These Asian energy giants are racing with each other to secure resources for the future.
There is no point husbanding resources for the future when the opportunity is now.
Maybe the big environmental groups will have to reinvent themselves, argues Paul Portney, president of Resources for the Future.
Mr. RAY KOPP (Economist, Resources for the Future): Within the US, every year a new round of climate science comes out.
The paper was written before Mr Newell became the EIA's head, when he was affiliated with Resources for the Future, a research organisation.
Ray Kopp, an economist at Resources for the Future in Washington, DC, says American companies, potential buyers and sellers in the carbon market, are watching with their hands on their checkbooks.
Government, regulators and the water industry were urged to make concrete plans for new supply networks in advance of house building, to ensure there are adequate water resources for the future.
It is the result of contributions by researchers at Resources for the Future, the University of Chicago, the National Institutes of Health, and Emory University, and was funded in part by the Robert Wood Johnson Foundation.
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"I think in the 1970s, environmental protection was driven by people who believed in strong advocacy and focused political pressure, " said Paul Portney, economist and president of Resources for the Future, a nonpartisan institute studying the environment.
To ensure we have the resources to prepare for the future, and to address the emerging challenges to homeland security, we needed a more realistic and balanced assessment of our near-term warfighting needs.
These same sites also host large metal deposits, which could become essential mineral resources for us in the future and some of these same systems may even reveal how life first originated -- on Earth and beyond.
By wiping the slate clean, creditors may reward past misrule and provide the resources for future misgovernment.
Virgin America would like to repeat the swap in the future, but for the moment its resources have been tied up in other initiatives, she adds.
That means reducing financial aid for eight million students and leaving our community colleges without the resources they need to prepare our students for the jobs of the future.
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How do we ensure access to precious water resources for a growing population whilst ensuring the future protection of the very ecosystems upon which we depend?
The outlook for future urban planning resources indeed, any urban resources is dim, as the dismal report from the National League of Cities shows.
This procedure, although it requires considerable resources and time, is considered essential for the future use of the building, thus ensuring safe and optimal conditions once the new cultural centre opens its doors in 2014.
This bold initiative is a paradigm shift in approach that treats urban water resources as a key pathway to a sustainable future for the city.
As we plan and budget for the future, we will allocate the resources necessary to maintain our strong military presence in this region.
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My fear is that in the future Afghanistan will consist of hundreds of these gaping toxic craters and the resources the country needs for its own development will be lost.
And I can reassure you that we will work with dedication and extreme care to have those resources spent well and in place for a better future for the Afghan people.
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For future years, the budget includes the discretionary resources contemplated as a part of the plan for Social Security reform.
The main purpose of the FPI letter is to urge Obama to give his commanders additional resources if, as expected, they ask for more troops in the near future.
The problems are compounded by Turkey, which, fearing it will be shut out of decision-making by the EU, is blocking a framework statement on NATO's readiness to permit the future European Rapid Reaction Force to use alliance resources for crisis-management when NATO is not involved.
What future exists for manufacturing in Australia when the countries finite resources are depleted is a question that no doubt will have to wait until after the September 14 poll.
The objects also are a repository of natural resources and could become waystations for future exploration.
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It will be our smart choices for investments in space technology and strategic collaborations between the public and private sectors that will leverage the value of the Moon and its asteroid-rich resources to safeguard our planetary home for future generations.
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Saddled with out-of-date factories, over-reliance on the North American market and unfashionable trucks, a poor reputation for quality, a dearth of new models in the pipeline and insufficient resources to fund future power-train development, Chrysler is too weak and too small to survive on its own.
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