Sentences with phrase «in fuel conservation»

Vehicles like the Equinox diesel could play an important role in fuel conservation in the years leading up to a more electrified future.

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Other benefits are more socioeconomic, such as parking assistance, a reduction in labor costs, fuel conservation, and the ability to move the elderly and people with disabilities around.

«The scheme will create an invaluable amount of environmental and social benefit for the community, ranging from help and advice for those in fuel poverty and support for young people and the school, to provision of community services and conservation and wildlife enhancement.

The beverage industry is driving innovations in fleet efficiency, and this unique collaboration will better allow the industry to determine the effectiveness of advances in alternative fuels, fuel conservation, hybrid technology and eco-driving techniques.

The Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000, supported by the UK Fuel Poverty Strategy 2001, requires the Government to seek to end to fuel poverty for all households in England by 2Fuel Poverty Strategy 2001, requires the Government to seek to end to fuel poverty for all households in England by 2fuel poverty for all households in England by 2016.

After winning a fracking ban, one of the most significant strikes against fossil fuel usage in the nation, New York's environmental groups are eager to score another victory such as a rejection of proposed natural gas pipelines by the state Department of Environmental Conservation.

Clearly this action raises serious doubts about the Government's commitment to the eradication of fuel poverty in England by 2016, as required by the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000.

The passage of the Warm Homes and Energy Conservation Act 2000, supported by the UK Fuel Poverty Strategy 2001, requires the Government to seek to end to fuel poverty for all households by 2016 (2018 in WalFuel Poverty Strategy 2001, requires the Government to seek to end to fuel poverty for all households by 2016 (2018 in Walfuel poverty for all households by 2016 (2018 in Wales).

Instead, the Administration's plans for energy conservation and using energy sources with less CO2 emission will help in the short - term, he said; down the road, a new National Climate Change Technology Initiative will help develop cutting - edge technologies such as fuel cells and carbon dioxide sequestration, Bush said.

The continued development of maritime transportation around the world, especially in new areas such as the Arctic, can increase conservation impacts to wildlife, including disturbance, fatal strikes, introduction of pathogens through ballast water, habitat destruction through anchoring (especially on corals), introduction of invasive species, air emis ¬ sions, noise, and fuel spills.

In the meantime, one small step would be for Britain's new Chancellor Kenneth Clarke to apply some of the money raisedfrom his predecessor's imposition of VAT on fuel to energy conservation.

The report by the Mumbai - based Conservation Action Trust is the first comprehensive examination of the link between fine particle pollution and health problems in India, where coal is the fuel of choice and energy demands are skyrocketing.

It can demonstrate by investing money in energy conservation and by tracking data going back to 1978, it has made clear progress towards reducing its fuel bills.

Thought one: At a time of near - record gasoline prices, and the resulting emphasis on alternative fuels, hybrids, and general conservation of our precious and ever - vanishing resources, this engine is a slap in the face of all that is sensible, right and moral.

But because a shift to electricity (or fuel cells technology) is not going to happen overnight, the government needs to get busy in establishing programs that will bring about massive energy conservation now, to reduce the annual amount of GHG emissions.

I asked him to weigh in on what seems to be an unbreakably perverse cycle of high prices driving overzealous exploration but also more fuel conservation, then low prices doing the opposite on both fronts.

The same attitude is echoed by the most vocal cheerleader for fossil fuels in the Senate, James M. Inhofe, the Republican of Oklahoma, who devoted a long speech earlier this year to the untapped riches beneath American soil, with nary a word about conservation.

Force restrictions on energy use, promote conservation or switch to alternative fuels and suddenly their economy is in shambles.

However, if some (or many) of these efforts have some smoke - and - mirror aspect to them, or if they become the seemingly easy «solution du jour» and allow us to think that we can avoid larger solutions (fuel efficiency standards; carbon tax, or firm carbon cap combined with a robust and regulated carbon credit trading mechanism; substantial investments in new energy technologies; energy conservation; etc.), their net impact can be more damaging than beneficial.

