Sentences with phrase «emission of the whim»

Now, thanks to the much higher sensitivity of XMM - Newton, a group led by Jelle Kaastra of the SRON National Institute for Space Research in Utrecht, the Netherlands, says it has detected the feeble x-ray emission of the WHIM.

Not exact matches

Since, as the editorial points out, federal laws such as the Clean Air Act are not subject to the whim of this or any future president, carbon emissions also need to be addressed by federal legislation.

The great - granddaddy of all emission markets — the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency's Acid Rain Program — «shows how vulnerable such a trade can be to the whims of government.

Environmentalists» aspirations are very different: through rain or shine, they seem determined to stick to the mantra that we should be reducing CO2 emissions and, in doing so, leave us even more vulnerable to the whim of Mother Nature.

Which points out the anemic effect that U.S. greenhouse gas reductions will have on the climate of the U.S. and just how easily the whims of foreign nations, not to mention Mother Nature, can completely offset any climate changes induced by our greenhouse gas emissions reductions.»