Sentences with phrase «controls on carbon»

The White House energy plan does not endorse the Kyoto Protocol on climate change or mandatory controls on carbon dioxide, but it does recommend use of market mechanisms to address climate change.

Should there be controls on carbon emissions?

And even if the U.S. continues to use coal at current levels of output — which is unlikely in the face of the looming political controls on carbon — the supply issue will almost surely come to a head in as few as 10 — 20 years.

Bottom line here: Revkin's reporting occasionally raises the eyebrows of those committed to the so - called «consensus science» of IPCC and eager to move forward with stringent controls on carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases.

DD: You bet, when you see things like USCAP (U.S. Climate Action Partnership), they're basically the ones advocating for essentially some controls on carbon emissions.

«The policies being promoted are insane... If you believe energy poverty is a good thing, you should support controls on carbon emissions.

In essence, the carbon tariff, if enacted, would assess a levy on goods being imported into the Unites States from countries that do not enact controls on carbon emissions based on the carbon content of the good.

Even as some utility executives are joining environmentalists in supporting controls on carbon emissions, TXU is betting $ 10 billion on 11 new coal power plants that will produce huge amounts of global warming gases for decades to come.

The U.S. government has opted for voluntary controls on carbon dioxide, but last year the U.S. Senate adopted a resolution calling for mandatory emission limits.

Even very severe controls on carbon emissions might fail to halt the destruction of many coral reefs: We don't know the effects of the carbon that has already been emitted.

It was not until he embraced the movement to combat global warming with new controls on carbon emissions that voters began to identify him as an environmentalist Republican.

If we place controls on carbon in the future, we will have to score each fuel based on specific variables and assumptions that might make or break entire industries.

A new Display command control on the carbon - fiber center console allows easy operation without having to touch the monitor; a feature that comes in handy when traveling at high speed.

A Display Command control on the carbon - fiber center console allows easy operation without having to touch the monitor.

Evidence for soil water control on carbon and water dynamics in European forests during the extremely dry year: 2003

Research now shows that the temperature control on carbon turnover is more sensitive in cold climates, supporting projections of a strong carbon — climate feedback from northern soils.

Not exact matches

But Trump isn't going to support a carbon tax — and if he did, he'd have a revolt in a Republican - controlled Congress on his hands.

If the company can control and contain this energy, it would have a positive impact on the problem of carbon emissions and climate change in the decades to come.

While the PSC views the subsidies as a way to control carbon emissions as the state moves toward more renewable energy sources, critics believe the Cuomo administration, which supported the plan, was intent on avoiding the job losses that would have come with plant closures in the hard - pressed region where the plants operate.

and he does have a unique perspective on immigration - both as an immigrant himself and as governor of the state which receives more immigrants than most if not all others (not sure vis a vis new york)- and epa, as the governor of the first state to adopt mandatory carbon controls.

On Monday, Gina McCarthy, the E.P.A. assistant administrator for air issues, told state environmental officials in a letter that if Texas would not regulate carbon emissions from smokestacks, the federal government would seize control of the state's permitting program on ThursdaOn Monday, Gina McCarthy, the E.P.A. assistant administrator for air issues, told state environmental officials in a letter that if Texas would not regulate carbon emissions from smokestacks, the federal government would seize control of the state's permitting program on Thursdaon Thursday.

«We can control whether the carbon forms one or two monolayers on the surface of the material by manipulating the intensity of the laser and the depth of the melting,» says Jay Narayan, the John C. Fan Distinguished Chair Professor of Materials Science and Engineering at NC State and senior author of a paper describing the work.

The findings suggest that effective new greenhouse gas controls could help lessen the effects of climate change on the release of carbon from soils of the northern permafrost region and therefore decrease the potential for a positive feedback of permafrost carbon release on climate warming.

Five cultures each were kept under control conditions (15 °C) and at elevated water temperature (26 °C) in combination with three different concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2): a control value with today's conditions, the conditions of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change's «worst case scenario» and the highest possible degree of acidification.

«If this is going to be a significant part of controlling carbon emissions, it would have to be on the scale of one [billion] to 10 billion tons per year.»

The Bulletin acknowledges that the increased use of carbon - free nuclear energy could help mitigate global warming brought on by fossil fuels and greenhouse gas emissions but concludes that the possibility of misusing enriched uranium and separated plutonium to create bombs is a «terrible trade - off» for trying to control climate change.

Ramanathan and colleagues will deliver a complementary report detailing the «three - lever» mitigation strategy of emissions control and carbon sequestration on Sept. 18 at the United Nations.

Its members include many big American producers and consumers of coal, oil and electricity — such as Dow Chemicals and the National Coal Association — all of whom might suffer from controls on emissions of carbon dioxide.

Lyons and coauthors, along with research groups from around world over, are focusing current efforts on the timing and drivers of oxygenation in the late Proterozoic, favoring a combination of global - scale mountain building, evolutionary controls on the way carbon is cycled in the biosphere, and concomitant climate events.

According to Kim, the ion implantation technique also offers finer control on the final structure of the product than other fabrication methods, as the graphene layer thickness can be precisely determined by controlling the dose of carbon ion implantation.

Controls on vehicle emissions in Europe and North America, for example, have required catalytic converters on cars which remove carbon monoxide.

