Sentences with phrase «dioxide emissions standards»

The UK will be the deciding factor in an EU debate on carbon dioxide emissions standards for new cars tomorrow, with green groups calling on the government to hold firm.

«We established the state's first carbon dioxide emissions standard when siting new power plants which will ensure that no new dirty, coal - burning plants will be built in the State of New York, period,» Cuomo said.

Most observers expect the EPA to say that aviation emissions endanger public health but are not sure how much the agency and the Federal Aviation Authority will reveal about their vision for a carbon dioxide emissions standard for new aircraft.

The finding allows the EPA to implement domestically a global carbon dioxide emissions standard being developed by the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO).

The biggest opportunity for savings is the carbon dioxide emissions standard for existing power plants (EPA's Clean Power Plan), as customer efficiency cuts the need for fossil fuel power plants and thus cuts their emissions.

Not exact matches

The current standards, which the Obama administration negotiated with automakers in 2011, would halve carbon dioxide emissions from tailpipes by 2025.

The building would be built to the gold standard of the U.S. Green Building Council, with technology to reduce energy and water use and carbon dioxide emissions.

Both released harmful emissions of nitrous oxides and sulfur dioxide into the air in violation of air emission standards.

A group of energy companies and power plants are challenging New York's recently approved Clean Energy Standard (CES), which aims to reduce harmful carbon dioxide emissions in the state by subsidizing financially distressed nuclear power plants, including the FitzPatrick and Nine Mile Point plants in Oswego county.

Scientists used modeling to simulate various growing scenarios, and found a climate footprint ranging from -11 to 10 grams of carbon dioxide per mega-joule — the standard way of measuring greenhouse gas emissions.

By 2020, these existing renewable portfolio standards will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 108 million tons annually, say analysts at the Union of Concerned Scientists.

U.S. EPA will unveil a proposal for the first - ever technology standards to rein in power plant emissions of carbon dioxide today.

-- The regulations promulgated under this paragraph shall include standards and protocols for project eligibility, certification of destroyers, monitoring, tracking, destruction efficiency, quantification of project and baseline emissions and carbon dioxide equivalent value, and verification.

Since carbon dioxide (CO2) is the natural by - product of the combustion of fuel, the increased standards would also address climate change by reducing tailpipe emissions of CO2.

This is more than the capturing of 41 percent of sulfur dioxide and 90 percent of mercury emissions called for by the new mercury and air toxic standards (MATS) issued by the EPA in December 2011.

«The industry supports harmonization with international standards wherever possible and we are in discussions with the government over a reasonable and measured timeframe for the introduction of a (carbon - dioxide) standard and a transition to the (EU's) Euro 6 emissions standard,» Weber says.

[13][16][17] Carbon dioxide emissions (CO2) are 89 g / km on the standard test cycle which allows the model to be exempted from paying Vehicle Excise Duty (for cars registered prior to 1 April 2017) and the London congestion charge.

This engine also follows the 2014 EU6 emission standards by emitting 108g / kim of carbon dioxide.

As with carbon dioxide emissions, the engines for the new E-Class have also taken a further major step towards the future when it comes to exhaust gas emissions: all of the powerplants meet the requirements of the EU 5 standard, whose limits are up to 80 percent more stringent than those in previous standards.

The question then becomes: What is the least expensive way to meet the emissions standards for carbon dioxide and other pollutants.

The CEIP's core function is to jumpstart compliance with EPA's so - called Clean Power Plan (CPP)-- the agency's carbon dioxide (CO2) emission standards for existing fossil - fuel power plants.

The scientistsâ $ ™ predictions also undermine the standard climate computer models, which assert that the warming of the Earth since 1900 has been driven solely by man - made greenhouse gas emissions and will continue as long as carbon dioxide levels rise.

«The final Clean Power Plan sets flexible and achievable standards to reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 32 percent from 2005 levels by 2030, 9 percent more ambitious than the proposal.

Today (June 25th) is the deadline for submitting comments on the EPA's proposed Carbon Pollution Standard Rule, which will establish first - ever New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil - fuel electric generating units.

The lawsuit claims that Allegheny undertook many construction projects over the years to extend the operational lifespan of these plants without complying with federal standards that require implementation of best available control technology standards to reduce sulfur dioxide and nitrogen oxide emissions when new sources of power are constructed.

As expected, the President advocated carbon dioxide (CO2) emission standards for new and existing coal - fired power plants, tough new energy efficiency standards for homes and appliances, and federal support for private renewable energy investment on public lands.

This devolution of climate policy has been further reinforced by the US Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA's) efforts to regulate carbon dioxide from existing power plants under the Clean Power Plan, which requires states to develop their own plans for compliance with emissions standards.

