The report's authors point out several recommendations for aligning climate policy with these goals, first and foremost by moving away from investing
in new fossil fuel infrastructure.
Hawkins supports legislation to require NYS to go to 100 % clean energy (not just electricity) by 2030; a ban
on new fossil fuel infrastructure (including revoking the CPV permit in Orange County); and a robust carbon tax.
The logical error associated with using this statement to
defend new fossil fuel infrastructure like fracking wells and bitumen sands pipelines (as well as new fossil fuel vehicles or power plants) is so obvious that it may seem unnecessary to state, but the quip is so popular among those trying to delay adequate action on climate change that it requires a quick rebuttal.
We are working to hold the Trump Administration accountable not only for their inaction but also for the actions they are taking, such as pushing
through new fossil fuel infrastructure and cutting back on environmental regulations, which puts the climate and all people of the earth in danger.
Instead of passing the buck by ignoring the lock - in of
massive new fossil fuel infrastructure that is designed to produce for decades to come, we need action, leadership, and policy that plans for climate safety.
Hawkins opposes any investment
in new fossil fuel infrastructure, including natural gas pipelines and power plants, LNG port terminals, liquefied propane and butane and natural gas storage in the Seneca Lake salt caverns, and crude oil heaters at the Port of Albany.
Topping his list of winnable reforms are single - payer health care, fully - funded public schools, a ban
on new fossil fuel infrastructure, and 100 % clean renewable energy within 15 years.
Limiting global atmospheric CO2 concentrations to or below 450 ppm would require that we stop
building new fossil fuel infrastructure in the next several years and significantly reduce energy demand over the next few decades.
Today, she is a full - time activist, the state director of Bold Louisiana, an environmental group fighting the construction
of new fossil fuel infrastructure in the state.
And if that's the case it makes little economic or ecological sense to spend billions of dollars building
new fossil fuel infrastructure and increasing capacity, particularly when that infrastructure has a working life span and expected financial return that well exceeds thirty years.
His plan still won't fully halt
all new fossil fuel infrastructure.
Hawkins also said for Earth Day that New York should commit to 100 % clean energy by 2030, stop
all new fossil fuel infrastructure and enact a carbon tax.
He will also address the upcoming Earth Day holiday, and New York's need for 100 % clean energy by 2030, stopping
all new fossil fuel infrastructure, and enacting a carbon tax.
«In New York state Gov. [Andrew] Cuomo has rejected the Port Ambrose [natural gas] project... and the trends have been to say «no» to
new fossil fuel infrastructure.»
I will halt
all new fossil fuel infrastructure.
There should be
no new fossil fuel infrastructure because greenhouse gases are heating up the atmosphere, causing polar ice to melt and violent, unpredictable weather events which cost us more in the long run.
My campaign is calling for 100 % Clean Energy in New York by 2030, including a complete ban on fracking, a phase out of all nuclear plants,
no new fossil fuel infrastructure, and the rapid development of a clean energy system based on distributed renewable energy production from solar, wind, and water resources and an interactive smart grid.
In his campaign across New York, Hawkins is calling for a halt to
all new fossil fuel infrastructure and 100 % clean energy by 2030.
They oppose
all new fossil fuel infrastructure, such as the publicly - opposed methane gas storage expansion project at Crestwood.
Hawkins said he will give voice to the next demand of the grassroots movement that fought for the ban on fracking, which is a ban on
all new fossil fuel infrastructure in the state.
«The EU's current climate targets, and its investments in
new fossil fuel infrastructure are incompatible with limiting global warming to internationally agreed levels.
Specifically and categorically, we must cease making large, long - term capital investments in
new fossil fuel infrastructure that «locks in» dangerous emission levels for many decades.
We're looking to build on this victory, and show that if it's wrong to build Keystone XL because of its impact on our climate, it's wrong to build
any new fossil fuel infrastructure, period.
I support a legislative ban on
any new fossil fuel infrastructure projects in Victoria.
Mr. President, it is time to stop waffling and draw the line in the sand against fossil foolishness and «cease making large, long - term capital investments in
new fossil fuel infrastructure that «locks in» dangerous emission levels for many decades.»
If the US builds
new fossil fuel infrastructure, it may be harder for it to persuade other countries to decarbonise their energy systems.
In October, 109 environmental groups wrote to the European Commission urging it to stop promoting and financially supporting the construction of
new fossil fuel infrastructure, including gas.
By prohibiting the development of
any new fossil fuel infrastructure necessary to serve new leases, such as pipelines, in all coastal lands under the authority of the State Lands Commission, our state can stop this dangerous plan.
No new fossil fuel infrastructure projects.
Preventing the worst impacts of climate change requires a rapid transition away from fossil fuels, and that is fundamentally incompatible with building
new fossil fuel infrastructure.
Despite the climate impacts of the project (we can't build
new fossil fuel infrastructure and meet the Paris Agreement) and the objections of the local people, the Italian government and the European Commission are trying to force it through.