Sentences with phrase «existing emission sources»
Such a system would cover both new and existing emission sources, and could have a more pervasive effect on coal use than standards, subsidies, or credit - based programs.
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While cities and states can certainly reduce their emissions from existing sources, energy technology innovation is a critical part of combating climate change, said Akshaya Jha, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who specializes in energy and environmental economics.
I think you can make a compelling case that an emissions reduction sourced through CCS is worth more to Alberta than an emissions reduction from an existing, proven technology.
«As part of the shift to 50 percent renewables and emissions reductions, New York must use all of its existing carbon free power sources, including our upstate nuclear fleet, to continue our progress on climate change,» Kauffman wrote.
In the short term, new gas - fired power stations can help cut emissions, but only if they replace existing coal - fired power stations rather than nuclear plants or renewable energy sources.
The study found that, in particular, wind power, biogas, solar photovoltaics, energy efficiency and operational improvements to existing power sources could not only reduce greenhouse emissions but also offset the water used to cool thermal power generation.
With a sustained national commitment, the United States could obtain substantial energy - efficiency improvements, new sources of energy, and reductions in greenhouse gas emissions through the accelerated deployment of existing and emerging energy technologies, according to the prepublication copy of the capstone report of the America's Energy Future project of the National Research Council, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering.
It did not disappoint; on September 3, the VLA found a new source of radio emission where one had not previously existed.
Next month, EPA will start a formal process to require companies operating existing methane emissions sources to provide information to assist in development of comprehensive standards to decrease methane emissions.
So, it's time to take a closer look at regulating existing sources of methane emissions.
-- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will begin developing regulations for methane emissions from existing oil and gas sources immediately and will move as expeditiously as possible to complete this process.
Existing systems are the source of 90 percent of emissions, so getting moving on this front is essential; it's also often profitable, as we wrote in 2009.
E.P.A. will begin developing regulations for methane emissions from existing oil and gas sources.
This shift away from CO2 - centric emissions debates is also evident in a group blog post by analysts at the Center for American Progress, who propose a «multiple multilateralism» approach on climate that, among other things, seeks quick steps on sources of warming other than carbon dioxide — particularly sooty Arctic pollution and gases already considered under the existing ozone - protection treaty.
It's not because there is indeed a climate problem with our CO2 emissions that there must exist any palatable «solution» for 7 + billion people to this problem in general and even worse in terms of renewable energy sources in particular.
# 122 Bob «What I have seen is that hybrid vehicles which greatly reduce emissions, and have the potential to make use of clean energy sources (which do not currently exist in practice) have been publicly available and in such demand that manufacturers can never keep up, and yet the bulk of our road vehicle fleet is «dirty» and the numbers and choice of hybrid and EV models is still relatively low.
What I have seen is that hybrid vehicles which greatly reduce emissions, and have the potential to make use of clean energy sources (which do not currently exist in practice) have been publicly available and in such demand that manufacturers can never keep up, and yet the bulk of our road vehicle fleet is «dirty» and the numbers and choice of hybrid and EV models is still relatively low.
In addition to rapidly increasing China's adoption of non-fossil power sources such as renewables and nuclear, to mitigate long - lived CO2 emissions, carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) must be applied to both new and existing China plants, both coal and gas.
«Use of full or partial CCS technology should not be part of the BSER [best system of emissions reduction] for existing EGUs [electricity generating units] because it would be more expensive than the measures determined to be part of the BSER, particularly if applied broadly to the overall source category.»
Key Issues for Discussion and Comment in the ANPR: Descriptions of key provisions and programs in the CAA, and advantages and disadvantages of regulating GHGs under those provisions; How a decision to regulate GHG emissions under one section of the CAA could or would lead to regulation of GHG emissions under other sections of the Act, including sections establishing permitting requirements for major stationary sources of air pollutants; Issues relevant for Congress to consider for possible future climate legislation and the potential for overlap between future legislation and regulation under the existing CAA; and, scientific information relevant to, and the issues raised by, an endangerment analysis.
The American Lung Association supports stringent, technology - forcing measures to reduce emissions from mobile sources through the use of: (1) advanced low - or zero - emission vehicle technology; (2) low - polluting alternative fuels; and (3) pollution control equipment and efficiency measures to further reduce emissions from existing vehicles.
Rather, the goals are established and compliance is assessed using a formula that provides varying treatment of specific generation sources and demand - side efficiency programs that can displace CO2 emissions from existing generating units that are regulated under the Clean Power Plan proposal.
The American Lung Association calls for effective enforcement of existing laws and regulations governing the combustion of wood and other biomass sources, as well as the expanded regulation of air pollution emissions from these sources.
From here, the obvious next step is to develop standards for existing sources of methane emissions.
«Standards on new sources of methane emissions, coupled with the recent US - Canada announcement on existing sources, demonstrates the Obama administration's commitment to curbing greenhouse gas emissions.
Under Section 111 (d) of the Clean Air Act, the EPA standards for greenhouse gas emissions from existing sources set reduction targets at 25 percent below 2005 levels by 2020 and 30 percent by 2030.
