Sentences with phrase «emissions from power plants noting»

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I criticized this statement, noting that the actual emissions from U.S. coal - burning power plants declined only from 16.1 million tons to 12.4 million tons between 1980 and 1998 in the case of sulfur dioxide and from 6.1 million tons to 5.4 million tons between 1980 and 1998 in the case of nitrogen oxides (mostly emitted as NO, not NO2, but by convention measured as tons of NO2 - equivalent).

Keystone XL itself would exacerbate that — the U.S. State Department notes that the greenhouse gas emissions from just the pipeline's pumps would be 4.4 million metric tons per year, roughly the same as one average U.S. coal - fired power plant.

A few days before President Obama's release of the final «Clean Power Plan» restricting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, Bill Gates posted a Gates Notes essay that helps reinforce an important reality: It will take more than regulation to limit humanity's growing influence on the climate syPower Plan» restricting greenhouse gas emissions from power plants, Bill Gates posted a Gates Notes essay that helps reinforce an important reality: It will take more than regulation to limit humanity's growing influence on the climate sypower plants, Bill Gates posted a Gates Notes essay that helps reinforce an important reality: It will take more than regulation to limit humanity's growing influence on the climate system.

But «there are currently no demonstrated technologies to control CO2 emissions from large coal - fired power plants such as Scherer,» Mr. Williams notes.

In its 2010 annual report Peabody notes that the New York Office of the Attorney General Subpoena wrote to Peabody on June 14, 2007 and referred to the company's «plans to build new coal - fired electric generating units,» and stated that the «increase in CO2 emissions from the operation of these units, in combination with Peabody Energy's other coal - fired power plants, will subject Peabody Energy to increased financial, regulatory, and litigation risks.»

Note: Regional global warming emissions ratings are based on 2012 power plant data from the Environmental Protection Agency.

Atmospheric CO2 is likely to increase to around 640 ppmv *, assuming — There will be no global Kyoto type climate initiatives — Human CO2 emissions increase with human population — Global per capita human fossil fuel use increases by 30 % by 2100 (it increased by 20 % from 1970 to today)-- Population growth is estimated to slow down sharply, with population reaching 10.5 billion by 2100 (* Note that this could be lower by around 60 ppmv if there is a concerted switch to nuclear power instead of coal for new power plants)

A little - noted portion of the chain of pipelines and equipment that brings natural gas from the field into power plants and homes is responsible for a surprising amount of methane emissions, according to a study published on Tuesday.

«The impact of greenhouse gases released since then,» notes the paper, «measured over a 20 - year time frame, is the equivalent of emissions from six coal - fired power plants or 7 million automobiles.»