Sentences with phrase «required major emitters»

Last October, a group of powerful Republican and Democrat senators introduced the McCain - Lieberman Bill to the US Senate (as an amendment to the Climate Stewardship Act) that would have required major emitters in the USA to adhere to mandatory, economy - wide emission caps.

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The major industrial emitters at refineries, cement plants, and steel mills could be required (or induced through taxation) to capture their CO2 emissions or to convert part of their processes to run on power cells and clean electricity.

The major industrial emitters could be required (or induced through taxation for tradable permits) to capture their CO2 emissions or to convert part of their processes to run on power cells and clean electricity.

For years, many developing countries have said that the only successful international climate agreement is a binding one, requiring major emissions emitters to meet reduction goals.

While the introduction of a tax - based mitigation system would take the world significantly forward, the Review has come to the view that only an international agreement that explicitly distributes the abatement burden across countries by allocating internationally tradable emissions entitlements has any chance of achieving the depth, speed and breadth of action that is now required in all major emitters, including developing countries.

The Clean Air Act requires EPA to regulate greenhouse gases from major emitters.

Major emitters are required under a 2008 law signed by President George W. Bush to provide detailed annual reports of their emissions of carbon dioxide and five other heat - trapping gases that contribute to global warming.

A last example is that the Agreement requires industrialised nations like the United States to provide significant financial support to developing countries, many of which rank among the world's major emitters of carbon dioxide.

It promised billions of dollars in climate financing for developing nations, but did not require deeper emissions cuts by major emitters.