Sentences with phrase «of fossil fuels in»

This sentiment has been ratified, sanctified, and tallied by the political, moral, and financial bellwethers of our time, from the Paris climate talks (195 countries committed to phase out fossil fuels this century) to the vatican (Pope Francis has made moral invocations to drastically reduce use of fossil fuels in the encyclical Laudato Si») to the Bank of England (the bank's governor Mark Carney has warned not to get stuck holding a bag of stranded fossil fuel assets).

This year, we've faced an even greater challenge with friends of fossil fuels in powerful positions across the US government.

These activities are consistent with the assumption that there will be no substantial constraints on the production and use of fossil fuels in the near to medium term, and with the determination to ensure that there will be no such constraints.

Although it doesn't name specific companies, the amendment is surely inspired by recent revelations about ExxonMobil's early and advanced knowledge of the role of fossil fuels in driving climate change — which was followed by the company's subsequent, unconscionable climate science denial efforts.

As for weening ourselves off of fossil fuels in a significant way before 2030 and hence 480 ppmv of total greenhouse gases then that is doubtful.

So, imagine this — the world now has a ship that can claim to be zero emissions even though it is powered by electricity generated by burning coal, one of the dirtiest of fossil fuels in terms of carbon emissions, and is used to transport coal more cheaply.

The current rate of increase is about 0.2 percent a year, primarily as the result of nitrogen - based fertilizers but also from burning of fossil fuels in cars and power plants.

We do not know how to answer the most important question: do our human activities in general, and our burning of fossil fuels in particular, make the onset of the next ice - age more likely or less likely?

This is probably similar to the CO2 increase that will occur in the next few centuries if we burn most of the fossil fuels in the ground.

Tom Keen in # 35 wrote: «Wind power is simply too unreliable and too expensive to replace a significant portion of fossil fuels in the long run.»

We have the titanic and beautiful task of abolishing the use of fossil fuels in our economy to make way for the use of clean and renewable energies.»

The article, of course, does not want to consider the future and the important role of fossil fuels in determining it, and therefore misses the thrust of the current climate policy debate.

The theory of «man - made climate change» is an unsubstantiated hypothesis [about] our climate [which says it] has been adversely affected by the burning of fossil fuels in the last 100 years, causing the average temperature on the earth's surface to increase very slightly but with disastrous environmental consequences.

«We are alarmed by reports stating that Exxon (becoming ExxonMobil in 1999) hid the truth about the role of fossil fuels in influencing climate change and intentionally spread disinformation about climate science,» according to the letter (PDF) signed by 45 Democratic representatives.

«In short, the Earth system is now operating in a different mode and nothing we can do now, even ending the burning of fossil fuels in short order, can get it to «bounce back» to the Holocene.»

«It's true that the UK and EU are decreasing their emissions of fossil fuels in shifting to wood,» Birdsey said.

I would, at least at some level, be quite amused if they succeeded in getting an injunction to stop the sale of fossil fuels in California.

This can occur through (1) relocation of energy - intensive production in non-constrained regions; (2) increased consumption of fossil fuels in these regions through decline in the international price of oil and gas triggered by lower demand for these energies; and (3) changes in incomes (thus in energy demand) because of better terms of trade.

Section 433 is a «cornerstone» piece of legislation because it adopts the 2030 Challenge targets and sets a federal standard specifically for reducing the use of fossil fuels in federal building operations.

The Fossil Free Scotland campaign aims to end the use of fossil fuels in Scotland within a generation.

Our results imply that the incentives to switch to the cleaner technology depend on the relative importance of fossil fuels in the production of consumption goods after the switch.

«Yet Exxon funded and publicly engaged in a campaign to deceive the American people about the known risks of fossil fuels in causing climate change.

«The country has vowed to curtail its use of fossil fuels in electricity generation, but it has also put itself on a path...

The rate and extent of glacial retreat, the scientists say, depends on the levels of greenhouse gases emitted from the burning of fossil fuels in future.

In my view, cutting the price of fossil fuels in a world undergoing climate change is not justified under any circumstances.

