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The coal industry was interested in ensuring that the Paris deal provides a role for low - emission coal - fired power plants and financial support for carbon capture and storage technology, the officials said.

Rates of carbon emission in cities like Bangkok and Mexico City are surging, and the possibility of getting those developing economies to slow down their use of resources is a serious challenge, she said.

• RefleXion, a Hayward, Calif. - based cancer treatment firm focused on positron emission tomography, closed $ 100 million in Series C funding.

The manufacturer of automotive components for emission control and ride control systems is based in Lake Forest, Ill..

At the time, Burnaby, B.C. - based Ballard Technologies was leading the creation of the engine of the future — a clean, no - emission system that ran on water and hydrogen.

Scott Stringer, NYC Comptroller, and CNBC contributor Bob Lutz, former GM vice chairman, weigh in on allegations against Fiat Chrysler from the EPA over diesel emission software.

Tesla's all - electric design allowed it to collect carbon emission credits worth $ 70 million in the past year, adding to its bottom line this quarter.

Hydrogen fuel cells are a zero - emission technology, but the fueling infrastructure is extremely rare in the United States.

The full - scale, zero - emission semi will offer a range between 800 and 1200 miles, and produce 1,000 horsepower, about twice that of an average diesel truck.

Fiat said «it believes that its emission control systems meet the applicable requirements».

The document remains confidential, but CARB has stated that in it «VW admitted... that it designed and manufactured its 2.0 - liter diesel vehicles with defeat devices to bypass, defeat, or render inoperative elements of the vehicles» emission - control system.»

Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz told Fortune in an interview on Wednesday that getting China to commit to far - reaching carbon - emission cuts was crucial to the administration's strategy.

In Europe, for instance — unlike in the U.S. — countries do not spot - check emission levels, and failings, when detected, are not punished as severely.

By contrast, the French Renault ended down by nearly 3.5 percent after regulators said that Carlos Ghosn, the head of the firm, should be held responsible for diesel emission cheating investigations.

There's also the unsupported assertion that an effective GHG emission policy would benefit the manufacturing sector.

Fiat Chrysler's stock fell the most after Reuters reported in the previous session that the European Union would begin legal action against Italy for not policing allegations of emission test cheating by the car maker.

A trade association representing General Motors (gm), Toyota (tm), Volkswagen (vlkpf) and nine other automakers on Tuesday asked new Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt to withdraw an Obama administration decision to lock in vehicle emission rules through 2025.

However, its automotive gross margin, which doesn't include the sale of zero - emission vehicle credits, dropped to 13.8 % from 22.2 % in the same period last year.

He adds that, «by the way, they are also environmentally conscious and moving to become zero - emission economies.»

Indeed, thanks to a snowy winter and cool spring, the snowpack covering the entire Pacific Northwest — the vast majority of which is over 1,000 metres elevation and still snowbound — is creating a glut of zero - emission energy as that huge annual reservoir melts and powers hydroelectric turbines.

An Environmental Defense Fund - commissioned study by consultancy ICF International found that Canada's oil and gas industry could achieve a 45 per cent methane emission reduction at an average cost of $ 2.76 per tonne of carbon dioxide equivalent.

WASHINGTON, April 30 - Two Democratic lawmakers asked Environmental Protection Agency chief Scott Pruitt on Monday for documents related to proposed changes to vehicle fuel emission standards and California's authority to set its own measures, and accused him of misleading Congress of the agency's plans.

Without widespread adoption of this zero - emission technology, the electric - car industry will remain a niche business and the demand for Tesla's batteries will never be large enough for the company to scale in a significant way.

«These policies are important first steps, but much bigger emission reductions will be needed for Alberta to do its part to keep global warming below two degrees Celsius.»

As with carbon dioxide emission rankings, less developed nations tend to score better on electricity consumption because access to electrical power is not as widely available.

Working in collaboration with Workhorse Group, the goal of the fleet is to run with zero emissions.

Less developed nations, which lack robust and power - hungry infrastructure, rank among the lowest contributors to carbon dioxide emissions.

Most of it will come from mines in Wyoming and Montana that find themselves without domestic customers since the shale gas revolution, combined with emissions control regulation, drove utilities in the U.S. to shut down coal - fired plants and fire up cleaner - burning natural gas plants.

2 In 2016, Total's direct greenhouse gas emissions amounted to 39 MtCO2 - eq in its operated scope, down 23 % from 2010.

SACRAMENTO, Calif. — California and 16 other states sued the Trump administration Tuesday over its plan to scrap Obama - era auto - emissions standards that would require vehicles to get significantly higher gas mileage by 2025..

CCS involves capturing industrial carbon - dioxide emissions and sequestering them permanently in underground geological formations.

The government acknowledges this, stating in a recent report that total methane emissions from natural gas sites have fallen 11 % since 2005, even as natural gas production has exploded.

Recognizing that carbon emissions resulting from consumption of these fuels is driving catastrophic global climate change, my role as leader of the company is to ensure that Virgin provides financial support to non-profit groups that are exploring renewable energy and seeking market - based solutions to climate change, like the Carbon War Room.

«We're near record production in oil and gas but we're at a 20 - year low in our carbon emissions.

Fiat Chrysler Automobiles NV is fighting diesel emissions - cheating allegations from U.S. and California regulators following CEO Sergio Marchionne's failed bid to find a merger partner.

Because it's the largest emitting province, this constitutes a major setback for Canada's emissions strategy.

The environmental impact, according to co-founder Jessica Scorpio, has huge potential: One car on Getaround takes 10 cars off the road and can offset 100 million pounds of carbon emissions.

Globally, it's thought that 6 % of all greenhouse gas emissions are caused by livestock.

After holding steady for the past three years, global carbon emissions rose in 2017 by an estimated 2 %.

In Ottawa this past June, the leaders of Canada, the U.S. and Mexico pledged to work together to reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas industry between 40 % and 45 % by 2025.

In the aftermarket parts industry, you may be able to forego the dealer's license hassle, but the safety, emissions and other regulations are still a concern.

A very topical book, given the talks happening in Paris this week, this pick asks, «How much can we reduce carbon emissions that come from making and using stuff?»

Chris Severson - Baker, Alberta director of the Pembina Institute, said reducing methane emissions is critical because the gas is 25 times more potent as a climate warming agent than carbon dioxide.

Alex Ferguson, vice-president of policy and performance at the Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers, said industry supports ongoing efforts to reduce methane emissions, but that they will take a lot of hard work to accomplish.

When Alberta announced its latest strategy to control industrial greenhouse gas emissions several years ago, it anticipated carbon capture and storage (CCS) would deliver 70 % of planned reductions.

The more the world feels the powerful effects of climate change and the longer we wait to reduce emissions the more attractive nuclear energy could become.

CALGARY — Prime Minister Justin Trudeau's promise to reduce methane emissions in the oil and gas industry is being welcomed by environmentalists and, with some reservations, by industry players, as a key step in fighting climate change.

When describing emissions for the entire United States, this may be true.

The really compelling argument for disallowing the coal supply chain through Fraser Surrey Docks is that it effectively undoes that achievement in emissions reduction if the same hydrocarbons end up being burned and vented into the atmosphere in China, where if anything environmental protections are more lax.

Signed by 195 nations and enacted last year, the accord works to avoid this disaster scenario by lowering planet - warming emissions.