Sentences with phrase «many overall emissions»

Although its strong economic growth means overall emissions are still increasing, China has reached its 2020 «carbon intensity» targets ahead of time by implementing serious environmental policies and technological innovation.

The Alberta government received the final report from the independent panel led by University of Alberta economics professor Andrew Leach and announced its plans to phase out coal burning electricity plants, phase in a price on carbon, introduce a limit on overall emissions from the oil sands and introduce an energy efficiency strategy.

Once the pipeline is complete, the Valley Energy Center will begin to reduce the region's overall emissions, protect and enhance the reliability of the region's electric grid, and start saving New York's energy consumers more than an estimated $ 600 million in electricity costs annually.»

New York's overall emissions were down 8 percent between 1990 and 2014, leaving the Empire State with a long road toward meeting a 40 percent cut in greenhouse gases called for by 2030.

Additionally, researchers found that the Rocky Mountain region, with its large number of wells with a high frequency of unloadings that vent to the atmosphere, accounts for about half of overall emissions from liquid unloadings.

And while CNG vehicles would generate emissions from their tailpipes, the Argonne team believes that their overall emissions footprint would be smaller than that of an electric vehicle drawing power from the fossil - fuel - based electric grid.

But it does reduce overall emissions by at least 24 percent, calculates petroleum engineer Ronald Evans, Denbury's senior vice president of reservoir engineering: every recovered barrel of oil eventually puts 0.42 metric ton of CO2 into the atmosphere, but 0.52 to 0.64 metric ton are injected underground recovering it.

While overall emissions of greenhouse gases from CDP's «Global 500» have shrunk from 4.2 billion to 3.6 billion metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent since 2009, the index's 50 largest - emitting firms have actually seen greenhouse gas emissions rise by 1.65 percent over the same period, the organization has found.

But it does reduce overall emissions by at least 24 percent, calculates Ronald Evans, Denbury's senior vice president of reservoir engineering: every recovered barrel of oil eventually puts 0.42 metric ton of CO2 into the atmosphere, but 0.52 to 0.64 metric ton is injected underground in recovering it.

So to find out if plug - ins really do reduce overall emissions of CO2, researchers at NRDC and EPRI used a computer model to project the overall emissions from the cars and the power plants.

While the benefit of conserving a tree is the same regardless of the location, paying individuals to conserve forests in developing countries like Uganda is less expensive, making it cheaper to reduce overall emissions.

Even the 350 - ppm limit for carbon dioxide is «questionable,» says physicist Myles Allen of the Climate Dynamics Group at the University of Oxford, and focusing instead on keeping cumulative emissions below one trillion metric tons might make more sense, which would mean humanity has already used up more than half of its overall emissions budget.

The result is an overall emissions decline with the lowest overall economic impact, at least in theory, though some economists and other experts argue that such trade in greenhouse gases amounts to «voodoo economics» — the benefits of the trading never trickle down to the actual pollution control.

«A cap - and - trade system says, «You have to reduce overall emissions, but how you do it is your business.»

Green investments are spurring significant growth across the U.S economy while decreasing industry's overall emissions per dollar of goods and services, according to two reports released Wednesday by the federal government.

The sector's carbon footprint is second only to the power sector, contributing around 27 percent of overall emissions in the United States in 2013, according to U.S. EPA.

That means per - capita transportation emissions have gone down, even as overall emissions remain about the same.

«When you combine the current increase in meat consumption around the world with the steep declines in many dung beetle species, overall emissions from cattle farming can only increase.»

«(2) deforestation is one of the largest sources of greenhouse gas emissions in developing countries, amounting to roughly 20 percent of overall emissions globally;

While all of the pledges submitted so far cover the energy sector, some have included it within a headline target for dealing with overall emissions, while others have explicitly set targets to control or reduce emissions from the energy sector.

While the 2030 target is explicit that carbon dioxide absorbed by forests will count towards its overall emissions reductions, it is unclear whether they are permitted in its 2020 target.

Reduced fuel consumption in homes and industry was responsible for an additional 12 % of the overall emissions reductions.

