Sentences with phrase «fuel imports at»

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«While the increase in U.S. production of crude oil and the reduced U.S. demand for transportation fuels will likely reduce the demand for total U.S. crude oil imports, it is unlikely to reduce demand for heavy sour crude at Gulf Coast refineries.»

Forged documents, varying standards and poor enforcement of rules are fuelling a flood of non-compliant building product imports that are putting the industry under pressure and unsuspecting consumers at risk.

(Repeating story from earlier Monday) * Prices of lean beef trimmings soar * Meat processors race to find LFTB replacement * Loss of «pink slime» fuels imports of lean beef trimmings By Michael Hirtzer and P.J. Huffstutter WESTERN SPRINGS, Illinois, May 14 (Reuters)- Behind the glass meat counter at Casey's Market in a Chicago suburb, the butchers pick up their blades and carry on a generations - old tradition.

Where NNPC is operating truly as a government agency and it control productive activities in that sector, Is NNPC saddled with importing the whole fuel that is required whether it is at depot or not.

Nigeria continues the absurdity of expending more than 30 % of scarce foreign currency importing refined petroleum products, a self - imposed malaise as we insist on subsidizing domestic fuel consumption; and crude oil and gas as a percentage of our export revenue stays at 96 % meaning beyond all the talk of diversification, current rhetoric does not match the outcomes!

«In this context, it is left for Nigerians to then decide whether budgeting for constituency roads is more patriotic than budgeting to complete the Kano - Maiduguri Road that connects five states, the Lagos - Ibadan road that connects three states and helps to move food, imported goods and fuel across the country; or the 2nd Niger Bridge that connects the East and West geopolitical zones of at least 11 states together,» he said.

Rising imports of fuel and food prices have eaten into real incomes, putting country at risk of volatile global economy

Here's how it might work: Next year and in each year thereafter, Congress would set an overall cap on fossil fuels extracted by upstream energy producers, which David A. Weisbach of the University of Chicago Law School identifies as «fewer than 3,000 entities» — petroleum refiners, coal mines and domestic natural gas processors — «plus imports at a few locations.»

Writing in today's Guardian and last week's Mail on Sunday, Professor Myles Allen, head of climate dynamics at Oxford University, proposes that governments introduce a new regulation requiring companies that extract or import fossil fuels to sequester and store a fraction of the carbon dioxide they emit.

Following the direction set by President Obama on May 21, 2010, NHTSA and EPA have issued joint Final Rules for Corporate Average Fuel Economy and Greenhouse Gas emissions regulations for model years 2017 and beyond, that will help address our country's dependence on imported oil, save consumers money at the pump, and reduce emissions of greenhouse gases that contribute to global climate change.

These include intelligent route planning, complete with refueling stops at a charging station or fueling station (Send my Routes to Car), sharing of the current trip status by text message and live link (Share Live Trip Status), personalised display of the relevant in - vehicle information (BMW Onboard), seamless transfer of route guidance to a smartphone or smartwatch once the car has been parked (Navigate Door - to - Door) and linking of contact details and addresses so they can be imported directly into the navigation system (My Destinations).

For example, an «energy security fee» of $ 3.50 per barrel of imported oil would raise approximately $ 15 billion annually; reduced fossil fuel subsidies as proposed by the administration could generate upwards of $ 35 billion over ten years; a utilities electricity fee could raise at least $ 2 billion annually, as included in the Kerry - Lieberman American Power Act; and royalties on new offshore continental shelf drilling could raise more than $ 100 billion over twenty years.

An auctioned cap or a tax with 100 % return of the proceeds to the people is the most practical policy for several reasons: (a) it would begin real carbon reductions quickly; (b) it would be an honest and transparent way of treating the American people; (c) it would attract the broadest attainable political coalition across party lines; (d) it would be administratively simple for both the government and the private sector (with the tax or auctioned permits collected at the first point of sale or import of the carbon - containing fuel); (e) it would be a non-regressive way of introducing the carbon price into the economy; and (f) it would avoid a fiasco such as the special interest feeding frenzy that surrounded the recently failed Boxer - Lieberman - Warner bill in Congress.

But the ethanol boosters are ignoring some unpleasant facts: Ethanol won't significantly reduce our oil imports; adding more ethanol to our gas tanks adds further complexity to our motor - fuel supply chain, which will lead to further price hikes at the pump; and, most important (and most astonishing), it may take more energy to produce a gallon of ethanol than it actually contains.

This is particularly critical for oil importing countries that will be cut off from oil exports at about twice the rate of the global decline in available transport fuels.

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What's more, virtually all these fuels are imported from other states and foreign countries, transferring money out of the regional economy rather than keeping our valuable energy dollars here at home.

Whenever I buy grapes imported from Chile, fill my gas tank with fuel sourced in the Persian Gulf, or select underwear made in Thailand at a department store headquartered in Minneapolis, I can't help but wonder how much longer we can all go on like this.

