Sentences with phrase «to reduce global warming pollution»

Just like that, we're already halfway to our new goal of reducing global warming pollution from power plants.

By 2030, that would reduce global warming pollution by nearly 4 billion tons, akin to shutting down 140 coal - fired power plants over that time frame.

And reducing deforestation has other benefits beyond reducing global warming pollution.

Several recent studies have further demonstrated that off - the - shelf technologies can reduce global warming pollution from both cars and trucks while saving consumers money at the pump.

The United States and China announced new goals for reducing their global warming pollution in the coming decades, with the U.S. ramping up its rate of decarbonization in five to 10 years and China promising that its carbon emissions will peak in the next 15 years.

«These are monumental decisions that will have an immediate impact in reducing global warming pollution in the United States,» Frances Beinecke, president of the Natural Resources Defense Council, said in a statement Sunday night.

But instead of allowing polluters to benefit from this, in essence, extra cash, the overseers of RGGI decided to force polluters to pay for at least some of the right to pollute and then use those funds to help pay for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in the various states, further reducing global warming pollution and potentially offsetting increased energy costs.

We need to significantly reduce global warming pollution here at home — to take care of this collective place we hold dear, and also to show the world that a just transition from fossil fuels is possible.

«Any realistic plan to reduce global warming pollution sufficiently — and in time — to avoid dangerous consequences must rely in part on preserving tropical forests,» reports Environmental Defense Fund.

The week of April 4, 2016 The Power Dialog is organizing conversations in every state capitol between students and the top regulators in their state charged with reducing global warming pollution under the E.P.A.'s Clean Power Plan.

The truly frightening part are images of what scientists predict as potential DROUGHT INTENSIFICATION in vast, highly populated areas of the world — if we do not act soon to sharply reduce global warming pollution, says a 2010 study by National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR).

«It is our hope that this competition will inspire schools and communities across the country to make improvements that will increase student performance and teacher retention, while reducing global warming pollution and energy costs.»

Only pure hydrogen eliminates all smog - forming pollutants, but methanol also reduces global warming pollution significantly.

Another supporter is Al Gore who stated that initiatives like Meat Free Monday «represent a responsible and welcome component of a comprehensive strategy for reducing global warming pollution and simultaneously improving human health.»

Despite the ads» claims, an analysis by the Center of American Progress determined that ACCCE's companies spend relatively few dollars conducting research on carbon capture and storage, the most promising clean coal technology to reduce global warming pollution from coal - fired power plants.

California is leading the nation in developing a comprehensive set of solutions to reduce global warming pollution in the state.

But instead of allowing polluters to benefit from this, in essence, extra cash, the overseers of RGGI decided to force polluters to pay for at least some of the right to pollute and then use those funds to help pay for energy efficiency and renewable energy programs in the various states, further reducing global warming pollution and potentially offsetting increased energy costs.

«In North America, to enact and implement state, provincial and national policies in the United States and Canada that put both countries on the path to reducing global warming pollution by at least 75 percent by 2050.»

Prior, she was Legal Director and Regional Program Director for national nonprofit Friends of the Earth, where she spearheaded innovative legal strategies to reduce global warming pollution and directed campaigns to reduce pollution and promote sustainable alternative energies and fuels.

Federal transportation dollars might come with a requirement to reduce global warming pollution

Power plant owners and speculators yesterday bid for the right to emit carbon dioxide (CO2) as part of a new multistate government program designed to reduce global warming pollution.

«The bottom line message is that to address climate change we really need to undertake all of the measures that are feasible to help us reduce global warming pollution,» Replogle said.

«His opposition to capping and reducing our global warming pollution is the single biggest obstacle to making progress either here at home or with other countries.»

-- The Secretary of the Interior, the Secretary of Agriculture, and the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency shall conduct a joint scientific review, within 1 year after the date of enactment of this Act, to evaluate how sources of biomass from Federal lands could contribute to the goals of increasing America's energy independence, protecting the environment, and reducing global warming pollution.

'» The first salvo in this effort is a humorous television ad campaign that demonstrates that no clean coal technology exists to reduce global warming pollution.

He cited Australia's Parliament, under a conservative coalition elected last year, which last week repealed a two - year - old tax on carbon dioxide emissions — the country's only legislated policy for reducing global warming pollution.

Ms. Williams and Mr. Zabel say that global warming requires an urgent response, but assert that cap and trade, in which the government sets a declining ceiling on emissions of greenhouse gases and then allows companies to trade permits to meet it, can be easily gamed by industry and fail to reduce global warming pollution.

Because the average dryer uses 875 killowatt hours of electricity a year, it's a prime target for reducing global warming pollution and saving money on your utility bill.

This announcement shows that China is committed at the highest - level to dealing with this challenge and that it will take clear steps to reduce its global warming pollution.

In addition to his opposition to meaningful action to reduce global warming pollution, Paul Ryan's budget called for «drastic cuts in federal spending on energy research and development and for the outright elimination of subsidies and tax breaks for wind, solar power and other alternative energy technologies.»

Committee chair Ed Markey, a Massachusetts Democrat, said the work of the IPCC «highlights our moral obligation to reduce global warming pollution and prepare for those impacts that have become unavoidable.»

-- The Portland Cement Association, which has filed suit despite supposedly recognizing the need to reduce global warming pollution

Pledge to reduce the global warming pollution from your vacation travel this new year and beyond.

By investing in clean, renewable energy sources, water utilities can better adapt to changing conditions while creating new revenue streams, protecting their customers from electricity price volatility, and enhancing the state's efforts to reduce global warming pollution.

Many cities, in this country and abroad, already have strong local policies and programs in place to reduce global warming pollution, but more action is needed at the local, state, and federal levels to meet the challenge.