Sentences with phrase «emissions system for»

«The aim of the project was to develop a sustainable, zero emissions system for heat production,» Fioroni said.

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In 2009, for example, the German government amended its rules so that inspections of emissions performance would be based solely on readings from a car's own «onboard diagnostic» system, effectively ceding total control to the automakers.

The manufacturer of automotive components for emission control and ride control systems is based in Lake Forest, Ill..

In addition, he says the world of aviation is ready for a new propulsion system that he estimates will have 80 percent lower emissions and be dramatically quieter than comparable planes.

The pope repeated the strong call for environmental stewardship that he had made with his latest encyclical, Laudato Si, and Xi Jinping announced that China will launch a cap - and - trade system for carbon emissions in 2017.

The agreement aims to hold global warming to «well below» two degrees Celsius from the levels of the Industrial Revolution, and puts in place a system for tracking efforts to cut carbon emissions and report on progress every five years.

According to the Pembina Institute, federal oil and gas emissions regulations crafted after Alberta's system would have to set the fee for contributing to the fund at least $ 100 per tonne in order for Canada to be able to meet its 2020 target.

That same year, Exide reached an agreement with Texas officials to pay $ 20 million for improvements to its engineering systems at the Frisco plant to cut down on lead emissions.

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

Meanwhile, a system ensuring that state - of - the - art controls on emissions do not translate into a fatal competitive disadvantage would enable Canada to throw all its energies at providing incentives for the high - quality «green jobs» that need to be in place for the next generation.

Mississauga, Ontario - headquartered Hydrogenics Corporation, a leading developer and manufacturer of hydrogen generation technology and hydrogen fuel cell systems, today announced that it has received an order valued at C$ 7.8 million to supply fuel cell power systems for zero - emission vehicles in China.

Environmentalists fear that the production and processing of the gas for export could upend the province's aggressiveclimate change policies, which include an emissions - reduction goal and an unusual carbon tax system.

The Technical Paper explained that the second key backstop component, the output - based pricing system for industrial facilities, would apply where annual emissions are 50,000 tonnes or more (though facilities below that may opt - in).

Shell has yet to comment on the demands, but the company's chief executive said in September it was «preparing for increasingly robust legislation on emissions» and «understand that renewable has a huge role to play in the energy system of the future.»

The link between depression and the immune system has been shown using positron emission tomography using a tracer for the translocator protein (TSPO) showing increased immune activation in the brains of patients with major depressive disorder compared with control subjects.

For example, California recently passed an initiative aimed at reducing carbon emissions that require over-the-road logistics firms to utilize newer - model trucks with emission - control systems.

Mr Gulland added, «Zero Waste Scotland looks forward to continuing with this work to design the most effective deposit return system for Scotland, which will provide opportunities to reduce carbon emissions and create jobs through high - quality recycling.»

With growing concerns around the known and unknown consequences of greenhouse gas emissions and climate change on natural systems, food producers are experiencing greater consumer demand for environmental and social credentials as well as various decarbonisation initiatives from governments.

Greenhouse gases created by the food system — including production, distribution, and waste — are responsible for one - third of global emissions.

The report — Less Is More: Greenpeace vision of the meat and dairy system towards 2050 — claims that unless the way we farm for food changes radically, then agriculture will soon be responsible for pumping out 52 per cent of all global greenhouse gas emissions.

They include: high levels of degraded soils; reductions in irrigation quotas to restore the health of the Murray - Darling system; the re-forestation of some agricultural land to meet emissions reductions targets; the impacts of peak oil, such as the diversion of food crops into feed - stock for biofuels; and the price and crop yield implications of peak phosphorous, given Australia's dependence on imported fertilisers.

The Ranch offers secluded cabins with EPA approved low - emission fireplaces and kitchen facilities, two guest lodges, including the newly opened High Lonesome Lodge, two restaurants featuring organic / sustainably focused cuisine, 35 miles of trails for hiking and mountain biking (summer) and 130 + km Nordic trail system for cross country skiing and snowshoeing (winter), a year round professional horsemanship program and stables including Summer Wrangler Camps, trail riding, skill training and feed rides as well as hiking, mountain biking, fly - fishing, zip - lining, stand up paddle boarding, adventure / skill training courses, and a nature - based, 18,000 sq. ft. restorative spa featuring massage, facials, body wraps, soaks and more.

Farming in recirculation aquaculture systems (RAS) gives an opportunity for maximising farming conditions, reducing emissions of nutrients to the aquatic environment, reducing water consumption and for farming with a high level of bio-security.

In order to compare farming systems, they are subdivided into emissions due to burning of oil and fuel (direct energy) and the use of oil and fuel for the production and transport of fertilizers, machinery and synthetic pesticides (indirect energy).

the permanent plant cover in organic systems which results in a more efficient uptake of mobile nitrogen in soils, thus reducing the potential and risk for N2O emissions.

Natural, regenerative solutions such as the BIDA ® System offer a new paradigm for water treatment systems, delivering closed - loop mechanisms that efficiently process wastewater on site and restore it to beneficial use, without significant energy output or emissions.

