Sentences with phrase «concerned about our carbon»

Holdren and many others are especially concerned about the carbon dioxide, which unlike coal's other emissions is completely unregulated in the United States.

SAN FRANCISCO, CALIFORNIA — Scientists are expressing fresh concerns about the carbon locked in the Arctic's vast expanse of frozen soil.

Congress has stymied such proposals, and until that changes it is difficult to see what will drive growth in nuclear power, regardless of concerns about carbon or the variability of solar and wind power.

BTW, I was planning on attending today's meeting when I realized that it was silly to expend a bunch of carbon to meet with others concerned about carbon emmisions.

Jon Norman, president and COO of bulk energy storage firm Hydrostor, said technology change and the dropping costs of renewable power are crucial factors driving the global shift to non-emitting resources, in addition to concerns about carbon emissions.

And for those concerned about carbon footprint, all that water is pumped electrically — and the biggest proportion of US electricity, nearly half of the total, is generated by the most carbon intensive method — burning coal.

He believes that we should be somewhat concerned about our carbon footprint, but that it is not as urgent a problem as people think.

I have done enough work in recent years on technical, geological, historical and archeological data sets to have real concern about carbon dioxide being the root cause of the global warming seen from about 1978 to 1998.

So, solutions to — if you are really concerned about the carbon dioxide then how can you create energy that is affordable — that's the only kind that really works in the economy — what choices are out there?

The rapid growth of carbon footprints in wealthy countries led to concerns about carbon leakage — where climate mitigation policies in one country lead to increases in CO2 emissions elsewhere — and industrial competitiveness, because international mitigation targets were slated to apply to developed countries and not the Global South.

In 1989 the Board, for the first time in 16 years, amended the Association's goals and objectives to highlight a growing concern about carbon taxes and other fees which would increase energy costs to consumers — a concern as important to us as are environmental sensitivity and competition among energy suppliers.

Even if you aren't someone who is concerned about your carbon footprint, forgoing the car in favor of public transit or ride share just makes financial sense.

In other words, Germans actually are seriously concerned about carbon emissions, and they are not going to celebrate some minor downturn in the smallest of the three main energy sectors (Germany consumes roughly a fifth of its energy as electricity, but 2/5 as motor fuel and 2/5 as heat).

We live in an era where many people are concerned about their carbon footprint and architects try to design buildings that are more energy efficient, even if it is heated by clean power like you get around the dams on the St. Lawrence River.

Ultimately, NEI contends Perry's proposal to keep nuclear plants open is a good thing for those concerned about carbon dioxide emissions and making sure the grid remains reliable.

Bicycling officials believe that numerous factors have led to a greater number of riders on the streets of American cities and that some of them include higher fuel costs, difficulty parking automobiles, desire for exercise, an environmental concern about carbon footprints, and the increased practicality of biking in communities that have bike - friendly areas.

For individuals who are concerned about their carbon - footprint and sensitive about the environment, this type of home may be perfect for their lifestyle.

Not exact matches

Growing concern about climate change and the election of Barack Obama mean that the enormous carbon footprint of the oil sands may eventually become a cost to producers.

Motivations include concerns about future demand for transport fuels, growth opportunities in low - carbon technologies, and diversifying into power generation to secure demand for natural gas.»

«Growing concern about climate change — from society in general, and from long - term shareholders in particular — has forced oil companies to think about the implications of a transition to a low - carbon economy.

«Investors in fossil fuel companies are especially concerned about how their businesses can succeed in a low - carbon economy.

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

On the contrary, it made him seem a «man of the people» who was concerned about «lowering his carbon footprint,» etc..

So too do a growing number of well - funded start - ups trying to make meat without animals, with a view to addressing concerns about animal welfare and the carbon footprint of meat.

The Sheppard family of Chapel Hill was concerned about environmental issues, so they participated in a «carbon challenge» to measure the impact of their lifestyle choices on the environment.

