Sentences with phrase «support fossil fuel generation»

This proposal was unanimously rejected by the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) earlier this month, but illustrates the administration's commitment to support fossil fuel generation.

European Commission revises rules for state aid, allowing EU member states to support fossil fuel generation

Not exact matches

«The carbon floor price mechanism presents an excellent opportunity to raise finance to support a new generation of low carbon fossil fuel electricity generation, using carbon capture and storage (CCS).

Supporting his «moral obligation» to step up to the fight now, Hansen adds in the Times article that burning a substantial fraction of Earth's fossil fuels guarantees «unstoppable changes» in the planet's climate, leaving an unfixable problem for future generations.

And keep in mind, two - thirds of the American people support mandatory controls on GHG emissions in spite of the relentless onslaught of fossil fuel industry propaganda, and the lies of commission and omission, that have dominated the public discourse for a generation.

Renewable energy generation and management needs to be supported, and the use of fossil fuels needs to be discouraged in all areas — in industry, in agriculture, and in residential communities.

C. Technically, it is still possible to solve the climate problem, but there are two essential requirements: (1) a simple across - the - board (all fossil fuels) rising carbon fee [2] collected from fossil fuel companies at the domestic source (mine or port of entry), not a carbon price «scheme,» and the money must go to the public, not to government coffers, otherwise the public will not allow the fee to rise as needed for phase - over to clean energy, (2) honest government support for, rather than strangulation of, RD&D (research, development and demonstration) of clean energy technologies, including advanced generation, safe nuclear power.

This Government, in its opposition to renewable energy and support for fossil fuels, has made itself the enemy of the future generations who will have to live with climate change.

Her plan is based entirely on other means of achieving the target - even though wind is by far the lowest cost form of renewable energy, and solar is likely to become cheaper by 2020 with continued support to the point where it competes directly against fossil fuel generation.

Our wind energy projects, like this one in the State of Maharashtra feed reliable, clean energy into the regional energy grid, helping to displace polluting fossil fuel power generation whilst also supporting the local community through a number of education, healthcare and training initiatives.

But while the figure for fossil - fuel consumption subsidies may be coming down, it remains much higher than estimated government support to renewable energy: subsidies for renewables in power generation amounted to $ 140 billion in 2016.

«Wind energy's major cost declines have, and will continue to be, critical to opening up new opportunities throughout Canada — whether it is to support the coal phase - out, or to fill an emerging power supply gap as nuclear power plants are refurbished in Ontario, or to help the northeast United States reduce its reliance on fossil - fuel powered generation through clean electricity imports from Quebec or Atlantic Canada.

The outcome of the T1 CM is that dirty fossil fuels were supported and little was done to encourage greener generation options.»

In contrast to the $ 500 billion in fossil fuel supports in 2010, renewable energy received just $ 66 billion in subsidies — two thirds for electricity generation from wind, biomass, and other sources, and one third for biofuels.