On Capitol Hill today, industry leaders and other experts explained why the upcoming U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) standards on carbon dioxide emissions can benefit U.S. business and help drive innovation while keeping our air and water clean.

In April 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a new source performance standard (NSPS), limiting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new fossil fuel — fired electric generating units (EGUs).

An EPS achieves this by setting the investment standard between 500 - 550 grams of carbon dioxide per kilowatt hour, which only allows for coal - fired power plants that effectively capture and store their carbon emissions.

The rules require automakers to have by 2025 a fleet average minimum emissions standard of 163 grams of carbon dioxide per mile, or the equivalent of 54.5 miles per gallon.

Methane is roughly 84 - times worse than carbon dioxide in the short (20 - year) term, so EDF's counter translates methane emission to carbon - dioxide equivalent (CO2e), which is the standard measure of greenhouse gases.

The world's existing power plants are on track to pour more than 300 billion tons of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere, and current monitoring standards often fail to take these long - term emissions into account, according to new research from scientists at UC Irvine and Princeton University.

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[1] The Clean Energy Standard Act of 2012 defines «clean» electricity as «electricity generated at a facility placed in service after 1991 using renewable energy, qualified renewable biomass, natural gas, hydropower, nuclear power, or qualified waste - to - energy; and electricity generated at a facility placed in service after enactment that uses qualified combined heat and power (CHP), [which] generates electricity with a carbon - intensity lower than 0.82 metric tons per megawatt - hour (the equivalent of new supercritical coal), or [electricity generated] as a result of qualified efficiency improvements or capacity additions at existing nuclear or hydropower facilities -LSB-; or] electricity generated at a facility that captures and stores its carbon dioxide emissions.»

Requires the EPA Administrator, by 2025 and every five years thereafter, to review the standards for new covered EGUs and reduce the maximum carbon dioxide emission rate for new covered EGUs to a rate that reflects the degree of emission limitations achievable through the application of the best system of emission reduction that has been adequately demonstrated.

-- Not later than 2025 and at 5 - year intervals thereafter, the Administrator shall review the standards for new covered EGUs under this section and shall, by rule, reduce the maximum carbon dioxide emission rate for new covered EGUs to a rate which reflects the degree of emission limitation achievable through the application of the best system of emission reduction which (taking into account the cost of achieving such reduction and any nonair quality health and environmental impact and energy requirements) the Administrator determines has been adequately demonstrated.

To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel - fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.

-- The regulations promulgated under this paragraph shall include standards and protocols for project eligibility, certification of destroyers, monitoring, tracking, destruction efficiency, quantification of project and baseline emissions and carbon dioxide equivalent value, and verification.

«(VII) the estimated value of the carbon dioxide and other emission reductions that will be achieved by virtue of the higher energy efficiency of the covered products resulting from the imposition of the standard;

Equivalent carbon dioxide emission is a standard and useful metric for comparing emissions of different greenhouse gases but does not imply exact equivalence of the corresponding climate change responses.

Requires the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency to: (1) promulgate performance standards (limiting emissions of sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides, particulate matter, and mercury) for new boilers, integrated gasification combined cycle plants, and combustion turbines; and (2) conduct a comprehensive research and environmental assessment program to enhance understanding of health and environmental effects of particulate matter and mercury and to demonstrate the efficacy of emission reductions under this Act.

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In 1997, The Climate Trust was founded as a nonprofit organization to acquire carbon offsets on behalf of new fossil - fueled power plants regulated by the Oregon Carbon Dioxide Standard, the nation's first legislation to curb emissions of carbon dDioxide Standard, the nation's first legislation to curb emissions of carbon dioxidedioxide.

So our information about ecosystem function — it really gives them a guideline of creating future standards of carbon dioxide emissions.

Existing laws such as renewable portfolio standards, energy efficiency resource standards, long - term requirements for additional hydropower and wind power, and carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions caps will require a significant reduction in natural gas - fired generation throughout New England.

«The question for leaders and governments everywhere is how to rein in dangerously high levels of carbon dioxide emissions without stunting development and reducing living standards,» said James Leape, WWF International's Director General.

New power plants designed to use coal or petroleum coke would be able to «incorporate technology to reduce carbon dioxide emissions to meet the standard, such as carbon capture and storage (CCS).»

Today Earthjustice went to court to challenge an EPA decision to reject Obama - era standards that limit carbon dioxide emissions from cars and light trucks for model years 2022 - 25.

Editor's note: This story has been changed to convert Shell's 1995 forecast of eventual peak greenhouse gas emissions from gigatonnes of carbon (GtC) to gigatonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO2e), a standard conversion, for purposes of comparison to the International Energy Agency's current data.