Sentences with phrase «on carbon pollution through»

Shortly after he took office, the White House seemed inconvenienced when House Speaker Nancy Pelosi made climate change a top priority, moving swiftly to push a cap on carbon pollution through the House.

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At 7 p.m. People of Albany United for Safe Energy sponsors a forum on putting a price on climate change through a carbon tax or fee to make polluters pay for the air pollution they emit, First Unitarian Universalist Church, 405 Washington Ave., Albany.

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.

First is regulation that could strand assets in several ways: direct regulation on carbon led by authorities at the local, national, regional, or global level; indirect regulation through increased pollution controls, constraints on water usage, or policies targeting health concerns; and mandates on renewable energy adoption and efficiency standards.

Anxious to safeguard Virginia's heritage of carbon pollution against the twin threats of clean energy and a more stable climate, the Republican leadership rammed through HB 2 and SB 21 on party - line votes.

Regrettably, the lawmakers missed out on an opportunity to strengthen the polluter pays principle through a carbon border tax on cement imports and an end to free pollution permits...

«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.

Those successes include the monumental task of eradicating invasive species, establishing a «backup» population of Laysan Teal, a critically endangered species of duck, bringing the threatened Short - Tailed Albatross back to the island through years of playing sound recordings and setting up decoys and conducting scientific research from monitoring carbon dioxide levels in a a world - wide study to analyzing marine debris washed up on the beaches to understand marine pollution.