Sentences with phrase «toward cleaner fuels»

In all its power, the profit motive will suddenly begin to shift and point the other way toward cleaner fuels, wiser ways, and a healthier planet.

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However, there are many ways in which we can use fuels more responsibly and efficiently to curb emissions, and work toward a better, cleaner tomorrow.

«I continue to strive toward a clean energy future for the State of New York, including: the addition of more renewable energy generation, greater energy efficiency, reliability for all consumers, improved transmission infrastructure, fuel source diversity, and innovative environmental stewardship, all at a reasonable cost to ratepayers,» said Sen. Joe Griffo.

The money can be put toward the purchase of clean - fuel buses, new technology for passenger amenities such as WiFi and automated fare collection.

They have also said that pipelines increase reliance on fossil fuel, rather than shifting toward clean energy sources.

His amendment states not only that scientists agree that climate change is real and human - caused, but that society needs to shift from fossil fuels toward cleaner energy.

My personal focus is on building a broad and sustained «energy quest» as the path toward progress on climate while also improving the lives of a couple of billion people living today without any of the benefits that come from a clean fuel or glowing bulb.

Summing up, he says that in his view other real - time problems, particularly global poverty, trump whatever long - term risk is posed by man - made warming, and that the slow natural pace of society's shift away from dirty fuels like coal toward cleaner ones will take care of the problem in any case.

Although many countries are looking toward low - carbon technologies and clean, renewable energy sources to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, fossil fuels are still our primary energy source, as illustrated in BP's «Statistical Review of World Energy 2012».

However, all the events were pushing for societal rejection of fossil fuel power with aggressive pursuit toward renewable and clean energy.

«Rather than continue to damage our credibility abroad, I urge ExxonMobil, under its new leadership, to work with those of us in Congress who are committed to moving our nation back to the negotiating table and leading the way toward greater energy efficiencies, and clean alternative and renewable fuels.

Founded by a bipartisan and bicameral group of Congressional Members, EESI seeks to be a catalyst that moves society away from environmentally damaging fossil fuels and toward a clean energy future.

State pensions must divest from fossil fuel companies, and a Green Energy Development Bank to leverage public and private funds toward clean energy investment is to be created.

The new goal, put forth at a tripartite summit meeting this week by the leaders of Canada, the United States and Mexico, might well mark a turning point away from the continent's outmoded obsession with fossil - fuel independence, and toward a shared investment in a clean energy revolution.

Coal and other fossil fuels have no place in our future, and the world will continue to move toward a clean and just energy economy.

We help China — the world's largest fossil - fuel consumer — reduce pollution and move toward clean energy.

Indeed, as I argue in this article, I think it will be absolutely essential that we shift much of our current wasteful fossil fuel use (e.g., shipping the same goods back and forth across the ocean, driving gas - powered private automobiles, and producing disposable consumer goods) toward building new infrastructure for long - term resilience (e.g., local food economies, low - energy housing, greenspace, water catchment and storage, clean energy systems, trains, and, yes, wind - powered sea vessels!).

A new report from the Nordic Council of Ministers finds that redirecting fossil fuel subsidies toward the clean energy transition could help climate vulnerable countries reap major savings while slashing greenhouse gas emissions.

BONN - 11 May 2017 - A new report from the Nordic Council of Ministers finds that redirecting fossil fuel subsidies toward the clean energy transition could help climate vulnerable countries reap major savings while slashing greenhouse gas emissions.

The fight over clean energy and climate policy in California is dripping with out - of - state oil money because the oil billionaires want to stamp out the progress that has been made to move toward clean energy and energy efficiency, and keep us addicted to their fossil fuels.

Those forces include a desire to look backwards, exemplified by the Trump administration's climate science denial and pro-fossil fuel policies, versus a growing array of stakeholders looking toward a future economy that runs on clean energy.

And unlike the electricity industry, in which market forces have pushed utilities toward cleaner energy, including natural gas and renewable sources, relatively low gasoline prices in recent years have led consumers to pay less attention to fuel economy when they buy new cars.

«The Clean Power Plan was a step toward the future: away from destructive and costly pollution, away from environmentally damaging fuel extraction and away from emissions of heat - trapping gases,» Francis told Live Science in an email.

Better yet, we should accelerate our nation's transition away from dirty fossil fuels and toward cleaner, safer renewables like wind and solar.

