Sentences with phrase «on carbon pollution in»

Let's put a price on carbon pollution in DC.

The proposed «Climate and Community Reinvestment Act» would place a fee on carbon pollution in the District and rebate the large majority of revenue raised back to D.C. residents.

The proposed carbon fee - and - rebate policy would place a fee on carbon pollution in the District and rebate a majority of revenue raised back to D.C. residents.

We're ready to pass a price on carbon pollution in Massachusetts and beyond, make our communities more resilient to climate change, and push for bigger and bolder action every day.

Climate XChange and CABA came together in October 2016 largely over our common goal of enacting a price on carbon pollution in Massachusetts and beyond.

Not exact matches

«We've moved forward in a partnership way right across the country and we've demonstrated that we understand that the national interest involves getting our resources responsibly to new markets but it also involves, for example, putting a price on carbon pollution right across Canada.»

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.

But there's another tool in the pan-Canadian framework on clean growth and climate change that will cut far more carbon pollution than federal carbon pricing, and you probably haven't heard of it.

«Pricing carbon pollution — and investing in solutions — sends a strong signal to Albertans and Canadians that the province is serious about delivering on its Climate Leadership Plan.

Last year, the federal government announced it would develop a policy that aims to cut more carbon pollution than any other in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, by promoting the production and use of cleaner fuels in vehicles, buildings and industry.

The Sidewalk Labs proposal in the competitive bid for the project floated all kinds of technological dreams: a thermal energy grid that would be carbon neutral, sensors that separate waste from recycling, modular buildings that convert from retail to housing, monitors that track noise and pollution, self - driving transit shuttles, shared - ride taxibots, adaptive traffic lights, delivery robots, heated bike paths and sidewalks that melt snow on their own.

Meanwhile, Canada dropped from seventh to eighth position in its ranking (France edged us out thanks in part to a proposed cap on carbon pollution).

Producing more clean energy, reducing energy waste and putting a price on carbon pollution will create sustainable jobs, diversify Alberta's economy and make the province more competitive and resilient in the future.

Share: FacebookTwitterLinkedinGoogle + emailVANCOUVER — Jeremy Moorhouse, senior analyst at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to today's announcement that the Woodfibre LNG facility will run on electricity: «Designing this facility to run on electricity will reduce on - site carbon pollution by up to 80 per cent.

VICTORIA — Dan Woynillowicz, policy director at Clean Energy Canada, made the following statement in response to the federal government's 2018 budget: «Today's budget announced support for implementing key pieces of the government's climate change and clean growth plan, including putting a price on carbon pollution and extending tax support for clean energy.

Jeremy Moorhouse, senior analyst at Clean Energy Canada, said the following in response: «The Clean Fuel Standard is one of Canada's most important climate change policies, cutting more carbon pollution than any other measure in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and...

«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.

They said the real strength of the Jacobson study — now in press at the Journal of Geophysical Research - Atmospheres — is that it relies on a new computer model of climate, air pollution and weather that accounts for several different ways black carbon influences the environment.

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.

Further steps could include pushing for more renewable energy; an aggressive cut in the use of coal and natural gas to make electricity; wider use of electric cars, biofuel, and hydrogen fuel; changes in farming practices; and putting a price on carbon pollution.

This newest threat follows on the heels of overfishing, sediment deposition, nitrate pollution in some areas, coral bleaching caused by global warming, and increasing ocean acidity caused by carbon emissions.

Although PCAST called for «very substantial mitigation,» its report declined to recommend the idea of putting a price on carbon pollution, a centerpiece of climate legislation that Congress rejected earlier in Obama's term - or the administration's pending decision on whether to permit the controversial Keystone XL oil pipeline from Canada.

But projections spelled out in a new report reviewing the issue by the Pew Center on Global Climate Change suggests that by 2050 the total amount of carbon pollution from these sources could increase tenfold, depending on population, economics, and technology trends.

Garrett says that, based on other historical records, particulate pollution seems to be following a different path than carbon dioxide, the principal suspect in global warming.

Given those prospects, and the Trump administration's likely lack of action, perhaps in the future China will cooperate with the European Union — which also has a cap - and - trade carbon market — to impose carbon tariffs on U.S. goods produced from an economy that has no constraints on such global warming pollution.

New Agreement Casts Spotlight on Efforts to Inventory Black Carbon Scientists agree that black carbon plays an important but so far poorly understood role in climate change and air pollution.

And industry leaders have focused recently on ways to impose cleaner coal technologies, including at a major conference in Delhi earlier this month featuring high - level government and industry leaders focusing on coal gasification, carbon capture and storage, upgrades and other measures to improve efficiency and reduce pollution.

