Sentences with phrase «emissions limits for»

The GWSA requires DEP to pass regulations establishing declining greenhouse gas emissions limits for Massachusetts.

DaimlerChrysler Corp. and the Association of Automobile Manufacturers against the state of California challenging its greenhouse gas emissions limits for new cars, light - duty trucks and sport - utility vehicles (Central Valley Chrysler - Jeep Inc. v. Catherine Witherspoon, No. 04 - 6663).

Under the Clean Air Act, the Clean Water Act and other environmental laws, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has the responsibility and authority to set and enforce emissions limits for pollutants deemed harmful to human health and the environment.

In June, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency proposed emissions limits for existing power plants that would achieve a 30 percent reduction in carbon pollution by 2030, compared to 2005 levels.

NOx gases represent some of the most reactive gases produced from diesel combustion and other fossil fuels, but the emissions limits for nitrogen dioxide are regularly exceeded, especially in urban areas.

House Democratic leaders had originally sought a 20 percent emissions limit for 2020 but backed down to 17 percent after negotiations with lawmakers who represent districts with heavy industry influence.

ref A key strategy to address ocean acidification is reinforcing existing environmental laws (e.g., U.S. Clean Water Act) to: limit runoff and associated pollutants, control coastal erosion, and enforce emission limits for pollutants such as nitrogen oxide and sulfur oxide.

More recently, Southern deployed its lobbying power to block carbon emission limits for power plants proposed by the Obama administration.

The Framework Convention [6] does not define a dangerous level for global warming or an emissions limit for fossil fuels.

The other article speaks of the 1000Gt max by 2050, and also an emission limit for the year 2050 — but doesn't say what that is (in the Summary).

It remains unclear whether the EPA's plan to loosen carbon - dioxide emission limits for 2022 through 2025 vehicles will survive inevitable court challenges.

These include views about climate change, where older adults are less likely to see human activity as a main reason behind global warming, and people's level of support for stricter emission limits for power plants to address climate change.

And President Barack Obama has called for a national cap - and - trade system that would set greenhouse - gas emission limits for many businesses and require those that exceeded them to buy allowances from others that haven't (see Chu's Wish List: Cap - and - Trade and Cheaper Solar).

EU emission limits for each standard are summarized in the following tables.

This focus on a cumulative emissions limit for the period from 2000 to 2049 (which is arguably a period of interest for negotiators) has been picked up by the most recent Letter and it is the starting point for the analysis they present, although slightly refined to 2011 to 2050.

Despite the sturm und drang around the announcement by embattled EPA chief Scott Pruitt that he will relax emission limits for 2022 through 2025 vehicles, not much will... read more April 9, 2018 by John Voelcker

The new directive sets stricter emission limits for NOx, SO2 and dust from the largest plants.

The Framework Convention [6] does not define a dangerous level for global warming or an emissions limit for fossil fuels.

«The Department shall promulgate regulations establishing a desired level of declining annual aggregate emission limits for sources or categories of sources that emit greenhouse gases.»

During Crist's first few months in office, he signed executive orders calling for stricter tailpipe emission limits for cars sold in Florida, reductions in the state's greenhouse gas emissions, and a mandate requiring utilities to generate at least 20 percent of their electricity from renewable sources by 2020.

Usually when the EPA regulates pollutants under the Clean Air Act, the agency sets an emissions limit for each facility.

Not exact matches

Large emitters can pay $ 15 to the province's Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund for every tonne they emit over their limit.

That's because companies have no incentive to reduce emissions if it costs them more than paying into the technology fund for above - limit GHGs.

Still, the fact that a global agreement has proven so elusive does not absolve Canadians of the responsibility to strengthen our own efforts to limit the growth of GHG emissions and contribute to the search for more environmentally sustainable forms of development.

Bankruptcies, project shutdowns, regulation, and emission limits curb enthusiasm for fossil fuels.

However, once an international system for limiting carbon emissions is in place, carbon tariffs will no longer be useful or necessary.

German engineering giant announces new technology it claims will cut nitrogen oxide emissions for diesel cars to a fraction of 2020 limits

The changes lowered the limit and increased the fines for noncompliance in order to more strongly encourage reductions in CO2 emissions.

We've been working with the Carbon Trust since 2014; last year (2017) they carried out a limited assurance engagement on selected GHG emissions data (table below) in accordance with ISO 14064 - 3:2006, «Specification with guidance for the validation and verification of greenhouse gas assertions».

