Sentences with phrase «for fuel conservation»

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«The scheme will create an invaluable amount of environmental and social benefit for the community, ranging from help and advice for those in fuel poverty and support for young people and the school, to provision of community services and conservation and wildlife enhancement.

The Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000, supported by the UK Fuel Poverty Strategy 2001, requires the Government to seek to end to fuel poverty for all households in England by 2Fuel Poverty Strategy 2001, requires the Government to seek to end to fuel poverty for all households in England by 2fuel poverty for all households in England by 2016.

But it's still nowhere near the figures they are projecting, I think, for this,» he said, noting the 29 % reduction from fuel poverty spending by the Association for the Conservation of Energy's data.

Sharon Frost, a soil district technician for the Suffolk County Soil and Water Conservation Service, said one new, 1,000 - gallon tank costs about $ 16,000 and about 75 percent of the cost was paid through the agricultural fuel tank replacement grant program, which receives funding from the state.

The passage of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000, supported by the UK Fuel Poverty Strategy 2001, requires the Government to seek to end to fuel poverty for all households by 2016 (2018 in WalFuel Poverty Strategy 2001, requires the Government to seek to end to fuel poverty for all households by 2016 (2018 in Walfuel poverty for all households by 2016 (2018 in Wales).

The climate can not afford more carbon and methane from fracked gas, or to divert any more social resources to fossil fuel development when they are needed for energy conservation, efficiency, and clean renewables.

Without such leadership and comprehensive economic policies, conservation of energy by individuals merely reduces demands for fuel, thus lowering prices and ultimately promoting the wasteful use of energy.»

Instead, the Administration's plans for energy conservation and using energy sources with less CO2 emission will help in the short - term, he said; down the road, a new National Climate Change Technology Initiative will help develop cutting - edge technologies such as fuel cells and carbon dioxide sequestration, Bush said.

In the meantime, one small step would be for Britain's new Chancellor Kenneth Clarke to apply some of the money raisedfrom his predecessor's imposition of VAT on fuel to energy conservation.

Tuned for fuel efficiency, it will give conservation - minded buyers a viable alternative.

You'll also hear from Jim Guest, President and Chief Executive Officer of Consumers Union, a longtime champion for consumer rights; and Kathleen Marvaso, Vice President for Public Affairs at AAA, a tireless advocate for consumers on vehicle safety, fuel efficiency, and conservation issues.

It seems as though energy savings and fuel conservation are not just trends, but will be a way of life for decades to come.

Its easy fuel conservation make it a great choice for commuters.

All forms of conservation are very important, as is making maximal practical use of solar, wind, geothermal, falling water, and tide differentials as sources of energy, but all these factors taken together will not allow us to fully transition away from fossil fuels for our growing energy needs.

The same attitude is echoed by the most vocal cheerleader for fossil fuels in the Senate, James M. Inhofe, the Republican of Oklahoma, who devoted a long speech earlier this year to the untapped riches beneath American soil, with nary a word about conservation.

The Times» series on China shows that we are not the only ones who need to rethink pell - mell development; on the other side of the coin, the oil shock of the l970's showed how a crisis could lead to fuel conservation measures and alternative energy investments that helped slow CO2 emissions in this country for quite a few years.

I'm all for conservation and alternative fuels but to spin it in the realm of global warming just means you are out of touch with reality AND science!

The Wildlife Conservation Society spent nearly $ 50 million over six years to create a small patch of Madagascar in the city, and to draw attention to the plight of an island with an extraordinary ecological bounty that has been relentlessly destroyed by a struggling, poor population trying to expand rice farming and find wood for fuel and construction.

The landmark decision, affirming a challenge brought by the Sierra Club and allies at Earthjustice, WildEarth Guardians, and High Country Conservation Advocates, could have far - reaching implications for protecting our climate from the threat of mining and burning of coal, natural gas, tar sands, and other fossil fuels.

By way of calibration, this would essentially eliminate the need for oil imports for passenger vehicle fuel and would require only the amount of land now in the soil bank (the Conservation Reserve Program («CRP») on which such soil - restoring crops as switchgrass are already being grown.

Biological options - Biological options for mitigation of climate change involve one or more of the three strategies: conservation - conserving an existing carbon pool, thereby preventing CO2 emissions to the atmosphere; sequestration — increasing the size of existing carbon pools, thereby extracting CO2 from the atmosphere; substitution - substituting biomass for fossil fuels or energy - intensive products, thereby reducing CO2 emissions.

