Sentences with phrase «over alternative climate»

Not Shi - Ling Hsu, who builds an accessible, well - informed, and undeniably persuasive case for the superiority of carbon taxes over alternative climate change policy instruments.

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They have also fought to win over a new breed of backer: conservatives skeptical of climate change but interested in supporting homegrown energy alternatives that increase national security, boost competition, and create well - paying blue collar jobs.

Apart from the discussion over the necessity to find alternative fora to deal with climate change, another issue to be increasingly debated is the necessity to find a new approach to manage the overall negotiating process.

He calls on Congress to take 5 % to 10 % of the funds that the United States gives to IPCC (which have averaged about $ 3 million annually over the last decade) and dedicate it to «a group of well - credentialed scientists to produce an assessment that expresses legitimate, alternative hypotheses that have been (in their view) marginalized, misrepresented or ignored in previous IPCC reports (and thus EPA and National Climate Assessments).

Over the past twenty years, educators have developed a wide variety of approaches and programs that come under the umbrella of SEL including: character education, conflict resolution and peer mediation, restorative justice and other alternatives to punitive discipline / suspension, bullying prevention, school climate work and more.

Many of the youth in the room were leaders who were instrumental in LAUSD's passing the Student Climate Bill of Rights, which favors alternatives that promote positive behavior over punitive school discipline policies.

The last major alternative is restorative justice, the kind of climate - based improvement program that Matthew Hornbeck has been building in his school over the past nine years.

Carefully selected with a outstanding level of factory options and offered in Granite with Diamond quilted Linen main hide, Beluga secondary hide and Diamond quilted hide door and side inserts this car benefits from factory options including Mulliner specification with alternative wheel 21 inch ten spoke propellor alloys, Comfort specification, Contrast stitching, Hand stitching to steering wheel in contrasting colour, Privacy glass to rear screen and rear windows, Storage case to centre console, Deep pile over mats to front and rear, Heated 3 spoke hide trimmed steering wheel, Refrigerated bottle cooler with Champagne or non alcoholic flutes, Veneered picnic tables with vanity mirrors, Adaptive cruise control, Climate boost for rear seats, Digital TV tuner, Multi media specification Rear seat entertainment and connectivity specification, Large glass sunroof, Rear view camera, Drilled alloy sport foot pedals, Knurled sports gear lever, Remote controlled garage door electronic gate opener, Convenience specification, Ventialted and haeted front and rear seats with massage function, Embroidered Bentley emblems, Recent service by a Bentley main agent only 7000 miles.

Especially as the hybrid model doesn't have access to those items as standard, despite costing $ 63,635, but at least the hybrid's standard - fit dual - zone climate control is welcome - though, as other hybrid alternatives from rival car makers are available for substantially less money, we wouldn't advise you go for the Lexus over its main competitors.

In the US, hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets and marched for climate solutions and over 70 percent of the population wants the US to «emphasize the development of alternative energy such as wind and solar power.»

The greatest economic uncertainty is not over climate, but over how much oil is left and how fast we can transition to alternatives.

Now installed in over 6,500 stores worldwide, transcritical CO2 supermarket refrigeration systems are quickly gaining market share as the climate - friendly alternative of choice for the commercial refrigeration industry.

In America, hundreds of thousands have taken to the streets and marched to demand climate action and, as of March 2017, over 70 percent of the American population wants the US to «emphasize the development of alternative energy such as wind and solar power.»

For too long, oil companies have reaped massive profits through a monopoly over our transportation options, leaving people with few alternatives to fossil fuels — fuels which are by far Washington's largest source of climate and air pollution.

So if the current temperature stays at 1.2 C over the next 40 years, either sensitivity will get reduced in half or scientists will treat the climate as stable and move on to different topics, such as looking for alternatives to non-renewable fuels.

The clash between Neste and Greenpeace highlights one of the key ideological debates over climate change: Business and politicians believe that a «technological» fix such as alternative fuels can solve the problem and also generate profits; many environmental groups believe the real solution to global warming lies in reducing consumption.

Although Pennsylvania voters agree that climate change is causing problems now — and 69 % want the state to prioritize renewable energy over fossil fuels to drive down greenhouse gas emission — legislators haven't updated the state's woefully outdated Alternative Energy Portfolio Standard for fourteen years.

But the alternative, attempting to win over CWM by soft - pedaling climate, doesn't exactly have a record of success either.

It is simply that there is not any REAL reason to worry a over non-existent, non-actual, non-possible «GREENHOUSE effect» induced «climate change», as is the «short answer»... and with the additional «appendix» that those «alternate» sources (so often mentioned) of «electricity generation» also only work «in opinion» and do NOT present REAL alternatives to Gas and Coal (as of NOW).

Because she believes the climate debate is over, she advises those with alternative points - of - view that they shouldn't «bother to comment.»

Now, in terms of conservation and a global switch over to alternative fuels, the people who oppose doing this for climate change mitigation are forgetting something rather important.

It would have paid to have at Katters climate and environment position before writing this: http://www.kattersaustralianparty.com.au/policies/climate-and-environment.html If you read this you'll prefer KAP over the alternative.

This is just the latest peer - reviewed study finding methane leakage rates well below the threshold for natural gas to maintain its climate benefits over other traditional fuel alternatives.

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Skeptics have highlighted the climate effects of the PDO for over a decade but CO2 advocates dismissed this alternative climate viewpoint.

Localities have authority over the built environment (e.g. through zoning and building codes); they can implement smart growth initiatives and increase public transportation alternatives; they act as first responders for climate impacts; they deploy green infrastructure such as increasing land for open space and parks; and they drive green economies by offering tax relief and other incentives.

However, climate - friendly alternative refrigerants and technologies are available, which means that HFCs can be phased out over time.

If fossil fuels were made to pay their costs to society, costs of pollution and climate change, carbon - free alternatives might supplant fossil fuels over a period of decades.

«The International Energy Agency projects that, unless societies begin building alternatives to carbon - emitting energy technologies over the next five years, the world is doomed to a warmer climate, harsher weather, droughts, famine, water scarcity, rising sea levels, loss of island nations, and increasing ocean acidification.

The hearings were presided over by three judges: Brett Fleishman, senior finance campaigner for 350.org; Aurélie Trouvé the co-president of the french branch of «Attac», an international movement working towards social, environmental and democratic alternatives, and Marie Toussaint President of «Notre affaire à tous» an organisation that specialises in using law as an advocacy tool to protect the environment and the climate.

And given the current stalemate over climate change discussions, it may be the only realistic alternative to achieve large - scale emission reductions in the short - term.

Advocacy: Led by Richard Schorske of the Marin Climate and Energy Partnership this working group will lead an effort this spring to invest over $ 100M in available state funds annually for alternative vehicles in electric vehicles and not only biofuels.

In the latter case, the alternative relative SST measure in the lower panel does not change very much over the 21st century, even with substantial Atlantic warming projections from climate models, because, crucially, the warming projected for the tropical Atlantic in the models is not very different from that projected for the tropics as a whole.

But last week, over 60 international civil society groups at Cochabamba's alternative climate summit lent their collective voices in a grassroots campaign to unanimously oppose geoengineering and are urging the public to join with Hands Off Mother Earth (H.O.M.E.) by «lending a hand» in their photo petition.With support from environmental and social justice luminaries like David Suzuki, Vandana Shiva, Maude Barlow, Naomi Klein, Herman Daly and Frances Moore - Lappé, the petition hopes to raise more public awareness about the issue prior to the next climate change convention slated for December.

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