A new paper (Turner et al., GRL, 2016) suggests a rapid increase (contrary to EPA estimates) and Gina McCarthy recently was quoted as saying «Methane emissions from existing sources in oil and gas sector are substantially higher than we previously understood.»
After set - asides have been calculated, EPA proposes to allocate the remaining allowances in the state's emission budget to existing sources based on their performance over the 2010 - 2012 period.
Given that people on Brulle's side of the Global Warming / Climate Change argument have been making false claims for decades — for example, that New York and Washington would be under water by the year 20004 — and given that the mass media sound daily alarms about the climate threat, the statement in the National Research Council report that «some» information sources are «affected» by campaigns opposed to policies that would limit carbon dioxide emissions is scant foundation for believing a massive conspiracy exists.5
(Sec. 223) Codifies provisions concerning EPA's existing SmartWay Transport Program to quantify, demonstrate, and promote the benefits of technologies, products, fuels, and operational strategies that reduce petroleum consumption, air pollution, and GHG emissions from the mobile source sector.
(1) deployment of technologies to capture and sequester carbon dioxide emissions from electric generating units or large industrial sources (except that assistance under this subtitle for such deployment shall be limited to the cost of retrofitting existing facilities with such technologies or the incremental cost of purchasing and installing such technologies at new facilities);
To prohibit the Administrator of the Environmental Protection Agency from finalizing any rule imposing any standard of performance for carbon dioxide emissions from any existing or new source that is a fossil fuel - fired electric utility generating unit unless and until carbon capture and storage is found to be technologically and economically feasible.
In a Harrisburg Pennsylvania newspaper article the claim was made that (32) «Unfortunately, the largest contributor to the problem, the electric utility industry, continues to get a free ride on its mercury pollution... other sources are reducing emissions, not such requirements exist for coal - fired power plants.»
Some thoughts on EPA's proposed program to encourage voluntary methane emissions reductions from existing sources.
The key challenges are to restructure existing energy tax systems to directly target the source of environmental harm (e.g., by taxing emissions or driving on busy roads rather than electricity consumption or vehicle sales), to better align tax levels with the scale of environmental harm, and to overcome practical challenges of higher energy and transportation costs.
Abandoned coal mine methane capture: Coal mines are a major source of methane emissions in the US, as methane gas naturally exists in coal beds and is released into the atmosphere through mine shafts.
Then, that money is put toward an existing project that's reducing greenhouse emissions such as saving forests from destruction, funding alternative energy sources, enhancing clean water initiatives, and more.
We are environmental and energy regulators from a group of 12 states, and we are providing comment on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on State Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Sources (ANPRM)[1].
1:00 - 2:30 p.m. EST (An Interactive Audio and Web - Based Seminar Hosted by Infocast) The Basics Seth D. Hilton Stoel Rives LLP 111 Sutter / CO2 emission from average combustion levels New Generation — Geothermal Geothermal emits some CO2 mostly in condensate evaporation in the cooling cycle Levels / states or countries with capped emissions Repowering existing electric generation facilities New clean energy sources Potential Opportunities for Entities Subject to California's Emission Reduction Requirements /
Over the summer and fall of 2006, Vessels monitored the existing air shaft and wells from the old mine to confirm that the mine was a net source of methane emissions to the atmosphere.
Our patented technology allows for the low - cost capture of CO2 from stationary emissions sources such as oil production operations, power and steam plants and metals production facilities, while leveraging existing solvent - based gas scrubbing approaches already known to industry.
The Development of Regional and Gridded ($ 5 ^ \ circ \ times 5 ^ \ circ $) Emissions Scenarios for Aircraft and for Surface Sources, Based on CPB Scenarios and Existing Emission Inventories for Aircraft and Surface Sources.
Providing technical support to the U.S. EPA to support its development of regulations to address fossil fuel power plants and other existing sources of carbon dioxide emissions
The review also notes that coal combustion remains the largest source of greenhouse gas emissions and local air pollution in the Czech Republic and highlighted the benefits of retrofitting existing coal - fired power plants with cost - effective emissions controls, and replacement of ageing plants with high - efficiency technology.
This approach, when combined with the leadership the industry has demonstrated to voluntarily reduce emissions from existing sources, has already proven effective.
There would be side effects, and the fundamental source of climate change, carbon emissions, would be left unaddressed, but as of now, no other serious possibility exists for attenuating near - term climate damages.
Last year, the Environmental Protection Agency finalized a far - reaching rule that would, for the first time ever, regulate carbon dioxide emissions from America's existing coal - and gas - fired power plants — one of the biggest sources of climate pollution around.
These industry - led efforts are a proven way to reduce methane emissions from existing sources, and they are clearly working.»
Run at year 2030 (SSTs as in # 1), 4 year runs (+2 - month initialization), model's own distribution of given emission scaled uniformly: 2.1: +100 Tg / yr isoprene (scale existing source to add 100 Tg / yr).
The Sierra Club's new interactive online EV Guide allows visitors to type in their zip code and find how the EV of their choice compares in emissions to a comparable conventional vehicle (based on the region's electricity sources), what EV incentives exist in their state, how much money they will save in fuel, and what EVs are for sale in their area.