Sentences with phrase «carbon emissions requirements»

In all three cases, the houses failed to meet both the energy efficiency and carbon emissions requirements — which in Ireland both stand at 60 % reductions compared to our 2005 building regu - lations.

Not exact matches

Examples of winery GHG tracking needs include meeting future regulatory requirements, such as AB 32, which requires the state of California to reach 1990 carbon emission levels by the year 2020.

The CPP will require a 32 percent cut in utility - sector carbon emissions from 2005 levels by 2030, with some states seeing reduction requirements as high as 45 to 47 percent.

These heat maps show carbon dioxide emission differences between drone and truck deliveries as a drone's energy requirements (measured in watt - hours per mile) and the number of stops on a route increase.

In the latest round of federal elections, the governing Labor Party promised to implement power plant emissions standards and carbon capture requirements for new coal - burning generators.

C2ES has suggested that EPA should «soften» the interim requirements without reducing the overall carbon emissions reductions.

Such justification would then most likely center on whether, under the introductory phrase of GATT Article XX, a US carbon duty, emission credit requirement or other regulation on imports is applied on a variable scale that takes account of local conditions in foreign countries, including their own efforts to fight global warming and the level of economic development in developing countries.

This scenario would change if there were a significant tax on carbon emissions, or if an equivalent economic penalty were imposed on fossil - fueled plants through a cap on carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions or a requirement that CO2 be sequestered.

published report, Hayward stated that holding the US back from fulfilling it's petroleum - based product requirements is «a reluctance to develop the nation's massive natural resources under the mistaken belief in the unproven science that claims carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from burning of fossil fuels is the major cause of recent and future warming of the Earth.

As with carbon dioxide emissions, the engines for the new E-Class have also taken a further major step towards the future when it comes to exhaust gas emissions: all of the powerplants meet the requirements of the EU 5 standard, whose limits are up to 80 percent more stringent than those in previous standards.

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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.»

Forcing careful accountancy for the real price of carbon emissions is pretty much a requirement for providing help of the kind you mention with the distorting effect and inefficiencies of direct subsidies.

Yet in a recent Facebook posting, Dominion claimed the Atlantic Coast Pipeline would «play an instrumental role in reducing carbon emissions in Virginia and North Carolina, which will allow both states to meet the requirements of the federal Clean Power Plan.

So how would I correct your «straw - man proposal» to bring it closer to the requirements of cheap energy with low fossil carbon emissions using the solar PV which is exponentially dropping in cost?

The requirements of the GGBP gave participants in the Carbon Challenge a head start in measuring their energy use and emissions and planning for their carbon reductions — demonstrating a practical application of translating energy use data resulting from the GGBP into action on the part of private building owners.

HERE is a poll by the IGM of their Economic Experts Panel on a carbon tax; the question posed was: «A tax on the carbon content of fuels would be a less expensive way to reduce carbon - dioxide emissions than would a collection of policies such as «corporate average fuel economy» requirements for automobiles».

The earlier studies considered by the IPCC did not account for these future changes, thus overestimating indirect energy requirements and indirect greenhouse gas emissions of several low - carbon technologies.»

With CO2 Solutions» efficient, cost effective and green carbon capture technology, the Company looks forward to supporting worldwide efforts by industry and governments to efficiently meet these regulatory requirements for emissions reductions.

Government passes climate action legislation to enable the carbon tax, cap and trade, vehicle emissions standards, renewable and low carbon fuel requirements, green community development and low - carbon energy production.

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.

Carbon emissions reporting is now widespread — and often a requirement — in the corporate world, with carbon offsets playing an increasingly important role.

-- Not later than 2025 and at 5 - year intervals thereafter, the Administrator shall review the standards for new covered EGUs under this section and shall, by rule, reduce the maximum carbon dioxide emission rate for new covered EGUs to a rate which reflects the degree of emission limitation achievable through the application of the best system of emission reduction which (taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and any nonair quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated.

(2) work with foreign governments towards a global agreement that reconciles foreign carbon emissions reduction programs to minimize duplicative requirements and avoids unnecessary complication for the aviation industry, while still achieving the environmental goals.

Excludes the following units from consideration as major emitting facilities or major stationary sources (or parts thereof) for purposes of compliance with provisions concerning prevention of significant deterioration of air quality and plan requirements for nonattainment areas: (1) those that are subject to the performance standards of this Act; or (2) those with properly operated and maintained equipment to limit particulate matter emissions or subject to a permit under an applicable implementation plan that provides a specified particulate matter emissions limitation and that use good combustion practices to minimize carbon monoxide emissions.

Starting in January 2011, large industrial facilities that must already obtain Clean Air Act permits for non-GHGs must also include GHG requirements in these permits if they are newly constructed and have the potential to emit 75,000 tons per year of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO2e) or more or if they make changes at the facility that increase GHG emissions by that amount.

He would have needed to explain to the public that national security, energy security and climate security all yield the same requirement: an honest price on carbon emissions that provides market — based incentives for moving to clean energies.

Existing laws such as renewable portfolio standards, energy efficiency resource standards, long - term requirements for additional hydropower and wind power, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caps will require a significant reduction in natural gas - fired generation throughout New England.

