Sentences with phrase «on emissions of greenhouse gases»

The administration's plan, the centerpiece of a 700 - page legislative package, proposes strict limits on emissions of greenhouse gases, such as carbon dioxide.

Putting a price on the emission of greenhouse gases will stimulate that private - sector involvement even more.

In Berlin, the world's two largest reinsurance companies, Munichre of Germany and Swiss Re-insurance will be advocating tougher restrictions on emissions of greenhouse gases.

In his book, Lomborg proposes that a modest carbon tax could pay for all of this work at a fraction the cost of a cap on emissions of greenhouse gases, the approach pursued by Europe under the Kyoto Protocol (and rejected in the United States).

Focus on Super Polluters: Writing in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, an international team led by Princeton researchers proposes a new architecture for calculating who should do what on emissions of greenhouse gases.

«The ultimate solution to greenhouse gases is unlikely to be either top down or bottom up but a reinforcing coordination of both,» he said, describing efforts to improve the ailing climate treaty, enact state and federal policies and regulations on emissions of greenhouse gases and other activities as meaningful steps, even in the face of growing emissions from China and India.

Gary Yohe, an environmental economist at Wesleyan University, is one of a large group of veteran students of the climate - energy challenge who say the persistent uncertainties surrounding human - driven warming are the reason to act, to act promptly, and to include a rising price on emissions of greenhouse gases in any policy mix.

Ms. Williams and Mr. Zabel say that global warming requires an urgent response, but assert that cap and trade, in which the government sets a declining ceiling on emissions of greenhouse gases and then allows companies to trade permits to meet it, can be easily gamed by industry and fail to reduce global warming pollution.

George C. Marshall Institute (5/3/13) reports: «The year 2013 will see a major political debate over proposals for a carbon tax — a tax on emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs), particularly carbon -LSB-...]

State of Illinois Senate Bill SJR0027 (pdf) June 2007 This bill resolves that all new state buildings and major renovations in Illinois shall meet The 2030 Challenge targets and specified limits on the emission of greenhouse gases by 2030.

«Switching from incandescent bulbs to Earthmate CFLs can have a significant impact on the emission of greenhouse gases,» he explains.

Chairman Henry A. Waxman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Chairman Edward J. Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Tuesday released a draft of far - reaching energy and climate legislation that targets job creation, promotes renewables and energy efficiency, and places limits on emissions of greenhouse gases.

This week, Hertsgaard took his «Generation Hot» campaign to Washington to confront lawmakers fighting restrictions on emissions of greenhouse gases.

OTTAWA (Reuters)- Canada will ban the sale of inefficient incandescent light bulbs by 2012 as part of a plan to cut down on emissions of greenhouse gases, Natural Resources Minister Gary Lunn said on Wednesday.

Chairman Henry A. Waxman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Chairman Edward J. Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Tuesday released a draft of far - reaching energy and climate legislation that targets job creation, promotes renewables and energy efficiency, and places limits on emissions of greenhouse gases.

On the need to focus on climate change impacts and adopt a «emissions budget» policy of quantifiable limits on emissions of greenhouse gases:

The week started with an effort by Senator John McCain, Republican of Arizona, and Senator Joseph I. Lieberman, Democrat of Connecticut, to force a vote on their proposed bill requiring eventual limits on emissions of greenhouse gases.

And new research shows that this mass movement of people — part of what is the largest internal migration in human history — is not only leading to growing income inequality between the countryside and the cities, but is also threatening China's goal of radically cutting back on its emissions of greenhouse gases.