Sentences with phrase «on carbon emissions»

A high tax on carbon emissions would impose real risks — including increased hardship for people who can least afford it and very possibly increases in unemployment and hence poverty.

By far the biggest reduction in emissions will come from new rules on carbon emissions from both new and existing power plants.

My administration will pursue, as well, comprehensive legislation to place a market - based cap on carbon emissions.

In addition, the openness variable has no significant influence on carbon emission in either the short or long term.

This link should be used by scientists and politicians to reinforce their message that action on carbon emissions is vital, he added.

Based on the carbon emissions profile for 2011, these sectors are power and water, manufacturing, road transportation, and waste.

Even very severe controls on carbon emissions might fail to halt the destruction of many coral reefs: We don't know the effects of the carbon that has already been emitted.

The plan aims to set new rules on carbon emissions for new and existing power plants and address methane emissions from the gas industry.

It's certainly not the first time that economic changes have had big and perhaps unexpected effects on carbon emissions.

That plan aims to set new rules on carbon emissions for new and existing power plants and address methane emissions from the gas industry.

We get a more grim and realistic view on the situation if we focus on the carbon emissions and on the carbon budgets.

We report on carbon emissions per 100,000 orders, and we focus on reducing our carbon intensity through operational efficiency.

Even putting a levy on carbon emissions, either through a carbon tax or carbon - emission permits, will not be sufficient.

We believe that transparency and reporting standards will be critical as investors seek more information on carbon emissions and sustainability measures.

In this series, we examine the role of coal as an energy source in a world where constraints on carbon emissions are adopted to mitigate global warming.

For one, seven pilot regions all set an overall ceiling on carbon emissions based on their carbon intensity goals.

When a price is put on carbon emissions, it creates a revenue stream.

What we actually need is to put a price on carbon emissions so that will gradually increase over time.

And they want the companies to pay for measures such as sea walls to cope with rising sea levels they blame on carbon emissions from burning fossil fuels.

In the author's view, the best approach is one that gradually introduces restraints on carbon emissions.

In my opinion, and in the view of most economists, those steps must be accompanied by a rising price on carbon emissions if we hope to stabilize atmospheric composition.

It sets a cap on carbon emissions which is reduced over time.

He would reverse his campaign pledge on carbon emissions.

Not only will you save on carbon emissions, but you'll save on the cost of operating your vehicle as well.

Governments attending the summit intend to announce new commitments on carbon emissions and new measures to support those commitments — including investments in renewable energy, public transit and more resilient infrastructure.

Any cap on carbon emissions draws fierce opposition from coal - state lawmakers and those from states with manufacturing industries that could be taxed for emissions.

With each passing year that the world fails to get a grip on its carbon emissions, the threat of climate change increases.

A national tax on carbon emissions would offer an opportunity for deficit reduction and / or tax reform, as well as climate change mitigation.

Support is growing within the small business community for tighter limits on carbon emissions, which contribute to climate change.

A rising price on carbon emissions is the essential underlying support needed to make all other climate policies work.

In the absence of a regulatory cap on carbon emissions, the credits are worthless.

And the same approach that brought a decline in sulfur dioxide emissions can have an equally dramatic and permanent effect on carbon emissions.

Even major oil and power companies are recognizing that the world is moving toward constraints on carbon emissions and planning those constraints into their long range financial plans.

The emphasis has always been on carbon «pollution» and the press release is careful to claim no adverse impact on carbon emissions at the regional level skirting the question whether NY emissions will increase.

The chief avenue the group advocates to cut global warming is to force governments around the world to place an ever growing tax on carbon emissions as a means to force change in energy policy.

Former NYC Mayor Mike Bloomberg will run millions of dollars in political television ads against four state attorneys general who are suing the Obama administration over new regulations on carbon emissions from power plants.

· Since 2008, Intel has linked a portion of every employee's compensation to environmental goals, focusing on carbon emission reductions in 2012 and solid waste recycling in 2013.

Alberta is boosting its use of renewable energy, closing power plants that burn coal and in January increased its tax on carbon emissions by 50 percent.

No Net Increase of Emissions Due to Closure: The Governor's leadership on energy and climate change will ensure that Indian Point's closure will not have an adverse impact on carbon emissions at the regional level.

Australia's CCS adherents press ahead on the belief that the government will eventually impose a cost on carbon emissions through a tax or emissions trading scheme.

Is the agreement a workable compromise to continue European leadership on carbon emissions cuts, or simple wavering in the face of the protracted economic crisis?

We are working with partners to develop a tool that collects and visualizes data on carbon emissions in fisheries and aquaculture operations in order to better inform our audiences and incentivize a reduction in fuel use in seafood production.

There are a number of important takeaways from the report, like establishing a limit on carbon emissions before the world crashes through 2 °C of warming.

As long as the EPA properly follows its existing and well - tested regulatory rule - making processes and procedures; and as long as the anti-carbon regulations are themselves fair and impartial in their application, then this two - prong regulatory attack on carbon emissions can be made bulletproof against the threat of lawsuits.

He said last month that he wants a new tax on carbon emissions with some revenue to backfill any state reserves tapped to pay for education.