Sentences with phrase «which big polluters»
The latest revelations from Peabody's bankruptcy court documents show the unprecedented extent to which big polluters like Peabody went to subvert climate action.
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New Democrats have repeatedly pointed out that it is ludicrous to force the public sector, which is responsible for less than one per cent of greenhouse gases emitted in the province, to subsidize big polluters who pay no penalty for the majority of their greenhouse gas emissions.
VICTORIA — New Democrat environment critic Rob Fleming is outlining a new vision for the Pacific Carbon Trust which would end the practise of subsidizing big polluters using funds taken from schools and hospitals.
To get to the trajectory altogether, which would imply peaking of global energy emissions well before 2020 other big polluters will have to deliver on their emission cuts, too.
And while the affluent are the biggest polluters, developing island countries — some of which rely on tourism to shore up their economies — are paying the higher price when it comes to climate change.
The EPP and its allies also successfully pushed for the re-inclusion of the cement sector in the long list of industries that receive free pollution permits, which are worth billions of euros and help big polluters avoid having to clean up their act.
The biggest climate polluter is the global power sector which generates around 40 % of all global electricity from coal.
And while we're going to need other policies which actually put limits on pollution from our big polluters.»
The biggest polluters are light trucks, which include SUVs, pickups, and minivans.
Russia and Ukraine were the two biggest beneficiaries of the JI system, which allowed them to trade emissions reductions units (ERUs) «proving» that carbon cuts had been made, for assigned amount units (AAUs) from rich world polluters, in the exotic lexicon of carbon trading.
The EPA has been put through hell this week — first, there were the Congressional hearings in which the new chairman of the House Energy Committee, along with others, railed against the expanded Clean Air Act rules that would hold the nation's biggest polluters to stricter standards.
According to agency officials, industry representatives, and some environmentalists, the new rules will have a limited effect on industrial power plants, which are by far the biggest polluters.
«Champagne corks are popping in the board rooms of big corporate polluters as they celebrate this ill - disguised fossil fuel industry wish - list of an executive order, which will wreak havoc on efforts to tackle climate change and protect our communities.