Sentences with phrase «state climate change policy»

Peterson, T.D., 2004: The evolution of state climate change policy in the United States: Lessons learned and new directions.

... it makes us uneasy that someone with sway over state climate change policy, an important and politically charged arena, would be paid by a group with such a defined agenda.

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WASHINGTON, April 25 - A day after flaunting his friendship with Donald Trump, French President Emmanuel Macron forcefully challenged many of the U.S. president's policies on Wednesday, urging the United States to engage more with the world, step up the fight against climate change and stay in the Iran nuclear pact for now.

«By getting active in communities, we can raise our voices to defend policies and regulations that will protect wild places and wildlife, reduce carbon emissions, build a modern energy economy based on investment in renewables, and, most crucially, ensure the United States remains fully committed to the vital goals set forth in the Paris Agreement on climate change.»

Last week, Trump signed an executive order rolling back former President Barack Obama's climate change policies, including the Clean Power Plan to slash carbon emissions from power plants — a key factor in the United States» ability to meet its Paris commitments.

«I don't know if they've even spent half of it,» said Edward Richards, director of the Louisiana State University Climate Change Law and Policy Project.

«All of our plans on disaster recovery are premised with the federal government coming in with a big chunk of short - term FEMA money and then a big chunk of long - term bailout money,» said Edward Richards, director of the Louisiana State University Climate Change Law and Policy Project.

Climate change is an important issue to the long - term health of our community and the world, however policies in our relatively small jurisdiction which are not aligned with the realities in other Canadian provinces and the United States put us at a competitive disadvantage.

- how you can claim it's unfair to characterize evangelicals as anti-intellectual while following a man who believes conspiracy theories from the National Enquirer, thinks climate change is a hoax, says vaccines cause autism, and displays such breathtaking ignorance regarding the state of the world and foreign policy that no former presidents will endorse him and multiple generals, foreign policy experts, editorial boards, and heads of state have denounced him as dangerously uninformed,

Democratic gubernatorial candidate Cynthia Nixon in Queens on Friday unveiled an environmental policy platform that is geared toward shifting the state to 100 percent renewable energy, strengthening the state's efforts against climate change and rejecting new infrastructure for gas pipelines and other fossil fueles.

The coalition government is unwaveringly refusing to reverse a combination of the housing and climate change policies formulated by Ed Miliband as secretary of state for energy and climate change in Gordon Brown's last Labour government.

Two of Governor Andrew Cuomo's political opponents were at an Earth Day rally on climate change attended by hundreds at the State Capitol, where they said the governor's energy policies are far from adequate.

Two gubernatorial hopefuls marched with more than 1,000 climate change protesters to call on the Cuomo administration to implement more environmentally friendly policies, starting with a new microgrid project that heats and cools the Empire State Plaza.

That seems implied by your comment that the «state's tax climate also matters» and adding that the state faces a $ 4 billion deficit, plus additional lost revenue from federal changes to health care and tax policy, which is estimated to be over $ 2 billion.

The New America Foundation actually has several of these in the works — quickie animations that help explain a complex issue or statistic; maps comparing all 50 states» climate change policies; even an interactive database that compares all 14,000 U.S. school districts.

Lawmakers on the Senate Democratic Policy Group today will hold a forum on climate change in order to assess how the state can respond to the issue.

Two of Gov. Andrew Cuomo's political opponents were at an Earth Day rally on climate change attended by hundreds at the state Capitol Monday, where they said the governor's energy policies are far from adequate.

Monday's bombshell abuse allegations changed all that, removing a critical player from the coalition of state Democratic attorneys general confronting the Trump administration on everything from climate policy to immigration.

Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.Climate change scepticism is not official party policy, but Wilson has stated: «I think in 20 years» time we will look back at this whole climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.climate change debate and ask ourselves how on earth were we ever conned into spending the billions of pounds which are going into this without any kind of rigorous examination of the background, the science, the implications of it all.»

Rosa's selection could bring about a climate change in state educational policy, as she has been critical of the more arduous tests introduced under Tisch.

The Nana Addo led government was again highly went applauded when government in the 2017 Budget Statement and Economic Policy stated that it had placed high premium on combating climate change through prioritization of climate change programmes and projects.

Similar to the debate on fracking, public opposition to the gas port became part of a larger discussion about New York State's energy policy and how the state should respond to climate chState's energy policy and how the state should respond to climate chstate should respond to climate change.

Two of New York Governor Andrew Cuomo's political opponents were at an Earth Day rally on climate change attended by hundreds at the State Capitol in Albany Monday, where they said the Democrat's energy policies are far from adequate.

Greg Clark, Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, and David Cameron have just launched the Conservative Party's policy paper on energy.

Joining other states and localities in reacting to Trump's decision, Cuomo issued a new executive order reaffirming existing state policies directed at climate change problems, some of which already exceeded those contained in the Paris Agreement.

The letter, which included a statement on climate science by the leaders of 18 scientific societies, stated, «Although debate about policy options exists, climate change is not a scientifically - controversial topic.»

Climate change may have received short shrift in President Obama's State of the Union speech, but his administration's policies are creating a more climate - friendClimate change may have received short shrift in President Obama's State of the Union speech, but his administration's policies are creating a more climate - friendclimate - friendly U.S.

