Sentences with phrase «sustainable future powered»
The plan not only sought to help cut the emissions driving climate change, but also promised to lead the US toward a healthy and sustainable future powered by cleaner energy.
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Every two years, for two weeks, a village appears on the National Mall providing a window on possibilities for a sustainable future powered by the sun.
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I appreciate the efforts of Entergy and Exelon, and the hard work of our team from the state, including the Public Service Commission, the New York Power Authority and NYSERDA to save Fitzpatrick's jobs, significantly reduce greenhouse emissions, and help build a sustainable future for our children and grandchildren.»
'' «notes the threats to the future of the Royal Mail and welcomes the conclusion of the Hooper Report that, as part of a plan to place the Royal Mail on a sustainable path for the future, the current six days a week universal service obligation (USO) must be protected, that the primary duty of a new regulator should be to maintain the USO, and that the Government should address the growing pensions deficit; notes that modernisation in the Royal Mail is essential and that investment must be found for it; endorses the call for a new relationship between management and postal unions; urges engagement with relevant stakeholders to secure the Government's commitment to a thriving and prosperous Royal Mail, secure in public ownership, that is able to compete and lead internationally and that preserves the universal postal service; further notes the Conservatives» failure to invest in Royal Mail when they were in power in contrast with Labour's support for both Royal Mail and the Post Office; and notes that legislation on these issues will be subject to normal parliamentary procedures.»
In addition to offering vehicles powered by a number of alternatives (fuel, battery or both), car companies are going to win customers in the future based on the networked services they offer drivers and passengers and how well these services are delivered, says Nancy Gioia, Ford Motor Co.'s director of Sustainable Mobility Technologies and Hybrid Vehicle Programs.
Concerns about global warming and oil's imminent demise have caused scientists and policy - makers to look for solutions in both the future and the past: to new technologies such as nuclear fusion, multijunction photovoltaics, and fuel cells — and to traditional energy sources such as water power, wind power, and (sustainable) biomass cultivation (coupled with clean and energy - efficient combustion).
Interlinkage of the power and gas grids is planned to make electricity supply sustainable and robust in the future.
This could result in enormous efficiency gains in the power grids of the future, which are needed to achieve a sustainable energy system.
Professor Colin Osborne, lead author of the study and Associate Director of the University's Grantham Centre for Sustainable Futures, said: «Photosynthesis powers most life on Earth because it converts solar energy into sugars which are used by plants to grow.
«New fuel cell demonstrates exceptional power density and stability: Discovery heightens the viability of incorporating fuel cells into a sustainable energy future.»
American Power is Epstein's portrait of early twenty - first - century America, as it clings to past comforts and gropes for a more sensible and sustainable future.
The solution to a sustainable future will always be walking a tightrope between a need for population control & free markets until geothermal strategies for base load power transplants fossil fuels and indeed until better water availability and a host of other finite resources become magically available.
The future power of the U.N. to expand peace, freedom and set out a sustainable future for all lies in each of our hands.
I think that in a sustainable energy economy of the future, most electricity will be generated, stored and used locally, and large centralized generating stations (which by then will be predominantly wind turbine farms and concentrating solar thermal power plants, coal and nuclear having been phased out) will play a much smaller role.
What to do about existing plants, and how to chart a sustainable energy future with (or without) nuclear power are entirely separate questions.
«The government is continuing to deliver on its promise to support renewable energy as part of its overall plan to build a sustainable energy future for Ontario,» She didn't mention $ 70 Billion that the Ontario Power Authority wants to spend on new nukes.
Our Vision AGU galvanizes a community of Earth and space scientists that collaboratively advances and communicates science and its power to ensure a sustainable future.
When it comes to action, religious groups like Interfaith Power and Light are often on the front lines organizing people of faith by the thousands to support a sustainable future.
«There are five key building blocks to a sustainable transition away from central coal and nuclear power plants and toward a more sustainable energy future.
«Both onshore and offshore, wind power is key to defining a sustainable energy future».
By joining Climate Reality Campus Corps and participating in the 100 % Committed campaign that works to get campuses to commit to being powered by 100 % renewable electricity, young people can personally play a key role in the historic movement that will transform the global economy and create a safe, sustainable, and prosperous future for us all.
In reality, power and money still lies mainly in the hands of men in suits, and ultimately the success of the climate change negotiations lies in how the balance of power and resources start to shift to a more equitable and sustainable future.
Recognizing the power, energy, innovative abilities and organizing capacity of college students across the planet, MobilizeU has created an international movement of concerned and active students and administrators uniting around their common interest of environmental action in support of a sustainable future for all.
Beyond Coal: Alternatives to extending the life of Liddell power station, by the Institute for Sustainable Futures, UTS.
