Sentences with phrase «fuel projects now»

If the Senate approves these nominees, Ex-Im could vote on 13 additional fossil fuel projects now under consideration.

Not exact matches

For now, though, we'll focus on tokens, which are defined as the currency that a project is built on the Ethereum network as a means to raise funds to fuel the aforementioned project.

Spread the cost of reducing fossil - fuel consumption over the next century, and it turns out that the world would reach the same level of prosperity in 102 years that it is now projected to reach in 100.

«There is a realization that a diversified suite of renewable energy resources will displace fossil fuel,» said Monty Worthington, who is directing a tidal energy project in Alaska for the Maine - based Ocean Renewable Power Co. «To establish a place in the emerging marine renewable market, the time for [U.S.] investment is now.»

The first 200 l of synthetic fuel have now been produced from solar energy and the air's carbon dioxide by Fischer - Tropsch synthesis under the SOLETAIR project.

Marvel's secrecy about the project will fuel even more speculation between now and next May.

After a number of European stops in Holland, France and Portugal, Poorter is now in the process of touring the project to a number of Canadian cities including Open Space (Victoria), Helen Pitt (Vancouver), Modern Fuel (Kingston) and articule with Quartier Ephemère (Montreal).

If it takes 100 plus years to double the concentration of CO2, and if the equilibrium response is a 2C increase (Pierrehumbert, «Principles of Planetary Climate», p 623), and if the increased CO2 produces increased vegetation and crop growth, then the present rate of development of non-fossil fuel power and fuel generation is more appropriate than an Apollo type project or attempt to get rid of all fossil fuel use by 2050 starting now as fast as can be done.

It is interesting to note that as the world is projected to require 70 % more energy by 2050 than is used now and begs the question of where this additional energy will come from if not from fossil fuels?

UN Climate Change News, 28 April 2018 — Projects that increase bicycle use over fossil - fuel - burning vehicles can now earn carbon credits, thanks to a decision taken by the Board that oversees the UN's Clean Development Mechanism (CDM).

In preparation for the People's Climate March in September, she's also now partnering with The Mother's Project to create a symposium on the impact of fossil fuels and climate change on children's health, bringing together policymakers, scientists, researchers, and parents to explore this vital but frequently overlooked aspect of the climate crisis.

But even as investments in renewables grow, the IEA projects that fossil fuels will still supply 75 percent of our energy needs a quarter - century from now.

A significant proportion of fossil fuel projects outside the carbon budget are related to future projects, which companies still have time to cancel — the less that energy transition risks are factored into company planning now, the greater chance of value impacts in the future.

Now that Al Gore has admitted to causing untold human hunger and misery on a mistaken premise with his food to fuel conversion project, maybe he should be stripped of the Nobel Prize so it can be given to a real climate scientist such as Henrik Svensmark.

By then, electricity from solar will be much more competitive against electricity from conventional sources, and biofuel will be a non-negligible fraction of the fuel used by the international airline industry (maybe), Iowa and Texas will have perhaps 3 times as many wind turbines as now — who knows, maybe there will be new watershed control projects completed or under construction in Thailand, the Mekong River, Queensland and upper.

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Now is the time for Ex-Im Bank to quit subsidizing corrupt coal and other fossil fuel projects.

The only reason that solar and wind projects are now gaining ground versus traditional fossil fuels is because of heavy subsidy — both in guaranteed initial construction loans with generous terms and guaranteed rates for generated power.

A Friends of the Earth lawsuit pushed Ex-Im Bank policies to protect the climate but it is now considering financing at least two new major fossil fuel projects:

Now, will the Administration accept the court's decision in the Colorado mining permit case and change its methodology for environmental assessments of proposed fossil fuel development projects?

Right now, though, MindDrive is using the Project Karmann Ghia as an awareness - raising exercise for the importance of experiential learning in education, and they're using social media to provide the fuel.

From Kenya to Canada, Australia to Brazil — communities are taking bold action now to stop these fossil fuel projects.

The project, which relied on a «gasifier» to turn a cheap and common grade of coal into fuel, is over, at least for now, Southern said.

Let's start with the good news today (the for - now - largest offshore wind power project is online) and move on to the more troubling (another study casts serious doubt on the benefits of natural gas as a bridge fuel as more renewable energy gets built).

«[T] hose who would like to see fossil fuels ended today are now taking (on) every pipeline project.

In submissions to the ongoing RET review, Origin, Energy Australia, and other fossil fuel electricity generators advocated the RET, now fixed at 20 % of the 2020 demand projected in 2009, be reduced to 20 % of the updated 2020 demand projection.

Possibly fueling Google's Yeti project is Phil Harrison, who now serves as a vice president and general manager under the search giant's roof.

He now has a team of employees that allows him the freedom to work on other real estate and entrepreneur projects that fuel his passions.