Sentences with phrase «gas as a clean»

Those with deep - rooted fears of direct harm to water, health or property values will never be persuaded with arguments built around the overarching logic for gas as a cleaner option in humanity's long climb up Loren Eiseley's «heat ladder» from dung and firewood toward a sustainable energy future.

The companies also back natural gas as a cleaner alternative to coal and want to see more research and development into renewables and carbon capture and storage.

Coal generation has slipped to No. 2 as utilities slowly switch to natural gas as a cleaner and cheaper fuel source.

Ads touting natural gas as a clean fuel appear regularly on TV.

The United States is poised to bet its energy future on natural gas as a clean, plentiful fuel that can supplant coal and oil.

This would still leave natural gas as a cleaner source of energy when it comes to air pollution, which isn't nothing, especially in developing countries like China and India where the air is so foul and toxic in many places that cleaning it up should be a priority.

Besides receiving LEED gold certification from the U.S. Green Building Council, the Aria's fleet of stretch limos uses compressed natural gas as a clean - burning fuel.

Not exact matches

It was a modified steam - assisted gravity drainage (SAGD) technology that, instead of burning natural gas to create steam to inject into the oilsands layer and thus «melt» the bitumen (heavy oil) away from the sand (as some experts describe it, burning a clean fuel to create a dirty one), it would burn a bituminous byproduct of the upgrading process in a closed loop.

In the case of the U.S., our own Supreme Court has already defined greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act as dangerous pollutants that must be regulated by the Environmental Protection Agency.

Technologies from Westport Innovations Inc. allow engines to operate on clean - burning fuels such as compressed natural gas (CNG), liquefied natural gas (LNG), hydrogen and biofuels such as landfill gas.

«We would agree that Alberta's historic focus on maximizing oilsands production... rather than optimizing production on the highest quality ore may be having unnecessary environmental impacts on things like greenhouse gas intensity and tailings production and lowering returns to Albertans as the owners of the resource,» said Simon Dyer of the Pembina Institute, a clean energy think - tank.

It would invest in digital technologies for industries such as aqua culture, fisheries, offshore oil and gas and clean energy.

By the mid 2020s, the IEA expects the U.S. to become the world's biggest exporter of liquefied natural gas, demand for which is set to rise strongly as China, India, and Southeast Asia all turn away from coal to cleaner energy sources.

Instead, the country is actively pivoting into cleaner - burning natural gas and renewables such as wind, solar and hydro.

However, the Pan Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change lays out a number of policies that will compel more clean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like metClean Growth and Climate Change lays out a number of policies that will compel more clean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like metclean tech innovation in Canada, he said, including a price on pollution with a carbon price, to be in place across Canada by the start of next year, as well as a promised national clean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like metclean fuels strategy, better energy efficiency standards and limits on greenhouse gases like methane.

«We break down the waste using heat and convert it into a gas that is as clean as natural gas.

The Middle Eastern firm is going the extra mile, however, utilizing other electric vehicles, machines that run on compressed natural gas and biodiesel, as well as solar - powered boats that are capable of cleaning lakes and other bodies of water for its operations.

The Canadian Labour Congress and the Climate Action Network of Canada co-hosted a discussion event on Thursday night that focused on job creation and facilitating a transition for the coal, oil and gas sectors — all of which will gradually be phased out as the world moves to a clean energy economy.

As for the Kemper Clean Coal project the company decided to scrap the project and instead decided to turn it into a natural gas powered facility.

Before joining Bain & Company in 2009, Juan Carlos worked for a large private capital fund as an investment manager in Energy and Resources and also in the Oil & Gas and Clean Energy practice of another global consultancy.

It will also expand use of natural gas and clean energy sources such as hydro, wind, geothermal and nuclear energy (specific targets include: 200 GW of installed wind capacity and 100 GW of installed solar capacity by 2020).

More than quick and convenient gas pumps, Harris Ranch's Fast Track offers an inviting convenience store, with clean bathrooms, light snacks and meals, a coffee bar, rows of refreshing drinks, and of course, many wonderful and unique Harris Ranch offerings — such as our famous beef jerky, packed for the road!

«Use puppy pads as makeshift changing tables or use them to line not - so - clean changing tables at gas stations, public restrooms etc..

Second, the environmental tradeoff between cloth diapers and disposables is so slight, and so hard to discern, that a fair analysis must take into account such relatively minor factors as the water and pesticides used to grow the cotton; the gas burned by the delivery truck; and the electricity and water used by parents who clean the diapers themselves.

Deeply cut the Environmental Protection Fund (EPF), whose dollars go toward protecting our drinking water, open space and recycling; Close state parks and campgrounds and slash staffing levels at our environmental enforcement agencies; and Steal from the Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI) Fund, which was set up to invest in our clean - energy economy, not serve as a piggy bank for politicians.»

