Sentences with phrase «focus on carbon»

With a greater focus on carbon dioxide emissions and global warming, federal and state governments have provided incentives for individuals to upgrade and replace existing heating, ventilation and air conditioning (HVAC) systems with newer, energy - efficient units.

Kate Kenny, a Caterpillar spokeswoman, said the company wants to focus on carbon capture and storage projects, such as FutureGen, an Illinois plant that is partly financed by the federal government.

To remove and reuse the carbon dioxide emissions associated with the modern world's energy appetite, experts are stressing the continued research and development of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) systems, as well as a renewed focus on carbon recycling technologies.

This analytical report discusses opportunities for greenhouse gases (GHG) mitigation in Latin America, with particular focus on carbon finance and the clean development mechanism (CDM).

Through the Secretariat and its specialist members, IETA maintains, updates, and develops new contracts that are recognized for their clarity, conciseness and focus on carbon market details.

(April 21, 2014) There is a growing realization that the Green Movement and its focus on carbon dioxide emissions may be not fully justified by the facts.

The board provides recommendations to the Governor, JCCPO, and the legislature regarding the implementation and impact of the act with a focus on the carbon tax impacts and avoiding inequitable effects on citizens and energy intensive trade exposed businesses.

That, in turn, would reduce the coal industry's challenge by half — leaving it to focus on carbon capture.

The newest iteration of the bill now reframes its focus on carbon emissions, calling for ZECs, not «Nuclear Diversity Certificates» as in the original bill.

The review conducted in this study indicates that, in general terms, when it comes to leveraging the potential of broadband to promote environmental sustainability, high - income countries tend to focus on carbon abatement strategies, whereas developing nations envisage the use of broadband to reinforce the preservation of biodiversity and promote eco-friendly development.

This unbiased, analytic approach and exclusive focus on carbon removal is our differentiator that will enable us to accomplish our mission.

«Conversations about protecting peatlands tend to focus on the carbon they store that can be released into our atmosphere and cause climate change,» says Sofyan Kurnianto, a PhD researcher associated with the Center for International Forestry Research (CIFOR).

However, most of these opportunities focus on carbon found in the above ground vegetative biomass and do not currently account for the carbon in the soil.

What the authors would like to see is the prospect of limited and expensive coal get a serious consideration; currently, most energy policy decisions, such as a focus on carbon capture and storage for coal plants, assume that coal will remain cheap enough to compensate for its added costs.

The reusable tub is just another way to focus on your carbon footprint.

But currently the debate is focused on carbon taxes and cap - and - trade systems.

The new agreement focuses on the carbon emissions.

The work was the result of collaboration between Wong's biomedical engineering lab and the lab of Robert Hurt, professor of engineering at Brown, who focuses on carbon nanomaterials.

To explore how well the timing of the changes matched up, the researcher focused on a carbon isotope called 13C, which is retained in soil in the same proportions as in the vegetation the soil once contained.

This year's spending plan is focused on carbon capture and storage technologies and gas hydrate research.

The Blue Carbon Initiative currently focuses on carbon in coastal ecosystems - mangroves, tidal marshes and seagrasses.

The other, TLS, has focused on carbon dioxide and methane.

«Other competitors are focusing on carbon [fiber], and it's nonsense, it's not the solution.

Even though he was specifically focusing on carbon dioxide.

Kenneth Caldeira, a Carnegie Institution scientist long focused on carbon flows (including the flow into the oceans that is lowering the pH of seawater in potentially harmful ways), said any term should convey four ideas:

In some ways, how people reaction to air capture can help to clarify if they see climate policy as focused on carbon dioxide, or all of those other things getting a free ride.

The conversation around climate largely focuses on carbon dioxide, the invisible greenhouse gas building in the atmosphere mainly from the burning of fuels and forests.

One interesting facet of the graph above is how much of the stimulus spending has been focused on carbon capture and sequestration, the process of catching CO2 as it leaves a power plant, compressing it and stashing it in the earth for safekeeping.

Although much of the work in this area has focused on the carbon cycle, expanding our focus to other elements, especially nitrogen and phosphorus, can make a positive contribution.

The US government spends $ 2.5 billion per year on research that focuses on carbon dioxide, ignores powerful natural forces that have always driven climate change, and generates numerous reports and press releases warning of record high temperatures, melting icecaps, rising seas, stronger storms, more droughts and other «unprecedented» crises.

I am also troubled that the discussion of climate change is so focused on carbon emissions instead of understanding the impact of the total human footprint.

«If you don't worry about the NGOs that are focused on carbon footprint or water, and they decide to start a campaign against you, it affects the reputation of your brands, your sales go down, and there's your shareholder saying, why didn't you anticipate this?»

While most of our energy has been focused on carbon pricing, we've also been spearheading an effort to raise awareness around biochar and carbon sequestration.

Dr Hulvey and her team focused on the carbon stored in the above - ground tree biomass (tree trunks and branches), using above - ground biomass as a proxy for carbon storage in planted forests.

For all intents and purposes, the two phenomena are unrelated, since the scourge of air pollution relates to the presence of dangerous fine particulate matter in the air while global warming propaganda focuses on carbon dioxide emissions.

Focusing on the carbon emissions associated with tropical deforestation, it showed that converting rainforests or grasslands to corn, soybean, or palm oil biofuel production led to a carbon emissions increase — a «biofuel carbon debt» — that was at least 37 times greater than the annual reduction in greenhouse gases resulting from the shift from fossil fuels to biofuels.

In 2007, a letter written by Harper in 2002 stated that anthropogenic climate change is based on «tentative and contradictory scientific evidence» that focuses on carbon dioxide, which is «essential to life.»

Laurence was previously head of technology at Sandbag, an NGO focused on carbon markets.

o It focuses on carbon dioxide, which is essential to life, rather than upon pollutants.

Although he has covered a wide range of resources, several of his most recent contributions have focused on carbon and water, in part due to his growing interest in the issues associated with biofuels.

In week three of agriculture month, we are focusing on carbon sequestration on croplands.

As Breitbart News reported in October, a number of nations have quietly begun backing away from the Paris energy goals, which are part of the non-binding agreement focusing on carbon dioxide emissions.

It was a purposeful omission because my piece focused on carbon buried on land, which presents a climate risk if it eventually emerges as methane or carbon dioxide.

Addressing the climate crisis calls for an «all of the above» approach to reducing carbon emissions and increasing carbon sequestration, and although many of us are inclined to supporting organic farming practices, it's high time we started focusing on carbon farming practices as well.

We must elevate the status of ecosystem conservation from a side issue in global environmental talks and treaties (that are exclusively focused on carbon) to an urgent high priority issue.

In addition to her law degree, Mary also holds a master's degree in political science from York University, where her research focussed on carbon markets and economic theory.

· Since 2008, Intel has linked a portion of every employee's compensation to environmental goals, focusing on carbon emission reductions in 2012 and solid waste recycling in 2013.

Not exact matches

And obviously, a price on carbon would help us get corporations to focus on this.

Also focused on sustainability, Colgate pledged to diminish its carbon footprint and become «climate neutral» by 2019.

Many of the CEOs» comments were focused on denouncing the Liberals and carbon taxes.