The handful of climate - related cables — among the hundreds of thousands of secret and unclassified messages released by the whistle - blower organization Wikileaks — show the United States put climate change at the center of its foreign policy relationship with the oil - producing giant

After the Quinault adopted a comprehensive climate change policy in 2008, tribal leaders traveled to U.N. climate talks in Poznan, Poland, hoping to compare notes with a variety of nations — including the United States.

Even if the United States implements all current and proposed policies, it would miss its 2025 target by as much as 1.5 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year — roughly 20 % of the nation's total emissions, according to the analysis published today in Nature Climate Change.

It's unclear whether one of these single policies was the actual driver of the reduction in emissions, or an indicator that a state takes climate change mitigation seriously and is attacking the issue on many fronts, Saikawa says.

Scientific research can inform policies aimed at addressing the needs of communities displaced by climate change, something that is already happening in the United States and around the world, according to experts at a 25 - 26 July meeting of the AAAS Science and Human Rights Coalition.

The week after Warsaw, Stern met with Special Assistant to the President for Energy and Climate Change Dan Utech, White House Associate Director for Energy and Climate Change at the White House Council on Environmental Quality and Domestic Policy Council Rick Duke, and others to discuss the goals with the State Department pushing for what one person called «maximum ambition.»

Robin: It's interesting to me because I was at bunch of sessions where scientists and sometimes journalists were trying to figure out why the general public and policy makers in the United States have yet to really take any significant action to mitigate and pull back climate change.

Information on state climate policies comes from those groups» websites, and Joshua Bushinsky of the Pew Center on Global Climate climate policies comes from those groups» websites, and Joshua Bushinsky of the Pew Center on Global Climate Climate Change.

Also spurring growth in the industry is a number of pro-electric vehicle policies and incentives that have been adopted in California, in part because the state is counting on electric vehicles to help it meet its ambitious climate change goals.

If the Trump administration and Congress attempt to gut U.S. energy and climate policies, states are likely to emerge in 2017 as the nation's bulwark against climate change.

Three Republican presidential candidates stated their belief in climate change last night during two debates that wandered from economic policies to sharp attacks on the media.

Carbon reduction efforts, such the landmark deal struck this week between the United States and China, are viewed largely as climate - change policies.

It is the policy of the Federal Government, in cooperation with State and local governments, Indian tribes, and other interested stakeholders to use all practicable means and measures to protect, restore, and conserve natural resources to enable them to become more resilient, adapt to, and withstand the impacts of climate change and ocean acidification.

The committee has prepared a report that, in my view, provides policy makers and the scientific community with a critical view of surface temperature reconstructions and how they are evolving over time, as well as a good sense of how important our understanding of the paleoclimate temperature record is within the overall state of scientific knowledge on global climate change.

-- It is the policy of the United States to work proactively under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change, and in other appropriate fora, to establish binding agreements, including sectoral agreements, committing all major greenhouse gas - emitting nations to contribute equitably to the reduction of global greenhouse gas emissions.

PNNL scientists have contributed to the IPCC's authoritative assessments of the state of the global climate, the impacts associated with climate change, and the set of technological, institutional and policy options available to mitigate and adapt to climate change.

Dr. Jon Christensen, his opponent, an adjunct assistant professor in the Institute of the Environment and Sustainability, emphasized the «consensus» and the «existential threat» of climate change, extolled the expansion of renewable energy sources like wind and solar in California, and insisted that politicians in the Golden State are focused on not burdening poor people with their «green» policies.

Lubbers observed that the issues of an asylum - seeking have henceforth been approached with prudence and led to close scrutiny of both refugee and immigration regulations.37 Refugees and asylum - seekers are the most victims of the growing climate of fear of terrorism and other transnational crimes and thus being treated with suspicion, and sometimes, arbitrary detained and, actually, deported.38 The states are changing their refugee - immigration related policies because of concern that the terrorists may gain entry to the territory through the channel of asylum system.39

Interestingly enough, regarding climate change, there are efforts to have a resolution passed in the UN General Assembly that would ask the ICJ for an advisory opinion that would define states» obligations and responsibilities with respect to greenhouse emissions under international law (see policy brief issued by The Hague Institute for Global Justice).

A model bill for the «Parent Trigger Act» and much of school choice and privatization legislation is designed and promoted by the American Legislative Exchange Council or ALEC, which coordinates with the State Policy Network and has become notorious for promoting «stand your ground» legislation and propagating climate change denial.

In addition, two Alliance reports from the Climate Change series offer specific federal, state, and local policy recommendations for fostering a positive school climate by ensuring greater access to rigorous coursework and high - quality teClimate Change series offer specific federal, state, and local policy recommendations for fostering a positive school climate by ensuring greater access to rigorous coursework and high - quality teclimate by ensuring greater access to rigorous coursework and high - quality teaching.

And working to change school climate is least restrictive because few state or locally mandated laws or policies define school climate, thereby providing the greatest latitude for student voice, buy - in, and leadership.

The nonpartisan Georgetown Climate Center, based at Georgetown Law, seeks to advance effective climate, energy, and transportation policies in the United States — policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help communities adapt to climate Climate Center, based at Georgetown Law, seeks to advance effective climate, energy, and transportation policies in the United States — policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help communities adapt to climate climate, energy, and transportation policies in the United States — policies that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and help communities adapt to climate climate change.