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- adjective Describing any process that has a high
carbon footprint in relation to itseconomic importance
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Examples
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The Chinese have been willing to commit to ambitious-sounding national targets to make their energy use less carbon-intensive.3 But, as became clear at the disastrous UN conference on climate change in Copenhagen in December 2009, they are unwilling to accept binding international commitments to reduce emissions.
Zero-Sum Future Gideon Rachman 2011
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We eat less meat, the production of which is carbon-intensive, and lower our rental home's thermostat to 65 degrees in winter.
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We do not need to take the unpopular route of making carbon-intensive energy more expensive.
Martha A. Duggan: The Case for a Federal 'Green Bank' Martha A. Duggan 2010
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Likewise, Greenpeace's report "Who's Holding Us Back?" documents "how carbon-intensive industry is preventing effective climate change legislation."
Kelly Rigg: What's Next Now That the Durban Climate Negotiations Are Behind Us? Kelly Rigg 2011
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Plenty has been written about how national energy policy is classic corporate welfare for carbon-intensive industries that don't need the help.
William S. Becker: Can We Win the Future Racing Uphill? William S. Becker 2011
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We do not need to take the unpopular route of making carbon-intensive energy more expensive.
Martha A. Duggan: The Case for a Federal 'Green Bank' Martha A. Duggan 2010
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Third, massive technological change is the key to the needed transition from reliance on carbon-intensive fossil fuels to more climate-friendly energy sources.
Robert Stavins: Can the Durban Climate Negotiations Succeed? Robert Stavins 2011
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We eat less meat, the production of which is carbon-intensive, and lower our rental home's thermostat to 65 degrees in winter.
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Third, massive technological change is the key to the needed transition from reliance on carbon-intensive fossil fuels to more climate-friendly energy sources.
Robert Stavins: Can the Durban Climate Negotiations Succeed? Robert Stavins 2011
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Plenty has been written about how national energy policy is classic corporate welfare for carbon-intensive industries that don't need the help.
William S. Becker: Can We Win the Future Racing Uphill? William S. Becker 2011
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