Sentences with phrase «plan cuts carbon»

Building on efforts underway in states and communities across the country, the President's plan cuts carbon pollution that causes climate change and threatens public health.

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The president - elect has promised to «rescind all the job - destroying Obama executive actions, including the Climate Action Plan,» Obama's national blueprint for cutting carbon pollution.

Opinion: Wynne is wrong when she claims the Conservative carbon tax plan will cost families more than cap and trade and do less to cut emissions

While the prime minister and the premiers work to develop a national clean growth and climate action plan, some provinces have already adopted policies that are cutting carbon pollution and driving clean economic development.

Recent measures such as changes to the Canada Pension Plan, the rollback of planned cuts to Employment Insurance premiums, the introduction of carbon levies and cap - and - trade programs, and significant minimum wage hikes in Ontario and Alberta have a cumulative impact on investment returns and business competitiveness.

«A John Horgan New Democrat government will put forward a climate action plan before the next election that will have real targets to cut carbon pollution, with a commitment to meet them, and will have a plan to create many new clean technology and renewable energy jobs while protecting our existing industries from unfair competition.

VANCOUVER — While Christy Clark's government will let carbon pollution escalate for the next ten years, B.C. New Democrat leader John Horgan released today a climate action plan that will cut carbon pollution, create good jobs, and double the number of...

We need to make it clear that any politician whose plan doesn't call for cutting carbon by half» or more simply hasn't understood the situation — or has understood it and sold out.

Most of all, since this is a mass problem that will be helped only by mass action, we need to make it clear that any politician whose plan doesn't call for cutting carbon by half» or more simply hasn't understood the situation — or has understood it and sold out.

The government has laid out its long - term plans for cutting carbon emissions - but has given itself a significant get - out clause in doing so.

«Whilst the government has committed to cutting UK carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, we need to ensure the actions reflect the words, and that plans to open new coal mines or build new runways are met with mass resistance,» Susan Nash of NUS said.

At a time when the government is predicting power cuts by 2017 its plans for new capacity with carbon capture and storage are disintegrating.»

Yesterday, the Conservatives criticised the government's plans to deal with global warming, arguing that cutting carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2050, as is proposed in the new climate change bill, was not enough.

The Real Estate Board of New York is blasting a plan backed by City Hall to cut real - estate carbon emissions.

Mr Benn confirmed the government will now review plans for a 60 per cent cut in carbon emissions after environmental campaigners warned it was not sufficiently rigorous.

Clinton's Democratic primary opponent, Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders, is rolling out a plan to slow the effect of climate change, vowing to cut U.S. carbon emissions by 40 percent by 2030.

The row began when Mr Pearson, in an interview with the Guardian, said government plans to cut carbon emissions by 60 per cent by 2050 are being put under threat by low - cost airlines.

We need a serious and big picture statement from Greg Clark or even David Cameron himself on how they plan to reconcile their extraordinarily ambitious targets to cut the UK's carbon emissions with the number one priority of the British voter; a return to job - creating, income - enhancing economic growth.

The Obama plan requires existing power plants to cut carbon emissions by 32 percent from 2005 levels by the year 2030.

Cuomo's plan, released a couple of years ago, would cut the use of fossil fuels for electricity in the state in half by 2030, but does not apply those same goals to other carbon emmissions.

The United States in its plan wrote that it «does not intend» to utilize any international carbon markets to help it achieve its emissions cuts.

Governments have promised to explain as part of their INDCs why their carbon - cutting plans are «fair and ambitious.»

Opponents call Clean Power Plan «illegal» Power company Dominion, which operates three coal - fired units subject to the Clean Power Plan in West Virginia, recommended that the state develop a carbon - cutting plan that uses interstate tradPlan «illegal» Power company Dominion, which operates three coal - fired units subject to the Clean Power Plan in West Virginia, recommended that the state develop a carbon - cutting plan that uses interstate tradPlan in West Virginia, recommended that the state develop a carbon - cutting plan that uses interstate tradplan that uses interstate trading.

Among these cases is a multi-state effort to overturn the Clean Power Plan requiring states to cut carbon emissions, a centerpiece of Obama's initiatives to counter climate change.

