Sentences with phrase «moving beyond fossil»

He says, that due to «the self - defeating claims of some clean - energy enthusiasts» that are often «misleadingly meaningless statements» the public underestimates how difficult moving beyond fossil fuels really is — which he says will take an «energy miracle.»

But I lamented that the agenda lacked any discussion of the role of nuclear energy in moving beyond fossil fuels in this century.

Is the world poised to make the transition from shock to trance on climate policy — using the terminology that President - elect Barack Obama chose to describe America's cyclical interest in moving beyond fossil fuels?

Furthermore, efforts at oil giant Royal Dutch Shell RDS.A, +0.62 % to move beyond fossil fuels into low - carbon energy is as much driven by the growth potential of alternative energy markets as a concern for global warming.

Here's the reaction from Burton Richter, who is an emeritus professor of physics at Stanford University and author of a valuable book on energy, to my query about how society can best balance its research investments and hedge its bets in trying to move beyond fossil fuels:

The question is, can societies commit to a sustained effort to move beyond fossil fuels (and to curtail the destruction of tropical forests) even as nature runs hot and cold — and especially as the economy does the same?

We must move beyond fossil fuels eventually.

Sponsored internationally by 350.org, and locally by the Sierra Club and Alaska Center for the Environment, Moving Planet is a call to action to move beyond fossil fuels so we can seriously address climate change.

A day to move beyond fossil fuels.

The time has come to move beyond fossil fuels, save lives, and save the environment.

We can move beyond fossil fuels and create a safer and healthier nation by doing so.

This past weekend, hundreds of thousands of people across the U.S. (even more globally) took to the streets, local parks, bike trails, public monuments, and more to call for the U.S. and others to move beyond fossil fuels.The global fossil fuel infrastructure is a threat to our future everywhere, and a common target for our movement.

Yet showing a world that's obsessed with pickup trucks and SUVs that even these hulking beasts can run essentially emission free is one more proof point that we can move beyond fossil fuels.

On that answer depend thousands of jobs for our residents, an abundant source of stably - priced energy, and Virginia's ability to move beyond fossil fuels in the face of climate change.

Not exact matches

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg announced a new $ 64 million committment to the Sierra Club's «Beyond Coal» campaign and other organizations working to move America away from this dirty fossil fuel.

«There are a huge number of industries and people who do not want us to move to the world beyond fossil fuels - these are the biggest fans of cap - and - trade,» he wrote in a May 2009 letter to carbon traders.

BP, the British oil giant that pledged to move Beyond Petroleum by finding cleaner ways to produce fossil fuels, is being accused of abandoning its

We have to accept ourselves, flaws and all, in order to move beyond what has been something of an unconscious, species - scale pubescent growth spurt, enabled by fossil fuels in place of testosterone.

We must begin to move now toward the era beyond fossil fuels.

Moving beyond the country's, and the world's, existing energy menu, which is still by far dominated by abundant and relatively cheap fossil fuels, is hard, whatever your preferred path.

The report also casts the underlying challenge of moving beyond deep dependence on conventionally burned fossil fuels for what it is:

Both solar energy and public transportation are key parts of the clean energy economy that's moving the country beyond fossil fuels at the same time it is creating good, green jobs.

While the University's choice to move beyond coal was certainly a commitment to protect the health of its students and the climate, the University began planning for a transition to natural gas, another fossil fuel that contributes to climate disruption, air, and water pollution.

Specifically, they say that humanity «must begin now to move toward the era beyond fossil fuels», and «the most difficult task, phase - out over the next 20 - 25 years of coal use that does not capture CO2, is Herculean, yet feasible when compared with the efforts that went into World War II.

Exploring the Transition to a Sustainable Future on a Finite Planet To prosper for very much longer on the changing Earth humankind will need to move beyond its current fossil - fueled civilization toward one that is sustained on recycled materials and renewable energy.

It is time for the country to move beyond outdated fossil fuels and nuclear power by investing in truly renewable energy.

Whether it's Van Jones» Green For All initiatiave, or that rare - thing, Federal support for sustainable employment, the idea of moving our economy beyond pollution, waste and fossil fuels is certainly an appealing one.

Today at Earth Island Journal (cross-posted at Grist), four activists representing groups from across the US and Canada, argue that the climate movement needs to move beyond its preoccupation with oil pipeline projects, such as Keystone XL, and instead challenge the expansion of fossil fuel projects wherever they appear.

«This is a real sign that we're starting to move beyond the era of fossil fuels.»