We're working for stronger regulation of both greenhouse pollution from automobiles through the Clean Air Act and higher fuel economy standards pursuant to the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, two partially overlapping and complimentary statutory schemes.

Now, in terms of conservation and a global switch over to alternative fuels, the people who oppose doing this for climate change mitigation are forgetting something rather important.

If people use less energy (through efficiency and conservation) and shift to lower - carbon energy sources, demand for high - carbon energy will decline and it won't be economical to go chasing after unconventional fuels.

The Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE), a group of companies involved in energy conservation issues, ranks the UK as «the cold man of Europe» — the worst for fuel poverty out of 13 western European countries, and near the bottom of the league on a number of other household energyConservation of Energy (ACE), a group of companies involved in energy conservation issues, ranks the UK as «the cold man of Europe» — the worst for fuel poverty out of 13 western European countries, and near the bottom of the league on a number of other household energyconservation issues, ranks the UK as «the cold man of Europe» — the worst for fuel poverty out of 13 western European countries, and near the bottom of the league on a number of other household energy indicators.

Replacing fossil fuels with renewable energies and ramping up energy conservation is going to make life cheaper and more pleasant for everyone.

RE)- Energy conservation scenario Energy Profile - Energy consumption - Energy supply RE Action Plan - RE data - RE planning & target EC Action Plan - EC potential - EC planning & target LEAP Modeling Demand model — Demand of biofuel — Biomass for substituting oil fuel in industry Supply model — Geothermal /

For decades, the conventional wisdom has been the other way around: Electricity was dirty and the process of generating it and transmitting it involved substantial losses, so from an energy conservation point of view, the best thing to do was often to burn fossil fuel on site in increasingly energy - efficient devices.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said, «DEC is pleased to support municipalities in their efforts to transition to their municipal fleets to clean vehicles and install clean vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure for their communities.

The four key differences are: 1) unlike the Energy Policy Conservation Act (EPCA), the CAA [Clean Air Act] allows for the crediting of direct emission reductions and indirect fuel economy benefits from improved air conditioners, allowing for greater compliance flexibility and lower costs; 2) EPCA allows Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) credits through model year 2019, whereas the EPA standard requires demonstration of actual use of a low carbon fuel after model year 2015; 3) EPCA allows for the payment of fines in lieu of compliance but the CAA does not; and 4) treatment of intra firm trading of compliance credits between cars and light trucks categoriefuel economy benefits from improved air conditioners, allowing for greater compliance flexibility and lower costs; 2) EPCA allows Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) credits through model year 2019, whereas the EPA standard requires demonstration of actual use of a low carbon fuel after model year 2015; 3) EPCA allows for the payment of fines in lieu of compliance but the CAA does not; and 4) treatment of intra firm trading of compliance credits between cars and light trucks categorieFuel Vehicle (FFV) credits through model year 2019, whereas the EPA standard requires demonstration of actual use of a low carbon fuel after model year 2015; 3) EPCA allows for the payment of fines in lieu of compliance but the CAA does not; and 4) treatment of intra firm trading of compliance credits between cars and light trucks categoriefuel after model year 2015; 3) EPCA allows for the payment of fines in lieu of compliance but the CAA does not; and 4) treatment of intra firm trading of compliance credits between cars and light trucks categories.50

A fairly broad set of potential expenditures exists for these funds, including: conservation, efficiency, eligible renewable energy, low carbon fuel advancement, renewable natural gas, electric vehicle (EV) infrastructure, EV sales incentives, demand response, transmission and distribution systems to support smart and distributed grids, and others.

(Sec. 753) Requires the EPA Administrator and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to study and report to Congress on: (1) the impact of aircraft emissions on air quality in nonattainment areas; (2) ways to promote fuel conservation measures for aviation; and (3) opportunities to reduce air traffic inefficiencies that increase fuel burn and emissions.

On May 29, 2015, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, attended a Big Green - funded League of Conservation Voters event where he called for using RICO against climate skeptics and fossil fuel companies (see the YouTube here), then in a Washington Post op - ed, «The fossil - fuel industry's campaign to mislead the American people,» prompting a backlash asserting that the charge was false, and defending the right to dissent.

ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW Minister for the Environment & Heritage: David Kemp Minister for Forestry & Conservation: Ian McDonald Total Energy Consumption (2000E): 4.89 quadrillion Btu * (1.2 % of world total energy consumption) Energy - Related Carbon Emissions (2000E): 96.87 million metric tons of carbon (1.5 % of world carbon emissions) Per Capita Energy Consumption (2000E): 255 million Btu (vs U.S. value of 351 million Btu) Per Capita Carbon Emissions (2000E): 5.1 metric tons of carbon (vs U.S. value of 5.6 metric tons of carbon) Energy Intensity (2000E): 10,804 Btu / U.S. $ 1995 (vs U.S. value of 10,918 Btu / $ 1995) ** Carbon Intensity (2000E): 0.21 metric tons of carbon / thousand U.S. $ 1995 (vs U.S. value of 0.17 metric tons / thousand $ 1995) ** Sectoral Share of Energy Consumption (1999E): Transportation (42 %) Industrial (37 %), Residential (13.5 %), Commercial (7.5 %) Sectoral Share of Carbon Emissions (1998E): Industrial (46.4 %), Transportation (26.5 %), Residential (15.2 %), Commercial (11.9 %) Fuel Share of Energy Consumption (2000E): Coal (44.2 %), Oil (34.8 %), Natural Gas (16.6 %) Fuel Share of Carbon Emissions (1999E): Coal (55.4 %), Oil (32.6 %), Natural Gas (12.0 %) Renewable Energy Consumption (1998E): 396 trillion Btu * (0.9 % increase from 1997) Number of People per Motor Vehicle (1998): 1.7 (vs U.S. value of 1.3) Status in Climate Change Negotiations: Annex I country under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (ratified December 30th, 1992).

Through the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1975, Congress established fuel economy standards for new passenger cars starting with model year (MY) 1978.

Here in the United States, farmers are pulling land out of the federal conservation program, threatening fragile habitats... Most troubling, though, is that the higher food prices caused in large part by food - to - fuel mandates create incentives for global deforestation, including in the Amazon basin.

Fossil fuel development undermines the protection of public lands for future generations and the conservation of species, habitat, and ecological values to which the lands have been consecrated.

For a variety of reasons unrelated to concerns over climate change, we should advance energy conservation and move away from fossil fuels to renewable resources.

For one, the best way to reduce carbon litter is to not make it at all, through conservation / efficiency measures and the adoption of zero - carbon - emitting fuels.

Chevron's filing also cites numerous statutes that refute the plaintiffs» claims that fossil fuels unreasonably interfere with public rights, including the Energy Policy and Conservation Act of 1992, the Energy Policy Act of 2005, the Mining and Minerals Policy Act, the Coastal Zone Management Act, and the Federal Lands Policy Management Act, all of which specifically call for the production of oil and natural gas within the United States:

There are good reasons to slow down the rate of fossil fuel consumption but those all have to do with conservation of a finite resource and not a damn thing to do with global warming because global warming and more CO2 is a hugely positive thing for the primary producers in food chain — green plants.

As we saw in our interview with co-founder Lyle Estill here, here and here, the organization is also painfully aware of the limitations of biofuels, stressing the need for massive conservation and localization before plant - based fuels can ever meet our energy needs.

Vincent Nijman, the conservation biologist who authored the report, argues that current regulations on the legal wildlife trade are too lenient and lack the resources necessary for realistic enforcement.Southeast Asia is a hub for the international wildlife trade; an industry fueled by globalization and increased economic prosperity in the region.

Repairs to firehouses, police precincts, city offices and courthouses, along with purchases of more fuel efficient vehicles will also help reduce emissions Regarding the price tag for these efforts, the mayor said that the city should break even on its conservation investments by 2013.

«These purchases will help these technologies mature into the mainstream so that eventually the consumer has a broader choice of alternative fuel technologies,» said Peter Galvin, conservation director for the Center for Biological Diversity.

If the public monies being directed to wind power in Maine were instead directed to energy efficiency and conservation programs for Maine families, each household would be eligible for $ 15,000 for insulation, better windows, heating system upgrades, or a more fuel efficient vehicle.

Most economists think that a straightforward tax on carbon would have the same incentive effects for alternative fuels and conservation as cap - and - trade without the rigidities and uncertainties of emission limits.

Lets use that money on conservation, efficiency and to continue looking for real solutions to the end of fossil fuels, which will not happen anytime soon according to the US Energy Information Administration: http://www.eia.doe.gov/emeu/steo/pub/contents.html.

1975 The U.S. Congress passes the Energy Policy and Conservation Act, creating the Strategic Petroleum Reserve and imposing the first fuel - efficiency standards for vehicles.

A new report from the International Union for Conservation of Nature says ports and trade hotspots in the United States need to do more to detect and respond to foreign invaders like the quagga.Quaggas have transformed the Great Lakes ecosystem, outcompeting native species, harming fish populations, clogging up drinking water intake pipes and helping fuel toxic algal blooms.