Sentences with phrase «high carbon fossil»

High carbon fossil fuels - in particular tar sands, the most destructive and carbon intensive source of oil - have no place in our future or in our economy.

Since 2005 the consumption of higher carbon fossil fuels has begun to decline very significantly, which has caused individual U.S. end - use Sectors» carbon emissions to also decline.

Not exact matches

The main reason the US ranks so poorly on carbon dioxide emissions is because its per - person consumption rate of electricity is so high; all of that energy comes primarily from fossil fuels.

In the 1980s, Exxon lobbied to replace scarce oil with synthetic fossil fuels, but it glossed over the high carbon footprint associated with synfuels.

``... to wean our economy off its overreliance on high - cost carbon fuels...» And how do you propose to do this with fossil fuels representing more than 80 % of the energy budget?

To ensure the fund had a low - carbon footprint, NUBD excludes issuers in sectors having high levels of fossil - fuel reserve ownership — which includes metals miners and oil and gas producers.

Organic agriculture captures high levels of CO2, conserves soil, water and fossil - fuels, protects carbon - rich ecosystems and improves food security

Of the big two, there is no doubt that Labour's manifesto is much greener than the Conservatives», although the party remains too committed to fossil fuels and high carbon infrastructure.

But methane leaks could undo these benefits, and a switch to shale gas could simply increase our dependence on fossil fuels and lock us into a high - carbon future.

Development of cost - effective means to separate carbon dioxide during the production process will improve this advantage over other fossil fuels and enable the economic production of gas resources with higher carbon dioxide content that would be too costly to recover using current carbon capture technologies, Tour said.

And while EPA designed the rule to accommodate fossil fuel plants equipped with carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology, the Barnett report said such plants are unlikely to find favor with investors unless Congress provides incentives to defray their higher construction and operation costs.

The soot produced by burning fossil fuels has a stronger warming effect because it contains a higher ratio of black carbon to sulfate, which reflects sunlight to produce a cooling effect.

Ummel said despite some movement — like China and India reducing their carbon intensity — the fact remains that most of the world is fossil - fuel dependent and the rates of growth are worrisomely high.

Black carbon aerosols — particles of carbon that rise into the atmosphere when biomass, agricultural waste, and fossil fuels are burned in an incomplete way — are important for understanding climate change, as they absorb sunlight, leading to higher atmospheric temperatures, and can also coat Arctic snow with a darker layer, reducing its reflectivity and leading to increased melting.

Fossil - fuel use sends high levels of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, but high levels of carbon dioxide aren't fingerprints of intelligent life, Shostak said — you can find tons of carbon dioxide on Venus.

Global emissions of carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels are set to rise again in 2013, reaching a record high of 36 billion tonnes — according to new figures from the Global Carbon Project, co-led by researchers from the Tyndall Centre for Climate Change Research at the University of East Anglia.

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production grew 2.3 per cent to a record high of 36.1 billion tonnes CO2 in 2013.

Research and development at the Office of Fossil Energy — which oversees carbon capture development — would see a cut of $ 33 million, to $ 635 million, but would receive funding much higher than President Trump's request.

And, if it were found in large enough quantities, some experts speculate that it could be used as a clean - burning substitute for fossil fuels today because it gives off high amounts of energy when burned but emits only water, not carbon.

Hydrogen can also be split from water in high - temperature nuclear reactors or generated from fossil fuels such as coal or natural gas, with the resulting carbon dioxide captured and sequestered rather than released into the atmosphere.

«If we don't stop burning fossil fuel and cutting down our tropical forests — all those human activities that maintain our society — we're going to reach incredibly high levels of carbon dioxide in our atmosphere.

There's widespread agreement that a high and rapidly rising carbon price is needed to deter fossil fuel use and drive emissions reductions.

Putting a price on pollution can incentivise the phase - out of fossil fuels, but the existing carbon markets have so far not delivered a high enough price to drive the transition to...

In 2008 carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels were ~ 40 % higher than those in 1990.

In the 1980s, Exxon lobbied to replace scarce oil with synthetic fossil fuels, but it glossed over the high carbon footprint associated with synfuels.

However, reams of peer - reviewed research, basic physics, the ability to track the specific chemical fingerprint of fossil fuel - driven carbon, and the fact that no models can replicate this century's warming without pumping up carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases in the atmosphere give scientists confidence that human carbon emissions are driving the globe's temperature higher.