The protestors called upon Cuomo to support 100 % clean energy as soon as possible (Hawkins supports a target date of 2030); a ban on new fracked - gas / fossil - fuel infrastructure; and a state carbon tax.

Gas prices on Long Island could rise 3 cents to 5 cents per gallon daily for the next week as the Gulf Coast cleans up after devastating flooding from Hurricane Harvey, an industry analyst said.

Gas prices on Long Island could rise 3 cents to 5 cents per gallon daily for the next week as the Gulf Coast cleans up after devastating flooding from Hurricane Harvey, an industry analyst said Thursday.

Indian Point's nuclear power is neither clean nor green, and the process needed to create fuel from uranium for its reactors is energy - intensive and creates greenhouse gases such as carbon dioxide.

It was crystal clear then as now that we need to commit fully to clean energy, not more greenhouse gases.

CHAUTAUQUA COUNTY, N.Y. — Assemblyman Andy Goodell says he's reasonably optimistic the NRG plant in Dunkirk will be repowered into a state - of - the - art clean burning natural gas facility as planned.

The state Public Service Commission has pursued a contingency plan to replace Indian Point's 2,000 megawatts of clean power with new transmission lines as well as plants fired with natural gas.

Though in October 2009 Cameron pledged to introduce rules requiring new power stations to be as clean as a modern gas plant, he reneged on this in November 2010 by allowing new coal plants to pump almost double that level of carbon emissions,

The agreement provides further opportunities for SNG to promote gas as a more reliable, cleaner and cost - effective alternative to liquid fuels in Nigeria.

These funds will allow LIPA to re-open its solar rebate program and serve as supplemental funds to support LIPA's continued investment in solar energy thereby helping to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, helping customers to lower their bills, and stimulating the economy through the creation of new clean energy jobs.»

All these requests for solar power projects — among other sources of cleaner energy, such as wind or natural gas — are bringing LIPA in accordance with its Electric Resource Plan 2010 - 2020, which called for reducing emissions by 20 percent below 2005 levels by the year 2020, and by 80 percent by the year 2050, benchmarks set by former Governor David Paterson.

A slew of new coal - fired generators are coming online, he noted, and while those plants are sleeker and more efficient, they're still not nearly as clean as gas - fired turbines or renewable power sources.

Doing so would upend the states» traditional role as the main regulator of oil and gas on privately held land, and perhaps choke off the gas needed to clean up dirty power plants.

Natural gas's impact as a bridge fuel to a cleaner energy future has been oversold, new research suggests

Coal may get cleaner as pollution controls minimize the emissions that cause acid rain and smog as well as cut the greenhouse gases changing the climate, but there are still plenty of leftovers from coal burning: toxic ash, mercury and other issues.

I was encouraged by President Obama's calls for the construction of more nuclear power plants, as well as for increased offshore exploration of oil and natural gas, and the further development of clean coal technologies.

The Amsterdam - based InterAcademy Council — a group that represents 150 national scientific and engineering academies — released a report this week detailing how countries can shift from burning coal and other greenhouse - gas emitting fuels to cleaner energy while also introducing modern forms of energy to the billions worldwide who rely on charcoal, firewood or even dung as their fuel.

About 15 times as much oil and natural gas is used as fuel than ends up in consumer products ranging from soaps, shampoos and deodorants to air fresheners, glues and cleaning sprays.

«There are also other important measures to reduce methane emissions from coal mining, municipal waste treatment and gas distribution, for example, as well as black carbon emission reductions through elimination of high - emitting vehicles, use of cleaner biomass cooking and heating stoves, replacement of kerosene wick lamps with LED lamps and other measures,» adds Zbigniew Klimont of the International Institute for Applied Systems Analysis, Austria, who also took part in the study.

We must focus on bringing together wind, solar, natural gas, biofuels, hydroelectric, geothermal and advanced clean coal as part of a diversified energy portfolio since there is no single solution.

This means developing more of America's own energy resources, including wind, solar, clean coal, biofuels, nuclear energy, as well as oil and natural gas — which will reduce our dependence on Middle Eastern oil and create thousands of jobs here at home.

According to Appel, waste goes in one end and comes out the other as three products, all valuable and environmentally benign: high - quality oil, clean - burning gas, and purified minerals that can be used as fuels, fertilizers, or specialty chemicals for manufacturing.

The shortfall may grow critical as electricity producers close down old oil and coal plants in favor of cleaner natural gas.

Natural gas, which now supplies 25 percent of the nation's electricity, is the cleanest - burning fossil fuel, producing about half as much carbon per watt of power as coal.

Tens of thousands of gas wells are expected to be drilled in the coming decade, according to energy industry and U.S. government estimates, and much of that gas will be delivered to electric utilities as a cleaner substitute for burning coal.