Sentences with phrase «policy on alternative fuel»

But now that the technology is here, cellulosic's promise as a climate change solution remains uncertain — hinging heavily on embattled federal policy on alternative fuel.

Not exact matches

The Environment team provides support and policy advice on all matters and initiatives related to energy and transportation, including energy conservation, energy efficiency, alternative fuels, and energy security.

Then we could be on a course toward a sensible national energy policy, with profits not going to the profiteers who have brought us to the brink of disaster, but to research and implementation of alternative, renewable fuels and energy efficiency.

Several types of policies including a price floor for petroleum - based fuels or taxes on petroleum - based fuels could create a price signal against petroleum demand, assure producers and distributors that there is a profitable market for alternative fuels, and encourage consumers to reduce their use of petroleum - based fuels.

The California Energy Commission's Integrated Energy Policy Report (IEPR) and Federal Stimulus Program (Ad Hoc) Committees will conduct a joint workshop to discuss clean technology innovation efforts funded through U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) competitive solicitations with a focus on projects receiving cost - share funding from the Energy Commission's Public Interest Energy Research and Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Programs.

Such policies should promote the use of non-combustion renewable energy, low carbon fuels (measured on a lifecycle basis), expanded transmission and smart grid technologies, alternative forms of transportation, and energy storage.

Paul Driessen, author of «Eco-Imperialism: Green Power, Black Death,» explains the vast difference between Real Sustainability, which implies wisely using our resources and always looking to innovate, and Politicized Sustainability, a radical policy that focuses on focuses on ridding the world of fossil fuels, regardless of any social, economic, environmental, or human costs of doing so — and regardless of whether supposed alternatives really are eco-friendly and sustainable.

This cooperation includes technical and policy exchanges on the development of fuel efficiency standards for trucks and buses, continued progress towards implementation of CCUS projects with the selection of a project site in China as the large - scale CCUS demonstration project announced last November, cooperation on reducing HFCs, including private sector commitments to promote climate - friendly alternatives to HFCs, and continued support for phasing down HFCs through the Montreal Protocol, and additional cooperation on direct mitigation efforts across multiple other sectors.

This Pollyanna view of fossil fuel alternatives and efficiency, which makes going green seem cheap and easy — little more than the cost of «a postage stamp a day» — has provided the justification for green - policy advocacy that has overwhelmingly focused on pollution regulations and carbon pricing while ignoring serious investment in energy research and development.

In failing to consider these wider emissions, there is a risk of misleading the industry and policy on the true emission penalties of any alternative fuels.

State and federal policies encourage the development and use of renewable and alternative fuels to reduce California's dependence on petroleum imports, promote sustainability, and cut greenhouse gas emissions.

Signed by President Bush's father in 1992, the Energy Policy Act requires that 75 percent of the new cars and light trucks purchased by federal agencies run on alternative fuels.