Sentences with phrase «emissions goals»

And in working toward its greenhouse gas emissions goal for 2020, the federal government also will have to tackle the challenge of vehicle fuel.

But while that goal helps automakers meet emissions goals, it doesn't sound all that fun for enthusiasts.

All this creates additional carbon emissions and undermines progress towards the government's ambitious carbon emission goals.

Look for requirements such as the type of greenhouse gases included, precise emissions levels, and the year that will serve as the baseline to compare future emissions goals to.

But the long - term benchmarks pose challenges for industry players to be truly effective in meeting the intended emissions goals.

So the 2 °C limit does in fact very much tell us what emission goals and budgets we must abide by.

To avoid this, governments at climate talks in Paris this December need to set conditions that will achieve an early peak in global energy - related emissions, review their commitments every five years, and translate the 2C goal into a long - term emissions goal, the IEA said.

Obama's unannounced plan already is fueling talk of legal challenges, debates over whether meeting emissions goals in each state will kill jobs and raise costs to consumers, and questions of whether the world's other major coal - burning nations — particularly China — will follow the United States» lead in trying to curb carbon emissions.

The regulations that set fuel - economy and greenhouse - gas emission goals for cars and trucks have lower costs and higher benefits than previous analyses report, a new Carnegie Mellon University study shows.

We said: «Getting serious about climate change requires wrangling about the cost of emissions goals, sharing the burdens and drawing up international funding mechanisms.

Note that only the EU negotiations are legally binding on emissions goals for EU countries.

Part of the reason for these guarantees is to revive the building of projects that cut methane and CO2 emissions, which could help countries achieve emission goals set at COP 21 in Paris.

Another modeled a policy similar to the Obama plan, setting state CO2 emissions goals for the electricity sector.

In addition, because each national emission reduction target commitment must be understood as an implicit position of the nation on safe ghg atmospheric concentration levels, setting national ghg emissions goals must be set with full knowledge of how any national target will affect the global problem.

The new fund comes at a time when investment in carbon - cutting schemes under U.N. programmes has slowed as countries wrangle over setting new emission goals under a global pact.

The Smart Stream technology incorporates a number of advanced technologies that will help Hyundai Motor Group meet its long - term global emissions goals.

Companies can send a powerful message to world leaders ahead of COP21 by committing to align corporate emissions goals with climate science.

But do their own emissions goals echo their message?

EnergyVision 2030 analyzes these questions by taking a comprehensive look at where efforts to expand clean energy resources can lead, how consumer adoption and market penetration rates can grow, and what increases in clean energy efforts are needed to attain state and regional emissions goals.

«While the U.S. airlines have dramatically improved fuel efficiency and reduced CO2 emissions by investing billions in fuel - saving aircraft and engines, innovative technologies like winglets and an array of operational and infrastructure measures, we are strong supporters of the ICAO CORSIA to complement these measures to achieve aviation's internationally - agreed emissions goals,» stated Nancy Young, vice president of environmental affairs at A4A.

Serious concerns about the economic damage the states emissions goals could create were noted in the Times articles as well:

Several countries» climate emissions goals,, including Russia, Canada, Japan and Australia, have all been rated inadequate by Climate Action Tracker.

A cap, equal to the national emissions goal, is stipulated every year.

Operations in which Hormel Foods has significant (or majority) control are under the company's air emissions goal, as it is part of the company's direct environmental footprint.

«By contrast, marine ice - cliff instability doesn't have much effect if we meet the Paris Agreement emissions goal.

Danny Cullenward, an energy economist and lawyer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, said that although it is unlikely that the loss of the Clean Power Plan would affect many states» emissions cutting goals, there will be little encouragement for states reluctant to take action on climate change to create emissions goals without the plan in place.

We need a «clear, foreseeable time frame» for emissions goals beyond 2021, said Daimler

I asked Robert Socolow of Princeton, who is one of the authors of the paper on the super-polluters and a developer of the popular «wedges» approach to defining emissions goals, what he would say about the idea if he were in an elevator (in a tall building) with climate negotiators from the United States and China.

Responding to a question from Turkey, however, Russia says enhancing its overall emissions goal for 2020 is «at the present moment... not under consideration».

The Environmental Defense Fund's plan to send up a satellite in two or three years to monitor methane emissions on earth from space generated headlines (some of the coverage here and here) and at some point can add to the knowledge base useful in advancing emissions goals.

In these articles extraordinary admissions are noted from the states leaders about the complete lack of knowledge, expertise and experience of the state government needed to achieve these escalated emissions goals demonstrating that these leaders are cavalierly plunging ahead with SB 32 politically driven emissions reduction mandates:

In order to meet ambitious 2030 HFC emission goals mandated by California law, the rulemakings will have to achieve rapid emission reductions much sooner than those expected under the Kigali Amendment.

«New Yorkers support keeping the state's renewable energy and greenhouse gas emission goals as drivers for a new electricity delivery framework,» said Cara Lee, a Senior Conservation Manager with The Nature Conservancy, which conducted the bipartisan poll in early 2016.

The New York Times reports that weekend exultation over the new global climate agreement was quickly replaced by the realization that talking about emissions goals in Paris could be dwarfed by what it takes to produce actual results:

Regulators and utilities in states reliant on coal power throughout the nation are already scrambling to figure out how to meet their state's emissions goals while still ensuring reliable electric service.

They noted that «Greater use of natural gas may make California's emission goals more challenging to meet.»

The 2016 Paris climate accord, which sets nonbinding emissions goals for nations, was drawn up under the auspices of the UNFCCC.

But the automatic upward adjustment in the carbon tax rate, if required to meet certified emission goals, is a big step forward, and should help allay concerns of cap - and - trade adherents over any quantity - uncertainty with a carbon tax.

The argument that the 2 °C limit can not be translated into emission goals and budgets is, to put it mildly, unconvincing, and demonstrates a deep ignorance of scientific developments over the last ten years.

The truth is that the Abbott Government's weak emissions goal will lock Australia into the number one ranking by the time 2030 rolls around.

While States have flexibility to achieve their assigned emissions goals over multiple years, they must follow the same timeline for reporting to EPA.

Supermarket giant reports solid progress against emissions goals, but there is less encouraging news on food waste

It's worth noting, however, that headlines of Norway reaching «emissions goals from transportation» are a little misleading for a couple of reasons:

Generators naturally take a different view, pointing to renewable credits and questioning whether the country can meet emissions goals if it pushes out nukes.

Currently, out of 196 signatories, only seven are considered to be on target to hit their self - imposed emission goals.

«Getting serious about climate change requires wrangling about the cost of emissions goals, sharing the burdens and drawing up international funding mechanisms,» they add, so it makes sense to shift from a simple but esoteric measure of global - temperature change to a range of indicators to which larger numbers of people are likelier to relate — indicators the authors argue are thus likelier to spur policies that have a real climate - curbing impact.

RE100 shares the compelling business case for renewables, such as greater control over energy costs, increased competitiveness, and delivery on emissions goals.