Sentences with phrase «to curb greenhouse gases»

More importantly, cities aren't waiting around, and they are the ones that can really make a difference in the battle to curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Advocates say giving up meat, especially beef, would help curb greenhouse gases.

We need to curb greenhouse gas emissions, but we can also make gains with carbon farming.

It would be hard to find someone more concerned about human - driven climate change and more involved in pursuing and assessing ways to get traction on curbing greenhouse gas emissions than Marshall.

A researcher is about to test a technology that he says could be a breakthrough for curbing greenhouse gas emissions from coal plants, natural gas generators and other industrial facilities.

Even President George W. Bush, long skeptical about global warming, acknowledged in his 2007 State of the Union address the importance of curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

But there is some good news: Even seemingly small changes in curbing greenhouse gas emissions not only can reduce harmful pollutants and clear the air, but also help to slow climate change.

Such a food system has positive effects on important environmental aspects by curbing greenhouse gas emissions, reducing over-fertilisation and use of pesticides, and does not lead to a higher land use despite organic management.

Yesterday afternoon's announcement concerned three different sets of proposed power plant rules: language aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions in new, existing and modified power plants.

So, as a representative from the conservation community, my goal in participating in the DOE's process was to ensure that the Wind Vision addressed the importance of simultaneously protecting and enhancing our nation's conservation legacy while working to reach 20 - percent wind and curb the greenhouse gas pollution accelerating climate change.

So, while this drought in Texas may seem extreme, it is probably just a sign of things to come and will be normal sooner or later if we don't curb greenhouse gas emissions.

Even since 1990, when many developed nations started trying to curb their greenhouse gases under a U.N. treaty, emissions had also fallen less in recession than they rose when the economy grew, he said.

(07/17/2008) Government support of biofuel production in rich countries is squandering vast amounts of amounts of money while exacerbating the global food crisis and failing to meaningfully curb greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security, alleges a new report from the OECD, the club of industrialized nations.

Resource - conserving cropping practices from WHEAT, such as more targeted use of nitrogen fertilizers or sowing wheat into untilled soils and crop residues, can raise wheat farmers» incomes while curbing greenhouse gas emissions, if widely adopted, he added.

[UPDATE, 6/6/08: The International Energy Agency has echoed the call from many climate and energy experts for big increases in energy research, development, and deployment of non-polluting technologies, saying that there is no way to curb greenhouse gases as human populations and economies swell in coming decades without an «energy revolution.»]

The new policy, aimed at combating climate change, will curb the greenhouse gases spewing from car and truck tailpipes.

Climate contrarians seem to have scored no points with the panel, leaving climate science still squarely behind curbing greenhouse gas emissions if the most serious consequences of global warming are to be avoided.

But a 2006 essay in Climatic Change * by the chemistry Nobelist Paul J. Crutzen kicked the community of atmospheric scientists into higher gear, proposing tests while noting that efforts to curb greenhouse gases appeared to be mostly «a pious wish.»

While the fight for progress on daunting issues like curbing greenhouse gases grinds on, the battle could be lost if Earth's last rich nodes of biological bounty dwindle and blink out in the meantime.

I guess that Mr Bush will escape to make a madatary curb greenhouse gas emission.

Could the US government get a major plan to curb greenhouse gases passed by next Earth Day?At this point, it's incredibly hard to say — it's going to be a long road until the next Earth Day when it comes to climate legislation.

Energy efficiency is a important way to curb greenhouse gas eimission espesilly in building area.

And there are plenty of actions that could cut energy insecurity while also curbing greenhouse gases.

This fine graphic, accompanying a story on how fossil fuels divide Democrats, by John Broder, shows vividly the regional divisions that will add to President Obama's challenge in trying to garner support for a stringent bill curbing greenhouse gases.

Anyone tracking the long fight over curbing greenhouse gases can see the tendency of the most passionate advocates on either side to try to build their cases around certainty.

I spent much of today mulling a new «pragmatic» approach to gaining traction on curbing greenhouse gases even as the world and nation struggle with debt and maintain a deep reliance on fossil fuels.

Shell's own «review of the scientific uncertainty and the evolution of energy systems indicates that policies to curb greenhouse gases beyond «no regrets» measures could be premature, divert economic resources from more pressing needs and further distort markets,» a February 1995 management brief advised.

Coal - fired power plants are the largest single source of climate - disrupting carbon pollution in the nation, and these safeguards are our chance to start curbing these greenhouse gases and protecting the health of our families now.

The contradiction between the growing awareness of carbon dioxide's impact and the increase in emissions highlights the difficulty of curbing greenhouse gas production.

But as we struggle to coax industrialized nations into curbing their greenhouse gas emissions, the ocean will continue to acidify and marine life will continue to cope or die out.

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Many environmentalists argue that governments must curb greenhouse gases linked to climate change to prevent warming - related disasters, but some academics and Bush administration officials say there is not enough science yet to justify such an economically disruptive move.

Opponents of a strong policy to curb greenhouse gases tend to be fervent believers in the magic of market economies.

Which would be a fatal mistake — he's got some momentum and political capital left to spare; and legislation curbing greenhouse gas emissions must be passed as soon as possible.

The European Commission was preparing an appeal on Friday to wealthy countries — and to the United States in particular — to adopt carbon trading as the main system for curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

One of the organizations funded by Donors Trust is the Competitive Enterprise Institute, a think tank that is openly skeptical of the scientific consensus on human - caused climate change and which opposes legislation aimed at curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

But there was a much discussed recommendation in both his oral presentation and a written statement he prepared beforehand: that the heads of oil and coal companies who knowingly delayed action on curbing greenhouse gas emissions were committing a crime.

Nearly twice as many respondents said they wanted governments to invest in ways of curbing greenhouse gas emissions, compared with those who supported pursuing international agreements like the Kyoto Protocol.

With federal politicians like Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, Donald Trump and even Capital Region native Rep. Elise Stefanik, R - Willsboro, acting to block or undo progress in curbing greenhouse gas emissions, fulfilling the commitments of the Paris Climate Accords rests increasingly with state governments.

Most important, their role thwarting auto use as «last mile» feeders by ferrying multiple passengers helps improve the planet's health by curbing greenhouse gas emissions.

Even if renewables growth rates outpace the most optimistic projections, Utility Dive reported at the time, the U.S. grid in 2040 would still be dominated by fossil fuels if more regulatory action isn't taken to curb greenhouse gas pollution.

Almost on cue, Sessions disagreed, noting that he and other Republicans had joined with Democrats to help curb greenhouse gas emissions by supporting efforts to improve auto mileage standards and improve energy efficiency.

Beyond high food prices, little to show for $ 11B / yr in biofuel support, says OECD report (7/17/2008) Government support of biofuel production in rich countries is squandering vast amounts of amounts of money while exacerbating the global food crisis and failing to meaningfully curb greenhouse gas emissions and improve energy security, alleges a new report from the OECD, the club of industrialized nations.

Policy makers and politicians must accept that if we don't curb greenhouse gas emissions, an environmental catastrophe is likely.»

EPA Administrator Scott Pruitt did not confirm whether the United States would remain in the global climate change pact, under which nearly all countries agreed in 2015 to halt or curb their greenhouse gas emissions, even as the world's biggest emitter China reaffirmed its commitment to the agreement.

Macron touched on various subjects throughout the speech, including climate change — specifically his desire for the US to rejoin the Paris climate accord and commit to curbing greenhouse gas emissions.