Sentences with phrase «war on carbon dioxide emissions»

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While the war on coal is working, reducing coal generation and consumption and associated carbon dioxide emissions here in the...

One of the most damaging legacies of the Obama administration's «war on coal» was the creation of a 2015 rule that limits carbon - dioxide emissions on new coal - fired stations to 1,400 pounds per megawatt - hour of electricity generated.

Weaver said that British Columbians feel more like they have been gobsmacked by the «war» over Trans Mountain that Ottawa has declared on their province, particularly when it's leading the country on addressing climate change with a carbon - tax rate of $ 35 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions that will rise to $ 50 per tonne by 2021.

The Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) forthcoming climate change regulations for new and existing electricity generating units have been appropriately labeled the «war on coal,» [1] because the proposed limits for carbon dioxide emissions would essentially prohibit the construction of new coal - fired power plants and force existing ones into early retirement.

Weaver said that British Columbians feel more like they have been gobsmacked by the «war» over Trans Mountain that Ottawa has declared on their province, particularly when it's leading the country on addressing climate change with a carbon - tax rate of $ 35 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent emissions that will rise to $ 50 per tonne by 2021.