The IET is calling for long - term investment in a connected UK transport system to improve reliability, comfort and speed - and reduce congestion and emissions.

The project advances Governor Cuomo's Reforming the Energy Vision («REV») strategy to build an energy system that is clean, resilient and affordable for all New Yorkers, and includes the State's goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030.

The order gives the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency the authority to repeal and replace the Clean Power Plan, the set of rules that established goals for reducing carbon dioxide emissions from fossil - fueled electricity plants through a national trading system.

Next week, the heads of 11 space agencies are expected to issue a joint communique from a meeting in New Delhi calling for cooperation to calibrate instruments and validate measurements «to achieve an international, independent system for estimating the global emissions based on internationally accepted data.»

Measuring how and where emissions occur can support carbon - cutting initiatives like eco-lanes that prioritize alternative fuel vehicles and eco-driving practices, or encourage system operators to optimize traffic signals for greater throughput and less fuel consumption.

Clark and other members of Richmond's growing environmental movement tackled a series of local issues during the 1990s, winning reductions of toxic air emissions and discharges to San Francisco Bay and setting up a warning system for residents during refinery accidents.

«Stabilizing or reducing atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations, therefore, requires very deep reductions in future emissions to compensate for past emissions that are still circulating in the Earth system,» the draft report says.

In a project sponsored by the U.S. National Aeronautics and Space Administration's (NASA) Carbon Monitoring System research initiative, researchers from the Joint Global Change Research Institute (JGCRI) found that global livestock methane (CH4) emissions for 2011 are 11 % higher than the estimates based on guidelines provided by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) in 2006.

When the new emissions data were combined with current pipeline mileage information, significant regional variations were observed, with the Eastern region of the United States accounting for more than a third of the total U.S. emissions from pipeline leaks, and the larger western region, where systems tend to be newer, contributing 17 percent of total emissions.

With their low light loss and high photoluminescence quantum yield, these novel one - dimensional microstructures could serve as an effective platform for the development of new systems of color tunable optical waveguides with polarized emissions.

NASA's Carbon Monitoring System (CMS) was begun by congressional mandate in 2010 to develop methods for assessing the greenhouse gas emissions from forests and other natural carbon stocks.

While still not included in the upcoming system, hundreds of facilities in Guangdong and Shanghai are being required to monitor and report their emissions, a move designed to prepare them for serious trading.

«There are also other important measures to reduce methane emissions from coal mining, municipal waste treatment and gas distribution, for example, as well as black carbon emission reductions through elimination of high - emitting vehicles, use of cleaner biomass cooking and heating stoves, replacement of kerosene wick lamps with LED lamps and other measures,» adds Zbigniew Klimont of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, who also took part in the study.

Three approaches were used to evaluate the outstanding «carbon budget» (the total amount of CO2 emissions compatible with a given global average warming) for 1.5 °C: re-assessing the evidence provided by complex Earth System Models, new experiments with an intermediate - complexity model, and evaluating the implications of current ranges of uncertainty in climate system properties using a simple System Models, new experiments with an intermediate - complexity model, and evaluating the implications of current ranges of uncertainty in climate system properties using a simple system properties using a simple model.

Further discoveries found these breakthroughs could have an impact in areas such as enhanced infrared or molecular spectroscopy, improved functionality for nanophotonic circuits and devices for use in infrared cameras, detectors and weapons guidance systems, and tailored thermal emission sources.

The system will work better if markets link up to trade internationally — greater competition for permits should add to the incentive to cut emissions.

If the U.S. healthcare system were a country, it would rank 13th in the world for greenhouse gas emissions, according to new research.

«It is our view that the first step for Chinese ETS is to get the system right from the beginning — the trading platform; the monitoring, reporting and verification system; [emissions] inventories; getting companies informed and cooperative — and gradually shift toward more stringent caps,» says Li Shuo, a climate and energy campaigner for Greenpeace East Asia.

«We think that to get real zero - emission vehicles, and that's on a well - to - wheel basis, having renewable electricity producing the hydrogen is really the most environmentally friendly and sustainable way to produce hydrogen,» said Steve Szymanski, director of government business for the electrolysis system manufacturer Proton OnSite.

NEI spokesman John Keeley said reactors are closing because «we've got an unquestioned free market for electricity» and a system that's «a combination of quotas for some other emission - free sources, and a price for electricity regardless of whether the supply is clean or dependable.»

Billions of dollars in public and private capital for energy investment are up for grabs as developed countries like the United States and emerging economies like India get down to brass tacks on how they will hit their greenhouse gas emissions pledges and move their energy systems away from fossil fuels.

The system will take effect when 55 countries accounting for 55 % of the industrialized countries» 1990 emissions have signed on.

Similar emissions are caused by the iron, aluminum, and copper mines needed to produce material for renewable systems, Hertwich noted, but the massive scale of coal mining makes its emissions much more significant by comparison.

Assuming a global system that would put a price on carbon emissions, the scientists then calculated the value of carbon credits awarded to homeowners and businesses for making their roofs and streets lighter.