Sentences with phrase «increasing price on carbon emissions»

To speed up the development and dissemination of solar energy we need more R&D funding, market incentives such as feed - in tariffs, and a steadily increasing price on carbon emissions now.

CO2 from oil can be further limited via a gradually increasing price on carbon emissions that discourages industry from going to the most extreme environments in the world (such as the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge and Antarctica) to extract every last drop of oil.

Not exact matches

A $ 30 per tonne carbon price, as is currently in place in B.C., applied on emissions, would increase processing costs by about 12 cents per gigajoule.

A senior oil executive is urging federal and provincial governments to put a significant price on carbon dioxide to encourage the industry to reduce emissions even as it increases production and accesses new and growing markets.

While both governments remain committed to finding new markets for Canada's oil and gas, they have voiced strong support for increasing clean energy production and exports in order to reduce carbon emissions and the impact of fluctuating oil prices on Canada's economy.

I would like to pursue, as much as possible, to increase our knowledge of carbon price and future emissions, and our knowledge on reducing the institutional barriers to adopting a carbon price system.

A corporation will not operate if it does not generate profit, and the process of installing a tax or increasing prices on input materials like carbon emissions cuts into profits.

But it is also clear that, absent a price on carbon emissions, as the price of energy rises, the amount of economically extractable fossil fuels increases, including unconventional fossil fuels.

Second, there must be a moderate price on carbon emissions, and both businesses and consumers must recognize that this carbon price will continue to increase in the future.

That's why, the ministry says, the federal government agreed with the 2011 Energy Package to introduce compensatory arrangements for businesses competing at a global level, including measures to offset increases in the price of power stemming from the EU's carbon emissions trade, and a cap on their renewables allocation charge.

Ultimately, the U.S. needs a long - term clean energy policy that create a long - term market for renewable energy, encourages and supports the integration of renewable energy, puts a price on carbon emissions, and increases funding for research and development.

Requires auctions to have a minimum reserve price, which in: (1) 2012 will be $ 28 per allowance; (2) 2013 and 2014 will be the minimum strategic reserve auction price for the previous year increased by 5 % plus the rate of inflation; and (3) 2015 and thereafter will be 60 % above a rolling 36 - month average of the daily closing price for that year's emission allowance vintage as reported on registered carbon trading facilities.

Our carbon tax spreadsheet model predicts that after an initial rapid 15 % drop due to the bill's aggressive starting price, CO2 emissions would rise on account of increased affluence and the rise in energy demand that tends to accompany it in the absence of continuing price incentives.

Opposition Leader Steven Marshall called for taxpayer spending on battery storage, while Premier Jay Weatherill quoted a 10 - year - old opinion column written by Malcolm Turnbull in which the Prime Minister described as «bullshit» suggestions that it was possible to cut carbon emissions without increasing the price of power.

Compared to the real world in which unchecked increasing GHG emissions will certainly lead to numerous adverse economic impacts, putting a price on carbon emissions to reduce those impacts will almost certainly prove to be a net economic benefit.

Public awareness seems to be increasing, and there are a lot of good things happening at the executive level: tighter fuel - efficiency standards, the carbon - pricing initiatives by the New England and West Coast states, the recent agreement between the U. S. and China on emissions.

This week we heard that Alberta Premier Alison Redford is considering increasing the price of carbon in Alberta by imposing a limit on tar - sands emissions and a $ 40 - per - tonne - tax on production above that limit.

I very much agree with Julian's main points concerning the necessity of China to begin putting a price on its carbon emissions by 2020, especially given how vulnerable China is to increasing concentrations of GHG, etc..

While there are a variety of motivations for aggressive carbon pricing, the oil companies, such as Shell, are seeking to be prepared for increasing concern in industrial countries about the effect of carbon emissions on global climate change.

What we actually need is to put a price on carbon emissions so that will gradually increase over time.