Instead, the Administration's plans for energy conservation and using energy sources with less CO2 emission will help in the short - term, he said; down the road, a new National Climate Change Technology Initiative will help develop cutting - edge technologies such as fuel cells and carbon dioxide sequestration, Bush said.

He said there were signs of progress, such as a plan in June by U.S. President Barack Obama to achieve a goal for cutting emissions by 2020 and the start of carbon trading in China.

In a statement to ClimateWire, Senate Republican leader Mitch McConnell called the joint plan «unrealistic» and insisted that carbon cuts will sink the American economy.

In its push for cutting greenhouse gases in the Clean Power Plan, the Obama administration has leaned hard on the health argument for reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

The White House obviously accepts the science behind human - caused climate change, as was made clear again this week by its announcement of plans to cut carbon emissions from U.S.

Taxes give clear, long - term price signals that make it easier for firms to make intelligent investments that will cut carbon emissions, whereas the price volatility of cap - and - trade systems impedes wise planning.

As the nation debates possible structures for federal climate change legislation, many states are already moving forward with carbon - cutting plans of their own.

The new plan says the country will cut 22 percent no matter what the rest of the world contributes, while also cutting 51 percent of emissions from black carbon by 2030.

One of the biggest targets in Trump's sight is the Clean Power Plan, which requires power plants across the country to cut their carbon emissions.

China plans to convert the grid to renewable fuel or clean - coal technology as part of efforts to cut carbon emissions by 60 percent by 2020.

The Clean Power Plan, which requires utilities nationwide to cut their carbon emissions 32 percent by 2030, is the cornerstone of Obama's efforts to address climate change.

He drew the line at trading the Clean Power Plan, President Obama's regulatory program aimed at power plants, for a federal carbon tax, saying more than one program is needed to cut emissions.

Let them insist on plans that will meet the targets for carbon dioxide cuts that they themselves set.

Next week in Brussels, they will have a practice session in non-committal, as they approve the European Commission's ineffectual plan to cut emissions of carbon dioxide.

While the Obama administration hashes out plans for cutting future carbon emissions, engineers are quietly working on schemes to deal with carbon by putting it back where it came from: underground.

Before Trump's reversal of both the domestic and international climate plans, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change had recommended a 70 - percent cut in carbon dioxide emissions from industrialized nations such as the U.S., where nearly half of emissions come from the electric and automotive sectors.

The European Union was about to divvy up its combined commitment to cut carbon emissions, but Brexit could undermine that plan

Doniger notes that Bush has refused to sign on to a plan that calls for a 50 percent cut in carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases by 2050 or to an effort to hold average temperatures from rising by more than 2 degrees Celsius (3.6 degrees Fahrenheit) above preindustrial levels, as have been proposed by other countries.

The plan requires states to design individual programs to dramatically cut carbon pollution from their power plants.

One major implication of the IPCC's carbon budget, they said, is that developing countries that are set to surpass the industrialized world as the biggest CO2 emitters during the 21st country will need to cut their emissions sooner than currently planned.

In addition to bolstering first - term efforts to ramp up renewable energy and efficiency, the Plan is cutting carbon pollution through new measures, including:

Early in his second term, President Obama launched an ambitious Climate Action Plan focused on cutting carbon pollution, preparing the nation for climate impacts, and leading on the international stage to bring nations large and small to the table to pledge to act on climate change.

German plans to cut carbon emissions with renewable energy are ambitious, but they are also risky

o a target of cutting CO2 emissions by 25 % (now 35 %) per passenger journey by 2012 o a 10 - point plan to reduce all other environmental impacts o a commitment to neutralise the carbon from all passenger journeys from the date of Eurostar's move to St Pancras International (14 November 2007), by offsetting them through investment in projects that reduce the same amount of CO2

Eurostar outlined its plans the day after the government announced an investment program in high - speed rail to help meet its targets to cut carbon emissions.

The company which runs trains from St Pancras International outlined its plans the day after the Government announced an investment programme in high - speed rail to help meet its targets to cut carbon emissions.