Sentences with phrase «emissions regulations mean»

In a world where increasingly stringent emissions regulations mean that big manufacturers look every which way to lower CO2 and NOx outputs, Porsche saw fit to ditch its naturally aspirated six - cylinder engine in the Cayman in favour of a more frugal flat - four - cylinder turbo.

The adoption of the more stringent Euro 5 emissions regulations means that the Civic Type R will no longer be legal for sale in Europe.

Not exact matches

Gov. Andrew M. Cuomo announced Monday that the state has proposed a new regulation meant to improve air quality and protect public health by placing limits on emissions from diesel generators and natural gas - fired engines.

Cuomo announced that the state has proposed a new regulation meant to improve air quality and protect public health by placing limits on emissions from diesel generators and natural gas - fired engines.

European regulations on greenhouse gas emissions mean the U.S. airline industry may be the first to face climate change regulation

The need of the authorities to control radio emissions has meant the development of specific regulation on exposure to electromagnetic fields.

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The latest regulations - which take the WLTP real world economy and emissions standards into account - mean that the Peugeot's 1.6 - litre turbocharged engine will need tweaking to stand up to the stricter guidelines.

Engines will likely mirror those of the recently announced Jaguar XE sedan, meaning a full line - up of Ingenium four - cylinder units which will employ turbocharging and stop / start systems in order to meet Euro 6 emissions regulations.

Stringent safety and emissions regulations finally got the best of it, and the last example has rolled off the Solihull assembly line, meaning it's too late to buy one new.

Or will authorities finally beging to plan where homes and buildings are, tighten up on fuel and emissions regulations, and do all the things that make peoplpe more healthy AND, oh yes, also mean that factor of two or three lower carbon intensity?

Action would mean enacting laws and regulations limiting the emissions of greenhouse gases.

An important question that political and climate analysts will be examining is how much bite is in the regulations — meaning how much they would curb emissions beyond what's already happening to cut power plant carbon dioxide thanks to the natural gas boom, the shutdown of old coal - burning plants because of impending mercury - cutting rules (read the valuable Union of Concerned Scientists «Ripe for Retirement» report for more on this), improved energy efficiency and state mandates developing renewable electricity supplies.

And despite his own suggestion that this could mean the EPA has to cap emissions from your local food pantry, even Segal is optimistic that the Obama administration will take a more cautious approach to regulation.

Any form of carbon pricing or regulations means we would have to measure GHG emissions.

This means Republicans and Democratic moderates will in effect be choosing higher cost command and control regulation of emissions by EPA rather than a lower - cost market approach that helps the economy.

After Paris, it's widely believed that the petroleum industry is entering an «ex growth» phase, meaning demand for oil will level off and eventually begin to decline as national emissions regulations tighten and clean energy alternatives become more affordable.

Unfortunately, more regulation could mean less — less fracking, less energy and, quite possibly, less progress in reducing emissions.

For purposes of this section, the term «cap and trade program» means a system of greenhouse gas regulation under which a State or political subdivision issues a limited number of tradable instruments in the nature of emission allowances and requires that sources within its jurisdiction surrender such tradeable instruments for each unit of greenhouse gases emitted during a compliance period.

But it's not clear what that exactly means — whether businesses will have to immediately start buying carbon allowances to cover their emissions, or some lesser form of regulation, like requiring companies to report their emissions.

• Kyoto Protocol • EU ETS • Australian CO2 tax and ETS • Mandating and heavily subsidising ($ / TWh delivered) renewable energy • Masses of inappropriate regulations that have inhibited the development of nuclear power, made it perhaps five times more expensive now than it should be, slowed its development, slowed its roll out, caused global CO2 emissions to be 10 % to 20 % higher now than they would otherwise have been, meaning we are on a much slower trajectory to reduce emissions than we would be and, most importantly, we are locked in to fossil fuel electricity generation that causes 10 to 100 times more fatalities per TWh than would be the case if we allowed nuclear to develop (or perhaps 1000 times according to this: http://nextbigfuture.com/2011/03/deaths-per-twh-by-energy-source.html • Making building regulations that effectively prevent people from selling, refurbishing or updating their houses if they are close to sea level (the damage to property values and to property owners» life savings is enormous as many examples in Australia are already demonstrating.

In short, what's «hard to conceive» is that Congress meant to adopt a clerical amendment that would severely limit EPA's ability to consider alternatives to MACT regulation of HAP emissions — an option Congress expressly and exclusively provided for power plants under § 112 (n)(1)(A).

Similarly, emission reductions in the UK power sector were largely driven by the retirement of old, inefficient coal plant during the 1990s, through sulphur regulations which meant plant owners were faced with the choice of either retrofitting stock or retiring it (Eyre, 2001).

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.

Somehow the general public is unconvinced by shills known to have profited from hidden sponsors against the regulation of greenhouse gas emissions, and willing to oppose it by any underhanded means possible.

And emissions reductions are much less valuable (to this administration), meaning that any greenhouse gas regulation will be less beneficial.

And climate advocates now find themselves defending kludgey and indirect regulations that are among the least efficient means of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

The IATA does say that it could support carefully designed carbon trading policies, though it prefers voluntary agreements to regulation, and it claims that such schemes should be restricted to carbon dioxide only, and that other emissions should be tackled by «other means» (no mention is made of what these means might be).

Global warming is real, industrial emissions are the main cause, and warming imposes risk that warrant a policy response... [C] arbon taxes are a far more efficient means of controlling greenhouse gas emissions than command - and - control regulation.

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.

So, does that mean it'll tell you if your car is cheating emissions regulations?