Sentences with phrase «better than emission»

Serious opposition to cap and trade generally comes in two forms: an argument that more direct action — in particular, a ban on coal - fired power plants — would be more effective and an argument that an emissions tax would be better than emissions trading.

Not exact matches

Refinery manager Simon Butterworth said in a statement that the decision to shut down the burner, which improves plant efficiency, was made despite independent analysis of air quality indicating that workplace emissions from the facility were at least 100 times better than standards required for occupational health.

(In 2011, Cenovus Energy let on that output from two of its in situ oilsands projects could meet the standard, which mandates that crude oil imported to the state have lower wells - to - wheels emissions than the average of all crudes sold in the U.S.) «Yes, I think that's feasible,» says George Hoberg, a political scientist at the University of British Columbia who specializes in environmental conflict.

The emissions from natural - gas - fired boilers used to generate steam make the well site more carbon - intensive than conventional oil wells.

Painting the Keystone as something that would simply enable Canadian exports with no obvious economic benefit for Americans has a better chance of resonating with blue - collar Democrats than anything to do with green - house gas emissions.

Twelve other states, including New York and Pennsylvania, as well as Washington, D.C., have adopted California's emission standards, setting up a face - off between more than 130 million residents — who own more than a third of the auto market — and the President.

An assessment paid for by DuPont said that the ethanol it will produce there could be more than 100 per cent better than gasoline in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

«The study says it will be very hard to make a biofuel that has a better greenhouse gas impact than gasoline using corn residue,» which puts it in the same boat as corn - based ethanol, said David Tilman, a professor at the University of Minnesota who has done research on biofuels» emissions from the farm to the tailpipe.

A peer - reviewed study performed at the Energy Department's Argonne National Laboratory in 2012 found that biofuels made with corn residue were 95 per cent better than gasoline in greenhouse gas emissions.

As Boeing says in its press release: «The 787 Dreamliner is an all - new, super-efficient family of commercial airplanes that can fly long distances while offering 20 to 25 percent better fuel efficiency per seat and lower emissions than the airplanes they replace.

Granted, there are more benefits to reducing particulate and greenhouse gas emissions than just climate change, i.e. PM 2.5 which can be stuck in the human lung and cause cancer / respiratory issues, SO2 which contributes to acid rain (we've already eliminated the majority of this problem), as well as soot (nobody wants the surrounding area covered in ash).

Rail is generally better than other transport options, but HS2 is striking a balance towards speed and away from low emissions.

The Health Effects Institute states that the neighborhoods by the Peace Bridge are not an air quality hot spot because emissions levels are similar or even better than in other urban areas.

Bambrick said he could «think of a lot better ways to reduce the state's carbon emissions than blowing $ 100 million on nuclear plant operations.»

The 50 MW is enough to power 6,500 households and reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 45,300 tons per year as well as reducing other environmental pollutants.

Hydrogen is a very good carrier for renewable energy because it is abundant, generates zero emissions, and is much easier to store than other energy sources, like solar or wind energy.

Even the oil sands ultimate consumption in a gasoline, diesel or jet engine only results in 500 kilograms of CO2 - equivalent per barrel of refined petroleum products, meaning total oil sands emissions from well to wheel are considerably lower than those of this nation's more than 500 power plants burning coal to generate electricity.

In reality, as well as contributing to global emissions thanks to its exports, Norway's own greenhouse gas emissions are higher than they were in 1990.

The team found that adopting global best practices would set China on track for peak carbon dioxide emissions by 2020, a full decade earlier than they promised last week.

Based on this analysis of potential emissions - cutting measures — as well as the success of programs to inspire them — weatherizing homes as well as properly maintaining heating and cooling systems could save more than 37 million metric tons of carbon.

Experts on greenhouse - gas emissions tell me that every time my car burns a gallon of gasoline, I am putting more than 25 pounds of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere as well as a smaller amount of methane, nitrous oxide, and various other toxic gases.

Australia relies heavily on coal for its own electricity as well, emitting more CO2 per person than any other developed country, and its agricultural emissions are among the highest per capita in the world, mainly because of the large numbers of sheep and cattle.

In some of the best - studied events, this emission seems to be located much farther than where the black hole's tides could shatter the star.

Peter Ryan's letter makes a good argument for taxing carbon emissions on the consumption rather than production of goods (22/29...

We know and understand direct emissions far better than we do indirect effects.

