For a preview of what this could mean to American families, one can look to Germany, where due to
restrictions on carbon dioxide emissions, electricity costs three - times more than in the US and gasoline is now $ 8.00 per gallon.
Not exact matches
As a result, Brulle insisted, the public is uncertain about the alarmist claim that man - made
carbon dioxide emissions are causing severe climate change, and the government in turn has failed to enact the kind of
restrictions on emissions Brulle favors.
By 1988, environmental pressure groups were already arguing for similar
restrictions on the
emission of
carbon dioxide «to save the climate.»
So naturally, the Environmental Protection Agency issued another round of draconian
restrictions on coal - fired power plants, once again targeting
carbon dioxide emissions.
Starting with the negotiations leading to the Kyoto Protocol climate treaty in 1997, it has promoted the idea that lingering uncertainties in climate science justify delaying
restrictions on emissions of
carbon dioxide and other heat - trapping smokestack and tailpipe gases.