Dirty Fossil Fuels vs Clean Renewable Energy: We have a clear choice - continuing the economy of dirty fossil fuels exemplified by the Keystone XL pipeline with a straight path to climate disaster, or starting a new path toward mitigating climate change with an economy increasingly focused on clean renewable enerFuels vs Clean Renewable Energy: We have a clear choice - continuing the economy of dirty fossil fuels exemplified by the Keystone XL pipeline with a straight path to climate disaster, or starting a new path toward mitigating climate change with an economy increasingly focused on clean renewable enerClean Renewable Energy: We have a clear choice - continuing the economy of dirty fossil fuels exemplified by the Keystone XL pipeline with a straight path to climate disaster, or starting a new path toward mitigating climate change with an economy increasingly focused on clean renewable enerfuels exemplified by the Keystone XL pipeline with a straight path to climate disaster, or starting a new path toward mitigating climate change with an economy increasingly focused on clean renewable enerclean renewable energies.

We do not need expensive new natural gas pipelines or to develop counterproductive bailouts to uneconomic fossil fuel generators, which would only raise electricity bills, bring more polluting energy into the region, exacerbate climate change, and slow New England's progress toward a clean, resilient, and fuel secure grid.

Our opportunity here isn't only about protecting the ocean waters of America, marine life, a favorite surf break, jobs or a given beach community; it's about demanding that our government utilize the best available science and data and listen to the massive outpouring of public opposition to destructive offshore oil and gas development, to shift the tides of energy development instead away from fossil fuels and toward renewables; it's about holding our President and federal agencies accountable for decisions they make about the management of the ocean; it's about protecting the ocean and every coastline from the atrocity and injustice of offshore drilling and exploration; it's about protecting clean water, air and beaches now and for the future; it's about protecting one another, and the Earth.

If we take this path toward a clean energy future, we know we can stop the worst effects of global warming while reviving our economy, rescuing America from its dependence on fossil fuels, reducing pollution and threats to our health, protecting the natural resources that we depend upon for survival, and creating millions of good jobs right here at home.

The Low Carbon Fuel Standard is an essential part of California's program to move away from dirty fuels and toward a clean energy future.

Governments around the world are working toward sharply increasing clean energy use while slashing consumption of carbon - based fuels.

President Obama recognizes the social and economic threat that climate change poses, and his Climate Action Plan (CAP) is a vital step toward addressing it, transitioning the U.S. to a cleaner, more sustainable economy and away from the dirty fossil fuels that pollute our air and are the biggest contributors to climate change.

Rather than continuing to invest in fossil fuel infrastructure when their climate goals require them to wean off of fossil fuel reliance, the leaders say they will push toward strengthening a clean energy economy in their jurisdictions.

For the passenger car market, alternative fuels offer an important step toward a clean car future that combines advanced technology and clean fuel.

The stated purpose of the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 is «to move the United States toward greater energy independence and security, to increase the production of clean renewable fuels, to protect consumers, to increase the efficiency of products, buildings, and vehicles, to promote research on and deploy greenhouse gas capture and storage options, and to improve the energy performance of the Federal Government, and for other purposes.»

The event is geared toward helping the public learn about how they can reduce their use of electricity or convert to clean fuels like solar power.

Since beginning the great Energiewende transition from fossil fuels and nuclear energy, Germany has gone from strength to strength, leading the EU in both economic growth and emissions reduction as it moves toward a clean energy future.

Energy Security Breeds Political Security Whether or not the intricacies of Palestinian / Israeli cooperation can be navigated by those promoting solar, it seems fair to say that more clean, renewable energy, increased energy and economic security, and a decrease in reliance on finite fossil fuels should be an important step toward eliminating sources of conflict across the Globe.

Every day, more homeowners are choosing to transition from fossil fuel based electricity and move toward going 100 % clean energy at home.»

We can shift our nation away from dirty fossil fuels and toward cleaner, renewable sources of power — but not without you.

But most importantly, the Prius is just the beginning of a much longer transition away from fossil fuels and toward electrification, which is a more efficient way to do things, and allows the use of many clean and renewable source of energy for transportation (which is harder to do with the internal combustion engine).

«Governor Crist has moved Florida toward the vanguard of states on clean energy policy by recognizing that energy efficiency is the first fuel in the race for a clean and affordable energy future,» said Steven Nadel, ACEEE's Executive Director.

And it's exactly why NRDC and other groups are working so hard for policies that help to speed the shift away from the fuels of the industrial revolution and toward cleaner, smarter ways to power our future, create good jobs, and protect our people.

CBC, The Guardian, The Star and numerous other publications reported on the Decarbonizer this week, while Corporate Knights CEO Toby Heaps explained to The Exchange's Dianne Buckner why this demonstrates that the global economic shift away from declining fossil fuel industries toward the rising clean energy economy is already under way.