Sentences with phrase «by greenhouse gas emissions for»

An Australian wildfire has killed at least 135 people, and some experts are blaming global warming caused by greenhouse gas emissions for this and other recent blazes.

Not exact matches

He points out that: «Total has set ambitious goals for reducing its greenhouse gas emissions, notably by ending continuous flaring and using the associated gas locally.

McDonald's has announced its first targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions, claiming it will «prevent 150 million metric tons of emissions by 2030.»

Emissions of carbon dioxide, the main greenhouse gas, rose by an average of 0.73 percent for every 1 percent growth in gross domestic product (GDP) per capita, Richard York of the University of Oregon wrote in his report.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

«Without rapid cuts in CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions, we will be heading for dangerous temperature increases by the end of this century, well above the target set by the Paris climate change agreement,» Petteri Taalas, the WMO's secretary - general, said in a statement.

Alberta has released its latest figures for greenhouse gas emissions by major facilities.

«There's a question of whether going along with the approval of the Northern Gateway pipeline will make LNG development in B.C. more challenging by angering First Nations so adamantly opposed to the oil sands pipeline,» said George Hoberg, a professor at the University of British Columbia's school of forestry and founder of UBCC350, a group pressing for action on greenhouse gas emissions.

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.

According to one Pembina Institute report, using data compiled by Natural Resources Canada and Environment Canada, buildings account for about 11 per cent of Canada's total greenhouse gas emissions.

Instead of bailing out an American company, let's put federal support behind building upgraders and refineries in Alberta — in exchange for which Alberta agrees to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from the oilsands to 35 megatonnes by 2050.

RESOLVED: That Berkshire Hathaway Inc. («Berkshire») establish reasonable, quantitative goals for reduction of greenhouse gas and other air emissions at its energy - generating holdings; and that Berkshire publish a report to shareholders by January 31, 2015 (at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information) on how it will achieve these goals — including possible plans to retrofit or retire existing coal - burning plants at Berkshire - held companies.

Before moving to Edmonton, Turpin was president of the University of Victoria, where he helped found the Pacific Institute for Climate Solutions, which «shares a global vision of net - zero greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century.»

For example, Bill and Melinda Gates — and a consortium of other well - known investors — recently launched the $ 2 billion green energy Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, whose goal is to invest in technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least half a gigaton.

By investing in solar energy, for example, Walmart has contributed to less greenhouse gas emissions, and helped create thousands of jobs for American solar companies.

NEC collected or estimated megawatt hour («MWh») generation data for each portfolio project and used region - specific eGRID emissions factors maintained by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to determine the greenhouse gas («GHG») intensity of each MWh offset by its investments.

Alberta could cut its greenhouse gas emissions almost by half by shutting down its coal - fired power plants, a move that would make room for more oilsands production.

We are now working toward achieving by 2020 new goals for reducing solid waste, water use, greenhouse gas emissions, nonrenewable energy use and packaging.

Pulling weeds by hand instead of using chemical weed killers is more labor - intensive in the first year or two — but it is better for soil health and can lower a farmer's greenhouse gas emissions and operating costs.

Greenhouse gases created by the food system — including production, distribution, and waste — are responsible for one - third of global emissions.

Reducing demand for meat, even by a relatively small amount, would have a significant impact on greenhouse gas emissions.

Commissioned by the Corrugated Packaging Alliance and conducted by the National Council for Air and Stream Improvement (NCASI), the LCA found that corrugated packaging recovery reduced the industry's greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) by 35 percent between 2006 - 2014 by keeping corrugated out of landfills.

«Food that is ultimately lost or wasted consumes about a quarter of all water used by agriculture, requires cropland area the size of China, and is responsible for an estimated 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

Today, ENERGY STAR is the most widely recognized symbol for energy efficiency in the world, helping families and businesses save $ 362 billion on utility bills, while reducing greenhouse gas emissions by 2.4 billion metric tons since 1992.

A climate - change report being released on Wednesday by the mainline Democratic conference in the Senate calls for a 100 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions below 1990 levels by the middle part of this century.

Labour Ministers must back Welsh Liberal Democrat calls for a target to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 100 % in order to meet Wales» obligations on the world stage, the party has said today.

The Welsh Liberal Democrats want Wales to lead the way on cutting greenhouse gas emissions, calling for a target to reduce them by 100 % by 2050 to be enshrined in the Environment Bill.

