Sentences with phrase «about carbon reduction»

«But climate action is not only about carbon reduction for BT.

He said he hopes the region can «begin a long - run direction to how to decarbonize,» adding that «this is not just about carbon reduction, but economic development.»

«It was never about carbon reduction; it's about poverty reduction,» he said.

Additionality refers to the concept of whether your carbon offset purchase really brings about carbon reductions, or whether the reductions would have happened anyway.

Not exact matches

While it's always interesting to know about the top runners, renewable energy companies in various growth stages will become more important as government funding for research and development related to energy efficient, emissions reduction and carbon capture decreases.

What the report to the UN actually says is that Canada will miss its 2030 target by 66 megatonnes of carbon, which is about 22 per cent of needed reductions.

Beyond weather worries, about 57 percent of the entrepreneurs said they'd like to see the largest carbon emitters make the biggest reductions in emissions — and bear most of the costs of such efforts.

Important decisions about the 80 % carbon emissions reduction target by 2050 haven't been taken.

«If you really want to get the reduction people are talking about, 80 percent by 2050, it's going to take some sort of price on carbon to get there,» Thornton said.

Armond Cohen, executive director of the Clean Air Task Force, a nonprofit health and environmental advocacy group, cautions that the carbon reductions from the gas boom should not induce complacency about the importance of nuclear, renewable, and other zero - carbon energy sources.

Eliminating 1 tonne of carbon dioxide in Decin will cost about $ 5, one - third the estimated cost of achieving the same reduction at a power plant in Wisconsin, says Richard Abdoo, chief executive of Wisconsin Electric.

Total annual production emissions, averaged over five years, would equal about 100 grams of carbon dioxide per megajoule — which is 7 percent greater than gasoline emissions and 62 grams above the 60 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions as required by the 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act.

There have been a lot of complaints about so - called carbon cowboys making a lot of money on nonexistent carbon reductions,» Lohmann adds.

«The consequences of not [acting] are even higher with these results than they were before, when we could think about 1.5 degrees as being in the realm of possibility — which I think, realistically, it's not,» he said, urging more investments in research, a tax on carbon and other established paths to emissions reductions.

I have recently become concerned about the continuing reduction in pH of the oceans as a result of their absorption of carbon dioxide.

Using our carbon cycle model we calculate that if we extract 100 ppm of CO2 from the air over the period 2030 — 2100 (10/7 ppm per year), say storing that CO2 in carbonate bricks, the atmospheric CO2 amount in 2100 will be reduced 52 ppm to 358 ppm, i.e., the reduction of airborne CO2 is about half of the amount extracted from the air and stored.

Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire About Blog Apollo Enviro are a leading UK - based environmental consultancy specialising in carbon reduction and voltage optimisation for businesses and organisations.

It's not just about learning the facts either, it's important to build the link between what is taught in the classroom to actual carbon reduction activities taking place either in the wider school environment or in pupils» homes; building momentum for change through pupil leadership and involvement, influencing others to do their bit to become more sustainable.

Key changes include the adoption of a substantial carbon fiber strut brace, aluminum control arms, wheel hubs and subframes up front, bringing about an 11 - pound reduction in weight.

«Plastic Logic is committed to a long - term reduction of the company's energy consumption; the ISO 50001 process creates an awareness about energy and the carbon footprint on our environment.»

«Plastic Logic Germany is committed to a long - term reduction of the company's energy consumption; the ISO 50001 process creates an awareness about energy and the carbon footprint on our environment.»

Euxton, Chorley, Lancashire About Blog Apollo Enviro are a leading UK - based environmental consultancy specialising in carbon reduction and voltage optimisation for businesses and organisations.

Global - Boulder, CO About Blog Renewable Choice Energy helps organizations achieve renewable energy & carbon reduction goals through a portfolio of renewable energy products & services.

I don't believe 80 % of what I read about the consequences of global warming and I certainly don't believe there is any crisis, but there is enough evidence to warrant reductions in carbon dioxide, changes in energy consumption and mix and fostering of new technologies.

Given that a coal - fired electricity generation plant produces about 1 ton of carbon dioxide per megawatt hour, Borenstein estimated that the price of greenhouse gas reductions would have to range from about $ 150 to $ 500 per ton of greenhouse gases to make the current solar PV technology a worthwhile investment when greenhouse gas reductions are considered.