For the study, five cultures were kept under a constant temperature and three different concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO2): a control value with today's conditions, the conditions that could be reached until the end of this century according to the most critical calculations of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), and the highest possible degree of acidification.

The host nation for this year's climate talks is pumping the brakes on one of its most successful ways of controlling carbon.

This will also require an improved knowledge of the mechanisms controlling the degradation, preservation and emissions of carbon along the aquatic continuum to fully understand the impact of human activity on carbon transfer.

Statistical group analyses were based on a factorial repeated ANOVA SPM8 model with two groups (marijuana abusers and controls) and two conditions (placebo and MP) and a covariate [parts per million levels of carbon monoxide (CO), a marker for tobacco smoking (40)-RSB-.

The government will continue to «lurch back and forth» between so - called command - and - control standards on carbon emissions and the deregulatory approach favored by conservatives without such a policy, Mankiw argued, which «makes long - term planning all the more difficult.»

Sari's research focuses on microbes that control the carbon cycle in habitats where organisms can not fix enough carbon from inorganic sources like carbon dioxide to sustain their food webs.

Understanding the carbon - cycle was key to explaining this: the realisation was that throughout geological time the levels of carbon dioxide and other non-condensing greenhouse - gases had exterted major controls on the planetary temperature.

It also supports over the counter sales, allows either caterers and schools to justifiably claim that the containers they sell can be recovered for recycling after - use, and also carries numerous other benefits; such as improved janitor utilisation (so less time's spent on litter control / cleaning), reduction in skip use as materials are removed separately for recycling and / or are stored in a compacted form, and reduction of carbon emissions within the recovery chain.

Key drivers for the use of Modular Volumetric Buildings include: sustainability; reduction in on site waste — controlled factory waste; and reduction of carbon emissions.

It's got a bunch of carbon - fiber bits, a more powerful engine, rear - wheel steering and a traction - control knob on the dash that lets you dial in a different amount of sideways slide if you want.

The revs rise relentlessly as you gather speed at a frightening pace and in the 675LT the ratios snick home quicker than it takes you to pull back on the right hand slither of carbon fibre that controls the gearbox.

Among the key common components are the carbon - fiber chassis and cabin tub, a double - wishbone suspension, a twin - turbo 3.8 - liter V - 8, a seven - speed dual - clutch transmission, and the unique cockpit layout featuring a narrow center stack and A / C controls located on the door panels.

Driver and passenger feast their eyes on hand - stitched leather, carbon - fiber trim, and knurled metal controls, while treating their ears to the 1,000 - watt, 13 - speaker Bang & Olufsen sound system (though we'd rather listen to the noise out of those fat quad exhausts).

This level of detail continues through the braking system (featuring 390 mm front discs on the S or otional 402 mm carbon - ceramics), the standard dynamic engine mounts and the electronically controlled lsd.

Fine leather and aluminum abound as usual, this time joined by large swaths of carbon fiber, and the latest in Mercedes - Benz infotainment is on tap alongside safety features like Distronic Plus adaptive cruise control and lane - keep assist, collision prevention assist, and attention assist.

A $ 19,500 sport package (which, along with $ 14,000 worth of optional carbon - fiber accents, was on the car we tested) includes reprogrammed power - management controls that allow higher peak torque (295 lb - ft instead of 273) and reduce the 0 - to -60-mph time from the 4.7 seconds we measured in a prototype two years ago to 4.3 seconds in the Roadster 2.0.

Other standard equipment includes 18 - inch wheels, powered and heated front seats, carbon fiber interior trim, automatic on / off Xenon headlights, adaptive cruise control, navigation, and Bluetooth.

OPTIONS ON THIS VEHICLE: 3LZ premium equipment group - $ 8815 Memory package Sport leather seats Luggage shade and parcel net Magnetic ride control Heated front seats Leather - wrapped interior package Tilt - and - telescopic steering column DVD navigation system Bose premium audio Bluetooth Z06 Ultimate Performance package - $ 7500 Brembo ceramic brakes PS Cup tires Chevrolet Centennial special package - $ 4950 Z06 carbon fiber package - $ 3995

2 speed front wipers + intermittent wipe, Colour coded bumpers, Day running lights, Electric front and rear windows + anti trap + one touch, Electric / heated / folding door mirrors, Front fog lights, Heat insulating laminated glass, Heated rear window with auto timer, Heated washer jets, Intermittent rear wash / wipe, Painted side air intakes, Rain sensor, Tinted LED tail lights, Towbar preparation, Welcome home function, 3 zone climate control, 4 12v Sockets, 4 way adjustable front head restraints, 40/20/40 split folding rear seat, 75 litre fuel tank, Active carbon filter, Air quality sensor, Automatic air recirculate, Clothes hooks on front seat backrests, Front and rear cupholders x 2, Front armrest, Front reading lights, Ignition Lock illumination, Illuminated air conditioned glovebox, Illuminated centre console storage, Illumination of luggage compartment, Isofix system on outer rear seats, Pollen filter, Rear centre armrest, Rear headrests, Rear reading lights, Retractable Loadspace Cover, Retractable luggage net, Steering wheel gearshift paddles, Storage bins on all doors, Storage compartments in cargo area side walls