Sentences with phrase «year industry fueled»

In episode 306, a hard look at college education, viewed by many as a must for those seeking success and fulfillment, but in reality a $ 400 billion - per - year industry fueled by fear and more interested in espousing leftist dogma than in learning.

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The fossil fuel Industry has heralded the EPA's June report as vindication for years of criticism.

The U.S. wind and solar industries employ over 300,000 people, making clean energy an important political constituency that is about five times bigger than the coal sector for jobs, thanks to years of rapid growth fueled by government incentives and declines in the cost of their technologies.

So although the air travel industry faces two huge challenges — the rising price of oil, and the environmental impact of the roughly 1.5 billion barrels of jet fuel that the airline industry burns through each year — the solutions are likely to be all but invisible.

Consumer Reports rated the power and fuel systems of the 2012 3 Series among the worst in the industry and gave the model year an «orange» overall rating — or two out of five — on its ratings scale.

«A strong economy and labor market are generating rising incomes and higher consumer confidence, fueling a strong year for the travel industry, which will continue into the holiday season,» said Bill Sutherland, a senior vice president for the travel organization AAA.

Across the entire industry, the past 25 years have seen tremendous innovation in areas such as engine performance, fuel economy and safety features.

The clean energy industry's continued ability to cut costs and reduce the demand for fossil fuels is pivotal to its success in the coming years.

While the cryptocurrency industry is still in fledgling stages — Bitcoin, whose price currently hovers just below $ 11,500, was invented just over nine years ago — its explosive growth is already fueling mergers and acquisitions that could lead to greater consolidation.

For years, Rite Aid (RAD) was the sick man of the retail pharmacy industry, after a debt - fueled, pre-financial-crisis expansion left the firm unable to cope with the competitive pressures it faced from online retailers like Amazon.com.

I have purposefully created an environment in my office that fuels creative thinking: cozy chairs, big pillows and lots of accessories to commemorate my years in the industry.

It's these eager young consumers that Turkey's advertising industry has in its sights, and in turn it is them fuelling the sector's steady and splendid growth — 8 % last year.

Growth in the market for hybrid and fuel - efficient cars will help industry revenue grow an estimated 6.3 % per year on average in the three years to 2015.

Last year, the federal government announced it would develop a policy that aims to cut more carbon pollution than any other in the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change, by promoting the production and use of cleaner fuels in vehicles, buildings and industry.

The U.S. airline industry is enjoying some of its strongest profits ever, after years of consolidation and the past year's plunge in the price of fuel, which had been the industry's biggest cost.

For a clean - energy industry already facing political headwinds, and a high - profile CEO often highlighted as America's best bet to end the country's dependence on fossil fuels, the years ahead will be crucial.

Winners also enjoy: National recognition as one of Canada's foremost Dealmakers Heightened market interest thanks to extensive media exposure in The Globe and Mail, Lexpert and Thomson Reuters publications Media coverage stemming from Deloitte's national media relations efforts The opportunity to engage in the high - level industry networking that fuels M&A transactions - Recognition at the gala awards ceremony, which is attended by leading investors, advisors and financiers - Year - round networking and educational opportunities, including access to valuable research, insights and best practices

Canada spends billions every year subsidizing the fossil fuel industry.

Years ago, Denver's economy was reliant upon the fossil - fuel industry, reported the New York Times.

Congestion, which is a symptom of our increasingly inadequate infrastructure, cost the trucking industry almost $ 50 billion in wasted time and fuel last year alone, a cost that affects the entire economy.

When a late 1990s manufacturing boom fuelled by a falling loonie ended, the province shed 377,000 industry positions in under twelve years.

Advancements in vehicle manufacturing and rising consumer demand have helped accelerate the automotive industry's transition toward alternative fuel vehicles in recent years.

Speaking at an energy conference in Tel Aviv, Energy Minister Steinitz said the country's manufacturing and transportation industries will be fueled entirely by natural gas, electricity and alternative fuels within the next 12 years.

According to the International Air Transport Association (IATA), a global airlines trade group, the industry is set to post a collective $ 33 billion in net profits this year — a record — on fuel cost savings and stronger passenger flight demand.

