Sentences with phrase «carbon emission lines»

Class W is further divided into subclasses according to the relative strength of nitrogen and carbon emission lines in their spectra (and outer layers).

Not exact matches

Tesla's all - electric design allowed it to collect carbon emission credits worth $ 70 million in the past year, adding to its bottom line this quarter.

While Peabody was only down about 10 % at the end of May 2014, the stock got crushed as the government proposed to reduce carbon emissions (stemming from fossil fuels like coal), which would burn up even more of Peabody's bottom line.

But this transition should not be burdensome; by establishing production metrics for monitoring waste, as well as electricity consumption, gas consumption, waste water intensity and overall carbon emissions, your sites can identify ongoing efficiencies and potential cost savings for your company to support your bottom line.

State Labor governments are expected to fall in line behind the Turnbull government's National Energy Guarantee, but are keen to ensure a future Shorten Labor government can increase carbon emission reduction targets.

The goal includes an ambitious end - to - end approach to reduce its carbon footprint through actions to reduce deforestation in its agricultural supply chain as well as to cut carbon dioxide emissions from manufacturing by an absolute 15 percent, in line with science - based targets.

We are also currently working on the development of an organic product line while getting a company carbon assessment to reduce our emissions and make tomorrow a greener day.

Michael Brown CIOB Deputy Chief Executive said, «With 50 % of CO2 emissions being apportioned directly to the buildings we live and work in, the built environment is in the front line in the battle to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

Arguably LCV policy needs to be reconsidered along more holistic lines with greater emphasis on long - term sustainable solutions that continuously reduce carbon emissions through transport.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo has spent the past year walking a fine line between environmentalists who believe nuclear power is a necessary evil in reducing the state's carbon dioxide emissions and those who think the plants pose too great a danger.

Grimes has made it a point to draw a bold line between herself and the White House - most recently on the Obama administration's new Environmental Protection Agency rule that would drastically reduce carbon emission from power plants.

Cuomo has justified the bailout of Exelon's plants and the surcharge by claiming failure of the plants could jeopardize jobs and the plants provide zero carbon emissions in line with his Clean Energy Standard.

The world must achieve carbon neutrality by 2050, they write, with greenhouse gas emissions peaking by 2020 — a rate that is not in line with the voluntary commitments made by countries in Paris.

In the department of silver linings in very gloomy clouds come news that carbon dioxide emissions from U.S. power plants dropped 3 % last year due to the recession.

The grim bottom line (for those emerging from recently melted ice caves): Bring carbon dioxide emissions under control within the next few years or face serious consequences, including rising sea levels, reduced agricultural productivity and a global economic downturn.

* A study published in Nature Climate Change earlier this month suggests that if the UK increased farm yields in line with what experts believe is possible, and turned spared land into forest and wetland, the resulting carbon «sink» could balance out the nation's agricultural emissions by 2050 — in line with government targets.

The solid grey line indicates the emission trajectory that would fulfill the emission reduction targets, i.e., 40 % reduction of carbon dioxide emissions by Year 2030 and 85 % by Year 2050 as compared to the levels in 2010.

He drew the line at trading the Clean Power Plan, President Obama's regulatory program aimed at power plants, for a federal carbon tax, saying more than one program is needed to cut emissions.

The researchers described several lines of evidence supporting the existence of a hidden AGN energizing the nebula, including the dynamics of the gas and emissions from other elements besides hydrogen, notably helium and carbon.

GRAB IT WITH ARTIFICIAL TREES To corral widely dispersed CO2 emissions from cars, «artificial trees» — towers filled with carbon - absorbing materials — could line roadways, pulling the gas from the air and compressing it into a storable form.

Leading doctors are backing legal action against UK government ministers on the grounds that they have not fulfilled their commitments to cutting carbon emissions in line with the Climate Change Act of 2008 and the Paris Agreement objective of limiting warming to 1.5?

The black line separates direct carbon emissions (lower part) and indirect carbon emissions (upper part).

This band covers a wide range of radio emission lines from various atoms and molecules, and one of the most attractive targets is the emission from atomic carbon at 0.6 mm.

Spectra of some very hot and bluish stars exhibit marked emission lines from carbon or nitrogen, or sometimes oxygen.

Instead their spectra are dominated by broad emission lines of highly ionized helium, nitrogen, carbon and sometimes oxygen.

A deal this fall to cap carbon emissions from global aviation at 2020 levels must be enforceable and set long - term goals in line with the 2015 Paris agreement on climate change, a coalition of environmental groups said.

Abstract: We present the first results of an observational programme undertaken to map the fine structure line emission of singly ionized carbon -LRB-[CII] 157.7409 micron) over extended regions using a Fabry Perot spectrometer newly installed at the focal plane of a 100 cm balloon - borne far - infrared telescope.