«Battery cars a better choice for reducing emissions than fuel cells.»

Sugar cane provide a better carbon sink than pasture, leading to a net decrease in emissions.

Since the emissions today are three times higher than they were in the 1960s, this increased uptake by land and ocean is not only surprising; it's good news.

The researchers» estimate of annual emissions from wells undergoing completion, 18,000 tons per year, is also roughly 97 % less than the estimate given in 2011 by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

«When taking into account that production of the far smaller batteries of plug - in hybrids is associated with less carbon dioxide emissions than production of the larger batteries of electric vehicles, their carbon dioxide balance is even better,» says Patrick Jochem of KIT's Institute for Industrial Production.

His team's work suggests that emissions from pneumatic controllers and other equipment at production wells is between 57 - 67 % higher than the current EPA estimate.

Environmental controls designed to prevent leaks of methane from newly drilled natural gas wells are effective, a study has found — but emissions from existing wells in production are much higher than previously believed.

However, the Clean Air Act is not the ideal vehicle for cutting greenhouse gas emissions, Parenteau said, suggesting that pricing carbon would yield better and faster results than setting compliance targets for individual states.

Rather than trying to monetize all emissions in emerging economies, the clean development mechanism offers a better compromise in theory because it promises to constrain trading to areas where developing countries have made actual cuts.

The Bush administration insists that research into better technologies is more important than premature, expensive measures to cut emissions, and that may be right.

In the latter case, the hybrid had a 27 percent lower emissions impact than the natural - gas version, due to its better fuel economy.

And such techniques might be capable, at best, of sequestering one billion metric tons of carbon dioxide per year (based on the extent of iron - deficient waters around the globe), compared with annual human emissions of more than eight billion metric tons and rising.

«When it comes to life cycle greenhouse gas emissions, wind and solar energy provide a much better greenhouse gas balance than fossil - based low carbon technologies, because they do not require additional energy for the production and transport of fuels, and the technologies themselves can be produced to a large extend with decarbonized electricity,» states Edgar Hertwich, an industrial ecologist from Yale University who co-authored the study.

Ultimately, the best solution is probably the most obvious: cut carbon emissions sooner than later.

The extended Sleipner area has more than enough capacity to store all of Norway's CO2 emissions for many years and potentially could also store a portion of the rest of Europe's CO2 emissions well into the future — by which time clean energy technologies may have rendered CCS obsolete.

Cornell University researchers factored in the carbon emissions over the course of natural gas's life cycle when it is extracted using hydraulic fracturing — which includes drilling the wells, erecting the construction sites, building pipelines to transport the gas, fueling the pumps that force the water underground, and transporting the wastewater — and concluded that natural gas is dirtier than coal.

«Sparing tracts of land as natural habitat is much better for the vast majority of species than a halfway house of lower - yielding but «wildlife - friendly» farming, and we have recently shown that in the UK land spared through high - yield farming could even sequester enough greenhouse gases to mitigate the UK's agricultural emissions *,» said Balmford.

So, too, is a better understanding of what's in the trash in different regions, since emissions from organic matter like food are very different than those from plastics.

Wind and solar provide a much better greenhouse gas emissions balance than fossil - based technologies

Since 1880, 531 gigatons have been emitted and emissions should not exceed 800 gigatons of C for a better than 50 - 50 chance at keeping global temperature rise below 2 degree C.) «We can not emit more than 1000 billion tons of carbon,» Stocker says, noting that the IPCC numbers on which such regional and global climate projections are made will be available to anyone.

Anyone who would like to drive a cleaner car than the law requires today does have an alternative, though: with NOx emissions way below 10 milligrams per kilometer, the natural / biogas vehicle that was also included in the measurements fared around 60 to 140 times better than the diesel cars.

EPEAT - certified computers deliver energy savings as well, according to the report: 42.2 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity over their life spans, which means 3.31 million metric tons fewer greenhouse gas emissions than their uncertified computing counterparts — the equivalent of taking 2.6 million cars off the road.

Or at the least take solace that your beloved pork belly may be better for the environment in terms of greenhouse gas emissions than the lettuce that accompanies it on the classic BLT.

The role of the scientific community is more important than ever; both to continue to provide the best possible research to inform decisions, but also to communicate any risks associated with further emissions in a publicly accessible fashion.

That path (no new emitting capital, but no abandonment) is a better reflection of what's possible with great effort than the zero - emissions - now path suggested.