A scientist at Exxon for 20 years until his departure in 1989, Bernstein went to Mobil where he wrote a 1996 primer on climate science for the Global Climate Coalition, an advocacy group for the fossil fuel industry.

The data shows that the beverage industry has the largest fleet of fuel - efficient heavy - duty hybrid commercial vehicles in North America, and has increased fuel economy (miles per gallon) industry - wide by 3 percent per year since at least 2010.

Traditionally the industry has been a heavy user of fossil fuels, primarily oil, the price of which has fluctuated from under $ 15 a barrel 20 years ago to peaks of $ 90 to over $ 100 now, making fossil fuels such as bunker oil vastly more expensive.

«For years, through a campaign of scare tactics and misinformation, the oil and gas industry has made expanding fossil fuel infrastructure seem like the only choice,» he said.

Instead of running on solid uranium — the industry's mainstay for more than 50 years — it would rely on liquid fuel suffused with thorium, which is three times as abundant as uranium.

«New fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases: Most significant improvement in global fuel standards for the shipping industry in 100 years, will also reduce number of premature deaths.»

This is the most significant improvement in global fuel standards for the shipping industry in 100 years, intended to achieve significant health benefits on a global scale.

Policymakers and the energy industry have been looking to natural gas in recent years as a more climate friendly fuel with half the greenhouse gas emissions of coal, but EPA research is casting doubt on that plan

To benefit in twenty years» time from many of the proposed dual - use technologies — such as fuel cells — it must invest alongside industry now.

Some energy experts worry that the scale of the incentives could lead to a repeat of the disastrous effort 30 years ago to underwrite a synthetic fuels industry.

Moniz notes that just 0.1 cent per kilowatt - hour of electricity and 2 cents per gallon of transportation fuels would yield about $ 8 billion per year, although such surcharges would need to be developed «with collaboration from industry and consumers.

The 2 million tonnes of adipic acid needed by industry every year are at present made from benzene, a carcinogenic chemical that comes from nonrenewable fossil fuels.

For many years fracking industry groups insisted their member companies never used diesel fuels in their operations.

Fossil fuel industries collect some $ 4 billion a year in tax breaks and other aid, reports Taxpayers for Common Sense, a group of nonpartisan budget watchdogs — and that figure doesn't even take into account hidden forms of support, such as the Pentagon's jet aircraft research and development that led to efficient new natural gas turbines.

Obama has, however, also been a supporter of ethanol made primarily from corn — a prominent industry in his home state of Illinois — and recently told farmers he supports federal mandates to make nine billion gallons (34 billion liters) of ethanol to use as fuel this year.

Coffee is the world's most popular beverage, with about 500 billion cups drunk every year, fuelling an export industry worth $ 15 billion.

But the fishing industry also contributes to climate change: mostly from the carbon dioxide (CO2) from burned diesel fuel that persists in the atmosphere for hundreds of years.

«It takes 77 million years to make fossil fuels and 45 minutes to use as a coffee cup,» says Cereplast's Scheer, noting that his industry can use the residue of government - mandated production of biofuels, such as ethanol from corn.

For years, the automobile industry has argued that congressional attempts to make cars and trucks more fuel - efficient would compromise passenger safety.

The auto industry needs to have a rethink: having turned out ever heavier cars year on year, in future vehicles will have to be lighter with lower fuel consumption and CO2 emissions.

That amount is only a drop in the bucket compared with the 65 billion gallons of fuel the aviation industry uses worldwide each year, but it is a start, the executives said.

This, the administration said, would save motorists $ 1.7 trillion in fuel costs over the life of the vehicles, but cost the auto industry about $ 200 billion over 13 years.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

According the new research, last year global CO2 emissions from fossil fuels and industry grew by just 0.6 % — compared to 2.4 % annual growth for the decade before.

Mr. Dyke has 30 years of experience and leadership in the nuclear industry focusing on the nuclear fuel cycle and nuclear nonproliferation issues.

Last year Greenpeace revealed that Willie Soon is exclusively funded by fossil fuel interests like Koch Industries, ExxonMobil and Southern Company, a major contributor to mercury air pollution from its coal plants.