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They say the $ 8 billion pipeline expansion encourages ramped up production from the tarsands, and that will increase greenhouse gas emissions at a time when Canada should be reducing them.

Obama, meanwhile, began assembling evidence that he was serious about cutting greenhouse gas emissions at home — and not just demanding such actions from other countries.

The expectation has been that parties to the protocol would eventually agree on a second commitment period after 2012 which would set more ambitious targets for reducing emissions consistent with the goals outlined by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, and other scientific bodies, for achieving some measure of climate safety such as stabilizing temperature increase caused by greenhouse gas emissions at 2 degrees C (3.6 degrees F) over pre-industrial levels.

His resignation comes amid concerns that countries will again fail to reach a binding deal on reducing greenhouse gas emissions at climate talks at the end of the year in Cancun, Mexico.

Shindell's climate sensitivity calculation suggests countries around the world need to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the higher end of proposed emissions reduction ranges to avoid the most damaging consequences of climate change.

Options include either a cap - and - trade or tax policy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the lowest possible cost.»

In a 17 - page communique issued after the summit at Schloss Elmau under the slogan «Think Ahead, Act Together», the G7 leaders agreed to back the recommendations of the IPCC, the United Nations» climate change panel, to reduce global greenhouse gas emissions at the upper end of a range of 40 % to 70 % by 2050, using 2010 as the baseline.

Supporters from both industry and environmental groups say the technology offers one of the best chances to reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a time when the global economy is still too heavily dependent upon coal to stop using the fossil fuel altogether.

With global greenhouse gas emissions at their highest level in history, the impacts of climate change have already been felt «on all continents and across the oceans»; the more we emit, the more the warming will continue, and the likelier we'll all be to experience «severe, pervasive and irreversible» consequences.

He pointed to findings that corn ethanol, which plays the largest role in meeting RFS mandates, emits more greenhouse gases than gasoline, and he said it is «confusing» for the Obama administration to push corn ethanol while it seeks to lower global greenhouse gas emissions at the Paris climate summit.

In the latter presentation, Easterly ended his briefing to ALEC's dirty energy members with suggestions for delaying EPA regulation of greenhouse gas emissions at coal plants.

We have to choose clean energy alternatives to dirty fossil fuels and work together in our communities and with activists around the world to cut greenhouse gas emissions at every turn.

Germany, France, UK and Italy have urged that that the EU cuts greenhouse gas emissions at least 40 % by 2030 from 1990 levels to encourage UN talks on a new climate deal and unlock a wave of new investment in renewables and low carbon technologies.

Avoiding dangerous climate change requires ambitious action to deeply reduce greenhouse gas emissions at the international, national, and local community levels.

Environment groups said the Opposition Leader, Kevin Rudd, needed to explain how he would curb rising greenhouse gas emissions at a time when Queensland and NSW were dramatically boosting coal exports and several states were approving big road and power projects that would increase climate change pollution.

Then comes agriculture... then large scale deforestation... then dams... then large quantities of greenhouse gas emissions at the very end of the story.

Today's declaration goes a step further, however, backing a long - term goal of cutting global greenhouse gas emissions at the «upper end» of 40 - 70 % below 2010 levels by 2050 and decarbonising completely «over the course of this century».

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That is far lower than other economists say, and it opens up the question just now: why bother to cut greenhouse gas emissions at all if that's the limit of the cost?

Ethanol is yet another fuel source that is attractive for US drivers since it can help to reduce the country's dependence on foreign oil and cut down on greenhouse gas emissions at the same time.

At a news conference in the Chinese capital, President Obama announced that he had agreed the U.S. will cut net greenhouse gas emissions at least 26 % by 2025, doubling its current pace of carbon reduction.

Dr. Romm helped lead the administration's climate technology policy formulation, and initiated, supervised, and publicized a comprehensive technical analysis by five national laboratories of how energy technologies can reduce greenhouse gas emissions at low - cost: Scenarios of U.S. Carbon Reductions.

ECCC, less focused on protecting the environment than on meeting its 2018 and 2019 deadlines for implementing the clean fuel standard, effectively told them to buzz off, saying it «may make updates to the emissions calculations to reflect indirect greenhouse gas emissions at a future time.»

