Sentences with phrase «ghg emissions reduction programs»

Airlines for America (A4A), the trade organization for the major U.S. passenger and cargo carriers, was honored with the ACR Commitment to Quality award for the organization's leadership in helping to shape the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) GHG emissions reduction program and offsetting mechanism for airlines in a way that ensures quality, rigor and transparency.

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We also believe our current programs, initiatives, and partnerships have been evaluated and selected carefully by management to maximize the impact our Company can have in contributing to the worldwide reduction of GHG emissions.

In a draft of the first Review Report for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), the staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) notes that the harmonization of LCFS programs globally will be important «for ensuring that global GHG emission reductions actually result from these programs».

Any successful EPA - administered plan to enforce serious GHG emission reductions must be its own separate program managed according to its own separate criteria, with its own uniquely - tailored regulatory enforcement framework.

In addition to Sony's operational emission reduction targets, the company is also announcing additional 2020 commitments including a goal to reduce the annual energy use of their products by 30 per cent on average (compared to 2013 levels), a goal to increase the use of renewable energy, a target to reduce logistic - related emissions by 10 per cent, and a program to engage suppliers and contract manufacturers to reduce their GHG emissions.

It also would advocate for federal vehicle fuel economy standards, for low - emission and zero - emission vehicle (ZEV) and GHG reduction programs, and for more community education on transportation electrification and mass transit.

Based on a year - long intensive study, the Governor of Tokyo submitted a bill, which was passed by Tokyo Metropolitan Assembly, introducing mandatory targets for GHG reductions for large - scale emitters as part of an emissions trading program.

The Lieberman - Warner American Climate InSecurity Act (A-CISA) has, as its core centerpiece, a poorly structured Cap and Trade program, inadequate for achieiving required reductions in US (and Global) GreenHouse Gase (GHG) emissions while giving away $ 500 billion (and likely more) to serial polluters, making the task of reducing America's fossil - fuel addiction that much more costly -LSB-...]

Title V: Agricultural and Forestry Related Offsets - Subtitle A: Offset Credit Program From Domestic Agricultural and Forestry Sources -(Sec. 502) Requires the Secretary to establish a program governing the generation of offset credits from domestic agricultural and forestry sources to ensure that: (1) offset credits represent verifiable and additional GHG emission reductions or avoidance, or increased sequestration; and (2) offset credits issued for sequestration offset projects are only issued for GHG reductions that result in a permanent net reduction in atmospheriProgram From Domestic Agricultural and Forestry Sources -(Sec. 502) Requires the Secretary to establish a program governing the generation of offset credits from domestic agricultural and forestry sources to ensure that: (1) offset credits represent verifiable and additional GHG emission reductions or avoidance, or increased sequestration; and (2) offset credits issued for sequestration offset projects are only issued for GHG reductions that result in a permanent net reduction in atmospheriprogram governing the generation of offset credits from domestic agricultural and forestry sources to ensure that: (1) offset credits represent verifiable and additional GHG emission reductions or avoidance, or increased sequestration; and (2) offset credits issued for sequestration offset projects are only issued for GHG reductions that result in a permanent net reduction in atmospheric GHGs.

Requires the EPA Administrator to promulgate regulations establishing a program to use emission allowances set aside to reduce GHG emissions from deforestation in developing countries, with the objectives to: (1) achieve 720 million tons of reductions in 2020 and a cumulative emission reduction of 6 billion tons by 2025, (2) build institutional capacities in developing nations; and (3) preserve intact, native forests.

Requires the EPA Administrator to issue regulations allowing: (1) any person to exchange instruments in the nature of offset credits issued before January 1, 2009, by an approved state or a voluntary offset program for emission allowances; and (2) the EPA Administrator to provide compensation in the form of emission allowances for other documented early reductions or avoidance of GHG emissions or GHGs sequestered before January 1, 2009, that meet specific conditions.

