Sentences with phrase «emissions from power plants meant»

From the above it appears that keeping the pledge to reduce CO2 emissions from power plants meant shutting the power plants down.

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Even the oil sands ultimate consumption in a gasoline, diesel or jet engine only results in 500 kilograms of CO2 - equivalent per barrel of refined petroleum products, meaning total oil sands emissions from well to wheel are considerably lower than those of this nation's more than 500 power plants burning coal to generate electricity.

The IEA also reports that 80 per cent of projected 2020 emissions from the power sector are already «locked in», meaning that these emissions will come from power plants that are currently already in place or under construction.

The Trump administration is waging war on the laws meant to protect Americans from air pollution, arguing that rolling back regulations on coal - fired power plants, cars and trucks, and other sources of fossil fuel emissions is necessary to ensure a healthy economy.

At the heart of the plan are ambitious but politically contentious Environmental Protection Agency regulations meant to drastically cut planet - warming carbon dioxide emissions from the nation's cars and coal - fired power plants.

But whether sequestration is a viable means of curbing plant emissions remains to be seen; cost is an important factor in implementing the strategy because carbon dioxide has to be separated from a power plant's gas stream and compressed before it can be injected into the ground.