The proposed US climate bill only stabilizes the greenhouse gas emissions at the 1990 level.

The participants played the role of negotiators representing countries and six regional blocs (United States, EU, Other Developed Countries, China, India, Other Developing Countries) and three interest groups (the Press / Media / Journalists, Climate Activists, and Fossil Fuel Lobby) to create an agreement that limits climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions at the model UNFCCC Conference of Parties international climate change negotiations.

One way or another the oil will find a way to market, which means building Keystone won't raise overall greenhouse gas emissions at all relative to not building it.

Qteros is a venture - backed company committed to delivering innovative process technologies for clean transportation fuels that reduce greenhouse gas emissions at a price competitive with gasoline.

Continued greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would cause further warming and induce many changes in the global climate system during the 21st century that would very likely be larger than those observed during the 20th century.

The new report further states that greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates would induce changes in the oceans, ice caps, glaciers, the biosphere, and other components of the climate system.

There, they'll hash out a draft framework that will hopefully set the stage for a major international agreement on reducing greenhouse gas emissions at next year's conference in Paris.

«It's a vision that moves the United States down the curve of greenhouse gas emissions at a level that no other country has even begun to seriously contemplate,» Mr. Pershing said.

Smart investments in modern facilities improve air pollution, energy efficiency, and greenhouse gas emissions all at the same time.

He says: «It's not enough to freeze greenhouse gas emissions at current levels.

Flaring off waste gas also contributes to the overall greenhouse gas emissions at the refinery.

Nations must invest $ 37 trillion in energy technologies by 2030 to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions at sustainable levels.»

«The pressure is on us to contain greenhouse gas emissions at present levels.

Despite an abundance of plans and applications, new nuclear reactors outside of Asia are few and far between, which puts nuclear's contribution to fighting greenhouse gas emissions at risk

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 simulations suggest that, for greenhouse gas emissions at or above current rates, changes in climate will very likely be larger than the changes already observed during the 20th century.

Now it's likely that President Obama's final years in office will be spent in part defending his plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions at power plants by one - third while addressing Republican priorities on conventional energy, like construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, in a legislature united under the GOP banner.

The chain with 40,000 locations around the world says it will reduce its greenhouse gas emissions at both restaurants and its offices by 2030 by nearly 40 percent from 2015 numbers.

Not exact matches

By 2030, California aims to reduce its greenhouse gas emissions to 40 % below 1990 levels, a plan that includes deriving at least 50 % of its electricity needs from renewable energy.

I propose to you who want to honor Thoreau's legacy, to develop your integrity, even if no one else knows, and to make our planet more tolerable, and to make yourself a leader of yourself, to reach your potential, to choose one thing you can do today that will challenge yourself to reduce your greenhouse gas emissions, at least just for today.

The report in Monday's edition of the journal Nature Climate Change dents many governments» hopes that recession can at least bring the consolation of a sharp contraction in greenhouse gas emissions.

That means setting standards that encourage the new technologies, such as a promised renewable fuels standard, aimed at encouraging ways to ensure fuel consumers like cars and furnaces produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

«There's a question of whether going along with the approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline will make LNG development in B.C. more challenging by angering First Nations so adamantly opposed to the oil sands pipeline,» said George Hoberg, a professor at the University of British Columbia's school of forestry and founder of UBCC350, a group pressing for action on greenhouse gas emissions.

«The study says it will be very hard to make a biofuel that has a better greenhouse gas impact than gasoline using corn residue,» which puts it in the same boat as corn - based ethanol, said David Tilman, a professor at the University of Minnesota who has done research on biofuels» emissions from the farm to the tailpipe.

A peer - reviewed study performed at the Energy Department's Argonne National Laboratory in 2012 found that biofuels made with corn residue were 95 per cent better than gasoline in greenhouse gas emissions.

At the same time, a number of Republican - controlled states throughout the United States have significantly reduced their greenhouse gas emissions due to the transition away from dirtier fossil fuels to wind, solar, and gas.

PCE's default option, ECOplus, is 50 % renewable and 75 % greenhouse gas emissions free, at a generation rate that is priced 5 % less than PG&E.