«Today's executive order, directing the Environmental Protection Agency to begin rolling back environmental protections and policies including the Clean Power Plan, is a misguided step away from a sustainable, carbon - free future for ourselves and generations to come.»
While Dreaming New Mexico, New Energy Economy and Google Earth Outreach are beginning with a more localized vision of the future — one where your power comes from your roof, or down the street — they're all taking the first, often most difficult step in creating the foundation of knowledge, experience, and understanding that might lead to a sustainable energy future.
We are focused on maximizing project success, using our knowledge of best practices in the biofuels industry to create sustainable power that allows our country to reduce its dependency on overseas energy markets and minimize future exploitation of dwindling fossil fuels.
However, taking a critical step toward the development of sustainable cities in the future, Jeel employs affordable, resource - efficient, and both user and eco-friendly technologies in constructing a solar - powered net - zero residential unit.
Furthermore, you just so happen to be finishing up your last term in office, therefore insulated from the lobbying power of the fossil - fuel industry, and given the freedom to implement a roadmap for a sustainable future
We help clients across all sectors unlock opportunities to meet the rising demand for power, maintain secure and reliable energy supplies, reduce greenhouse gas emissions, and deliver future energy schemes to help create a sustainable world.
Because renewables don't produce the greenhouse gases driving climate change, shifting away from fossil fuels to renewables to power our lives will put us on the path to a safe, sustainable planet for future generations.
Organizations with a strong commitment to green energy and a vision of a sustainable future are likely to invest in renewable power generation and microgrid solutions.
We have the power in our hands to make a sustainable future a reality.
With broad experience in the acquisition of assets and a strong vision for a sustainable future, Mr. Manson was instrumental in Sea Breeze Power Corp.'s (then International Powerhouse Energy Corp.) acquisition of private wind energy development company, Sea Breeze Energy Inc..
A team of researchers led by Northwestern Engineering professor and fuel cell pioneer Sossina Haile has created a new protonic ceramic fuel cell (PCFC) offering both exceptional power densities and long - term stability at optimal temperatures, a discovery that heightens the viability of incorporating fuel cells into a sustainable energy future....
Future energy mix will include biofuels for selected applications but the bulk will come from free sustainable cleaner sources such as Hydro, Sun, Wind, Geothermal, Waves and from many new up - to - date nuclear power plants.
Unfortunately, though, powering the future through incinerating forests isn't as «sustainable» as the Paris Agreement seems to suggest.
Geothermal energy and EGS are the future of energy, producing reliable base load (24/7) power through sustainable, Earth - friendly engineering and operations practices.
The least we can do is use the time and resources we have available to us today to come up with genuinely sustainable and smart ways to extract energy from the environment and convert it to useful forms to power a future civilisation.
«Yet its government is also determined to meet these challenges and seize the opportunities of a less - polluting and more - sustainable future — from a moratorium on new mining pending improved environmental regulations to plans to become a renewable energy power - house and exporter of clean energy regionally,» added Mr. Steiner.
Change Is Our Choice can also be paired with our energy course, Powering a Bright Future, to create an eight - session course with an emphasis on sustainable energy.
in fact the long term future of mankind requires that we deal with this issue of developing societies based on sustainable agricultural and industrial practices powered by renewable energy sources...
-- Prof. Robert Costanza, VC's chair in public policy, Crawford School of Public Policy, Australian National University «This book has the power to induce policy changes that are imperative for the creation of an equitable, peaceful, and sustainable future for human society.»
Catamount Earth Institute's Mid-May 2014 Newsletter We have finished out this season of Powering a Bright Future discussion groups with nine groups reading about and discussing sustainable energy.
Wind, electricity producing Power Towers, and other renewable energy sources will always be a part of a sustainable decentralized energy solution that can maintain this fossil fuel addicted civilization of ours into the foreseeable future.
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The Global Scenarios Group set of scenarios include characterisations in which institutions and governance as we know them persist with minor reform; «barbarisation» scenarios consider futures in which «absolute poverty increases and the gap between rich and poor... [and] national governments lose relevance and power relative to trans - national corporations and global market forces...» (Gallopin et al., 1997); «great transitions» scenarios contain storylines in which sustainable development becomes an organising principle in governance.
With Tesla Energy, Tesla is amplifying its efforts to accelerate the move away from fossil fuels to a sustainable energy future with Tesla batteries, enabling homes, business, and utilities to store sustainable and renewable energy to manage power demand, provide backup power and increase grid resilience.
In other words, blockchain technology writ large may have a sustainable future, but the power - sucking Bitcoin leech will probably remain ravenous for the foreseeable future.
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