By 2035, the Crenshaw / LAX Line is expected to draw a daily ridership of approximately 27,400 riders, diverting traffic from the roadways and eliminating the accompanying auto - emissions; the project is expected to reduce annual carbon dioxide emissions by approximately 66,500 metric tons by 2035.

Volvo takes the usual line that charging the pack with grid power from renewable sources permits much lower life - cycle carbon emissions.

Oh, to be sure, the lucky few that can afford BMW's top - of - the - line sports car will laud its picayune emissions (just 49 grams of carbon dioxide emitted every kilometre according to the New European Driving Cycle) as motivations to park the i8 in their driveway, but the real reason they'll fork over $ 145,000 + is what happens when they push the throttle.

Then I can put the music back on and return to the Teton's, The Steen's, the Canadian Rockies or Bryce Canyon or you name any beautiful, wild location (even a great love affair) and with no carbon emissions, no transportation costs, no waiting in line or gas bill, I'm back there instantaneously.

To stop CO2 ppm rising and holding them at under 408 ppm for 2018 would require a reduction in Net carbon emissions of at least 2 GtC / yr on current use based on multiple lines of refs in published papers from Hansen down to the latest PhD student of climate science.

The bottom line remains, as the International Energy Agency warned in its 2008 World Energy Outlook, that 97 percent of projected growth in emissions of carbon dioxide from energy use through 2030 (without aggressive action) will come in developing countries, with three - fourths of that growth in China, India and the Middle East.

The final text still has some serious gaps, and the timetable will have to speed up, but the treaty places a red line on carbon emissions that all nations have agreed we can not cross...

Jesse Ausubel long ago also noted that natural gas is a far better bet to link with carbon capture (through «zero emission power plant» technology), if you think carbon capture and sequestration is a serious prospect down the line.

Here's the keystone line from one of a series of papers on this energy gap by Hoffert et al (Science, 2002), John Holdren (pdf), and others: «Mid-century primary power requirements that are free of carbon dioxide emissions could be several times what we now derive from fossil fuels (~ 10 [to the 13th power] watts), even with improvements in energy efficiency.»

I'm 100 % in agreement with David Keith's point above — if you are going to draw a line in the sand, draw it around emissions which are easily reduced at lowest cost, and for which the next best alternatives are ALL lower carbon.

Forestry experts were dumbfounded by Mr. Rohrabacher's line of questioning, noting that the world's forests currently absorb far more carbon dioxide than they emit — capturing roughly one - third of all man - made emissions and helping mitigate climate change.

Far from «greenwashing,» these offset buyers — which include major consumer - facing brands such as Coca - Cola, Toyota, Delta Air Lines, Clorox, Sony, and many others — invest in direct emissions reductions activities such as energy efficiency and low - carbon product design at a higher rate than companies that don't offset.

HERE is a line of empirical evidence: (human / industry CO2 emissions are causing global warming) * Climate Myth The Skeptic - Denier position: There's no empirical evidence «There is no actual evidence that carbon dioxide emissions are causing global warming.

These transmission lines can help abate pollution and reduce carbon emissions by making it easier to integrate renewable sources into the electric grid.

The supermarket chain committed itself last year to new science - based targets to reduce emissions in line with the goals of the Paris climate agreement, with the ultimate aim of becoming a zero - carbon business by 2050.

The bottom line is, there is only one scenario with a good chance of averting irreversible climate change: one that caps global cumulative industrial - era carbon emissions at under one trillion tons.

It would seem that an easy target for cutting carbon emissions would be to reduce energy waste in the U.S. economy — everything from inefficient motors on factory assembly lines to lights turned on when no one is at home (or in the office.)

We need a carbon price, in one form or another, if we are to reduce emissions in line with our commitments.

The report finds that under a Paris - compliant cap for the EU - ETS, carbon prices would need to average $ 45 - $ 55 / tonne for a sustained period to drive coal and lignite power plants out of the market and keep emissions in line with the Paris Agreement, which seeks to limit temperature rise well below 2 ˚C of warming versus pre-industrial times.

Burning coal emits the highest amount of CO2 per unit of energy it delivers, so coal is first on the firing line when it comes to emissions regulation and carbon pricing.

Alongside the politics of the carbon tax, a floor price, a linking to Europe or whether a direct investment scheme would be better than a market - based scheme, the bottom line surely must be whether any carbon emissions actually are being saved.

Energy Matters Wind power could provide 20 percent of the world's electricity supply by 2030 as nations begin curbing carbon emissions in line with commitments made at last year's Paris Climate Summit.

It is also closer in line with the goals of the EU, such as cutting carbon emissions by at least 20 % by 2020 and by 80 - 95 % by 2050, and the agreed «no regrets options» for the long term decarbonisation of the energy sector: more efficiency, more renewables, and more and smarter grids.