«While Americans have rallied in support of clean renewable energy at home, the U.S. Export - Import Bank has made it a priority to handout money to fossil fuel companies to work on projects abroad,» said Kate DeAngelis of Friends of the Earth U.S. «If Trump gets his way, U.S. Export - Import Bank will become a slush fund for Big Oil's plans to accelerate climate change.

At the time, American natural gas production had plateaued, and overseas imports were expected to fill the gap with up to eight liquefied natural gas (LNG) terminals proposed for the West Coast, bringing fuel in from as far away as Qatar.

And the standard will help keep more of the $ 14.3 billion Washingtonians spend on imported fuel each year here at home.

For more information, please contact Corinna Gilfillan at Global Witness: [phone], or [phone] Ian Smillie at Partnership Africa Canada: 1 [phone], or Susan Isaac at 1 [phone] ActionAid - U.K. www.actionaid.org Amnesty International - Canada Amnesty International - London Fatal Transactions - Netherlands www.niza.nl/fataltransactions Global Witness - U.K. www.globalwitness.org Network Movement for Justice and Development - Sierra Leone One Sky - Canadian Institute of Sustainable Living - Canada Oxfam International Partnership Africa Canada www.pacweb.org Physicians for Human Rights - U.S.A. World Vision U.S.A. Editor Notes: The KPCS, launched in January 2003, requires governments and the diamond industry to implement import / export control regimes in rough diamonds to prevent conflict diamonds from fuelling war and human rights abuse.

The remaining generation mix was designed to keep nuclear and imported hydropower at the Baseline Scenario levels, with fossil fuel generation dispatched to meet the remaining load.

«The Canadian government is heavily lobbying European countries to derail European climate change efforts, such as the Fuel Quality Directive aimed at reducing emissions from imported transport fuels.

Reduce dependency on (imported) fossil fuels (balance of payments, reliance on potentially unfriendly or unstable nations as suppliers, high cost at the pump, all problems as seen from US viewpoint): — encourage nuclear power generation (cut red tape)-- encourage energy savings and improved efficiency projects (tax breaks)-- encourage basic research into new (non fossil fuel) resources (subsidies)-- encourage imports from friendly neighbor, Canada (Keystone pipeline)-- encourage local oil and gas exploration («drill, baby, drill»)-- encourage «clean coal» projects (tax incentives)-- set goal to become energy independent within ten years

Hansen proposes a political policy of taxing fossil fuels at their source (extraction or import).

Utilizing existing tax collection mechanisms, a carbon tax is paid «upstream,» i.e., at the point where fuels are extracted from the Earth and put into the stream of commerce, or imported into the U.S. Fuel suppliers and processors are free to pass along the cost of the tax to the extent that market conditions allow.

They are at least as dependent on imported fuel as before, and dirtying their air.

Japan is experiencing some serious economic trouble at the moment largely because they are importing so much fossil fuel energy thanks to having their nuclear off line.

Secondly, focussing on delivering turnkey hybrid power solutions, which is of immense requirement in remote power installations such as island nations, most of which either can not afford the kind of diesel or fuel import costs that exist at this particular stage, or have mandates to move away from heavy carbon footprint in order to meet climate change goals.

Keep it simple and impose the tax or the tradable allowance system at the level of fossil fuel extraction and import.

Whether carbon is taxed or subject to a cap - and - trade regime, the best place to impose the tax or allowance system is at the point of fossil fuel extraction and import.

@ 3: The tax will not automatically fall on the consumer, because the tax is levied far «upstream» in the manufacturing / production process (at the point the carbon - based fuel is extracted or imported).

Alternative and renewable fuels could face the same constraints at the ports should the state begin to rely on imports of those fuels to meet state and federal renewable fuel standards.

Reliance on foreign oil imports increasingly puts the state's fuel supply at risk, not only because of security and reliability concerns, but also because the marine ports are not expanding to meet expected growth in demand.

It charges a slowly rising fee on fossil fuel producers at the entry point to our economy (coal mine, gas / oil well or import terminal) but then returns 100 percent of the fee (less administrative costs) back to all consumers equally via a monthly dividend check.

We are hopeful that Mr. Trump and his campaign will take a closer look at energy efficiency as an energy resource to promote energy security so that current and future generations are less dependent on imported fuels as well as to ensure that we all have cleaner air to breathe since energy efficiency helps reduce the smog and global warming pollutants emitted from fossil - fueled power plants.

From Tuvalu to The Seychelles to Hawaii, islands around the world are often at the forefront of clean energy — at least partially because imported fossil fuels are disproportionately expensive.

The fee being collected at the mine, well head or port of entry (where the imports are from nations that don't tax fossil fuels at source).

Writing in today's Guardian and last week's Mail on Sunday, Professor Myles Allen, head of climate dynamics at Oxford University, proposes that governments introduce a new regulation requiring companies that extract or import fossil fuels to sequester and store a fraction of the carbon dioxide they emit.