Sentences with phrase «out of fossil fuels»

(2) We're going to be running out of fossil fuels anyway in the next few centuries; without alternatives, global economic prosperity will be endangered much sooner than that.
As the report explains, a full - scale phase out of fossil fuels needs to be well underway within the next 15 years.
The guides and information in this section will help you take your money out of the fossil fuel industry.
Hundreds of institutions around the world are committing to move their money out of the fossil fuel industry.
The charity has contacted more than 25,000 CEOs of the big four high street banks asking them to move their investments out of fossil fuels.
We're not going to run out of fossil fuels before we find a better, cleaner technology and gradually make the transition to it.
Nor will we run out of fossil fuels for feeding generating plants anytime soon.
Basically, they want to make something useful and beneficial out of fossil fuel emissions, so that those emissions stay out of the atmosphere.
Hey, we are rapidly running out of fossil fuels anyway, we know they wont last....
It is time for a managed decline and a just transition out of all fossil fuels.
«Ultimately, if I'm making my plastic out of fossil fuels, [that means] I'm changing carbon from the ground into the atmosphere,» he says.
Now that the foundation is laid for a way out of fossil fuels and a massive reduction of greenhouse gas emissions, climate scientists and stakeholders call for action.
Also, if we are running out of fossil fuels anytime soon, we should know what the consequences are, don't you think?
Imagine if we ran out of fossil fuels tomorrow, what would we do?
They announced their decision to move its entire investment portfolio out of the fossil fuel industry over the next three years.
This isn't the same as a phase - out of fossil fuels entirely.
An international coalition of Catholic institutions have pledged to take their money out of fossil fuels.
From a personal perspective, that means finding out what you are invested in, and considering getting out of fossil fuels.
First they told us that we would soon run out of fossil fuels.
They support the phasing out of fossil fuel subsidies in the «medium term» and pledge a huge boost to renewable energy, including through a new $ 2 billion «Low Carbon Economy Trust» to fund clean energy projects.
As was reported by Karl Mathiesen in The Guardian, 2014/07/30, «dozens of cities, institutions and investors are taking their money out of fossil fuel companies after the launch of the divestment campaign in the US around 18 months ago.»
Our call is for a strong, guiding long - term goal (such as an early net zero emissions goal or the phasing out of fossil fuels as set out by the G7).
If we truly move out of fossil fuel fast and furiously, demand for substitutes — for instance forests as a fuel source — could place tremendous new pressures on our planet if not managed well.
If you don the air capture true believer togs, then air capture makes even less sense because you could do better with less by picking off all the CO2 coming out of fossil fuel power plants and other fixed installations which, by itself would go a huge way, if not all the way to solving the problem.
Third, governments worldwide forged an historic climate agreement in Paris that will drive the global phase - out of fossil fuel generation over decades — and increase the demand for the technologies that can replace it.
Rush's premise is interesting because while he doesn't believe the natural world is running out of fossil fuel etc (limitation) he is very scared of limited wealth.
«In the end, two degrees means the phase out of fossil fuels without CCS entirely in the next few decades.»
Low fuel prices have some buyers eyeing bigger cars and trucks, but savvy owners know plentiful gas isn't forever and many parts of the world will tax the heck out of fossil fuels out of concerns over global warming.
Well - respected people like Martin Holladay of Green Building Advisor have dismissed my edible building proposition but the more time I spend on this subject, the more convinced I become that we have to stop building out of the fossil fuels which are needed to make cement, to fire bricks, to make plastics and many types of insulation and that we have to substitute cellulose from trees whenever it is possible.
-- Implementing a partial phase - out of fossil fuel consumption subsidies accounts for 12 % of the reduction in emissions and supports efficiency efforts.
More than 50 pension funds globally have now made divestment commitments, moving millions out of the fossil fuel industry.
«A big - money Catholic group just said it's yanking all of its cash out of fossil fuels» — that was the headline of an early October 2017 CNBC News headline, referring to the Global Catholic Climate Movement organization (GCCM).
Professor Kevin Anderson, Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research and the Teesside University said: «If the EU is to transform its energy system to align with the Paris temperature and equity commitments, it can not continue with business as usual and must instead initiate a rapid phase out of all fossil fuels including natural gas.
We can not continue to expand this industry, and must move towards the phasing out of all fossil fuel energy.
As the carbon bubble analysis makes very painfully clear, we won't run out of fossil fuels until long after we destroy the stability of the climate system within which our civilization evolved.
The forthcoming EU budget post-2020 must serve higher climate ambition both in Europe and worldwide, catalyzing the zero - carbon transition of our societies, including the phasing out of fossil fuels towards 100 % renewables and fully energy efficient economies.
Audrey Zibelman, Cuomo's chairman of the New York Public Service Commission, in a written statement said the lawsuit is «frivolous» and is «right out of the fossil fuel industry's playbook to deny and thwart actions to combat climate change.»
How can countries more explicitly address the phasing out of fossil fuel production within the current architecture of the Paris Agreement?
But I don't see how it will produce steep reductions in GHG emissions within 5 - 10 years, and a nearly complete phase - out of fossil fuel use within 10 - 20 years at most, which is what is needed to avoid catastrophic warming, if indeed it is not already too late to do so.
In 2009 G20 leaders committed to a complete phase out of all fossil fuel subsidies over the medium term and Justin Trudeau, while on the campaign trail, made an election promise to fulfill that commitment.
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