For those concerned about the planet, breastfeeding leaves virtually no carbon footprint in terms of waste of pollution.

But with environmental concerns about the negative impact of aviation on carbon emissions growing, the tension between maintaining Britain's prominence as an air transport hub and its green credentials has never been stronger.

Sullivan County public safety and fire officials are concerned about the increase in carbon monoxide calls that have come in over the last two days.

One aerosol, black carbon, is of increasing concern for Arctic nations worried about the pace of climate change in the far north, which is warming twice as fast as the global average.

That is a concern because permafrost, which covers 24 percent of exposed Northern Hemisphere land, contains about 1,700 billion metric tons of carbon — roughly twice the amount currently stored in the atmosphere.

You might expect the man in charge of United States energy security to be glum about the future, but despite his intense concerns regarding carbon emissions, Steven Chu is optimistic that science may yet bail us out.

The findings concerning the distribution of tree crowns are important, because they can be used to draw conclusions about, for example, the carbon content or productivity of a forest.

In general, the results support concerns about permafrost carbon becoming available to decomposition and greenhouse gas emission.

Concerns about the costs of carbon capture and storage (CCS) persist.

Understanding wood decay in forests is of special concern in the tropics because tropical forests are estimated to harbor 96 % of the world's tree diversity and about 25 % of terrestrial carbon, compared to the roughly 10 % of carbon held in temperate forests.

Concerns about the permanency of forest carbon stocks, difficulties in quantifying stock changes, and the threat of environmental and socioeconomic impacts of large - scale reforestation programs have limited the uptake of forestry activities in climate policies.

Addressing concerns about keeping the process carbon - neutral, Paul Dauenhauer, another graduate student working on the project, notes that while methane is a fossil fuel, there are other ways to heat the catalyst that don't involve burning petrochemicals.

Jack Oswald, chairman and CEO of California - based SynGest, says there's growing concern among consumer products companies about carbon in their supply chains.

One of them is obtaining insurance coverage, because insurers are concerned about the long - term financial risks of storing carbon dioxide in a gaseous or liquid form underground, which include the possibility of leakage.

While rising carbon dioxide emissions are a primary concern of those worried about climate change, emissions of methane, another potent greenhouse gas, have also risen in recent years.

Rosenthal says that if carbon dioxide emissions become taxed in the future due to continuing concerns about global warming, his solar - driven catalyst for making synthetic fuel will compete even better economically with fossil fuels.

So even without concerns about the warming effect of carbon pollution in Earth's atmosphere, the Paris agreement goes a long way toward reducing harmful air pollution worldwide.

The concept of storing carbon in rock — known as geologic carbon sequestration — has been dogged by concerns about cost, stability, and environmental impact.

Paul Bledsoe, who worked in the White House on climate issues under President Clinton, sees Obama's action as a sign of his personal concern about the impacts of rising carbon dioxide, which recently passed 400 parts per million, a measurement not seen on Earth for tens of thousands of years.

But natural gas consists predominately of methane, so even small leaks from natural gas wells can create large climate concerns because methane is a potent greenhouse gas — it's about 30 times more effective at trapping solar heat than carbon dioxide over a 100 - year period.

Determining how much carbon is sequestered during such experiments has proved difficult, however, and scientists have raised concerns about potential adverse effects, such as toxic algal blooms.

In an interview with «Fox News Sunday» host Chris Wallace, Trump said he's «very open - minded» on whether climate change is underway but has serious concerns about how President Obama's efforts to cut carbon emissions have undercut America's global competitiveness.

Data obtained from research shows that there is more carbon dioxide in the Earth's atmosphere than has ever been present in more than three - million years, and scientists are increasingly becoming more concerned about the rise in the average temperature of the Earth.

I have recently become concerned about the continuing reduction in pH of the oceans as a result of their absorption of carbon dioxide.

Initially there was some concern about the switch from carbon to steel brakes, but in the end the braking performance is actually very good.