Sentences with phrase «cut emissions of carbon»

Governments have cautioned that the conference is unlikely to produce a binding agreement to substantially cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other gases at this point.

State Attorneys General led by Elliott Spitzer of New York are asking that the federal courts force energy companies to cut emissions of carbon dioxide, declaring that power plant emissions are responsible for global warming.

An influential expert on global warming who for nearly 20 years has pressed countries to cut emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat - trapping gases now says the emphasis on carbon dioxide may be misplaced.

The bill, forged with advice from industry and environmental groups, would require that by 2010 industries cut emissions of carbon dioxide to 2000 levels and by 2016 to 1990 levels.

Nations found it hard to make progress at U.N. climate negotiations in Lima last year, making many observers skeptical of the prospects of a legally binding deal to cut emissions of carbon dioxide as planned in Paris at the end of this year.

Its 2030 pledges leave unresolved how to cut emissions of carbon dioxide essentially to zero in the second half of the century in a world heading toward 9 billion or more people seeking decent lives.

City planners against global warming — Rethinking the design of towns and cities could help to restrain the spiralling growth of traffic and cut emissions of carbon dioxide

Back in the summer, just before the ministerial reshuffle, Mick Hamer commented that a rethink in the design of towns and cities could help to restrain the spiralling growth of traffic and cut emissions of carbon dioxide («City planners against global warming», 24 July).

Next week in Brussels, they will have a practice session in non-committal, as they approve the European Commission's ineffectual plan to cut emissions of carbon dioxide.

The European Community has abandoned targets for energy efficiency that were essential to its pledge to cut emissions of carbon dioxide to 1990 levels by the year 2000.

The changes will cut emissions of carbon dioxide from Bynov by 12 800 tonnes a year, or more than 65 per cent.

Imagine if the world's two largest polluters unilaterally decide to cut emissions of carbon dioxide, the ubiquitous gas responsible for the bulk of global warming.

This is potentially so disastrous that a number of nations have agreed to drastically cut their emission of carbon dioxide.

Indeed, cutting emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) today won't eliminate a climate change - induced pattern favoring more severe storms and extreme weather.

Democratic New Jersey Gov. Phil Murphy on Wednesday signed a bill joining a coalition of states committed to cutting emissions of carbon dioxide to fulfill the United States» pledge under the Paris international climate change agreement.

Reducing these substances may be easier than cutting emissions of carbon dioxide, which is so pervasive because the vast majority of our energy still comes from burning fossil fuels — as delegates at the talks have been continually reminded by their location in Qatar, one of the world's biggest producers of natural gas.

Not exact matches

Unabated coal refers to the production of electricity from a coal plant without using treatments to cut carbon dioxide emissions.

If the world's governments fulfil their pledges to tackle climate change by cutting carbon emissions, many fossil fuel reserves would have to be kept in the ground, potentially wasting trillions of investors» money.

But in a letter to Kerry and other State Department officials, Kristin Delkus, TransCanada's general counsel, pointed to new policies on carbon emissions in Canada, specifically a federal rule issued in May to cut emissions down to 70 percent of their 2005 levels within 15 years.

And of course smart grids and the changes our energy utility - centered model is undergoing can both cut carbon emissions and generate new revenue opportunities.

LONDON, April 13 - The United Nations shipping agency reached an agreement on Friday to cut carbon emissions, following years of slow progress.

That will not only cut costs, produce more food for a growing population, reduce deforestation, and cut carbon emissions, but it will also promote better use of water.

LONDON, April 13 - The United Nations shipping agency reached an agreement on Friday to cut carbon emissions, delegates said, following years of slow progress.

The agreement aims to hold global warming to «well below» two degrees Celsius from the levels of the Industrial Revolution, and puts in place a system for tracking efforts to cut carbon emissions and report on progress every five years.

On the environmental front, big companies must cut carbon emissions and avoid deforestation, and we have exciting innovations popping up, led by the likes of Tesla.

