Sentences with phrase «on carbon pollution as»

For years there's been talk of a tax on carbon pollution as a way to fight global warming.

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However, the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change lays out a number of policies that will compel more clean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like methane.

The current Wikipedia entry on air pollution, for example, now asserts that pollution includes: «carbon dioxide (CO2)-- a colorless, odorless, non-toxic greenhouse gas associated with ocean acidification, emitted from sources such as combustion, cement production, and respiration.»

«Our earlier study showed the weathering impact of air pollution on the building materials such as limestone, sandstone and carbon steel, used in many heritage buildings and built infrastructure.

For almost 100 years, Science News has been reporting the latest advances in science, such as this week's cover story by reporter Laurel Hamers, «When bogs burn, the environment takes a hit,» on how the increased frequency of bog fires worldwide is becoming a surprisingly large source of air pollution and climate - warming carbon dioxide.

The researchers have predicted that increasing smog would prevent as much as 263 billion metric tons of carbon from being taken out of the atmosphere by plants over the past and coming century, though this depends on how tropical plants respond to O3 pollution.

Particle Pollution's Cooling Effect... Plus Death Interestingly, this particle pollution has the opposite effect on the climate as does the ship's carbon emissions: The particles have a cooling effect that is at least five times greater than the warming effect of the CO2 emissions.

A revenue - neutral carbon tax is also beloved by economists, since it involves raising taxes on something our society wants less of — pollution — and using the money to lower taxes on the productive economic activities we want more of, such as paid work.

Some hard realities are being acknowledged as diplomats, scientists, scholars and others ponder next steps following the indeterminate Durban climate negotiations — the latest failed attempt to limit climate risk using pollution - style restrictions on carbon dioxide under a global treaty.

Our analysis shows that energy efficiency is the biggest part of that least - cost solution, and as a result there is no need to rely more heavily on natural gas than would be the case in the absence of the carbon pollution standards we propose.

On a per person basis, the United States emits 4.4 tons of carbon pollution — twice as much as in China.

«As carbon pollution continues to compromise public health and wreak havoc on our atmosphere and oceans, this report shines a spotlight on the biggest culprits — power plants,» said Sen. Sheldon Whitehouse (D) of Rhode Island.

RCP4.5 is based on the MiniCAM Level 2 stabilization scenario reported in Clarke et al. (2007) with additional detail on the non-CO2 and pollution control assumptions documented by Smith and Wigley (2006), and incorporating updated land use modeling and terrestrial carbon emissions pricing assumptions as reported in Wise et al. (2009a, b).

Friedman... would have viewed climate change as a negative externality associated with burning fossil fuels and would have believed that society was entitled to recover its losses from those who emit carbon to advance their economic interests... While there is a market for the products that are associated with greenhouse gas emissions — like electricity, fuel and steel — there is no market for the pollution inflicted by their manufacturers on the public.

Climate activists are urging a carbon tax on shipping and aviation not only to spur reductions in climate pollution but as a revenue source to finance global climate mitigation.

«More than two dozen of the nation's biggest corporations, including the five major oil companies, are planning their future growth on the expectation that the government will force them to pay a price for carbon pollution as a way to control global warming.»

The Clean Power Plan, as crafted by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) sets achievable carbon pollution reduction goals for each state, based on the unique energy mix currently serving the power needs of each state.

So what to make of a study from the Yale Project on Climate Change Communication (backed up by a similar Washington Post-ABC News poll) showing that the majority of Americans, across the political spectrum, support the limiting of carbon pollution from power plants — also known as the very thing that the EPA proposed?

IEA Executive Director travels to Beijing for G20 Energy Ministerial Dr Fatih Birol highlights the importance of natural gas as a low - carbon transition fuel and promotes the importance of policy action on air pollution 29 June 2016

The report found the terminal could have «significant and adverse» impact on the climate, and the combustion of coal from the terminal could generate annually as much carbon pollution as 672,000 cars.

The 260 million cars, trucks, and buses that travel on our roads are a major source of this harmful air pollution, as well as the carbon pollution that fuels dangerous climate change.

We push the oil and gas industry to limit methane pollution, which traps more than 80 times as much heat on our planet as carbon dioxide.

As governments focus on the imperative of reducing carbon pollution from new and existing buildings, it's essential to understand the implications of setting energy goals for buildings.

In new Zealand our last government committed us to it and the present one supports that with the absurd result that as a clean, green nuclear free country with four and a half million population on a land - mass nearly the size of Britain we are buying carbon credits from Russia, who are classed better environmentally than us, pollution, dodgy power stations, doubtful farming, the lot, as their population / area ratio is lower!

But countries across the world are pledging to control if not cut carbon pollution as international leaders prepare for a summit on climate change in Paris later this year.

«We urge the State Department to do a better job in analyzing the effect that Keystone XL would have on the development of the Canadian tar sands and the additional carbon pollution that would result, as well as the effect that Keystone XL would have on the quantity of carbon pollution produced by the U.S. transportation sector.

