Sentences with phrase «other fossil fuels»

The combustion of coal, however, adds a significant amount of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere per unit of heat energy, more than does the combustion of other fossil fuels.

Of course oil producers and other fossil fuel interests do not want to help the state transition away from their products and the harm they cause.

Small - scale gold production and residential heating from other fossil fuels are other major sources.

That was when people started burning massive amounts of coal and other fossil fuels for power.

Republican millennials — people roughly ages 22 to 37 — are far less likely than older generations to support the use of coal, oil and other fossil fuel sources.

The emissions from coal and other fossil fuel plants cause environmental concerns.

As with other fossil fuels, our reliance on oil is fueling climate change, polluting priceless landscapes, and costing billions of dollars.

True, and a carbon tax would give natural gas an even greater competitive advantage over other fossil fuels.

The burning of coal, oil, and other fossil fuels produces carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases that are responsible for man - made global warming.

Burning gas emits less carbon dioxide than burning other fossil fuels.

But, despite any challenges for natural gas, it remains a more sustainable option than at least one other fossil fuel when it comes to climate change.

Your conclusion that we must stop using coal and other fossil fuels needs to get the «possibility» test.

Coal and other fossil fuel executives are trying the same tired old profit - driven strategy while my generation will be the ones who have to deal with their greed.

Furthermore, this gas is cheaper than imported energy and will bring down the cost of other fossil fuels.

Those who fly or drive, or use coal or natural gas or other fossil fuels for electricity and heating, are incurring a cost, but not paying the cost.

That doesn't mean the Asian giant is done entirely with other fossil fuels, though.

Through her advocacy against new pipelines in Virginia and campaign for fossil fuel divestment, she has become increasingly concerned with the influence of Dominion Power and other fossil fuels companies on her state government and her school.

Are you willing to accept and own the alternative possibility of importing fracked natural gas and a greater reliance on other fossil fuels?

Though not a formal recommendation, three - quarters of the committee members supported the university divesting from coal and tar sand companies but not from other fossil fuel industry members.

Activists are also fighting Rover and other fossil fuel infrastructure projects on climate change grounds because the new installations can have a lifespan of 50 years or more, locking in new carbon emissions over the long term.

Business representatives attending the conference said this was an important signal that investments in green technology would be a safe bet, and anyone with investments in coal, in particular, and other fossil fuels in general would be sensible to get their money out as quickly as possible.

A new study, commissioned by Friends of the Earth Europe from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and the Teesside University, shows that EU countries can afford just nine more years of burning gas and other fossil fuels at the current rate before they will have exhausted their share of the earth's remaining carbon budget for maximum temperature rises of 2 °C.

This also raises questions about what other fossil fuel projects Ex-Im is considering financing.

Compressed natural gas is beneficial because it contains less carbon than other fossil fuels used for transportation.

The degree of air pollution in China exceeded that in most of the world, yet assessments of total health effects must also include other fossil fuel caused air and water pollutants, as discussed in the following section on ecology and the environment.

AGW denialism has been manufactured by a generation - long campaign of deliberate deceit, funded by ExxonMobil and Koch Industries and other fossil fuel corporations that collectively rake in one billion dollars per day in profit from the ongoing business - as - usual consumption of their destructive products.

Black soot, mercury and other fossil fuel emissions will decline.

ExxonMobil and other fossil fuel giants are taking legal action against such local governments, seeking to undermine a key part of their finances — their relationship with lenders.

The financial think - tank says the fate of US coal should serve as a warning to investors in other fossil fuel markets worldwide who fail to prudently read a structural shift away from hydrocarbons and blindly continue to invest in assets that are in increasingly in danger of becoming stranded.

For natural gas and other fossil fuel power plants, the cost of fuel may be passed onto the consumer, lowering the risk associated with the initial investment (though increasing the risk of erratic electric bills).

The reports have been released in partnership with industry - funded state think tanks with ties to the Koch brothers and other fossil fuel special interest groups, and pitched to advance the agenda of model legislation from the fossil fuel - funded American Legislative Exchange Council (ALEC).

The investments are part of a wider dash for gas among the biggest energy companies, as the industry bets that the clean characteristics of gas compared with oil and coal will allow it to keep growing as other fossil fuels decline.

One suspects that the problem wasn't estimating future costs but having the political will to impose an appropriate charge in a climate in which CO2 and other fossil fuel pollutants were uncosted.

What about other fossil fuel - powered vehicles and tools you can purchase like motorcycles, scooters or lawnmowers, etc..?

The degree of air pollution in China exceeded that in most of the world, yet assessments of total health effects must also include other fossil fuel caused air and water pollutants, as discussed in the following section on ecology and the environment.

As ships emit more particulate matter and black carbon per unit of fuel consumed than other fossil fuel combustion sources due to the quality of fuel used, it introduces measurement and data availability, in order to provide abatement options.

That's not so far - fetched, as oil and other fossil fuels derive from ancient biomass.

Why It Matters: Power plants that burn coal and other fossil fuels emit more than 40 percent of the nation's carbon dioxide.

One opportunity was unmentioned in Kerry's speech and this post: the chance for the United States to help India develop its shale gas, an energy source that India is keen on tapping and that is cleaner than other fossil fuel choices.

The suggested resolutions, which still must be cleared by the Securities and Exchange Commission, are part of a 25 - year campaign by corporate responsibility advocates to get Exxon and other fossil fuel producers to limit emissions of harmful greenhouse gases.

House Democrats also announced they are planning a broader probe into other fossil fuel companies and their climate research.

Another frequently mentioned option is for Attorney General Eric Schneiderman of New York to invoke the state's powerful stock - fraud statute, the Martin Act, as the state has done in recent years to force other fossil fuel companies to disclose more about the financial risks they face from climate change.