Sentences with phrase «fossil fueled performance»

But unlike the company's purely fossil fueled performance cars — M4, M5 et al — which could speed well past 156 miles per hour were they not electronically limited, the i8 would struggle to go faster even if the safety nanny was removed.

Not exact matches

It will be interesting to compare Yale's fossil fuel - free performance to that of Bowdoin and its carbon - based returns generation method.

A small but growing number of countries now have legal requirements for institutional investors to report on how their investment policies and performance are affected by environmental factors, including South Africa and, prospectively, the EU.36 Concern about the risks of a «carbon bubble» — that highly valued fossil fuel assets and investments could be devalued or «stranded» under future, more stringent climate policies — prompted G20 Finance Ministers and Central Bank Governors in April 2015 to ask the Financial Stability Board in Basel to convene an inquiry into how the financial sector can take account of climate - related issues.37

Casarino will present «Perspectives on Partially Bio-Based Materials,» which focuses on bio-content sources, coupling agents and compatabilizers, on Wednesday, Feb. 2, at 2:30 p.m. DuPont led the industry with the first families of high - performance renewably sourced materials to help reduce dependence on fossil fuels.

But fossil fuel investment performance has generally slogged in recent years as clean energy continues to expand its share of the global energy market.

Without a way to save electricity and heat for later use, intermittent renewable energy will struggle to close price and performance differences with fossil fuels.

A comparison of the performance associated to the algal biofuels pathways with that found for conventional fossil fuels is also reported.

The standard of environmental performance required to consider should be the following: 1) the elimination or reduction of emissions of greenhouse gases; 2) increase of basic sanitation services provided to the population; 3) the elimination or reduction of deforestation and burning of forests; 4) reduction in the consumption of fossil fuels; 5) increase of the share of renewable energy in the energy mix; 6) the elimination or reduction of land pollution, air, ocean and water; 7) increase of energy efficiency or energy saving in agriculture, industry and transportation in general; and 8) increase of recycling of materials.

«Everybody has turned its back on performance cars with fossil fuel,» he said.

The investment seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P 500 Fossil Fuel Free Index.

CHGX will track the performance of the Change Finance Diversified Impact U.S. Large Cap Fossil Fuel Free Index.

The MSCI Emerging Markets ex Fossil Fuels Index (the «Index») is designed to measure the performance of companies in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index that are «fossil fuel reserves free,» which are defined as companies that do not own fossil fuel resFossil Fuels Index (the «Index») is designed to measure the performance of companies in the MSCI Emerging Markets Index that are «fossil fuel reserves free,» which are defined as companies that do not own fossil fuel resfossil fuel reserves free,» which are defined as companies that do not own fossil fuel resfossil fuel reserves.

Via Climate Nexus and Daniel M.N. Turner, here's video of my performance of «Liberated Carbon,» my short musical history of humanity's love affair with fossil fuels, at the ScienceOnline Climate conference in Washington, D.C., yesterday.

In closing, here's the Greenbiz recording of my song performance — in which I try telling the story of humanity's fossil fuel fixation in a fresh way:

Today (June 25th) is the deadline for submitting comments on the EPA's proposed Carbon Pollution Standard Rule, which will establish first - ever New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil - fuel electric generating units.

ERCs can be used by a fossil fuel - fired generator to demonstrate compliance with its assigned performance rate.

In April 2012, the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed a new source performance standard (NSPS), limiting carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from new fossil fuel — fired electric generating units (EGUs).

Only if we spur those cost and performance breakthroughs do we have a chance of drastically cutting emissions (and eliminating fossil fuel consumption) IN ADDITION to incremental cost and performance improvements.

Dig deep enough in the «crooked skeptics» accusation, and you ultimately discover that in regard to the notion about skeptics being in a pay - for - performance arrangement with anybody in the fossil fuel industry, there's only one usable weapon in the enviro - activists» arsenal to indict those skeptics as industry - paid shills: the supposedly leaked industry memo set from a public relations campaign called the «Information Council for the Environment» (ICE) supposedly containing the «reposition global warming» strategy goal, which targeted «older, less - educated males» and «younger, lower - income women.»

«Wind power is leading the charge in the transition away from fossil fuels; and continues to blow away the competition on price, performance and reliability», said Steve Sawyer, GWEC Secretary General.

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.

These are the kinds of metrics that make it possible to define the energy and environmental performances of solar and fossil fuels.

A full 10, four - hour sessions offered over a one - year period transmit the strategies and tools needed to reach 60 % to 100 % reductions in fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions in building design, giving professionals the skills to create next - generation, high - performance buildings and their firms a «sustainability edge» in the marketplace.

Companies to disclose forward - looking numbers — Rather than disclosing historical annual emissions performance, companies should disclose the emissions potential of fossil fuel reserves.

Singapore's electricity is 97.4 % fossil fuels generated and is ranked 48th of 61 («very poor») countries in the Climate Change Performance Index.

The Zero Tool normalizes building performance by climate, space type, building size, occupancy, and schedule, allowing users to compare a new or existing building's fossil fuel energy consumption with other buildings.

Rather than taking advantage of the many resources already supported by North Carolina's thriving clean energy economy (namely, renewable energy and energy efficiency), DEQ's proposed response to the Clean Power Plan includes only one compliance method: performance improvements at existing fossil fuel plants.

For all practical purposes, the collective Greenpeace organization committed outright political suicide two weeks ago, essentially telegraphing to the entire world that they never had the evidence they claimed they had, proving skeptic climate scientists lie to the public under a pay - for - performance arrangement with fossil fuel industry people just like the way shill experts lied for the tobacco industry.

At a minimum, an equal amount of existing building area shall be renovated annually to meet a fossil fuel, GHG - emitting, energy consumption performance standard of 70 % of the regional (or country) average / median for that building type.

No matter how often it is repeated, however, the memo collection crumbles as evidence of an industry - wide pay - for - performance conspiracy arrangement between skeptic climate scientists and fossil fuel company executives.

All new buildings, developments and major renovations shall be designed to meet a fossil fuel, GHG - emitting, energy consumption performance standard of 70 % below the regional (or country) average / median for that building type.

Regarding the alleged majority of voters who care about climate change: even if that's so and Obama is reelected, judging by Obama's performance so far it seems wildly unrealistic to expect him to do a fossil fuel about - face any time soon.

When those days come it will be a one way street for the fossil fuels and growth of the relevant renewable could really explode — that is the real reason why historical growth rates and performance are fairy dust.

The rule would establish a new source performance standard (NSPS) for carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from fossil - fuel electric generating units (EGUs).

While fossil fuel stock performance stagnates, clean energy is taking off.