They will emerge from the program as energized and skilled communicators and advocates with the knowledge, tools and drive to educate diverse communities on the costs of carbon pollution and what can be done to solve the climate crisis.

In the face of recent megastorms and other extreme climate events, an historic effort to address carbon pollution in DC gained new momentum on Wednesday, October 25 as three Councilmembers spoke in favor of the bill before a cheering crowd at the Wilson Building.

The world's biggest producer of carbon emissions is seeking to boost the use of renewable fuels as smog has blanketed cities from Shanghai to Beijing, forcing factories and schools to close and intensifying pressure on public officials to cut pollution.

In contrast, as Hsu shows, a carbon pollution tax's laser focus on CO2 pollution creates incentives for all low - carbon alternatives, leaving specific technology decisions to engineers rather than politicians.

While some versions of the carbon - pricing plan were found to be more efficient overall in terms of their impact on the economy, the study found that those impacts are actually quite modest — even without taking into account potential advantages such as better health due to lowered pollution levels.

By reporting potential emissions, a company would acknowledge its contribution to the carbon budget and implicitly show that it is preparing to respond to policies and market signals for a low - carbon future, such as a price on carbon pollution.

As for society in general, we have seldom seen a limit on pollution that didn't make us collectively better off, and carbon will be no exception.

However, there are numerous other phenomena that we need a synthesized information on, such as extent of hypoxia, nutrients availability, eutrophication and pollution, organic carbon dynamics, and more.

It is all YOUR fault and is very, very bad for all of life on this planet as life infests the Arctic like a swarm of termites as that's what carbon dioxide pollution - induced heating does.

Hailed as the first - ever nationwide limit on climate - warming pollution for power plants, the proposal would require that newly built coal - fired power plants capture and store underground about 20 to 40 percent of the carbon they emit.

While the EPA has, under the Clean Air Act put federal limits on toxic emissions of arsenic, mercury, and lead pollution that power plants emit — as well as on pollutants like sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxides — there are currently no such limits on the carbon emissions from new or existing power plants.

Instead of discouraging productive effort, initiative and investment as other tax burdens do, a tax on carbon pollution raises the cost of harmful activity and thereby encourages efficiency and renewable energy.

The sum is largely due to polluters not paying the costs imposed on governments by burning carbon fuels — including harm caused by air pollution as well as to people across the globe affected by the floods, droughts and storms being driven by climate change.

As attorney general for a state that is one the nation's biggest oil, natural gas and grain producers, Pruitt has been at the forefront of lawsuits challenging EPA regulations on carbon emissions and water pollution, and he is expected to lead the effort to erase much of President Barack Obama's environmental agenda.

Some of the largest carbon polluters... try to convince people — as the tobacco industry did years ago on the link between smoking cigarettes and lung disease — that there really isn't a link — between global warming - pollution and global warming.

The State also recently implemented a «cap - and - reduce» program, similar to «cap - and - trade» systems adopted in other states such as California, which put a cap on carbon pollution and required major sources — including the makers of transportation fuels — to reduce those emissions by a set rate annually.

These equity concerns include: the regressive impact of potential energy price increases on low - income households; the potential for carbon pricing policies to allow some fossil fuel - fired power plants or refineries to continue to operate and emit air and water pollutants in neighborhoods already burdened by pollution; and the economic hardship to workers and communities dependent on fossil fuel industries for livelihoods or for their tax base as we transition away from these resources.

Recent studies identify black carbon, a component of ultrafine particulate air pollution, as a critical climate warming agent both in the atmosphere and when deposited on snow and ice.

On a global scale, deforestation accounts for as much as 17 percent of global carbon pollution — roughly 50 percent more than the entire world's air, road, rail, and shipping traffic combined.

According to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, nuclear energy produces four times less carbon pollution per unit of energy than solar farms, 3.4 times less than solar roofs, three times less than geothermal, and half as much as hydroelectric dams.

Reblogged this on Cold Air and commented: I've been surprised at the White House's use of the shady term «carbon pollution» (it's like refering to drowing as «water pollution»).

«The Pacific Coast states and province are working together to build a thriving economy, while reducing harmful carbon pollution,» said Matt Rodriquez, who attended the meeting on behalf of California Gov. Edmund G. Brown Jr. «Through our shared culture of innovation, we view the challenge of climate change as an opportunity to develop new markets, attract investment and create jobs in the growing clean economy.

Most modern lobbyists do not deny the irrefutable science indicating that our planet is warming, but instead deny the need for viable solutions — such as a cost on industrial carbon pollution, energy efficiency, clean energy alternatives to fossil fuels — as demonstrated by the science.

Washington, D.C. — As a growing group of environmental leaders call on Walmart to stop greenwashing and commit to real sustainability, a new study finds that Walmart is one of the nation's largest users of coal - fired electricity, and that its heavy reliance on dirty power pumps nearly 8 million metric tons of carbon pollution into the air each year.