Sentences with phrase «if emissions legislations»

It might be something of a last hurrah if emissions legislations continue killing fun BMWs...

However, he said that if emissions legislation forced Rolls - Royce to explore alternative powertrains, he would probably «lean towards a plug - in hybrid».

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After all, he reasons, if the Senate passes some type of domestic legislation to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, the debate about whether the United States should sign a treaty would then focus on the likely actions of other countries.

It remains to be seen if U.S. regulators will share Jaguar Land Rover's enthusiasm for diesels going forward; until the new administration signaled its intention to relax fuel economy and emissions standards, prospects for diesel in the U.S. looked limited at best, with impending 2018 legislation making VW throw in the towel instead of waiting for the regulatory regime to tighten.

Even better, we will probably tout a toothless legislation to mollify those who believe that ham - handed, extremely political and self - serving emission caps are better than American innovation — or, if at the very least a compromise distinctly American market - based approach, like a Pigovian tax.

Even if they don't, here's my longstanding concern: Any package of legislation focused on emissions restrictions will — because of the nature of congressional compromise — inevitably be too weak to have much of an impact where it matters — in the atmosphere.

Even if the legislation took effect and emissions were curtailed, the world would still see disruptive pressures building in places already facing severe drought and flood risks with or without the added kick from greenhouse warming.

Even after decades of increasingly dire warnings, the US has still not passed comprehensive federal legislation to combat global warming; Canada has abandoned past pledges in order to exploit its emissions - heavy tar sands; China continues to depend on coal for its energy production; Indonesia's effort to stem widespread deforestation is facing stiff resistance from industry; Europe is mulling pulling back on its more ambitious cuts if other nations do not join it; northern nations are scrambling to exploit the melting Arctic for untapped oil and gas reserves; and fossil fuels continue to be subsidized worldwide to the tune of $ 400 billion.

If legislation requiring an emission performance standard for new coal plants is enacted, then Congress should simultaneously take steps to offset the additional costs of installing CCS systems and provide relief from electricity price increases.

If you don't accept the evidence on human - driven climate change and its likely harmful consequences, there is no need to support «comprehensive» legislation that would put a price on carbon through some framework to drive reductions in emissions.

As Roberta Kwok wrote in Nature last month, Rudd's Labour party government had called for a 5 % emissions cut from 2000 levels by 2020 — to be raised to 15 % if an ambitious global climate deal is reached in Copenhagen — but the proposed legislation was under fire from both the right and left.

Those opposing climate change legislation in the United States often have argued that it would be unfair to the United States if it was bound to reduce GHG emissions and China was not required to do the same.

If pollution, CO2 emissions and fossil fuel consumption are your concern, getting people to drive more fuel - efficient cars could be achieved at low cost through legislation, and would make more of a difference than spending vast sums to extend railway passenger services.

«They've convinced certain legislators in Congress to vote for legislation written by biomass industry lobbyists that would force EPA to treat tree - burning power plants as if they have zero carbon emissions, claiming that as long as US forest stocks are stable or growing by any amount, this offsets the carbon pollution pouring from the smokestacks of wood - burning power plants.»

CO2 emissions from fossil fuel have been growing steadily in the US and are projected to continue growing until 2030 and beyond if no legislation is passed to reduce emissions.

Of the various ways the bill looks to change the nature of how to deal with carbon emissions, cap - and - trade will form the basic structure if the landmark legislation is passed.

Daniel J. Weiss, a senior fellow at the Center for American Progress, a liberal think tank, said the EPA's proposal would allow the administration to tackle climate change if Congress does not limit carbon emissions through legislation.

If we had a different Congress, I think you'd see a more aggressive emissions legislation.

However, the new legislation will need to be robust if Indonesia is to meet its global commitment to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 26 percent by 2020.

If the Senate blocks the Emissions Reduction Fund, it will leave the Liberals with three options that I can foresee: 1) drop all pretence of climate action, 2) call a double dissolution using the Emissions Reduction Fund legislation as a trigger, or 3) negotiate a new climate policy with the Senate.