These offsets can be sold to other carbon market participants to meet GHG emission reduction targets or requirements.

However, if high - emitting nations take the «equity» and «fairness» requirement seriously, they will need to not only reduce ghg emissions at very, very rapid rates, a conclusion that follows from the steepness of the remaining budget curves alone, but also they will have to reduce their ghg emissions much faster than poor developing nations and faster than the global reductions curves entailed only by the need to stay within a carbon budget.

The Surui — like the Tolo River People — first had to work with consultants to measure the carbon captured in trees, identify the threats to the forest, convert the threats and acreage to carbon emissions, and then calculate emission reductions that would be generated by saving the endangered portion of the forest — all in accordance with complex technical requirements of international carbon accounting standards.

A basic requirement for phasing down fossil fuel emissions is abundant carbon - free electricity, which is the most rapidly growing form of energy and also has the potential to provide energy for transportation and heating of buildings.

Companies could buy and sell credits among themselves, and could satisfy up to 15 percent of its emission reduction requirements by submitting tradeable allowances from another nation's market in greenhouse gases, or by contributing to projects that sequester carbon dioxide emissions.

As a result, DEQ's proposed rules will not guarantee the most basic requirement of the Clean Power Plan — lowering carbon dioxide emissions — will be fulfilled in North Carolina.

I think the so called «New Program» that Mr. Obama announced on May 19 is the typical example of two seperate sets of the same requirement because there is a direct connection between fuel economy and carbon dioxide emissions.

Significantly reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and prevent backsliding on progress made to date by maintaining the operations of carbon - free nuclear power plants as the state transitions to a 50 percent renewable requirement; and,

Though Washington state officials are considering the effects of climate - change - causing emissions stemming from shipping the coal across the western United States, there are no legal requirements to consider the carbon pollution from burning the coal half a world away.

10 February 2015 Forest carbon has always been a touchy - feely way to reduce your carbon footprint — after all, by purchasing a REDD offset, you're doing more than just fulfilling the requirement of the acronym and «Reducing Emissions from Deforestation and forest Degradation.»

The regulations are the latest changes to the state's three - year - old Advanced Clean Cars program, a package of existing requirements for manufacturers that seek to cut smog - forming emissions and greenhouse gases from tailpipes of conventional cars and create a new market for carbon - zero ones.

ICROA provides consumer protection for parties wishing to voluntarily manage and offset their carbon emissions by ensuring its member companies follow and publically report against the ICROA Code of Best Practice, which provides specific requirements for the manner in which ICROA members provide their carbon footprinting, greenhouse gas reduction advice and offset services.

In an April 1, 2012 column in The New York Times, Prof. Richard H. Thaler of the U-Chicago Booth School of Business aptly summed up the near - unanimity among economists that carbon taxing is the optimal way to reduce CO2 emissions: «Consider a recent poll of a panel of economists conducted by the University of Chicago Booth School of Business, where I teach... [Forty - one] economists in [a poll conducted by the] University of Chicago... were asked whether they agreed with this statement: «A tax on the carbon content of fuels would be a less expensive way to reduce carbon - dioxide emissions than would a collection of policies such as «corporate average fuel economy» requirements for automobiles.»

To help meet that goal, California is implementing numerous measures, including standards for renewable energy, a policy to scale up the use of clean fuels, requirements and incentives to increase the use of electric vehicles, and a flexible market - based cap on carbon emissions that creates economic incentives for major carbon polluters to cut their emissions.

Excludes the following units from consideration as major emitting facilities or major stationary sources (or parts thereof) for purposes of compliance with provisions concerning prevention of significant deterioration of air quality and plan requirements for nonattainment areas: those that achieve a specified limit on particulate matter emissions or certain national emissions standards for hazardous pollutants or those with properly operated and maintained equipment to limit particulate matter emissions and that use good combustion practices to minimize carbon monoxide emissions.

The New York requirements for buildings, if approved, would in theory reduce the city's total carbon - dioxide emissions by 2022 by around 3 million tons a year.

We're lowering the carbon footprint of our equipment, meeting Energy Star requirements and lowering greenhouse gas emissions.

Advances in battery and other technologies, new federal standards for carbon - dioxide emissions and fuel economy, state zero - emission - vehicle requirements, and the current administration's goal of putting millions of alternative - fuel vehicles on the road have all highlighted PEVs as a transportation alternative.

Ambitious new initiatives have cascaded out of Schwarzenegger's office — including the two measures raising the renewable - power requirement on utilities, a state subsidy program to encourage the installation of electricity - generating solar panels on 1 million California roofs, and in January 2007, an executive order establishing the nation's first «low - carbon fuel standard,» which requires a reduction of at least 10 percent in the carbon emissions from transportation fuels by 2020.

We also work with clients on environmental and climate change disclosure requirements in US Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) filings, and advise clients on compliance with carbon emissions control programs featuring cap - and - trade systems.

What's more, the new study concludes that more than 5 million metric tons of extra carbon emissions will be released into the atmosphere due to the new TVs» unexpected power requirements.

The ability to securely support smart contracts, coupled with the network's distributed exchange will provide transparency for key stakeholders to verify regulatory requirements, as well as credibility of the carbon emission reduction market.