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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.

Not exact matches

NDP environment critic Peter Tabuns welcomed the import of more clean power from Quebec, but said the impact on consumers» electricity bills and the actual reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from the agreement will be minuscule.

Trump's stance on the environment contradicts thousands of scientists and decades of research, which has linked many observable changes in climate, including rising air and ocean temperatures, shrinking glaciers, and widespread melting of snow and ice, to an increase in greenhouse gas emissions from human activities.

«There's a question of whether going along with the approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline will make LNG development in B.C. more challenging by angering First Nations so adamantly opposed to the oil sands pipeline,» said George Hoberg, a professor at the University of British Columbia's school of forestry and founder of UBCC350, a group pressing for action on greenhouse gas emissions.

«The study says it will be very hard to make a biofuel that has a better greenhouse gas impact than gasoline using corn residue,» which puts it in the same boat as corn - based ethanol, said David Tilman, a professor at the University of Minnesota who has done research on biofuels» emissions from the farm to the tailpipe.

China continues to lead in the ranking of the world's top 40 renewable energy markets, despite its continuing high greenhouse gas emissions and dependence on coal.

«The reality is that those who are risking arrest have a much broader interest: the survival of humanity on Earth in the face of rapidly rising greenhouse gas emissions.»

A lovely counterpoint to last week in Canadian politics on greenhouse gas emission reductions, Kyoto and Minister Baird: Norway Plans to Go «Carbon Neutral» April 20, 2007 â $» Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg on Thursday proposed to make Norway the first «carbon neutral» state by 2050 and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases by 30 percent -LSB-...]

As the Climate Science Special Report states, the magnitude of future climate change depends significantly on «remaining uncertainty in the sensitivity of Earth's climate to [greenhouse gas] emissions,»» White House spokesperson Raj Shah said Friday in a statement.

Probably the most discussed aspect of the NGP Report (see this excellent discussion on CBC's The 180 beginning at around the seven minute mark) is the JRP's treatment (or lack thereof) of «upstream» greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs), and specifically the apparent asymmetry between the JRP's decision to consider the need to open markets for projected increases in oil production — the vast majority of which would uncontrovertibly be from the oil sands — but not the GHGs associated with this projected growth.

In 2014, Unilever issued a «green bond,» offering clarity and transparency around the use of proceeds, including a set of clearly defined criteria on greenhouse gas emissions, water use and waste disposal for the projects funded.

They do not emit tailpipe pollutants, giving a large reduction of local air pollution, and, can give a significant reduction in total greenhouse gas and other emissions (dependent on the method used for electricity generation).

In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of citieIn environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of citiein the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of citiein the vicinity of cities.

And, of course, those commitments and associated domestic measures are just Canada's means to achieve the ends of contributing to reducing global greenhouse gas emissions to a level that avoids the dangerous climate change, the shared goal set out in the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change and reiterated in the Paris Agreement.

Systematic national programs of these sorts would lead to a steady and substantial decline in the emission of greenhouse gases and greatly increase our ability to lead the family of nations into international agreements on the environment.

The LCA examined the effects of a 1 kilogram industry - average corrugated product manufactured in 2014 on seven environmental impact indicators: global warming potential (greenhouse gas emissions), eutrophication, acidification, smog, ozone depletion, respiratory effects, fossil fuel depletion; and four inventory indicators: water use, water consumption, renewable energy demand, and non-renewable energy demand.

We've been working with the Carbon Trust since 2014; last year (2017) they carried out a limited assurance engagement on selected GHG emissions data (table below) in accordance with ISO 14064 - 3:2006, «Specification with guidance for the validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions».

This graphic depicts the carbon intensity of shipping wine from various global wine regions to key U.S. cities and bases its data on a seriously flawed, two - year - old working paper that is filled with untested assumptions, has not been peer reviewed, and does not accurately reflect the complexities of greenhouse gas emissions in the wine sector.

Manure monofermentation contributes to the reduction of the emission of greenhouse gases in two ways, being by reducing the methane volume on the one hand and by generating green energy on the other,» ter Avest said.

The marginal impact that years of climate negotiations have made on the pace and direction of global greenhouse gas emissions finds its roots, at least in part, in the successes of the ozone negotiations.

A climate - change report being released on Wednesday by the mainline Democratic conference in the Senate calls for a 100 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by the middle part of this century.

If global corporations are allowed to turn our state into a sacrifice zone, reap massive short - term profits, and significantly add to greenhouse gas emissions, the true costs of drilling in terms of environmental impacts, quality of life, and long - term cleanup costs would be passed on to state residents.

Russell supports a 70 percent cut in the military budget; legalization of marijuana; a «single payer,» government - run health care system; campaign finance reform; and tough curbs on greenhouse gas emissions.

ALBANY, NY (01/06/2011)(readMedia)-- Governor Andrew M. Cuomo today announced $ 3.2 million in available grants through the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) to help farmers across the state reduce their energy use, save on operating costs, and cut greenhouse gas emissions through more efficient use of energy.

Shelley also believes that climate change denial is a hurting our future and supported Climate and Community Protection Act, a bill that would help put New York on track to minimize the adverse impacts of climate change through a reduction in statewide greenhouse gas emissions and improve the resiliency of the state with respect to the impacts and risks of climate change.

In his email, Martens mentions everything from lowering the cap on greenhouse gas emissions and securing funding for long - neglected flood control structures and coastal erosion projects to banning the sale and importation of elephant and rhinoceros ivory and undertaking «one of the largest additions to the forest preserve in the state's history.&raquIn his email, Martens mentions everything from lowering the cap on greenhouse gas emissions and securing funding for long - neglected flood control structures and coastal erosion projects to banning the sale and importation of elephant and rhinoceros ivory and undertaking «one of the largest additions to the forest preserve in the state's history.&raquin the state's history.»