Sean Barry and Eric Carlson seem confused about the nature of carbon reductions.

Now I am not adamantly opposed to certain ideas, how about a carbon tax with a corresponding reduction of other taxes.

While I am still comfortable with my argument that «human inertia» is the prime explanation for a long response time for doing anything about greenhouse gas emissions, I am very wary of efforts by California and the U.K. to stick their necks out on carbon reductions.

If humanity gets truly serious about emissions reduction — and by serious I mean «World War II serious» in both scale and urgency — we could go to near - zero global emissions in, say, two decades and then quickly go carbon negative.

RE # 32, you're right about not watering & letting the grass die back, thus not allowing it to be a carbon sink (though its unclear if there is a net reduction in GHGs if you water your lawn).

I have recently become concerned about the continuing reduction in pH of the oceans as a result of their absorption of carbon dioxide.

Re # 8: I also wonder about the effect of Arctic ice cap reduction on uptake of carbon dioxide.

«And much of the demand reduction PG&E forecasts to replace Diablo will come about simply from customers switching from PG&E to alternate electricity providers, with no guarantee that their new electricity supply will come from low - carbon sources,» the letter notes.

We will know if the Obama Administration is truly serious about pursuing a 28 % reduction in America's GHG emissions by 2025 only if we see President Obama issuing formal directions to the EPA to use its full regulatory authority to the maximum extent currently allowed by law in suppressing US carbon emissions.

Do you want to know more about offsetting and learn how carbon reduction certificates are generated and how our carbon reduction projects work?

Buyers of forest carbon offsets have sent a strong signal that, in addition to verified emissions reductions, they are interested in the community and biodiversity benefits of forest protection indeed, these «beyond carbon benefits are sometimes what interests them about offsetting in the first place.

I've talked a lot about my published work in (1) carbon sequestration soil work (trees and sorghum); (2) co-firing test burns in every major type of coal technology (cyclones, pulverized coal, IGCC) for SO2 and NOx reductions; (3) ethanol (for octane requirements not using lead or MTBE).

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WASHINGTON — Choices made now about carbon dioxide emissions reductions will affect climate change impacts experienced not just over the next few decades but also in coming centuries and millennia, says a new report from the National Research Council.

Leventhal says the software can help companies quickly ramp up a carbon reduction program by providing an actionable model within about 30 days.

But eFormic provides an additional barcode for the label that can be entered into eFormic's (or the product maker's) web site to learn more about what carbon - reduction projects were used.

Emissions reductions larger than about 80 %, relative to whatever peak global emissions rate may be reached, are required to approximately stabilize carbon dioxide concentrations for a century or so at any chosen target level (see Figure 3).»

July 16, 2010 — Choices made now about carbon dioxide emissions reductions will affect climate change impacts experienced not just over the next few decades but also in coming centuries and millennia, says a new report from the National Research Council.

Three - quarters of U.S. adults (76 %) say corporate tax incentives to encourage carbon emission reductions among businesses can make a difference, and roughly seven - in - ten (71 %) say the same about tougher fuel efficiency standards for cars and trucks.

Mr. Goklany argues that at whatever level we choose to address these, forcing reduction of carbon dioxide emissions is not a smart way to go about it.

If one thinks a little bit about how this might work in practice, the two critical objectives one has to achieve in designing an effective regulatory framework for enforcing major carbon reductions is to ensure that the framework is implemented strictly according to existing regulatory review processes and procedures; and that it fairly distributes the burden of compliance equally among all carbon emitters — which includes of course most all of America's adult population.

Along with stuff coming out of today (and tomorrow's) Tyndall Centre radical reductions conference (hashtag #radicalplan)- finessed arguments about the theoretical possibility of decoupling growth / material throughput / carbon (i.e. what I tend to do) seem a little silly.

If global greenhouse gas emissions peaked in 2010 the annual emissions reduction rate necessary to stabilize atmospheric carbon at 450 ppm, the Stern Review suggests, would be 7 percent, with emissions dropping by about 70 percent below 2005 levels by 2050.

There are reasons to worry about whether a carbon tax or cap - and - trade system would produce the emissions reductions we need quickly enough, and it is very plausible that additional measures like fuel taxes and efficiency requirements will be needed in addition.

There is no mention in the China Daily article about when CCICED thinks these reductions should commence, what the assumptions to GDP growth are till 2050, nor what levels of carbon emissions will result by 2050 if such measures were taken.