Based on
the carbon emissions profile for 2011, these sectors are power and water, manufacturing, road transportation, and waste.
The Way Forward As China seeks a cleaner, softer path of development, renewable energy sources such as wind, solar, and geothermal are attractive not only because of their lower
carbon emissions profiles, but because they use far less water than their fossil fuel counterparts.
A study of the US paper industry found that «an increase in the rate of capital turnover is the most important factor in permanently changing
carbon emission profiles and energy efficiency» (Davidsdottir and Ruth, 2004).
The data was requested by Nationals senator and party whip John Williams, who has argued that the carbon emissions produced by the new plants worldwide would eclipse Australia's total
carbon emission profile.
Not exact matches
Despite a series of high -
profile cancellations, projects to capture and store the
carbon dioxide
emissions from power plants and other sources are under construction
These conflicts have stalled some high -
profile projects despite the fact that renewable energy sources do not produce heat - trapping
emissions of
carbon dioxides, the primary greenhouse gas driving global warming.
One high -
profile target, he says, should be reducing
emissions of tiny soot particles, known as black
carbon, that don't last long in the atmosphere but have an outsize impact on warming.
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Upon Mr. Pruitt's confirmation, the Trump administration intends to waste little time issuing directives scaling back high -
profile EPA regulations, including a rule cutting
carbon emissions from power plants and another bringing more bodies of water under federal jurisdiction, according to several people close to the administration.
I modified his WRE
profiles to use our fossil - fuel
carbon -
emission levels.
It has undoubtedly been a great vehicle for raising Judith's political
profile and enabling her advocacy for laissez faire policies on
carbon emissions.
Thus, despite many years of attempts to negotiate agreements, as well as high
profile campaigns to restrict
carbon emissions, the reality is that today
carbon dioxide
emissions have never been greater:
Transportation, although accounting for only one - eighth of
emissions, has become a central focus in the bioenergy debate due to the
carbon intensive nature of transportation, the high public
profile of petroleum prices and dependency on producer nations.
Curbed
profiles Harvard CGBC's HouzeZero project «creating a new prototype of ultra-efficient building that requires almost zero energy, relies on natural daylighting, and produces no
carbon emissions.»
The interim results are the first time that a GHG
emissions profile has been broken down into its «constituent elements of forest
carbon stock change, non-CO2
emissions from biomass burning, CO2 and non-CO2
emissions from mineral soil, as well as biological oxidation and direct N2 O, dissolved organic
carbon and CH4
emissions from disturbed peat, and CO2 and non-CO2
emissions from peat fire.»
Jon Huntsman, the Republican governor of Utah, also favors a cap - and - trade system for limiting
carbon emissions, as mentioned in this New York Times
profile.
There are various high
profile and eminent scientists proposing that black
carbon emissions reductions be sought since they yield dual health and climatic benefits.