Sentence examples for weakening climate from inspiring English sources
It is instructive that the German Green party is now weakening climate targets at a state level – precisely because the nuclear phase-out leaves the country more reliant on domestic dirty brown coal and imported Russian gas.
And last week a provocative leaked memo hinted at another likely element of the incoming administration's plan for weakening climate regulations: tweaking an obscure but increasingly utilized economic measure that tallies the costs and benefits of controlling carbon pollution.
A new free trade deal, the Trans-Pacific Partnership, could also weaken climate protections, campaigners said.
Some environmentalists contend that deals involving compensation for forest protection could weaken climate agreements in many ways.
Armed with this research, NGO ShareAction launched its "clean words, dirty lobby" campaign aiming to force companies to stand up to their rhetoric on climate change and stop funding trade associations working to weaken climate policy.
The hard-charging Abbott had drawn fierce criticism from many in Australia's scientific community as a result of his moves to make deep cuts in nonbiomedical research budgets, and to weaken climate and environmental protection policies.
For more information, see the Breakthrough Institute's analysis here: Climate Bill Analysis Part 19: ACES Could Align Economic Interests to Weaken Climate Legislation.
"The longer the renminbi peg endures in a weakening dollar climate, the greater the risk that the world loses patience with China," says Roach.
While the U.S. was busy using trade rules to weaken EU climate policy, the EU was working to use trade rules to strike down U.S. climate and energy policies.
It also opens up tremendous new offsetting opportunities which will further weaken the climate regime.
Others wonder whether nationalist groups are taking advantage of the weakened political climate following the dramatic firing of Moscow's veteran mayor, Yury Luzhkov, two months ago.
