Sentences with phrase «emissions by investing in»

They've partnered up with eBay Giving Works to create the Pop!Tech Carbon Initiative, a carbon credit program that allows individuals to offset their carbon emissions by investing in one of three social development and conservation projects.

The aviation industry may reach agreement later this year on plans to offset its emissions by investing in United Nations schemes for forest conservation.

New England states also have opportunities to reduce energy costs and emissions by investing in energy efficiency measures that reduce the use of heating fuels like natural gas, propane, and fuel oil.

Trying to cut global CO2 emissions by investing in the likes of solar and wind will be moot if we can't somehow get coal emissions under control.

The San Francisco Carbon Fund provides an opportunity to mitigate event - related greenhouse gas emissions by investing in projects within the City and County of San Francisco.

Carbon footprint quantification, analysis and reduction are key to preventing this, for example, by enhancing energy efficiency, mitigating carbon emissions by means of green energy and then compensating for remaining GHG emissions by investing in carbon offsets, with a final goal to becoming carbon neutral......

Airlines will either have to improve engine efficiency and convert to biofuels, or offset emissions by investing in reforestation projects.

Airlines will then either have to stabilise emissions through more efficient engines and conversion to biofuels, or offset those emissions by investing in reforestation projects — specifically those under the UN's REDD programme.

And CarbonFund.org even allows you to assess your carbon footprint — and then offers you the ability to offset such emissions by investing in clean energy initiatives.

Not exact matches

Some of them, including Italy and Spain, will only be able to do so by buying credits to offset their own emissions, for example by investing in projects that reduce carbon emissions in developing countries.

Although the emissions scandal has tarnished its reputation and triggered a multitude of lawsuits, VW has maintained sales in part by offering incentives to buyers in the United States and other markets while it repositions its business by investing in electric cars and on - demand transport services.

Last month over a dozen Fortune 500 companies, like Apple, Google, Walmart and Coca - Cola, signed pledges, organized by the White House, to take measures to curb greenhouse gas emissions and invest in clean energy.

For example, Bill and Melinda Gates — and a consortium of other well - known investors — recently launched the $ 2 billion green energy Breakthrough Energy Ventures fund, whose goal is to invest in technologies to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by at least half a gigaton.

By investing in solar energy, for example, Walmart has contributed to less greenhouse gas emissions, and helped create thousands of jobs for American solar companies.

One recommendation by the alliance takes aim at Ontario government energy policy that could also double as climate policy, as the province has curtailed greenhouse gas emissions coming from the electricity sector by closing coal - fired power plants, invested in costly solar and wind energy projects, and instituted a cap - and - trade system that requires businesses to buy permits to cover their carbon emissions.

Arla Foods invested approximately $ 25m in 2013 to reduce the total CO2 emissions from its plants by 2 %.

Cuomo announced the approval by the PSC of a 10 - year, $ 5 billion Clean Energy Fund to invest in reducing emissions and promoting the use of renewable energy in the state.

«The strategy to encourage charging at home during the night is entirely consistent with the campaign to reduce carbon emissions and, by providing additional night time load on the grid, will make it more attractive to invest in renewable energy technologies.

As with emission - trading programs elsewhere, polluters in China's pilots have two options: First, they can meet their targets by reducing their own emissions — by investing in energy efficiency, say, or curbing production.

Nations must invest $ 37 trillion in energy technologies by 2030 to stabilize greenhouse gas emissions at sustainable levels.»

Although environmental groups believe investing in renewables is a better idea, «carbon abatement» techniques such as CCS could reduce fossil fuel emissions by up to 90 per cent, according to a report by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

He invests in composting worms to recycle his tea bags and potato peels, stocks his house with low - energy lightbulbs, and advocates myriad ways in which we could all reduce greenhouse - gas emissions by 60 percent.

If we want to stay within 2 degrees, we must massively invest in sequestration; and we could, in 15 years, halve the emissions gap» by making soil carbon sequestration part of the Paris deal.

We align our business practices with societal needs and expectations by investing in complementary innovative technologies to control emissions as well as minimize water consumption and waste generation.

Eileen Claussen, president of the Center for Climate and Energy Solutions (C2ES), said «Chevrolet's goal to invest millions in energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other lower - carbon projects to reduce U.S. emissions by up to 8 million metric tons demonstrates innovative corporate leadership.

It is involved in MRI technologies, mass spectrometry, gas chromatography, x-ray, spark - optical emission spectroscopy, atomic force microscopy, and other things most of us in the investing world have a fringe understanding of at best or heard mentioned by that science nerd we know.

And we will continue to do so, by investing in renewable energy, promoting greater efficiency, and slashing our emissions to reach the targets we set for 2020 and our long - term goal for 2050.

The presidents welcomed: (i) a grant from the U.S. Trade and Development Agency to the China Power Engineering and Consulting Group Corporation to support a feasibility study for an integrated gasification combined cycle (I.G.C.C.) power plant in China using American technology, (ii) an agreement by Missouri - based Peabody Energy to invest and participate in GreenGen, a project of several major Chinese energy companies to develop a near - zero emissions coal - fired power plant, (iii) an agreement between G.E. and Shenhua Corporation to collaborate on the development and deployment of I.G.C.C. and other clean coal technologies; and (iv) an agreement between AES and Songzao Coal and Electric Company to use methane captured from a coal mine in Chongqing, China, to generate electricity and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

The World Coal Association (WCA) and ASEAN Centre for Energy (ACE) has recently released a report on ASEAN's Energy Equation, The role of low emission coal in driving a sustainable future, which highlighted the important role of low emission coal in driving a sustainable energy future by investing in HELE technology.

