Sentences with phrase «cutting emissions of methane»

The countries committed to cutting emissions of methane by 40 to 45 percent below 2012 levels by 2025, to take steps to fight climate change in the Arctic, and to speed development of green technologies.

Fast Mitigation: «If we want to reduce the threat of climate change in the near future, there are actions to take now: reduce emissions of short - lived pollutants such as black carbon, cut emissions of methane from natural - gas fields and landfills, and so on,» says Stanford climate scientist Ken Caldeira.

Not exact matches

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

Researchers in Victoria have cut methane emissions in dairy cows 20 per cent by feeding them grape marc (stems, seeds and skins), part of 200,000 tonnes mostly discarded by the wine industry every year.

The livestock industry notes that if some or most of the methane could be incorporated into the animal's nutrition processes, rather than being emitted, this would increase productive weight gain at the same time as cutting greenhouse gas emissions, for a double bonus effect.

ALBANY — Governor Andrew Cuomo released a new plan to cut methane emissions statewide — but the local region is already doing a lot on the agricultural side of things.

Last year scientists writing in the journal Nature Climate Change suggested cutting methane emissions by pushing up the price of meat through a tax or emissions trading scheme.

Cutting the amount of short - lived, climate - warming emissions such as soot and methane in our skies won't limit global warming as much as previous studies have suggested, a new analysis shows.

«Cutting back only on soot and methane emissions will help the climate, but not as much as previously thought,» said the study's lead author, climate researcher Steve Smith of the Department of Energy's Pacific Northwest National Laboratory.

On Tuesday, the governments of California and six other western states as well as four Canadian provinces proposed a new plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 using a similar cap - and - trade market — and would expand such regulations to encompass not just CO2 from power plants but also cars and trucks as well as other greenhouse gases, such as potent methane.

Specifically, the incorporation of this oilseed plant into animal food cuts methane emissions by between 6 % and 13 % and carbon dioxide emissions by between 6.8 % and 13.6 %.

The authors of the new study, Steven Smith and Andrew Mizrahi, both climate analysts at the Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Maryland, argue that for one thing, the earlier work assumes that dramatic cuts in methane and soot emissions are feasible based on shifting technologies and changes in human behavior.

The United Nations Environment Program estimates that cutting back on methane and soot emissions alone could prevent 0.7 degree Celsius of additional warming by 2040 — and those cooling benefits could come faster than comparable cuts in CO2.

Economists and scientists developed the calculation to give policymakers a better idea of the economic benefits of cutting methane emissions.

Global energy - related emissions could peak by 2020 if energy efficiency is improved; the construction of inefficient coal plants is banned; investment in renewables is increased to $ 400 billion in 2030 from $ 270 billion in 2014; methane emissions are cut in oil and gas production and fossil fuel subsidies are phased out by 2030.

The countries are aiming to set up a so - called Methane Abatement Facility with pledges of $ 100 million under the auspices of the World Bank to buy and cancel carbon credits, initially from projects that cut emissions at landfill waste sites.

If the world were to cut 45 percent of methane emissions by 2025, as studies suggest, it would have the same short - term climate benefit as closing one - third of the world's coal plants.

In California, where lawmakers passed an ambitious law aimed at cutting greenhouse gas emissions in 2006, regulators have had the authority to require dairies to cut methane, but have not followed through because of opposition from the industry.

Raymond Pierrehumbert, an Oxford University atmospheric physics professor who believes cutting carbon dioxide emissions is more urgent than cutting methane emissions, said Howarth's research offers little new information about the role of natural gas production in global warming.

Furthermore, I suspect that now that the world (particularly China) has seen that the USA has cut its CO ₂ emissions by using more methane produced by hydrofracking; that the rest of the world will soon follow USA's example to significantly expand dependence on methane via hydrofracking.

Various Updates In a move that environmental campaigners had sought for years (as had I), the Environmental Protection Agency has issued final rules that could substantially cut emissions of heat - trapping methane, smog - forming volatile organic compounds and toxic air pollutants such as benzene from new, rebuilt or modified oil and gas wells and other infrastructure and operations.

In a Dot Earth post at the time, I focused on a fascinating case study from BP's gas fields in northern New Mexico, which showed that more careful use of the plunger systems can greatly cut gas loss (and thus methane emissions)-- and do so at a profit.

We should not go to Spanish or Mexican restaurants because of the methane emission, and, cut our hair shorter.

While the Obama administration has delayed issuing rules requiring oil and gas companies to tally the amount of methane escaping around the country, other forces are likely to start pressing industry to move more aggressively to cut such emissions.

The AgSTAR program, part of the EPA, estimated that the nearly 300 farms have potential to profit from bio-digesters and could generate nearly 300,000 megawatt hours of energy annually while simultaneously cutting methane emissions by 31,000 tons.

However, by aggressively cutting emissions of soot (black carbon), methane and air pollution (specifically tropospheric ozone), we can reduce the speed that the situation worsens.

That finding means that belated proposals to cut methane emissions by 45 per cent are inadequate due to chronic underestimation of the real problem.

Along with representatives from the Environmental Defence Fund and the Prince of Wales» Corporate Leaders Group, Agency experts detailed how increased energy efficiency, phasing out least - efficient coal - fired power plants, investing more in renewables, ending fossil - fuel subsidies and cutting methane emissions can limit global warming to 2 degrees Celsius.

The Methane Challenge Program will provide partner companies with a platform to make company - wide commitments to cut emissions from sources within their operations by implementing a suite of best management practices within five years.

The World Bank conducted its first two auctions for projects that would cut methane and CO2 emissions, where it guaranteed a price of $ 2.40 per carbon credit at the first auction, and $ 3.50 at the second.

Given methane's potency and the urgency of cutting heat - trapping emissions to avoid the worst damage from global warming, the administration's strategy was less a bold step forward and more of «a toe in the water,» said David Doniger, director for the Natural Resources Defense Council's climate and clean air program.

All make a sort of end run around cutting carbon emissions — though the authors explicitly and rightly acknowledge that we need to do that too — by addressing other sources of warming, namely black carbon soot and methane emissions.

On Tuesday, the governments of California and six other western states as well as four Canadian provinces proposed a new plan to cut greenhouse gas emissions by 15 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 using a similar cap - and - trade market — and would expand such regulations to encompass not just CO2 from power plants but also cars and trucks as well as other greenhouse gases, such as potent methane.

Cutting methane emissions from the oil and gas sector is one of the least expensive, most effective ways to address climate change.