Having flexible units also allows grid operators to save resources and reduce overall emissions by calling on units only when they are needed rather than having to call units in advance of potential need and continuing to run them in case they are needed.

I think it is the strategy of the carmakers to fit engines that are within the new emission quotas to their best selling models as this greatly affects the overall emission quotas they are required to meet.

But this electric vehicle results in 53 percent lower overall emissions compared with a similar gasoline vehicle (see Figure ES - 2).

Besides outstanding thermal efficiency, diesels» low overall emissions «profile» means less reliance on expensive, deterioration - prone exhaust aftertreatment strategies.

Ferrari hasn't released the official fuel economy specs, but Ferrari expects the 2015 California T to also be about 15 percent more fuel efficient with overall emissions being down 20 percent.

When it comes to greenhouse - gas emissions, we can not only look at the current situation and ignore history, nor look at overall emissions and ignore per capita figures.

First i think it is a good balanced speech, except for the offsets,,, they do nothing to reduce overall emissions according to recent Stanford study.

This system would force overall emission reductions but allow flexibility through a market that trades credits accrued by companies or institutions that make extra-deep cuts.

The graph above, from the Dutch report, shows clearly how relentless overall emissions growth in countries climbing out of poverty (as electrification, manufacturing and mobility expand fossil fuel demand) was not blunted by the recession and is sending them and the rich world (which is getting ever more efficient and exporting manufacturing) toward some kind of carbon common ground.

But late Tuesday, Bali time, the United States bluntly refused to consider language — even in the nonbinding preamble — that included any specific numbers for how much overall emissions from wealthy countries would need to be cut to have a chance of avoiding the worst climate dangers.

Scaling Walter's Arctic lake emission rates up by a factor of 100 would increase the overall emission rate, natural and anthropogenic, by about a factor of 5 from where it is today.

In a passage that will likely hearten those seeing the climate change fight as a fight over capitalism, leaked version includes the pope's rejection of markets in carbon credits as a solution, warning (this is The Guardian translation) that this «could give rise to a new form of speculation and would not help to reduce the overall emission of polluting gases.»

The process can increase efficiency of the combined system significantly, which saves money on fuel and reduces overall emissions.

Finally, the emissions standard for each state would be a cumulative, overall emission rate average of all fossil fuel plants in the state.

The article points out that according to research conducted by a variety of institutions, the temperature goals set forth in the Paris Agreement will be unattainable if overall emissions are not decreased.

People are comparing China's overall emissions ever, keeping in mind their population, with the equivalent numbers for the US and EU.

Each EU member has an overall emissions target determined by the burden - sharing arrangements the EU has adopted to implement the requirements of the Kyoto Protocol.

The bill would set up a cap - and - trade system to achieve the emissions targets, allowing industry and other entities to buy and sell permits within an overall emissions ceiling.

While the 2030 target is explicit that carbon dioxide absorbed by forests will count towards its overall emissions reductions, it is unclear whether they are permitted in its 2020 target.

Overall emissions dipped between 2000 and 2014, but increased in 2015.

Responding to a question from Turkey, however, Russia says enhancing its overall emissions goal for 2020 is «at the present moment... not under consideration».

At the same time, we need to be careful so that we don't create another excuse for continuing to fly as much as we do, because it's not only about offsetting our current emissions with something else, it's actually about reducing overall emissions as well.

Fixating on specific policy proposals rather than the overall emissions trajectory may mistake the forest for the trees.

The need for more harmonisation is clearest with respect to how the cap on overall emission allowances is set.

And this plan would lower emissions in the United States by around 6 percent overall — I'm not just talking about the power sector, but overall emissions by 6 percent by 2030.

«This is a good and important piece of legislation,» Malloy said, adding that the state's legislature «took real steps toward reducing our overall emissions and creating good jobs in the green economy, all while decreasing costs for ratepayers.»

China has taken steps to dismantle coal - fired power plants, reduce overall emission levels and cut particulate - matter emission rates.

However, after a year 2000 dip, Germany for example has been more successful than Britain in keeping down emissions, even though they have higher per capita and overall emissions.