Sentences with phrase «high emissions per»

WWF summarizes Canada's poor performance by saying that the nation has very high emissions per capita compared to other industrial nations, despite the aforementioned large use of hydropower; its per capita emissions are still increasing; its expanding development of the carbon - intensive tar sands and has no significant policy to reduce overall emissions.

Countries with the highest emissions per capita tend to have smaller families on average, whereas those with low emissions per capita tend to have larger ones.

CCS advocates say large demos critical to building confidence With the highest emissions per person in the industrialized world, Australia has elbowed its way on the world stage of CCS development.

The United States — which accounted for a good third of the Annex I countries» emissions of carbon dioxide in 1990 and has the world's highest emissions per capita — abandoned the protocol in 2001, with the excuse that it excluded 80 per cent of the world's population and would, moreover, be detrimental to the US economy.

Not exact matches

The main reason the US ranks so poorly on carbon dioxide emissions is because its per - person consumption rate of electricity is so high; all of that energy comes primarily from fossil fuels.

Meat production is responsible for 14.5 per cent of global greenhouse gas emissions, according to the United Nations Food and Agricultural Organization, with some scientists saying the percentage is higher.

Finally, in so doing, both the EU and China would put further pressure on the US, which, even though it has the highest per / capita emissions rate among the world's largest economies, it is still reticent to commit to fight climate change.

Higher taxes on domestic flights and improved public transport are needed if Britain is to cut carbon emissions by 80 per cent before 2050, a Conservative policy group has said.

Albany County's new Waste Heat / Co-generation facility in Menands will not only save money by creating renewable energy, it will also cut CO2 emissions by nearly 1,500 tons per year and will reuse 50,000 gallons of water per day to cool the high - efficiency system.

A recent report found that high - speed rail in the Midwest would reduce air travel by 1.3 million trips and car travel by 5.1 million trips per year by 2020, saving 188,000 tons of carbon dioxide emissions (equivalent to taking 34,000 cars off the road while still getting everyone to and from work).

According to his calculations, global infrared emission would be 0.8 watts per square metre higher if all atmospheric ice crystals contained lead compared with none.

The researchers also observed regional differences in methane emission levels, with the lowest emissions per device measured in the Rocky Mountains and the highest emissions in the Gulf Coast, similar to the earlier 2013 study.

Yet the analysis shows that even with higher gas prices, coal plants still fail to be economically competitive under the new greenhouse gas rule, which requires that fossil plants not exceed emission rates of 1,000 pounds of CO2 per megawatt - hour.

Australia relies heavily on coal for its own electricity as well, emitting more CO2 per person than any other developed country, and its agricultural emissions are among the highest per capita in the world, mainly because of the large numbers of sheep and cattle.

This second calculation allowed the researchers to see that people with higher incomes are responsible for a larger per capita amount of carbon emissions, Ivanova said.

«Consumers often equate more dependence on pasture with environmentally friendly farming, but this study demonstrated that low milk production per cow is a major factor associated with high GHG emission.

Production of organic corn resulted in the greatest nitrous oxide emissions and represented about 8 % of total GHG emission; corn also had the highest carbon dioxide emissions per hectare.

At Xcel Energy, the utility firm with the highest total wind capacity in the United States, the number of forecasting errors has dropped since 2009, saving customers some US$ 60 million and reducing annual CO2 emissions from fossil - reserve power generation by more than a quarter of a million tonnes per year, says Drake Bartlett, a renewable - energy analyst with the firm who is based in Denver, Colorado.

The blueprint also encourages urban agriculture, rethinks sewer and wastewater management and reduces greenhouse gas emissions per capita to the lowest in the world by promoting even higher - density living with smaller multifamily homes, especially along transit corridors in Vancouver's downtown peninsula.

The combination of a long beam - path and high - intensity emission enhances the measurement, so even chemicals present at parts - per - billion levels can be detected.

By 2020 it will be responsible for a quarter of the world's emissions and will probably have per - capita emissions as high as Europe.

Global carbon dioxide emissions from fossil fuel combustion and cement production grew 2.3 per cent to a record high of 36.1 billion tonnes CO2 in 2013.

«China now emits more than the US and EU combined and has CO2 emissions per person 45 % higher than the global average, exceeding even the EU average,» said Robbie Andrew, a co-author of the studies based at the Center for International Climate and Environmental Research — Oslo (CICERO) in Norway.

«The average per capita resource use in wealthy countries is 5 to 10 times higher than in developing countries, and the developed countries are responsible for over three quarters of cumulative greenhouse gas emissions from 1850 to 2000.»

States like Texas with a large power demand showed high emissions of all pollutants, but smaller changes in emissions per degree Celsius.

