Sentences with phrase «heavy emissions of carbon»

That causes deforestation and heavy emissions of carbon dioxide.

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But the study also shows that in the English Channel, where traffic is heavy, emissions of other pollutants such as hydrocarbons and carbon monoxide are low.

But such a charismatic carbon project is all too rare these days, both because the carbon market is dominated by less robust emission reductions from heavy industry in China and India as well as development efforts that proceed with little thought of the environmental cost or co-benefits.

While there is only so much these companies can do to reduce their huge carbon footprints — given their reliance on emissions - heavy air transport — they've made great strides in greening their ground fleets, optimizing their choices of modes and otherwise streamlining energy use.

Even if the Princeton wedges of avoided emissions were achievable, that would only stabilize annual emissions, meaning the real heavy lifting — stabilizing the concentration of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere — still lay far ahead.

With strong economic growth and continued heavy reliance on fossil fuels expected, much of the increase in carbon dioxide emissions is projected to occur among the developing nations of the world, especially in Asia...

It is also down to a raft of climate change measures that are curbing China's carbon emissions and the heavy smog, christened an «airpocalypse» by some, that has made daily life hazardous for residents of China's most polluted cities.

It is also down to a raft of climate change measures that are curbing China's carbon emissions and the heavy smog, christened an

We are implementing scaled - up, real - world initiatives to attack large sources of emissions, such as methane from landfills and from oil and gas production; black carbon from heavy - duty diesel engines; and HFCs used in refrigeration and air conditioners.

When we think about climate change, the main sources of carbon emissions that come to mind for most of us are heavy industries like petroleum, mining and transportation.

«Ecological treaties should seek to curb emissions of sulpher dioxide, nitrogen oxides, heavy metals and other highly - toxic pollutants instead of targeting carbon dioxide, which is a non-toxic gas whose impact on global warming has not been proved,» says Dr. Golubchikov.

Regulation of carbon emissions from power plants will accelerate the shift from coal to gas and new fuel economy standards on heavy trucks will help further decarbonize the transportation fleet.

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates heavy fuel oil (HFO) use, HFO carriage, the use and carriage of other fuels, black carbon (BC) emissions, and emissions of other air and climate pollutants for the year 2015, with projections to 2020 and 2025.

Every bit of technical knowhow needed to make heavy truck transport electric (and reduce carbon emissions from transportation) is already available.

The move helps minimize the use of paper, ink, transportation emissions and all the other elements of the heavy carbon footprint associated with printing.

Along the same lines of my to - go beverage detox, in my attempt to consume less wasteful, packaged foods, and carbon - emission heavy meat and imported goods — I was consuming less calories in the process, and tightening my belt an extra notch or two.

«With strong economic growth and continued heavy reliance on fossil fuels expected for most of (the developing) economies, much of the increase in carbon dioxide emission is projected to occur among the developing... nations,» the EIA said in the report, its annual International Energy Outlook.

«Thanks to inspired and motivated action taken by a number of IMO member states to move towards a ban on heavy fuel oil, Arctic communities and ecosystems will be protected from the threat of oil spills, and the impact of black carbon emissions,» said Dr. Sian Prior, lead advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance, a coalition of 18 non-governmental organizations working to end HFO use as marine fuel in Arctic waters.

This fuel - heavy 4x4 car has carbon dioxide emissions of at least 265g / km, over twice the EU's own original objective for new cars.