Last week, at a meeting in Prague, UNCTAD called on the US, the European Union and Japan to set up a pilot pollution «exchange», to organise trade in «emissions entitlements» for carbon dioxide.

Isotope measurements that relate to geographical location, pollution and diet (strontium, nitrogen, oxygen, carbon and lead) were analysed in three locations on the skeleton of Richard III.

Early in his second term, President Obama launched an ambitious Climate Action Plan focused on cutting carbon pollution, preparing the nation for climate impacts, and leading on the international stage to bring nations large and small to the table to pledge to act on climate change.

Indeed, the rehabilitation of our water bodies can not happen with a denial of science that portrays the toll of global warming on our oceans due to excessive carbon dioxide emissions and human folly in overexploitation, unregulated and destructive fishing, marine pollution and habitat destruction.

On the non-governmental side, the Sustainable Cities Program at Energy Foundation China focuses on reducing carbon emissions and air pollution in urban areas with an emphasis on sustainable urbanization and transit systemOn the non-governmental side, the Sustainable Cities Program at Energy Foundation China focuses on reducing carbon emissions and air pollution in urban areas with an emphasis on sustainable urbanization and transit systemon reducing carbon emissions and air pollution in urban areas with an emphasis on sustainable urbanization and transit systemon sustainable urbanization and transit systems.

The underlying motivation varies from buyer to buyer and usually involves one or more of these objectives: diminishing the demand for foreign oil, potentially releasing less pollution and carbon, saving money on cost per mile, driving solo in carpool lanes and / or irritating friends and strangers with an air of superiority.

An intelligent and fast - acting program for moving toward the best energy sources will have to involve equitable costs for carbon emissions and fair limits on greenhouse gas emissions; a level economic and legal playing field for all energy sources, purveyors, and users; and an open marketplace in which pollution level, safety, siting, and price will select the mix of sources.

[21] In Mr. Bush's case, a campaign pledge to require limits on carbon dioxide pollution from power plants was abandoned just two months into his first term.

While global concentrations are far below that, in local areas of high carbon pollution or poor air circulation (e.g. indoors, or on a highway), it's not hard to reach already.

Building on efforts underway in states and communities across the country, the President's plan cuts carbon pollution that causes climate change and threatens public health.

To build on this progress, the Obama Administration is putting in place tough new rules to cut carbon pollution — just like we have for other toxins like mercury and arsenic — so we protect the health of our children and move our economy toward American - made clean energy sources that will create good jobs and lower home energy bills.

Thinking there might be a chuckle in the video I watched it and found a very well done and informative documentary on planned obsolescence that has direct application to discussions here on how to reduce fossil carbon pollution.

This shift away from CO2 - centric emissions debates is also evident in a group blog post by analysts at the Center for American Progress, who propose a «multiple multilateralism» approach on climate that, among other things, seeks quick steps on sources of warming other than carbon dioxide — particularly sooty Arctic pollution and gases already considered under the existing ozone - protection treaty.

Early in his second term, President Obama launched an ambitious Climate Action Plan focused on cutting carbon pollution, preparing the nation for climate impacts, and leading internationally.

The ancient Chinese mask - changing dance that I saw here Tuesday night (at a dinner for participants in a meeting on science and sustainable development) came to mind in considering the unraveling of news a few hours earlier of an official Chinese plan for a firm cap on emissions of carbon dioxide, hard on the heels of President Obama's proposed carbon pollution rules for existing American power plants.

This ambitious target is grounded in intensive analysis of cost - effective carbon pollution reductions achievable under existing law and will keep the United States on the right trajectory to achieve deep economy - wide reductions on the order of 80 percent by 2050.

O'Rourke always hated the bike (in print, at least), and now that it's becoming more of a needed transportation mainstay on crowded American city streets, reducing pollution and carbon dioxide emissions and improving health, O'Rourke is airing his feelings once again.

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.

Along with a boosted catch, a second hoped - for payoff was the sale of carbon credits on international markets aimed at offsetting greenhouse gas pollution by financing projects that absorb heat - trapping carbon dioxide — typically by planting trees but in this case through spurring plankton growth.

Climate change, rising atmospheric carbon dioxide, excess nutrient inputs, and pollution in its many forms are fundamentally altering the chemistry of the ocean, often on a global scale and, in some cases, at rates greatly exceeding those in the historical and recent geological record.

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

We call on Congress and the administration to enact strong, comprehensive climate and energy legislation to reduce carbon pollution and lead the world in clean energy technology.

Underscoring that maintaining carbon - intensive modes of production established in 19th - century Europe will incur enormous social and economic cost in the medium and long term, whereas shifting to a carbon - neutral future based on green technology and low - carbon energy creates wealth, jobs, new economic opportunities and local cobenefits in terms of health and reduced pollution,