The Times» series on China shows that we are not the only ones who need to rethink pell - mell development; on the other side of the coin, the oil shock of the l970's showed how a crisis could lead to fuel conservation measures and alternative energy investments that helped slow CO2 emissions in this country for quite a few years.

I'm all for conservation and alternative fuels but to spin it in the realm of global warming just means you are out of touch with reality AND science!

While I would prefer to see solar, hydro, wind, conservation, biomass, nuclear, in roughly that order — to deny the value of coal versus other carboniferous fuels is the worst kind of naivete.

The Wildlife Conservation Society spent nearly $ 50 million over six years to create a small patch of Madagascar in the city, and to draw attention to the plight of an island with an extraordinary ecological bounty that has been relentlessly destroyed by a struggling, poor population trying to expand rice farming and find wood for fuel and construction.

Achieving a 28 % reduction in US emissions by 2025 can not be done without aggressive government intervention in the energy marketplace to raise the price of all carbon fuels and to constrain their supply, thus encouraging both significant energy conservation measures and an accelerated move towards adopting non-carbon energy resources.

If serious GHG reductions are to be achieved at all in this country, that goal must be accomplished through a centrally - coordinated effort managed by the EPA, one which simultaneously constrains the supply of carbon fuels and which raises their price, thus encouraging energy conservation and an eventual transition away from fossil fuels.

Early in his presidency, Bill Clinton was forced by members of his own party in Congress to scrap a proposed modest «BTU tax» on transportation and heating fuels, as a device to encourage conservation.

A combination of conservation efforts and a new high - efficiency heating system can often cut your pollution output and fuel bills by one - third, and in some homes by half.

There are many reasons to shift away from fossil fuels, and we will do so in the next century without legislation, financial incentives, carbon - conservation programs, or the interminable yammering of fearmongers.

1975: Energy Policy and Conservation Act, Corporate Average Fuel Economy (NHTSA) Intended to reduce energy consumption by increasing the fuel economy of cars and light trucks in response to the oil embargo and resulting price shocks in the early 19Fuel Economy (NHTSA) Intended to reduce energy consumption by increasing the fuel economy of cars and light trucks in response to the oil embargo and resulting price shocks in the early 19fuel economy of cars and light trucks in response to the oil embargo and resulting price shocks in the early 1970s.

Indeed to support fuel conservation during World War II, pleasure driving was virtually eliminated in the U.K., and between 1938 and 1944, use of public transit went up by 87 percent in the U.S. and by 95 percent in Canada.

The overall product has to drop; that means the focus has to be on factors 3 and 4: reducing primary energy intensity (conservation and economic shifts), and reducing carbon intensity (reduction in fossil fuel use).

By way of calibration, this would essentially eliminate the need for oil imports for passenger vehicle fuel and would require only the amount of land now in the soil bank (the Conservation Reserve Program («CRP») on which such soil - restoring crops as switchgrass are already being grown.

Carbon emission reductions could be achieved through energy conservation, increased use of renewable and other non-emitting energy or fuel switching from coal to natural gas in existing power plants.

Now, in terms of conservation and a global switch over to alternative fuels, the people who oppose doing this for climate change mitigation are forgetting something rather important.

The Association for the Conservation of Energy (ACE), a group of companies involved in energy conservation issues, ranks the UK as «the cold man of Europe» — the worst for fuel poverty out of 13 western European countries, and near the bottom of the league on a number of other household energyConservation of Energy (ACE), a group of companies involved in energy conservation issues, ranks the UK as «the cold man of Europe» — the worst for fuel poverty out of 13 western European countries, and near the bottom of the league on a number of other household energyconservation issues, ranks the UK as «the cold man of Europe» — the worst for fuel poverty out of 13 western European countries, and near the bottom of the league on a number of other household energy indicators.