Requires the EPA Administrator to promulgate regulations establishing a program for the issuance of offset credits that: (1) ensure that such offset credits represent verifiable and additional GHG emission reductions or avoidance, or increases in sequestration; (2) ensure that offset credits issued for sequestration offset projects are only issued for GHG reductions that are permanent; and (3) include as reductions in GHGs reductions achieved through the destruction of methane and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs) or other ozone depleting substances.

Although some progress was made on a few issues in the two year lead - up to Copenhagen, little progress was made on the major issues and particularly on commitments for GHG emissions reductions and funding for adaptation, deforestation programs, and technology transfer.

Subtitle B: USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee -(Sec. 531) Amends the Food Security Act of 1985 to require the Secretary of Agriculture to establish an independent USDA Greenhouse Gas Emission Reduction and Sequestration Advisory Committee to provide scientific and technical advice on establishing, implementing, and ensuring the overall environmental integrity of an offset program for domestic agriculture and forestry practices that reduce or avoid GHG emissions or sequester GHGs.

Regulatory approval of a fertilizer management offset methodology would enable GHG emission offsets created by farmers to be sold to regulated entities with mandatory emission reduction obligations under the cap - and - trade program.

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) subsequently modified the program's incentive eligibility criteria to support technologies capable of realizing those GHG emissions reductions.

To meet our ambitious greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals, City departments track their GHG emissions and participate in an annual climate action program.

The CEQA GHG Mitigation Registry also enables programs and projects to utilize real, permanent emissions reductions with a high level of environmental integrity.

(WRI, 2012) US ghg emissions reductions have been achieved in the United States due largely significant fuel switching in the electricity sector from coal to natural gas, an economic slowdown that began in 2008, and some federal and US state regulatory programs designed to reduce ghg emissions.

The agreement would therefore include common international accounting and reporting standards for countries taking on targets in four key areas: 1) comprehensive reporting and review of national GHG emissions; 2) common standards for quantifying, reporting, and reviewing emission reductions, including from changes in land use, land - use change, and forestry; 3) common standards for national GHG registries and 4) common methodologies for estimating emission reductions from developing country projects or programs funded by developed countries (known as offsets).

The GBCs committed to align their ZNC definitions and programs to achieve a common carbon goal, one that will drive significant momentum in shifting industry and regulation towards substantial greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reductions.

While Steve Stoft is correct that RPS will likely not create any greenhouse gas emissions reductions beyond those imposed by a future federal cap, a federal renewable energy program will, if properly designed, create more renewable power capacity, which will have benefits beyond contributing to lowering our GHG emissions.

Price, L., 2005: Voluntary agreements for energy efficiency or GHG emission reduction in industry: An assessment of programs around the world.

SACRAMENTO, CA, February 17, 2017 - The American Carbon Registry (ACR), a nonprofit enterprise of Winrock International, is proposing updates to the following Program documents and is soliciting public comments: 1) The American Carbon Registry (ACR) Standard v4.0, which details ACR's requirements and specifications for the quantification, monitoring, and reporting of project - based GHG emissions reductions and removals, verification, project registration, and issuance of offsets Stakeholders are invited to review the proposed changes to the ACR Standard posted on the ACR website and submit comments to [email protected] by March 20, 2017.

The Verified Carbon Standard (VCS) is the world's most widely used voluntary greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction program.

In a draft of the first Review Report for the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), the staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) notes that the harmonization of LCFS programs globally will be important «for ensuring that global GHG emission reductions actually result from these programs».

WRI will continue to support cities and companies in contributing to national climate targets, offering input to Chengdu's strategy for emission reductions after 2025 and expanding the India GHG Program.

I mentioned energy because of the «debate» on this thread in relation to a newspaper article about the alleged ineffectiveness of the insulation program regarding ghg emission reduction.

At the time, I was managing the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Climate Leaders program, working with companies to measure emissions using the GHG Protocol and to set emissions reduction targets.

You have committed to a cap - and - trade program for GHG emissions reductions and an immediate cancellation of the Accelerated Capital Cost Allowance program, with permit auction and increased tax revenues slated to be re-invested in improving the environmental performance of the industry.

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