To meet the permitted limits of these regulations, many manufacturers use state - of - the - art technology to reduce pentane emissions (see for example: The Polystyrene Packaging Council, Polystyrene and Its Raw Material Styrene: Manufacture and Use November 1993; Updated January 1996).

«Can I say to Australians the debate that they are hearing about a carbon tax is a debate about what Tony Abbott calls a carbon tax, which [it] will be for a limited period of time and then we will move to an emissions trading scheme.»

These figures provide the basis for limiting future emissions.

And in 2008, Mayor Michael Bloomberg, after lavishing campaign funds on state Senate Republicans, still failed to get his coveted congestion pricing plan for New York City to help reduce emissions and limit vehicular traffic in Manhattan.

On Board Diagnostics (OBD)- will be compulsory in two stages OBD 1 and 2 Myth busting reality: Not an onboard tracking device — only shows component failure or component out of tolerance Will not stop bike working Emissions - Bring pollutant limits for bikes in line with cars in three stages over the next decade.

On a more personal level I'm of the opinion that the PA's content, which provides for some countries to completely not limit their emissions, and absolute lack of any provisions in case of it failing to reach the agreed targets, as well as it's very careful wording to that effect was entirely intentional.

However, further budget backing for greener vehicles was limited to a small rise in vehicle excise duty for new diesel cars that fail to meet rigorous emissions standards — disappointing campaigners who had hoped for a rise in fuel duty or a diesel scrappage scheme.

It is ordered and affirmed that the Department of Environment and Planning, Division of Environmental Compliance, and the Department of Public Works, through its various divisions and the Director of Energy Development and Management, by December 31, 2017, prepare a report to the undersigned promulgating an initial energy usage plan for Erie County to implement the United States target contribution plan to the Paris Agreement, including, but not limited to, achieving a county - wide target of reducing Erie County's greenhouse gas emissions by twenty - six to twenty - eight percent (26 - 28 %) below its 2005 level in 2025 and to make best efforts to reduce its emissions by twenty - eight percent (28 %), as it pertains to the production and / or use of greenhouse gases by Erie County.

«It's already too late for our breaking the European legal limits, but if we are to clean up London's dirty air we need this zone now, with a zero emission target.

A new, hard - fought international deal will set limits on greenhouse gas emissions from international shipping for the first time.

Island nations threatened by sea level rise, such as the Marshall Islands in the western Pacific, have for years urged the IMO to push for a 100 percent emissions reduction by 2050 as the only strategy consistent with the goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius relative to pre-industrial levels.

They point to the fact that low natural gas prices and the recession helped push regional greenhouse gas output below emission limits before the program got started in 2009, leaving little incentive for utilities to do anything further (ClimateWire, Jan. 12).

It aims to work with regulatory agencies to tighten emissions limits, to monitor residents» health and to hold industry financially accountable for its environmental impacts.

When EPA sets limits for tailpipe emissions from vehicles, it considers what could be achieved with new technology, not just the technology already on the market.

«I think it is a mistake to put limits on emission trading, because that is a real killer for us politically,» Clinton told Blair.

According to Flowerpetal.com, which tries to limit the environmental impact of floral purchases, supplying the 100 million roses ordered for a typical Valentine's Day produces 9,900 tons of carbon dioxide (CO 2) emissions.

Going beyond this specific demonstration, if this approach, known as acoustic seafloor geodesy, proves to be robust in the long term (in this case, three to five years are planned, within the limits of the autonomy of the batteries), it could be included within a permanent underwater observatory as an addition to other observations (seismology, gas bubble emission, etc) for in situ real - time monitoring of the activity of this particular fault, or of other active submarine faults elsewhere in the world.

If we do not plan, now, to limit carbon emissions beyond this century, we will foolishly raise the oceans dramatically for thousands of years

As a result, the NRDC, the EDF, the Clean Air Task Force and other groups support both a cap - and - trade scheme to limit CO2 emissions as well as subsidies for the first CCS coal - fired power plants to be built.

While keeping the rule — which limits use of the Endangered Species Act to curb emissions of greenhouse gases — Salazar held open the possibility of adding habitat protections for the polar bear later.

The 2011 UNEP / WMO assessment and the related article by Shindell et al. in Science in 2012 indicate that an aggressive program to limit emissions of these substances could relatively inexpensively cut projected warming between the present and 2050 in half while also having tremendous co-benefits for health, air quality, and improved energy efficiency, in the US and around the world.