Support companies less dependent on fossil fuels by overweighting their stocks relative to higher carbon - emitting peers

-- Climate impacts: global temperatures, ice cap melting, ocean currents, ENSO, volcanic impacts, tipping points, severe weather events — Environment impacts: ecosystem changes, disease vectors, coastal flooding, marine ecosystem, agricultural system — Government actions: US political views, world - wide political views, carbon tax / cap - and - trade restrictions, state and city efforts — Reducing GHGs: + electric power systems: fossil fuel use, conservation, solar, wind, geothermal, nuclear, tidal, other + transportation sector: conservation, mass transit, high speed rail, air travel, auto / truck (mileage issues, PHEVs, EVs, biofuels, hydrogen) + architectural structure design: home / office energy use, home / office conservation, passive solar, other

It's a big job, but it's one that has to be done anyway, since if the whole world tries to pull itself into prosperity by burning carbon at the rate the US does, then we run out of coal even at the highest estimates by 2100, and you wind up with no fossil energy and the hellish climate you get from 5000 gigatonnes cumulative emission.

After a short dip in 2009 due to the global financial crisis, emissions from fossil fuels rebounded in 2010 and have since grown 2.6 percent each year, hitting an all - time high of 9.7 billion tons of carbon in 2012.

-- Put a sufficiently high price on carbon and deliver the G - 20 commitment to phase out fossil fuel subsidies, using these funds to contribute to the several hundred billion US dollars per year needed to scale up investments in renewable energy.

Surging greenhouse gas emissions: Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuels in 2008 were nearly 40 percent higher than those in 1990.

The team also observed that GHG Avoided [GHGA = (1 - GHGI) · (lifecycle GHG emissions for the displaced fossil fuels] for BTL - RC - CCS is 56 % higher than that of EtOH - CCS largely because 56 % of the biomass carbon is stored underground for BTL - RC - CCS compared to only 15 % for EtOH - CCS.

NOTE: The top two scenarios estimate an atmospheric CO2 level which exceeds the total carbon contained in all the optimistically estimated fossil fuel reserves on our planet (although here I will mention that Pekka Pirilä has found a study, which give higher potential fiossil fuel reserves than the studies, which I cited).

We established a timeline of early climate research, showing that studies dating to the 1950s pointed to the link between increased fossil fuel use and higher carbon dioxide levels.

The increased levels of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — now higher than at any time in at least the past few million years — can be found as fossil bubbles in the geologically short - lived «rock» that is polar ice.

More broadly, a carbon tax would not just move shipping and aviation down the fossil fuel demand curve; it would create a new, lower demand curve by boosting every substitute for, and every alternative to, high - carbon activity.

And taking the lead involves allowing for the transfer of technologies to developing countries so that they can leapfrog some of the high carbon, high fossil fuel, high greenhouse gas emission technologies that we've gone through.

Only in the past few decades have scientists begun the measurements necessary to establish a relationship between current carbon levels and temperatures, and the science conducted since then has consistently pointed in one direction: that rising greenhouse gas emissions, arising from our use of fossil fuels and our industries, lead to higher temperatures.

Putting a price on pollution can incentivise the phase - out of fossil fuels, but the existing carbon markets have so far not delivered a high enough price to drive the transition to...

Because most of our energy has historically come from fossil fuels, rising economic growth has gone hand in hand with higher carbon emissions.

It is reasonable to assume that human CO2 emissions will continue to grow at a slightly higher level than population, despite the fact that there is considerable pressure on fossil fuels (economic as well as environmental) and the carbon efficiency of all nations is continuously improving (especially in the developed nations).

Many governments, in varying manners and to varying degrees, also seem to see national benefits from reducing their dependence on high - carbon fossil fuels.

The Carbon Tracker Initiative is an independent financial think tank that carries out in - depth risk analysis on the impact of the energy transition on capital markets and the potential investment in high - cost, carbon - intensive fossil fuels.

There are also other risks associated with the higher pCO2, as well as the build - up of fossil carbon wherever else it's going.

Hydraulic fracturing or fracking for shale gas is the new wild frontier of the fossil - fuel industry, one they're keen to promote as a low - carbon alternative to high - polluting coal and oil.

The myth that carbon dioxide generated by the use of fossil fuels will result in higher global temperatures.

As renewable energy displaces high - carbon fossil fuel generation, cleaner electricity can replace petroleum and natural gas in transportation and heating by fueling electric vehicles and heat pumps.

Shell was judged the best performing fossil fuel firm in the new table, gaining a «D -» grade, due to its support for higher carbon prices, which could be used to fund its plans to develop carbon capture and storage (CCS) technology.

Indeed, there are practical, real - world reasons for the carbon tax to start below the SCC — to allow households and businesses at least a little time to adjust to higher fossil fuel costs — but to soon rise to meet or even exceed the SCC, in order to counterbalance institutional barriers that prevent societies from responding to price signals fully and instantly.