Sentences with phrase «cut tailpipe emissions»

Automakers are already phasing in particle traps that cut tailpipe emissions from diesel engines by 90 percent or more.

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

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Debates about how to combat climate change usually revolve around how to cut emissions from smokestacks and vehicle tailpipes.

But cutting global (GHG) emissions by 50 percent by 2050 is a major challenge that would require curbs on the smokestacks of power generators and the tailpipes of vehicles as well as a halt to deforestation, among other efforts.

As the need to reduce emissions increased, more manufacturers sought to design their own hybrid systems and significant gains have been found in cutting harmful tailpipe gases like CO2 and NOx.

What's your take on the auto industry in a world facing financial implosion and wondering how to cut smokestack and tailpipe emissions linked to global warming?

The expected introduction of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use, but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say.That's because a plug - in's lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility generating plants supplying electricity to recharge the big batteries that allow plug - ins to run up -LSB-...]

The expected introduction of plug - in hybrid electric vehicles could cut U.S. gasoline use, but could increase deadly air pollution in some areas, two reports say.That's because a plug - in's lower tailpipe emissions may be offset by smokestack emissions from the utility generating plants supplying electricity to recharge the big batteries that allow plug - ins to run up to 40 miles without kicking on their gasoline engines.

With no tailpipe emissions, they prevent air pollution and cut fossil fuel use.

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.

A total of 18 states, representing 45 percent of the nation's auto market, have either adopted or pledged to implement California's proposed tailpipe emissions rules, which seek to cut vehicles» greenhouse gas emissions by 30 percent between 2009 and 2016.

But since most of America's electricity comes from coal - fired power plants, critics worry that any cut in tailpipe emissions would be offset by dirty air from increased coal burning.