Meat and seafood have the highest greenhouse gas emissions per calorie.

In fact, according to new research from Carnegie Mellon University, following the USDA recommendations to consume more fruits, vegetables, dairy and seafood is more harmful to the environment because those foods have relatively high resource uses and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions per calorie.

(D) combustion technology to produce higher firing temperature while lowering nitrogen oxide and carbon monoxide emissions per unit of output;

If greenhouse gas emissions continue on their current trend, the rate of warming will reach 0.7 °F per decade and stay that high until at least 2100.

Given the high per capita carbon emissions in the US, this is not a good thing.

The Chinese - and the UN - insist that rich countries with high per capita levels of pollution must cut emissions first, and help poorer countries to invest in clean technology.

In the future, losing a mere 0.2 % per year of the tundra (in the form of CO2) would add two billion tons a year to our carbon emissions, yet that rate would still leave us with over 80 % of the tundra by 2100, so it is not an especially fast loss rate compared to what we may see at 550 ppm or higher.

· Coal - or gas - fired systems with carbon capture and storage (CCS) reduce GHG emissions, but increase other pollution problems by 5 - 80 per cent, and create higher human health and environmental impacts.

Despite this incredibly high specific output (166bhp per litre) and a 0 - 62mph time of 5.9 seconds, the RCZ R is actually the most efficient model in the petrol RCZ line - up, with impressive claimed figures of 44.8 mpg on the combined cycle and 145g / km of CO2 emissions.

The petrol engine is capable of 41mpg and its CO2 emissions of 154g / km mean tax is much higher at # 180 per year.

The Clarity Fuel Cell is competitively lease priced at $ 369 per month for 36 months with $ 2,868 due at signingi with California customers eligible for a $ 5,000 rebate.iiThe lease terms include an attractive mileage allowance of 20,000 miles per year, up to $ 15,000 of hydrogen fuel, up to 21 days of access to a luxury vehicle from Avis while in California, iii 24/7 roadside assistance, and eligibility for Californias Clean Air Vehicle Stickers, allowing single occupant HOV access.2 In addition, the Clarity Fuel Cell has the highest EPA driving range rating of any zero - emission light - duty vehicle in America, including fuel cell and battery electric vehicles, with a 366 - mile range rating and fuel economy rating of 68 combined MPGe (miles per gallon of gasoline - equivalent).

However, due to the higher level of torque, the fuel saving is considerable at only 4.9 l / 100 km with emissions of just 129 grams of CO2 per km.

Its CO2 emissions are 14 - percent higher per gallon, but offset by the fact that turbo diesels such as in the Cruze tend to be more thermally efficient.

The high operating effectiveness of the engine, the standard - fitted Auto Start - Stop function and other examples of Efficient Dynamics technology, such as Brake Energy Regeneration helps to reduce fuel consumption and emissions by around 30 per cent.

The new powerplant also boasts excellent fuel economy: the combined consumption in the EU cycle is as high as 34mpg and CO2 emissions are as low as 194g / km, an improvement of more than 25 per cent over the previous model's figures.

A common - rail fuel injection system precisely optimizes performance and fuel efficiency, while a high - pressure 29,000 pounds per square inch injection calibration enables smoother, quieter operation with reduced emissions.

Thank you Betty Chambers for your tasteless disregard of the truth that the reckless and wasteful resource consumption of the United States adds up to over 22 % of the world's Carbon dioxide emissions, the highest per - capita in the world (if it's not because of our «wealthy» lifestyle in the west, then why is it?).

Leaders in both the United Kingdom and Germany, with high per capita historical emissions, would seem to be good candidates, yet they have hesitated, despite «green» credentials.

Also, back to the media, I'm amazed that the media (here, I'm talking in general and on average, not Dot Earth) don't point out the nonsense and un-wisdom in some of the arguments that suggest that we, in America, should be able to have per capita emissions that are an order of magnitude higher than those of people in many other countries.

We find a higher sensitivity of extreme events to aerosol reductions, per degree of surface warming, in particular over the major aerosol emission regions.

Given the high per capita carbon emissions in the US, this is not a good thing.

Since industrial nations have far higher per capita emissions than other countries (e.g., US = 20 tons / yr, Europe = 10 tons / yr, China = 4 tons / yr), industrial nations will have to reduce a lot more if some degree of fairness is to be achieved (without which important nations like China or India are not going to join the effort).

Many wealthy countries have higher average emissions per person.

Right now the CO2 per unit GDP is so much higher in China than the US that they can grow their economy significantly without increasing emissions, just by approaching US (let alone European) CURRENT levels of efficiency.

China has per - capita emissions 45 percent over the global average, and higher per - capita emissions than the European Union.