Sentences with phrase «limit on carbon dioxide emissions»

Moreover, the Senate bill that would fund DOE — the so - called energy and water bill — hangs in limbo, thanks to the political battle over the Obama administration's plan to use Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) regulations to set new limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants, especially those that burn coal.

The agency denied California a waiver under the Clean Air Act that would allow it (and indirectly at least a dozen other states following California's lead) to set limits on carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles.

Despite this early knowledge about climate change, electric utilities have continued to invest heavily in fossil fuel power generation over the past half a century, and since 1988 some have engaged in ongoing efforts to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

The Obama administration proposed limits on carbon dioxide emissions from new US power plants Friday, taking a big step toward fulfilling a long - sought goal of fighting climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The Clean Power Plan establishes the nation's first - ever limits on carbon dioxide emissions — the primary contributor to global warming — from power plants.

In sharp contrast, Obama's advisor, Joseph Aldy, said his candidate continues to support limits on carbon dioxide emissions — and will push for them with or without the support of Congress.

Nearly 20 U.S. states have started implementing former president Barack Obama's Clean Power Plan, which places limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants in an effort to reduce the impacts of climate change.

And California's Republican governor, of all people, a notorious Humvee aficionado, vowed to defend his state's own pioneering limits on carbon dioxide emissions against the girlie men in the automobile industry.

According to various reports, Obama is making a speech today in which he will announce limits on carbon dioxide emissions from existing power plants.

At the same time, renewable energy technology is improving and becoming cheaper; regional and municipal governments are adopting limits on carbon dioxide emissions; and carmakers around the world are working to make electric cars and batteries more efficient and affordable.

He instead focused on his attacks on the Clean Power Plan, which set the first - ever national limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants that contribute to climate change.

The results echo a similar study undertaken by the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication, which found that Americans «support setting strict limits on carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal - fired plants,» by a nearly 2 - to - 1 margin — «even if the cost of electricity to consumers and companies increases.»

The U.S. Chamber's position on climate has put the powerful trade group at odds with some leading members who support EPA limits on carbon dioxide emissions, including board member Florida Power & Light.

Environmentalists are pushing the Obama administration to crack down on methane emissions from the oil and gas industry, building on the White House's recent limits on carbon dioxide emissions.

After decades of delaying any meaningful national climate policy, America was poised to finally enact moderate limits on carbon dioxide emissions from our nation's energy sector — but this executive order threatens to stop that progress in its tracks.

Although the bill, sponsored by a motley assemblage of labor unions and electric utilities and a bipartisan group of senators led by Jeff Bingaman (D - NM) and Arlen Specter (R - PA), would effectively set mandatory limits on carbon dioxide emissions beginning in 2012 through a cap - and - trade system, it comes with a huge caveat: a «safety valve.»

over the past half a century, and since 1988 some have engaged in ongoing efforts to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

Under RGGI (pronounced reggie), as the trading system is known, states set limits on carbon dioxide emissions and require power companies to buy credits or allowances to pay for the emissions they produce.

Despite early knowledge about climate change, electric utilities have continued to invest heavily in fossil fuel power generation over the past half a century, and since 1988 some have engaged in ongoing efforts to sow doubt about climate science and block legal limits on carbon dioxide emissions from power plants.

It also lends support to the US Environmental Protection Agency, which last week proposed a limit on carbon dioxide emissions from new coal - fired and gas - fired power plants.

The two, Senators John McCain, Republican of Arizona, and Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, said the United States should set limits on carbon dioxide emissions, much like those Mr. Bush rejected.

That bill contains a limited version of cap and trade, a system of setting a limit on carbon dioxide emissions while allowing companies to buy and sell permits to meet it.

RGGI sets a limit on carbon dioxide emissions from the electric sector and raises money for renewables and efficiency by charging polluting generators for each ton of carbon dioxide they emit.