Sentences with phrase «in emission rates»

A second depicts required improvements in emissions rates for the entire electricity sector.

Only several compounds showed a consistent decrease in emission rate over this period.

At least some of the regional differences in emission rates can be attributed to the difference in controller type (continuous vent vs. intermittent vent) among regions.

As the draft rule stands, EPA asks states to achieve a specific average reduction in their emissions rate for the years 2020 through 2029.

The team's results, discussed here, showed that warming caused a significant increase in emission rates for plants that is considerably higher than what is observed at more southern latitudes, emphasizing the high temperature sensitivity of ecosystem processes in the changing Arctic.

This august body of scientists, who've pored over the data to understand just how much wiggle room we might have in timetables for halting devastation, suggests a turnaround in emissions rates must be achieved much sooner.

While these sections are relatively clear in describing how generation from nuclear plants is accounted for in the emission rate goals, other parts of the EPA proposal suggest the possibility that «new» nuclear plants beyond those currently under construction may play a role in state compliance planning.

States could allow generation from new, not - under - construction plants to displace generation (and emissions) from existing coal or natural gas plants that were accounted for in the emission rate computation.

The Policy Extension case requires a further reduction in emissions rates between 2030 and 2040 rather than simply maintaining the 2030 standards through 2040.

Despite a host of actions since that summer, including President George H.W. Bush signing the foundational climate treaty in Rio in 1992, you'd be hard - pressed to find evidence of such an effect in emission rates.

The report also found wide disparities in emission rates — the amount of pollution generated for every kilowatt of electricity produced — reflecting differences in management strategies, fuel mix and pollution control technologies.

From this graph we can see that if the commitments are all fulfilled, then cumulative carbon for the countries involved would be just about held to 250 gigatons even without further reductions in emission rates past 2030, leaving 250 gigatons of cumulative carbon that the rest of the world can emit.

If the growth rate is brought to zero linearly over the next 15 years, the Chinese emission rate curve looks like the lower (blue) curve and would have lower cumulative emissions than the abrupt scenario even if there are no reductions in emission rate beyond 2030.