Sentences with phrase «growing use of natural gas»

The world's projected growing use of natural gas and the expectation that the United States will be a leading natural gas producer is important for our domestic production, economy and trading posture.

Power sector CO2 emissions declined by 363 million metric tons between 2005 and 2013, due to a decline in coal's generation share and growing use of natural gas and renewables, but the CO2 emissions are projected to change only modestly from 2013 through 2040 in the 3 baseline cases used in this report.

Not exact matches

1) Repeal the Triborough Amendment; 2) State pick - up of Medicaid costs from counties; 3) Roll - back of Medicaid entitlements / coverages to median national levels; 4) Major reform of SEQR process which blocks projects Upstate; 5) Repeal NY's participation in RGGI; 6) Cut 50 percent of staff at DOE, DOH, DEC in order to let the other half do their jobs, which means serving the people instead of feeding the bureaucratic monster; 7) Support expansion of nuclear plants at Oswego, construction of new plants elsewhere; 8) Tort reform to allow doctors to practice medicine, instead of fleeing NY; 9) Use the bully pulpit to support natural gas drilling and tell the envirowackos to grow up.

In the United States, the use of natural gas for electricity generation continues to grow.

Still, although natural gas is already in wide use and less of an «alternative» than other options, finding new sources to meet growing demand is not without controversy.

I think this emerging form of emissions accounting provides a valuable way to show how the growing coal (and natural gas) greenhouse - gas emissions commitment will play out, but — because of the competing social and economic values embedded in that extracted energy, along with the equity argument poor countries use against established fossil - powered industrial giants — I'm not sure it leads to a more effective strategy for cutting those emissions.

A minimal first step would be to ensure that all fossil fuel inputs to biofuels are carbon - taxed, including natural gas used as feedstock for ammonia - based fertilizers of corn grown for ethanol.

Drilling the crude oil, coal and natural gases from an beneath the earth has a number of environmental challenges such as extensive land deformation and deforestation; which leads to a wastage of productive land that can be used as a plantation to boost the economy, water catchments and to grow human food.

According to a River Network report in June, electricity production by coal, nuclear and natural gas power plants is the fastest - growing use of freshwater in the U.S., accounting for more than half of all fresh, surface water withdrawals from rivers.

Oil prices will continue to drop, fossil fuels will continue to supply more than three - quarters of world energy use in 2040, and natural gas is expected to grow the fastest impacting on economies, companies, communities, and individuals.

coal, oil and natural gas will continue to be sources of development and progress for a long time yet — and it is unacceptable that its growing use be hindered by an imaginary threat.

A growing number of independent and industry experts agree that carbon emissions would rise from increased natural gas use were Diablo Canyon nuclear power plant to close.

In Europe there is a growing interest and use of biomethane (methane = natural gas) from waste, both manure and industrial and consumer waste.

However, the failure of the government and of industry to keep apace of the requirements posed by increased production, storage, and use of natural gas is rather astounding — particularly given California's overall environmental record, and the growing concerns over fracking.

Add Algeria to the growing list of nations that choose to focus on the profits rather than the pollution of using fracking to extract natural gas from shale (that's hydraulic fracturing for those new to this issue).

[4] The U.S. uses 24 billion cubic feet a year so we have enough natural gas for more than a century at the current rate of use, and if you find more here in Ohio, that number will grow significantly.