Sentences with phrase «regulations curbing emissions»

With the release this morning of the Obama administration's proposed regulations curbing emissions of heat - trapping gases from existing power plants, the battle to shape public attitudes is already in high gear.

President Obama has charted a creditable course given the limits set by a paralyzed and polarized Congress, moving toward regulations curbing emissions of greenhouse gases from proposed and (more important) existing power plants.

Not exact matches

In contrast to Alberta's largely cosmetic Specified Gas Emitters Regulation that does little to curb emissions or raise revenue for the province, British Columbia has implemented a much more comprehensive carbon tax.

Bankruptcies, project shutdowns, regulation, and emission limits curb enthusiasm for fossil fuels.

In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium on additional resource development on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity of cities.

The president has already signaled, via a March executive order, that he will scrap the Clean Power Plan, a regulation enacted under his Democratic predecessor to curb carbon emissions from electric power plants.

One big challenge to U.S. efforts to curb greenhouse gas emissions comes this week, as a federal circuit court hears arguments over a challenge to the White House's major climate change initiative, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) regulations targeting emissions from power plants.

As for costs to the economy, Brandt said the benefits from curbing carbon dioxide emissions drastically outweigh the risks from regulation, though current accounting methods may not accurately reflect the scale of the impact.

An important question that political and climate analysts will be examining is how much bite is in the regulations — meaning how much they would curb emissions beyond what's already happening to cut power plant carbon dioxide thanks to the natural gas boom, the shutdown of old coal - burning plants because of impending mercury - cutting rules (read the valuable Union of Concerned Scientists «Ripe for Retirement» report for more on this), improved energy efficiency and state mandates developing renewable electricity supplies.

Well, Republicans were completely wrong about the Affordable Care Act («Obamacare»), and now, wisely, are quickly abandoning their attacks on it in advance of the 2014 election, so why not double - down and call conservative, flexible, market - based, state - controlled regulations to curb emissions «Obamacare for the environment»?!

Trump has promised to «cancel» the Paris agreement, the recently adopted global deal to curb global warming, and to curb climate regulations from the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), including the Clean Power Plan to cut emissions from coal - fired power plants, during his first 100 days in office.

In the short term, regulation can curb emissions from existing coal - fired plants and produce big gains in energy efficiency.

Rhone Resch, president and chief executive of the Solar Energy Industries Association, said the rule will have an enormous impact because it is so different from previous air - quality regulations in which power plants installed pollution controls to curb the emissions coming out of their stacks.

McCarthy is the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, which has lately proposed a barrage of rules and regulations designed to curb US greenhouse gas emissions.

The Trump administration also may target regulations to curb ground - level ozone and industrial emissions that were hallmarks of President Obama's environmental legacy.