Tesco is aggressively cutting carbon emissions by strategically investing in energy efficiency and switching to 100 % renewable energy.

A cornerstone of this effort is the Natura Carbon Neutral initiative, a public commitment to offset those emissions that can not be reduced internally by investing in emission - reduction projects from other institutions whose values and beliefs are aligned with their own.

According to the study, compiled by T2 & Associates for the American Petroleum Institute, «the U.S. - based oil and gas industry invested $ 165.4 billion... in end - use, fuel substitution, non-hydrocarbon, and enabling technologies» that helped reduce emissions.

By increasing fuel economy, producing better biofuels, and investing in electric vehicles, we can cut our oil use, reduce global warming emissions, and clean up our air.

Policies that incentivize a shift to green energy and reduce our city's emissions are becoming increasingly important, and policies that incentivize change by investing funds in our own communities are the optimal way to produce these results.

Their purpose is to assist in the mitigation of global warming by compensating or «offsetting» an emissions - producing activity by investing into offsets that improve efficiency, conserve energy and biodiversity, and change in behaviour.

We do need to invest in infrastructure in the face of the climate change we've already locked in, and if we don't simultaneously radically lower our emissions, and that by the way has huge implications for the industry that is the dominant industry in precisely the areas that are being hardest hit, the oil and gas industry, which is a major economic engine in Texas and Louisiana, and specifically in some of the areas that are being hardest hit, which is a whole other layer of risk that we have seen very little about.

Through the Clean Development Mechanism (CDM), a provision in the Kyoto Protocol that encourages developed nations to share clean technologies with the developing world, countries can earn certified emissions reduction credits (CERs) by investing in clean energy projects.

The oil and natural gas industry has invested $ 89.9 billion in emissions - reducing technologies, according to a study by T2 Associates — nearly as much as the rest of U.S. - based private industries combined

Even a slower release, dampened by other cuts in emissions, could cost $ 37 trillion — a figure that dwarfs the $ 100 billion that Lloyds of London estimates will be invested in the Arctic over the next decade.

GM has decreased its manufacturing emissions by 60 percent since 1990, recycles 90 percent of its manufacturing waste, has made reductions in water and fossil fuel use, and invested hundreds of millions of dollars to build fuel - efficient vehicles like the Chevy Volt.

Lester R. Brown, «Creating New Jobs, Cutting Carbon Emissions, and Reducing Oil Imports by Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency,» Plan B Update, 11 December 2008.

For more than 25 years, activist shareholders have urged Exxon to address climate change by investing in renewables, cutting its own emissions and adding a board member with expertise on climate change.

The inventory also showed that over 50 % of Cal Poly's emissions are produced by commuting, reinforcing the need to continue investing in alternative transportation programs and on campus housing.

By investing into improved efficiency, conservation initiatives and changes in behaviour, offset purchasers take responsibility for the greenhouse gas emissions they are unable to reduce by taking immediate actioBy investing into improved efficiency, conservation initiatives and changes in behaviour, offset purchasers take responsibility for the greenhouse gas emissions they are unable to reduce by taking immediate actioby taking immediate action.

By investing in improved efficiency, improved environmental controls, conservation initiatives and changes in behaviour, offset purchasers like WNOTL, take responsibility for the emissions they are unable to reduce by investing in GHG reductions elsewherBy investing in improved efficiency, improved environmental controls, conservation initiatives and changes in behaviour, offset purchasers like WNOTL, take responsibility for the emissions they are unable to reduce by investing in GHG reductions elsewherby investing in GHG reductions elsewhere.

By purchasing carbon offsets and water restoration certificates (WRC) you are investing in projects that directly lower carbon emissions and preserve fresh water in our environment.

As such, we are aware that a Touring Pass event like Taste the Season, does create some GHG emissions - producing activities, like guests driving toNiagara - on - the - Lake,» said Roselyn Dyck - Cieszkowski, Committee Chair, Taste the Season, «By purchasing Carbon Offsets we are doing our part to minimize GHG emissions our event creates by investing in GHG reduction initiatives happening in our own backyard.&raquBy purchasing Carbon Offsets we are doing our part to minimize GHG emissions our event creates by investing in GHG reduction initiatives happening in our own backyard.&raquby investing in GHG reduction initiatives happening in our own backyard.»

To offset the 415 tones of carbon emissions produced by the Canada Day event, the NCC decided to invest in a variety of Canada - based carbon offset projects, such as energy efficiency, methane gas recovery and tree planting projects.

«By investing in the expansion of EV charging stations, this administration is working to reduce gas - powered vehicle emissions while making significant strides to establish a cleaner, greener New York for all.»

«Growing Demand for Soybeans Threatens Amazon Rainforest» (12/20/2009) «The Copenhagen Conference on Food Security» (11/10/2009) «U.S. Headed for Massive Decline in Carbon Emissions» (10/14/2009) «On Energy, We're Finally Walking the Walk» (9/21/2009) «Creating New Jobs, Cutting Carbon Emissions, and Reducing Oil Imports by Investing in Renewable Energy and Energy Efficiency» (12/11/2008) «The Flawed Economics of Nuclear Power» (10/28/2008) «New Energy Economy Emerging in the United States» (10/15/2008) «Time for Plan B: Cutting Carbon Emissions 80 Percent by 2020» (7/2/08) with Janet Larsen, Jonathan G. Dorn, and Frances Moore «Want a Better Way to Power Your Car?