Environmental groups were at the Capitol Tuesday calling on Gov. Andrew Cuomo to put renewable energy ahead of fossil fuels in his effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by 2050.

She also collaborated with the Department of State on a program that offered mini-grants to encourage mini-grid projects that would deliver electricity to un-served and under - served people in India while also reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

AAAS Submits Comments and the AAAS Board Statement on Climate Change in Response to the EPA's Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking for Regulating Greenhouse Gas Emissions Under the Clean Air Act.

«This Agreement, in enhancing the implementation of the [2015 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change], including its objective, aims to strengthen the global response to the threat of climate change, in the context of sustainable development and efforts to eradicate poverty, including by: (a) Holding the increase in the global average temperature to well below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and pursuing efforts to limit the temperature increase to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, recognizing that this would significantly reduce the risks and impacts of climate change; (b) Increasing the ability to adapt to the adverse impacts of climate change and foster climate resilience and low greenhouse gas emissions development, in a manner that does not threaten food production; and (c) Making finance flows consistent with a pathway towards low greenhouse gas emissions and climate - resilient development.

Tebaldi and co-author Pierre Friedlingstein, of the University of Exeter, analyzed when scientists would be able to detect the difference between a scenario known as RCP 2.6, where greenhouse gas emissions are curbed quickly, versus two other scenarios outlined in the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change reports.

When we mitigate greenhouse - gas emissions, we also create huge co-benefits in the nature of energy security, because if we continue to increase our consumption of fossil fuels, we're really going to put pressure on limited resources of these fossil fuels.

Now it's likely that President Obama's final years in office will be spent in part defending his plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions at power plants by one - third while addressing Republican priorities on conventional energy, like construction of the Keystone XL oil pipeline, in a legislature united under the GOP banner.

While rich countries cut back on their emissions during the recent recession, China and India sailed through with no pause in their output of greenhouse gases.

These failings take a special toll on the challenges of sustainable development because there is no quick fix, for example, for the challenge of large - scale reductions in greenhouse gas emissions.

So companies in the developed world have an annual limit on the level of greenhouse gas emissions they can produce, and if they exceed their cap, they can purchase credits generated by the emission reduction projects or low - carbon technologies in developing countries.

«As a result, these changes in oceanic conditions are not inevitable, but instead depend on the immediate actions of all countries to materialize their commitment to limit greenhouse gas emissions as is being discussed in COP23 in Bonn, Germany, this week.»

In that regard, I introduced the first Cap and Dividend legislation in the United States Congress, which would have put a price on greenhouse gas emissions and rebated the proceeds to consumers in the form of a Healthy Climate DividenIn that regard, I introduced the first Cap and Dividend legislation in the United States Congress, which would have put a price on greenhouse gas emissions and rebated the proceeds to consumers in the form of a Healthy Climate Dividenin the United States Congress, which would have put a price on greenhouse gas emissions and rebated the proceeds to consumers in the form of a Healthy Climate Dividenin the form of a Healthy Climate Dividend.

This increased reliance on nuclear power was set to play a big part in the country's rollback of greenhouse gas emissions.

Hundreds of global warming skeptics are in Washington to hear attacks on mainstream climate science and responses to it, like renewable energy programs and federal initiatives to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

About 80 percent of the 23 climate models used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change predict some degree of drought in the Amazon if greenhouse gas emissions keep climbing, he said.

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Department of Transportation (DoT) released rules that set limits on the amount of greenhouse gas emissions allowed and accelerate an increase in overall fuel efficiency to 14.5 kilometers per liter (34.1 miles per gallon) by 2016.

How critical is this transformation of the grid to getting the amount of renewables we need to be on track to make significant cuts in greenhouse gas emissions, the kind of cuts that we need to forestall or minimize global climate change?

The federal government should begin a major effort to measure greenhouse gas emissions tied to the nation's booming natural gas industry, a Department of Energy advisory panel said today in a series of proposals on air and water quality issues.

Policymakers and the energy industry have been looking to natural gas in recent years as a more climate friendly fuel with half the greenhouse gas emissions of coal, but EPA research is casting doubt on that plan

What would it mean to apply in our daily lives, just for argument, the kind of reductions called for in the Kyoto Protocol on greenhouse - gas emissions?

And it is also clear — even to the negotiators who also agreed to be «informed» by the science expected from the International Government Panel on Climate Change's next assessment report in 2013 — that neither the «Durban Platform for Enhanced Action» nor the extended Kyoto Protocol are equal to the task of restraining ever - rising greenhouse gas emissions.

Although there was disagreement on exactly what should be done, there appeared to be a consensus that action should be taken to avert a 2 - degree Celsius (3.6 - degree Fahrenheit) rise in average global temperatures and to cut emissions of greenhouse gases in half by 2050.

Holt said that climate change was selected as the inaugural training topic, under the Leshner Leadership Institute, because «the problem is both pressing and timely» - coinciding this year with the United Nations Climate Change Conference set to take place in Paris; the 50th anniversary of the first climate - change statement by the President's Council of Advisors on Science and Technology; and President Barack Obama's proposal to cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Estimates of China's greenhouse gas emissions are based in large part on official Chinese reports on the amount of coal it burns — data that China's government routinely revises over time, affecting scientists» estimates of the country's greenhouse gas emissions.