But the devil is in the details of how each individual state will choose to cut carbon dioxide emissions from their power plant sectors.

with carbon pricing and other measures, including eliminating coal - fired power plants, cutting methane emissions from the oil industry, and making cleaner fuels, Canada will still be 90 million tonnes shy of its international emissions targets set in 2015 under the Paris agreement

Impact on oil and gas production: compared to a carbon tax, Alberta's policy offers emitters less of an incentive to reduce production in order to cut GHGs, notes Leach: «assuming that the facility reduced production by 10 percent, and that emissions decreased proportionately (a simplifying assumption), the facility's emissions intensity would not change, so its carbon liability per barrel of oil produced would also remain constant.»

If lower oil prices are as bad for Canada's economy as rate - cutting Bank of Canada Governor Stephen Poloz insists, the central bank might consider assessing the risks to the economy in a world where constraining carbon emissions becomes less of an abstract notion and more of a daily reality.

There are basically two ways to cut carbon emissions, and neither one of them involves global climate change summits like the one just held in Cancún, Mexico.

Nationally, however, Ontario's efforts to cut the amount of carbon pollution from electricity generation are more than offset by the growth in emissions from the oil sands, which are expected to triple by 2020 from 2005 levels.

The company, Canada's No. 2 pipeline operator, released a letter sent to U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry and other department officials saying that increased carbon levies for Alberta oil sands producers and new Canadian targets for greenhouse - gas emission cuts should serve to help assuage U.S. concerns that approving the C$ 8 billion ($ 6.41 billion) project would increase climate change.

Baking bread in lighter tins, cleaning pipes with ice instead of hot water, and using microwaves to dry fruit gums and jellies: these are just some of the ideas being explored by the Carbon Trust and food industry leaders to cut energy use and carbon emissions at UK manufacturing sites.

Researchers at the Oxford Martin School say that food and farming will be responsible for almost half of the planet's «carbon budget» by 2050 but that cutting meat out of our diets, or simply cutting down on the amount we eat, will have a major impact on associated emissions.

More used to helping people cut the costs of kitting out their homes than to cutting carbon emissions, Ikea is to begin dishing up meat free meatballs.

IRRI develops ways to add economic, nutritional, and environmental value to rice by reducing postharvest losses, improving grain quality of new rice varieties, improving value - chain linkages, investigating uses of husks and straw to produce bioenergy, cut carbon emissions, and increase carbon sequestration.

«All home buyers will be able to benefit from energy efficiency advice, with those receiving low green ratings of «F» and «G» especially targeted for support and grants to make improvements to cut their costs and carbon emissions.»

He said: «The Labour government is going backwards with Gordon Brown's demotion of the Cabinet committee on the environment, cuts in green taxes and rising carbon emissions.

Mr Miliband did not specify what the proposed legislation would include, but said ministers were «looking carefully at the merits of introducing a carbon budget» to help meet Britain's targets on cutting carbon emissions.

The Conservatives and Liberal Democrats want the bill to include annual targets for cutting carbon emissions, an annual report to parliament on the progress being made on these targets, and the creation of independent body to assess the science.

The current regulations are aimed at cutting tailpipe emissions of carbon dioxide, a major contributor to global warming.

It will also establish a joint team of Chinese and Californian officials to come up with ways for cooperation and to invest in programs that would cut carbon emissions.

Importantly, Mr Osborne told the conference that Britain would not cut its carbon emissions any faster than the rest of the EU.

Britain may have to double its investments in cutting carbon emissions to up to two per cent of GDP, Nicholas Stern has warned.

Environmental groups reacted with dismay to news of the government's wavering on cutting carbon emissions.

«New York is aggressively working to cut greenhouse emissions and reduce the state's carbon footprint, and with the addition of this new microgrid, the Empire State Plaza will support our ongoing efforts to combat climate change,» Cuomo said in a statement.

Ministers are showing signs of a full - scale Cabinet split over the pace at which Britain cuts its carbon emissions.

The U.S. power sector must cut carbon dioxide emissions 30 percent by 2030 from 2005 levels, according to federal regulations unveiled on Monday that form the centerpiece of the Obama administration's climate change strategy.

«Whilst the government has committed to cutting UK carbon emissions by 80 per cent by 2050, we need to ensure the actions reflect the words, and that plans to open new coal mines or build new runways are met with mass resistance,» Susan Nash of NUS said.

Ms Spelman will declare that the coalition is already making significant steps to cut carbon emissions and improve flood defences, but will also stress that adapting to climate change will be partly the responsibility of the local and community level.