Sentences with phrase «over fossil fuels»

Bringing evidence and systems thinking to the debate over fossil fuel production, the renewable energy transition, and the role of energy in modern life.

I support renewable energy over fossil fuels, and cal for an end to the inequitable subsidies that continue to be poured into the mining industry at the expense of cleaner technologies and good, intelligent energy innovation.

It's a model (so it ai nt the truth) but it a nice one to illustrate the point you make about emerging systems of influence that are rapidly taking over the fossil fuel industry.

However, a majority of Americans say they would prefer a focus on alternative energy sources over fossil fuel development.

King said green energy already had advantages over fossil fuel power in cutting deadly air pollution and reducing the carbon emissions that drive global warming.

(Santorum argued that his public embrace of the radical conspiracy theory that the world's scientific community has concocted the greenhouse effect to enable socialists to take over the fossil fuel industry will help him win the White House.)

We are working to balance our deep concern over fossil fuels with the Fund's longstanding mandate that our assets be invested with the goal of achieving financial returns that will maintain the purchasing power of our endowment, so that future generations will also benefit from the foundation's charitable giving.

However, the political gap over fossil fuels remains vast, with 73 % of conservative Republicans and 16 % of liberal Democrats favoring more offshore drilling; 70 % and 13 %, respectively, supporting more coal mining; and 67 % and 17 %, respectively, in favor of expanded fracking.

And that could be important in court, since it could allow people harmed by a disaster to tie their specific injuries to climate change, thus giving them standing to sue governments, agencies or companies over fossil fuel policies and practices.

The appeals court ruled amid continuing discord over fossil fuel production, despite intervention by Gov. John Hickenlooper and comprehensive state rules designed to bring harmony.

New York State has already shown that it is prepared to prioritize human health over fossil fuel extraction with its refusal in 2014 to permit high - volume fracking.

A boom in domestic natural gas production, historically low prices, and increased scrutiny over fossil fuels» carbon emissions.

With the Bakken's growth have come increased protests over fossil fuel rail traffic across the West.

Similarly, we hope you will take steps to transform our energy economy so the otherwise nearly inevitable eventual war with China over fossil fuels can be avoided.

Children and students sue Florida governor over fossil fuel energy policy that «violates their constitutional rights»

Earlier in this suit over fossil fuel funding, says the LAT, the Bush administration argued that «alleged impacts of global climate change are too remote and speculative» to be part of project reviews.

Moderate or liberal Republicans tend to be more divided than their conservative counterparts over fossil fuels.

The debate over fossil fuel divestment began three years ago, sparked by a magazine article that quickly went viral online.

While there's clearly a partisan gap between Republicans and Democrats over fossil fuel production, this poll shows that it's really the Tea Party crowd that is the primary factor widening that gap.

Further, alternatives must be cumulatively capable of scaling up to displace large amounts of fossil fuels, and they must be convenient if consumers are going to willingly opt for alternatives over fossil fuels.

As climate alarmists rend their garments over fossil fuel emissions, a group of scientists has discovered that the world's plants have somehow increased their capacity to assimilate carbon, resulting in an actual decline in the percentage of human - produced CO2 remaining in the atmosphere.

American War paints a bleak future in which the North and South are warring for a second time in US history, this time over fossil fuel use in the year 2074.

Earthjustice has just won two major victories over fossil fuels that strengthen our resolve to make 2013 the year America turns from these dirtiest of energy sources and moves towards a clean energy future — the only real solution to climate change.

«I think Republicans will have to continue to fight over fossil fuels and defend that industry in a more technical way,» said John Coequyt, international climate campaigner for the Sierra Club.

Photo credit: Lynn L. Walters / The New York Times Proponents of biofuels, which are often made from plants such as corn or sugar cane, often point to their many advantages over fossil fuels like gasoline.

He also repeated US claims that corn ethanol was «an efficient producer of energy» despite studies suggesting that it offered little or no environmental benefits over fossil fuels.

In 2019, as the Arctic sea ice melts, the Arctic nations — polarized between Russia and NATO in a «Colder War» — squabble over fossil fuel resources, as a militarily powerful China struggles to deal with the internal chaos of massive agricultural failures due to persistent drought.

Though China leads, many other countries also are building small - scale structures, as the economics of generation increasingly favor renewable sources over fossil fuels.

The detailed study, backed up by reams of archival documents, was issued by the Energy and Policy Institute, an environmental advocacy and research group that favors the use of clean energy over fossil fuels.

The use of alcohol as a fuel for internal combustion engines, either alone or in combination with other fuels, has been given much attention mostly because of its possible environmental and long - term economical advantages over fossil fuel.

The political divide over nuclear energy, a carbon - neutral technology, is less pronounced than it is over fossil fuels: 57 % of conservative Republicans support the expansion of nuclear power plants versus 38 % of liberal Democrats.

But of course, there are good reasons to favor zero - fuel - cost renewables over fossil fuels and increasingly uneconomical nuclear generation.

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.

The Trade in Services Agreement (Tisa), being negotiated in secret, could make it harder for governments to favor clean energy over fossil fuels.

EPA created the Clean Power Plan with input from millions of Americans, reflecting a reality where over 70 percent of Americans want the federal government to emphasize clean energy over fossil fuels.

Though China leads in new construction, many other countries are also building small - scale structures, as the economics of generation increasingly favor renewable sources over fossil fuels.

There is strong bipartisan agreement over expanding renewable energy sources, but deep political divides remain over fossil fuels and the effects of climate change WASHINGTON, D.C. (May 14, 2018)-- Majorities of Americans say the federal government is doing too little to protect...

The past can offer guidance over how to «aim» energy innovation to make solar, wind, nuclear, and other technologies closer to «dominant» over fossil fuels.

Finally, a new Gallup poll highlights Americans» growing enthusiasm for renewable energy: nearly three in four Americans support utilizing clean energy over fossil fuels, including 88 % of Democrats and a majority of Republicans.