Gennaro praised Bloomberg's PlaNYC, a master plan for building an environmentally sustainable New York which, like Local Law 55, lays out initiatives for cutting the city's greenhouse gas emissions 30 percent by 2030.

In giving her the nod, the group pointed to Niccoli's support for efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pushing the state to have 50 percent of its power coming from renewable energy sources by 2030.

«Food that is ultimately lost or wasted consumes about a quarter of all water used by agriculture, requires cropland area the size of China, and is responsible for an estimated 8 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

While recognising that all countries are affected by the effects of climate change under «One Planet» but some are more vulnerable, the summit seeks for tangible collective action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Erie County and the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority («NYSERDA») have announced the development of a Climate Action and Sustainability Plan for internal county operations which is expected to save more than $ 700,000 in energy costs and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions by approximately 5,300 metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2020, equivalent to taking 925 cars off the road.

This is a win - win: companies will be able to reduce their energy bills, improve their competitiveness and at the same time create huge benefits for wider society by reducing their greenhouse gas emissions.»

The project advances Governor Cuomo's Reforming the Energy Vision («REV») strategy to build an energy system that is clean, resilient and affordable for all New Yorkers, and includes the State's goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030.

New York and California account for roughly 10 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S, according to materials provided by Cuomo's office.

It is ordered and affirmed that the Department of Environment and Planning, Division of Environmental Compliance, and the Department of Public Works, through its various divisions and the Director of Energy Development and Management, by December 31, 2017, prepare a report to the undersigned promulgating an initial energy usage plan for Erie County to implement the United States target contribution plan to the Paris Agreement, including, but not limited to, achieving a county - wide target of reducing Erie County's greenhouse gas emissions by twenty - six to twenty - eight percent (26 - 28 %) below its 2005 level in 2025 and to make best efforts to reduce its emissions by twenty - eight percent (28 %), as it pertains to the production and / or use of greenhouse gases by Erie County.

The policy requires states to measure and set reduction targets for greenhouse gas emissions by vehicles on highways.

For example, some years prior to the election of solitary Green MP Caroline Lucas, Parliament passed the Climate Change Act, which commits the UK to legally binding targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by an ambitious 80 % by 2050 compared to emissions of 1990.

Preserving nuclear plants also allows the administration to move toward its goal of reducing greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent by 2030, through a zero - emission credit program that awards companies for producing energy without carbon emissions.

Robert Moore, Executive Director of Environmental Advocates of New York said: «Governor Paterson's Climate Action Plan lays the groundwork for reducing New York's greenhouse gas emissions 80 percent by the year 2050 through clean energy development and reductions in energy consumption.

The plan calls for cutting greenhouse gas emissions 40 percent by 2030 from 1990 levels; lowering energy consumption in buildings 23 percent from 2012 levels, and generating half of the state's electricity from solar, wind, hydropower and biomass by 2030.

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.

If greenhouse - gas emissions are not curtailed, heat - related deaths in Chicago alone could rise tenfold by the end of the century, government scientists say, and the Midwest and the South could swelter with triple - digit temperatures for much of the year, leading to more heatstroke and other heat - related illness and death.

The data is important for climate change models, since the emissions released by thawing permafrost could significantly affect levels of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere.

NASA's Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) was begun by congressional mandate in 2010 to develop methods for assessing the greenhouse gas emissions from forests and other natural carbon stocks.

That said, whereas CO2 emissions from coal - fired power plants in the U.S. have declined, greenhouse gas emissions from oil sands have doubled since the turn of the century and look set to double again by the end of this decade — the primary source of emissions growth for the entire country of Canada.

Barnard and his team predicted how SoCal's shores would evolve from 2010 through 2100 by modeling the factors that influence beaches — estimates for sea level rise as well as wave and storm behavior and predicted climate change patterns if the world eventually stabilizes its greenhouse gas emissions by mid-century, then starts reducing them.

The electric vehicles» benefits of reduced greenhouse gas emissions are countered by the expense and pollution from producing the vehicles, leading to debate on whether they are the best replacement for conventional vehicles.

«Stronger» results than IPCC Even after the Berkeley project's initial findings last year agreed with prior analyses by NASA, NOAA and the Hadley Centre, Muller resisted pinning the blame for climate change on man - made greenhouse gas emissions.

In Miami, where the city's climate action plan (pdf) calls for a 25 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions by 2020, researchers claim that projects to mitigate rising sea levels could also fuel economic growth.