Sentences with phrase «ghg emission reduction efforts»

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Efforts to solve global warming by GHG emissions reductions strategies, rather than GHG replacement strategies, can not realistically succeed over the short - term or the long - term or any term, ever - unless the mandated reductions are so drastic that in effect they would require carbon - free alternatives for nearly all GHG sources.

The following graphs compare Section 201 with the call by some in Congress for a massive U.S. effort to build 100 new nuclear power plants in an attempt to move the country toward energy independence and significant GHG emissions reductions (click either image to enlarge):

Some in Congress are calling for a massive U.S. effort to build 100 new nuclear power plants in an attempt to move the country toward energy independence and significant GHG emissions reductions.

«Meat production represents 18 percent of global human - induced GHG emissions... While the world is looking for sharp reductions in greenhouse gases responsible for climate change, growing global meat production is going to severely compromise future efforts... a study from the University of Chicago showed that if Americans were to reduce meat consumption by 20 percent it would be as if they switched from a standard sedan to the ultra-efficient Prius.»

Requires the EPA Administrator to report to Congress by July 1, 2013, and every four years thereafter, on an analysis of: (1) key findings based on the latest scientific information relevant to global climate change; (2) capabilities to monitor and verify GHG reductions on a worldwide basis; and (3) the status of worldwide efforts for reducing GHG emission, preventing dangerous atmospheric concentrations of GHGs, preventing significant irreversible consequences of climate change, and reducing vulnerability to the impacts of climate change.

Until US policymakers move beyond the Cato - style climate logical fallacies, the EPA regulation of large GHG emitters via the endangerment finding is the only large - scale emissions reductions effort we have.

Whether There is Significant U.S. Potential for Reducing GHG Emissions Because it takes significant effort and resources to produce a standardized project protocol, the Reserve will prioritize project types that, if fully implemented, would result in large and geographically diverse GHG reductions.

Any serious effort to achieve a substantial reduction of GHG emissions in California can't use EMV numbers applied to renewable energy investments as a measure of success or failure.