Sentences with phrase «major transition to a clean energy economy»

The disastrous oil crisis still unfolding in the Gulf of Mexico is only the most recent reminder that America is overdue to start a major transition to a clean energy economy.

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Indeed, Germany was one of the first major economies to take significant steps to transition from nuclear and fossil fuels to clean energy, beginning in the 1990s.

Dr Birol thanked Mr Seko for Japan's support to the IEA Clean Energy Transitions Programme, which is backed by Japan and 12 other countries to leverage the IEA's unique energy expertise across all fuels and technologies to help accelerate global clean - energy transitions, particularly in major emerging econoClean Energy Transitions Programme, which is backed by Japan and 12 other countries to leverage the IEA's unique energy expertise across all fuels and technologies to help accelerate global clean - energy transitions, particularly in major emerging econEnergy Transitions Programme, which is backed by Japan and 12 other countries to leverage the IEA's unique energy expertise across all fuels and technologies to help accelerate global clean - energy transitions, particularly in major emergingTransitions Programme, which is backed by Japan and 12 other countries to leverage the IEA's unique energy expertise across all fuels and technologies to help accelerate global clean - energy transitions, particularly in major emerging econenergy expertise across all fuels and technologies to help accelerate global clean - energy transitions, particularly in major emerging econoclean - energy transitions, particularly in major emerging econenergy transitions, particularly in major emergingtransitions, particularly in major emerging economies.

«The oil and gas industry needs to be held to the same federal environmental standards as other major industries while we work as a nation to swiftly transition to a clean energy economy.»

Last October, when Interior Secretary Ken Salazar announced approval of the first two new solar plants on public lands in more than two decades, Johanna Wald, the NRDC's senior attorney, hailed the move as «a major milestone in renewable energy on public lands and a down payment on America's transition to a clean energy economy.»