Sentences with phrase «to curb emissions»

Finding ways to curb emissions of greenhouse gases is an important part of this century's energy challenge, for sure.

The court is reviewing a regulation to curb emissions from existing power plants.

Meanwhile, the faster - growing countries that are trying to catch up are being urged to curb emissions in a way that advanced countries never considered.

It may not warm the hearts of those who aim to curb emissions by compelling users of fossil fuels to consume less, or invest billions of dollars in carbon - capture technologies.

Save on the expense of a second car and curb your emissions with the latest generation of «human - electric hybrid» bikes.

They do now, but they shouldn't be forced to curb their emissions as an act of good faith before we're willing to negotiate.

The authors also note that most of the technologies needed to drastically curb emissions of short - lived climate pollutants already exist and are in use in much of the developed world.

Putting a price on carbon, in the form of a fee or tax on the producers of fossil fuels, can be an effective way to curb emissions of greenhouse gases.

In the short term, regulation can curb emissions from existing coal - fired plants and produce big gains in energy efficiency.

That does nt mean you stop efforts to curb emissions in the developed world.

These standards are projected to save drivers upwards of $ 1.7 trillion and curb emissions by 6 billion metric tons.

Geoengineering has been attacked by some environmentalists as creating a possible end run around the need for curbing emissions of greenhouse gases at the source, and also for coming with its own basket of potential environmental consequences.

Other Climate Goals Some other, more abstract ideas are proposed as well, designed to take a new tack on curbing emissions on a global scale.

The report says that even with a lack of any policy aimed at curbing emissions of greenhouse gases, United States emissions of carbon dioxide are not expected to top those measured in 2005 until 2027 (click here for a graph).

Obama said nothing about reducing greenhouse gas emissions, about observed or projected disruptive climate change impacts, about the need for domestic adaptive preparedness to deal with impacts, nor about the U.S. obligation under the Copenhagen Accord to help less developed countries curb their emissions and to adapt.

It also includes a major new pilot project in China to study carbon capture and sequestration, the controversial technology that — at least in theory — could help China curb its emissions while continuing to burn coal for electricity.

Just two months have passed since the world's top diplomats cobbled together the best plan we've ever had to start curbing emissions of heat - trapping greenhouse gases.

Those targets apply to developed countries: The draft speaks of the developing world, including China, curbing emissions growth by 15 % or 30 % in the near term from what they would otherwise be — not compared to past levels.

Whether they live in the industrialized or the developing world, they're the ones who must bear the costs of the transition, not only by curbing the emissions associated with their own consumption, but also by ensuring that, as people in the «underdeveloped world» rise into the global middle class, they are able to do so along sustainable, low - emission paths.

BARCELONA (Thomson Reuters Foundation)- Reducing food waste around the world would help curb emissions of planet - warming gases, lessening some of the impacts of climate change such as more extreme weather and rising seas, scientists said on Thursday.

Commentary: International Maritime Organization agrees to first long - term plan to curb emissions Historic shipping industry climate deal is in line with Paris Agreement and the IEA's Beyond 2 °C Scenario 13 April 2018

Currently, China is working on a pledge to curb emissions intensity — the amount of carbon pumped into the atmosphere per unit of gross domestic product — but has not indicated when it might cut absolute emissions.

The RGGI program also might not actually curb emissions, because power plants are already emitting less than the proposed cap — due to take effect on January 1, 2009, and based on projections from 2005 — thanks to slower than anticipated growth in electricity generation.

With the release this morning of the Obama administration's proposed regulations curbing emissions of heat - trapping gases from existing power plants, the battle to shape public attitudes is already in high gear.

As I have pointed out in Comment 14 on Mr. Revkin's dotearth blog write - up on the Gore ads, April 1, we get no where in controlling global warming crisis by signing pacts to just curb emissions.

Rhone Resch, president and chief executive of the Solar Energy Industries Association, said the rule will have an enormous impact because it is so different from previous air - quality regulations in which power plants installed pollution controls to curb the emissions coming out of their stacks.

An appraisal of possible plans to curb emissions during this extra time suggests they're optimistic — perhaps excessively so (see «Outbreak of global warming optimism is naive «-RRB-.

A multi-agency effort to nail down the social cost of carbon emissions ignores wrenching climate impacts such as ocean acidification and makes efforts to curb emissions seem disproportionately expensive, economists say

Whereas in the past developing countries set targets contingent upon how much money the industrialized West would deliver, under the new deal, nations will be expected to curb emissions regardless of monetary aid.

He has tried everything over the decades to mobilize people to aggressively curb emissions of greenhouse gases that climate experts say will lead to centuries of rising seas, ecological disruption and changing weather patterns.

Since the last relatively substantive meeting on a new climate treaty, in Bali, Indonesia, in 2007, there has been a steady stream of statements about the urgent need to «seal the deal» next month in Copenhagen, providing a firm new treaty curbing emissions from rich countries and emerging powers and buttressing poor ones against climatic and coastal hazards.

But the last line here was directed at China and India, saying all of this is still predicated on them making some commitments to curb emissions under next year's treaty.]

In an interview with several journalists from The Times, President Lee Myung - bak of South Korea described his country's plans for voluntarily curbing emissions and intensifying research on non-polluting energy technology.

One lesson, discussed by me for many years, is that short - term variability even on the scale of a decade (in either the hot or not hot direction) is a distraction if one is looking for evidence of human - driven warming or trying to build an argument for or against curbing emissions of greenhouse gases.

The rich countries pledged to set targets for beginning to curb their emissions within a decade or two (with no date defined), and the emerging powers, led by China and India, said they would pursue «appropriate» efforts to stem emissions, «with a view to achieving a deviation from business as usual.»

The Christian Science Monitor has a valuable update on the international fight over curbing emissions tied to millions of premature deaths and tens of billions of dollars in health - care costs each year — the emissions from cigarettes.

This stance contrasts both with those of people like Bjorn Lomborg, who say curbing emissions is a waste of time and money, and also with efforts by some environmental campaigners, scientists, and public figures, former Vice President Al Gore included, to assert that the clear and present danger from unfolding climate disruption is the reason to act.

«That result is not sensitive to emissions scenarios, whether we continue to emit CO2 along a business - as - usual trajectory [RCP8.5] or begin to curb emissions [RCP4.5].

The researchers identify six ways in which biochar curbs emissions, including reducing methane production from decaying plant waste, reducing nitrous oxide release from soils, and avoiding carbon dioxide emissions by storing carbon in the soil.

Meanwhile, the Democratsâ $ ™ proposed law curbing emissions, which had juddered through the House but stalled in the Senate, came to a complete halt when the Republicans took control of the House in November.

Paris plays host to the biggest UN talks on tackling global warming and curbing emissions since the ill - fated Copenhagen summit in 2009.