, and in the final days of the fall sitting of the House of Commons, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said it would be crazy to impose additional costs on Canada's oil and gas sector in a time of low prices if the U.S. was not enacting similar carbon emission policies.

One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.

In environmental policy, the Party has introduced Alberta's New Climate Change Pan, which will reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 200 megatons by 2050.

In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cities.

Environmentalists fear that the production and processing of the gas for export could upend the province's aggressiveclimate change policies, which include an emissions - reduction goal and an unusual carbon tax system.

«There are people who have a direct business interest in preventing any policies which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and there are also people who have a direct business interest in getting policies which would reduce greenhouse gas emissions enacted.»

The final Erie County plan will summarize results of greenhouse gas emission inventories, set short - term and long - term energy goals, define new operations policies and changes to existing policies, identify implementation strategies and projects, present a detailed timeline for implementation and identify funding opportunities.

The policy requires states to measure and set reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions by vehicles on highways.

Without green taxes to shift our cars to lower emission models, and to limit the growth of aircraft greenhouse gas emissions, no climate change policy is worth the name.

Since taking office last January, the Trump administration has rolled back a number of Obama - era initiatives, including pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Accord and repealing the Clean Power Plan, a policy to curb greenhouse gas emissions from coal - fired power plants.

Green groups have lobbied Stefanik to help retain the funding for the program, and have fretted about the Trump administration's rollbacks on environmental policies, including pulling the U.S. out of the Paris Accord and Pruitt's decision to repeal the Clean Power Plan, an Obama - era policy designed to curb greenhouse gas emissions from coal - fired power plants.

Combination of economic trends and policies Still, for now an array of Obama administration actions and economic trends are conspiring to cut emissions, according to EIA: Americans are using less oil because of high gasoline prices; carmakers are complying with federal fuel economy standards; electricity companies are becoming more efficient; state renewable energy rules are ushering wind and solar energy onto the power grids; gas prices are competitive with coal; and federal air quality regulations are closing the dirtiest power plants.

And many analysts view gas as a growing piece of a puzzle of policy and economic factors that could keep U.S. carbon emissions in check through 2035.

The policy that could drive it, he said, is U.S. EPA's rule on vehicle greenhouse gas emissions, which California agreed to in a deal with the Obama administration.

Incorporating a pricing mechanism into our climate policy would likely be more efficient at driving down greenhouse gas emissions at a lower cost than the current policy of regulating such emissions under the Clean Air Act.

The APS also urges governments, universities, national laboratories and its membership to support policies and actions that will reduce the emission of greenhouse gases.»

Conservation International and the International Union for Conservation of Nature have developed the Blue Carbon Policy Framework, with the objective to integrate blue carbon activities into the policy and financial work of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which oversees international work to reduce greenhouse gas emisPolicy Framework, with the objective to integrate blue carbon activities into the policy and financial work of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which oversees international work to reduce greenhouse gas emispolicy and financial work of the U.N. Framework Convention on Climate Change, which oversees international work to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Next year's school, «Adaptation and Mitigation: Responses to Climate Change,» will explore topics such as greenhouse gas emission scenarios, the economics of climate change, adaptation and mitigation measures, and climate policies.

Under the strictest pathway (RCP 2.6), which assumes an early peak of greenhouse gas emissions which then decline substantially, the potential net increases in mortality rates at the end of the century be minimal (between -0.4 % and +0.6 %) in all the regions included in this study, highlighting the benefits of the implementation of mitigation policies.

How the climate would actually change now depended chiefly on what policies humanity would choose for its greenhouse gas emissions.

The biggest driver of lower carbon dioxide emissions has been declining natural gas prices, which has allowed the industry to replace coal - fired power plants economically with cleaner natural gas power plants — and without a costly regulatory mandate,» said Jeffrey J. Anderson, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy.

Under Obama the CEQ is moving forward with plans formulated during his predecessor's tenure for a U.S. policy on oceans — from newly protected areas to reconciling competing authorities and laws — along with continuing the Major Economies Forum on Energy and Climate as a way to address global greenhouse gas emissions.

«There is the potential for the U.S. and other countries to continue to rely on coal as a source of energy while at the same time protecting the climate from the massive greenhouse gas emissions associated with coal,» says Steve Caldwell, coordinator for regional climate change policy at the Pew Center on Global Climate Change, an Arlington, Va., think tank.

Now economists are applying this law of demand to policies intended to improve energy efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions linked to global warming.

«Based on the results of our study, we recommend that states adopt a policy of mandatory greenhouse gas emissions registry and reporting by power plants,» says Eri Saikawa, an assistant professor in Emory's Department of Environmental Sciences.

«As the window of opportunity to avert dangerous climate change narrows, we urgently need to take stock of policy initiatives around the world that aim to accelerate new energy technologies and stem greenhouse gas emissions,» said Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy at the University of Cambpolicy initiatives around the world that aim to accelerate new energy technologies and stem greenhouse gas emissions,» said Laura Diaz Anadon, Professor of Climate Change Policy at the University of CambPolicy at the University of Cambridge.

Registration fees for plug - in vehicles also fly in the face of policies intended to promote their use due to concerns about energy independence, energy efficiency and greenhouse gas emissions, Dumortier said.

All three states participate in greenhouse gas emissions - capping programs and other policies that they've been keen to highlight on the world stage.

«Global deployment of advanced natural gas production technology could double or triple the global natural gas production by 2050, but greenhouse gas emissions will continue to grow in the absence of climate policies that promote lower carbon energy sources.»

Polls show that many conservatives support policies to cut greenhouse gas emissions, Taylor said, excluding those who identify with the tea party.

A new analysis of global energy use, economics and the climate shows that without new climate policies, expanding the current bounty of inexpensive natural gas alone would not slow the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions worldwide over the long term, according to a study appearing today in Nature.

Johnson and colleagues in IIASA's Energy Program also examined two additional strategies with this limitation: grandfathering existing plants so that they are exempt from future climate policies, or retrofitting plants with Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), a yet unproven technology that would capture greenhouse gas emissions and store them underground.

As state - owned energy enterprises in China continue to have a big say in policy matters, the country's goal to cut greenhouse gas emissions may not necessarily hit Beijing's desired statistical target.

«This is worrisome given that the temperature in the study region is predicted to rise by as much as 2 degrees by midcentury under the range of plausible greenhouse gas emissions scenarios,» said Avery Cohn, aassistant professor of environment and resource policy at Tufts, who led the work while he was a visiting researcher at Brown.

While current energy policy focuses on preventing greenhouse gas emissions, the results show that freshwater impacts also need to be considered when deciding future national and international energy policies.

There is a great post at the Council on Foreign Relations blog where by Michael Levi boils down global climate change in to two overarching unknowns: (1) extent of damage by an accumulation of greenhouse gases, and (2) an uncertainty around which policies, or set of policies, will succeed in reducing emissions.

While much of the debate around energy is focussed on greenhouse gas emissions, our findings highlight the need to consider the full range of consequences of the world's demand for energy when designing energy and environmental policies.»

Equally important will be establishing institutions and strategies — particularly markets, business regulations and government policies — that provide economies with incentives to apply innovative technologies and practices that reduce emissions of CO2 and other greenhouse gases.

The team's results show that foreign GHG mitigation — i.e. other countries implementing policies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions (such as the 2015 Paris Agreement)-- contributed 15 per cent of the total PM2.5 - related and 62 per cent of the total O3 - related deaths avoided.

Baldick estimated that the United States would have to adopt a national climate policy imposing a price of $ 30 per ton of greenhouse gas emissions before wind power can stand on its own economically — a target that appears out of reach politically, at least for now.