Sentences with phrase «high carbon producers»

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To ensure the fund had a low - carbon footprint, NUBD excludes issuers in sectors having high levels of fossil - fuel reserve ownership — which includes metals miners and oil and gas producers.

But the carbon tariff would actually offset what amounts to a subsidy for Canadian consumers buying from low - cost but high - emission producers.

They will also continue to point out that the U.S. still has high per - capita emissions, remains the largest historic emitter, is a large importer of carbon - intensive goods made in the developing world, and has become a major producer of fossil fuels.

Transportation, although accounting for only one - eighth of emissions, has become a central focus in the bioenergy debate due to the carbon intensive nature of transportation, the high public profile of petroleum prices and dependency on producer nations.

The Alberta government could see to it that the energy producers refined the stuff into synthetic crude oil on site but this is a high - cost, high - carbon asset already at some risk of becoming «stranded.»

The wood is imported because Peter says there is no sustainably harvested wood in Africa, so the carbon footprint is perhaps higher than one would like, but it is «a model of design and craft collaborations in the developing world» and the intent is «to be ecologically, economically, culturally and aesthetically sustainable for the long term benefit of each participating community, producer and craftsperson»:: North South Project