All countries could agree to impose a common carbon emissions tax, which would increase the price of fossil fuels in proportion to their carbon content.

BP recently released its Statistical Review of World Energy 2015 [i] and found that consumption of fossil fuels in 2014 continued...

To stranded plant is added the booked value of trillions of dollars of fossil fuels in the ground soon to be rendered worthless as fuel.

It also says the companies «orchestrated a campaign of deception and denial regarding climate change» by funding efforts to discredit the science on climate change even though their scientists had warned them of the risks and the role of fossil fuels in causing it.

«The overall share of fossil fuels in global energy demand in 2017 remained at 81 %, a level that has remained stable for more than three decades despite strong growth in renewables.»

Advocates of continued usage of fossil fuels in the 21st century seem to be interested only in the early demise of humanity on this planet.

The main issues under discussion were the link between climate change and a eucalypped forest that produced the catastrophic fires of 2017, the threat of underwater mining in the Azores region, the impact of the new mechanisms of international trade (Multilateral Investment Court) in climatic injustice, the necessary relationship between combating climate change and promoting public transport, threats to the exploitation of fossil fuels in Portugal, alternative sources of energy and the migration process linked to climate change.

Clinton joins a growing number of politicians — including both of her Democratic presidential challengers — calling for the Justice Department to investigate ExxonMobil for sowing doubt about climate change after the company's own scientists had confirmed and accepted the role of fossil fuels in global warming.

The directive stipulates that countries across the European Union should take national measures to replace 5.75 % of fossil fuels in the transport sector with biofuels by 2010 when biofuels were incentivised officially by the EU.

Fossil Free Sussex are still pushing for the University to make explicit the exclusion of fossil fuels in investment policy.

Thus, the burning of fossil fuels in the future might have no effect of increasing temperature.

Just because we have centuries of fossil fuels in reserve, with thorium etc in the works, doesn't mean we should waste one precious nugget of coal.

Understanding the clear link between the historic and proposed extraction of fossil fuels in Arctic Alaska and the operational connection to the refinery sector in California is one of the best means of identifying actions for supporting Alaskan Native communities and allies in the Far North, as well as communities shouldering the burden of pollution from refineries in California.

Simply put, securing a safe climate for the planet and everyone that inhabits it means leaving the majority of fossil fuels in the ground.

Use of fossil fuels in mega-joules.

There's an interesting passage in The Rational Optimist about the value of fossil fuels in preventing localised starvation, using the bread riots in Paris as an example.

But just as many people advocate for considering the full cost of fossil fuels in the price of electricity (the cost of the pollution, mining, etc), so too must the full cost and impact of renewable energy be accounted for.

Meanwhile, IRENA notes that the ongoing subsidising of fossil fuels in many countries, combined with the failure so far for a carbon price to account for the true cost of burning fossil fuels, means «today's markets are distorted».

Developments in carbon capture and storage, among other innovations, may preserve the value of fossil fuels in a carbon - constrained world.

However, Member States who fulfil certain conditions relating to their interconnectivity or their share of fossil fuels in electricity production and GDP per capita in relation to the EU - 27 average, have the option to temporarily deviate from this rule with respect to existing power plants.

The campus greenhouse gas reduction plan outlined in the report centers on four key approaches: reducing the overall energy use on campus, reducing the use of fossil fuels in campus buildings and vehicles, increasing the use of renewable energy sources to meet campus needs, and minimizing the release of «fugitive» gases from campus operations such as specialty research gases in laboratory buildings.

Democratic presidential candidate Sen. Bernie Sanders asked the Department of Justice Tuesday to investigate ExxonMobil for sowing doubt about climate change after the company's own scientists had confirmed and accepted the role of fossil fuels in global warming.

The new IPCC report shows that we must keep roughly 80 - to - 95 % of proven reserves of fossil fuels in the ground if we want a decent shot at avoiding catastrophe.

«What is remarkable, and alarming, is the speed of the change since the 1970s, when we started burning a lot of fossil fuels in a massive way,» said Berry.

We are all being harmed by the use of fossil fuels in many ways.