RE)- Energy conservation scenario Energy Profile - Energy consumption - Energy supply RE Action Plan - RE data - RE planning & target EC Action Plan - EC potential - EC planning & target LEAP Modeling Demand model — Demand of biofuel — Biomass for substituting oil fuel in industry Supply model — Geothermal /

For decades, the conventional wisdom has been the other way around: Electricity was dirty and the process of generating it and transmitting it involved substantial losses, so from an energy conservation point of view, the best thing to do was often to burn fossil fuel on site in increasingly energy - efficient devices.

Investing in energy conservation measures has the potential to cut fuel import bills, boost the economy and create numerous jobs, and is also essential to address climate change.

In the wake of the oil embargo and the passage of the 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act, U.S. vehicle fuel economy improved substantially in the late 1970In the wake of the oil embargo and the passage of the 1975 Energy Policy and Conservation Act, U.S. vehicle fuel economy improved substantially in the late 1970in the late 1970s.

Department of Environmental Conservation Commissioner Basil Seggos said, «DEC is pleased to support municipalities in their efforts to transition to their municipal fleets to clean vehicles and install clean vehicle charging and fueling infrastructure for their communities.

We've continued to note the decrease in emphasis on the importance of fuel economy, resource conservation, emissions reduction, and similar features that make a car «green.»

The four key differences are: 1) unlike the Energy Policy Conservation Act (EPCA), the CAA [Clean Air Act] allows for the crediting of direct emission reductions and indirect fuel economy benefits from improved air conditioners, allowing for greater compliance flexibility and lower costs; 2) EPCA allows Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) credits through model year 2019, whereas the EPA standard requires demonstration of actual use of a low carbon fuel after model year 2015; 3) EPCA allows for the payment of fines in lieu of compliance but the CAA does not; and 4) treatment of intra firm trading of compliance credits between cars and light trucks categoriefuel economy benefits from improved air conditioners, allowing for greater compliance flexibility and lower costs; 2) EPCA allows Flexible Fuel Vehicle (FFV) credits through model year 2019, whereas the EPA standard requires demonstration of actual use of a low carbon fuel after model year 2015; 3) EPCA allows for the payment of fines in lieu of compliance but the CAA does not; and 4) treatment of intra firm trading of compliance credits between cars and light trucks categorieFuel Vehicle (FFV) credits through model year 2019, whereas the EPA standard requires demonstration of actual use of a low carbon fuel after model year 2015; 3) EPCA allows for the payment of fines in lieu of compliance but the CAA does not; and 4) treatment of intra firm trading of compliance credits between cars and light trucks categoriefuel after model year 2015; 3) EPCA allows for the payment of fines in lieu of compliance but the CAA does not; and 4) treatment of intra firm trading of compliance credits between cars and light trucks categories.50

As such, to realize reduced global temperatures (compared to a baseline fossil fuel future), even in the second half of this century, would instead require a «rapid and massive deployment of some mix of conservation, wind, solar, and nuclear, and possibly carbon capture and storage.»

He will explain why conservation and even substantial reduction in our total energy use will be needed as we transition to solar and wind, in place of fossil fuels.

(Sec. 753) Requires the EPA Administrator and the Administrator of the Federal Aviation Administration (FAA) to study and report to Congress on: (1) the impact of aircraft emissions on air quality in nonattainment areas; (2) ways to promote fuel conservation measures for aviation; and (3) opportunities to reduce air traffic inefficiencies that increase fuel burn and emissions.

On May 29, 2015, Senator Sheldon Whitehouse, Democrat of Rhode Island, attended a Big Green - funded League of Conservation Voters event where he called for using RICO against climate skeptics and fossil fuel companies (see the YouTube here), then in a Washington Post op - ed, «The fossil - fuel industry's campaign to mislead the American people,» prompting a backlash asserting that the charge was false, and defending the right to dissent.

ENVIRONMENTAL OVERVIEW Minister for the Environment & Heritage: David Kemp Minister for Forestry & Conservation: Ian McDonald Total Energy Consumption (2000E): 4.89 quadrillion Btu * (1.2 % of world total energy consumption) Energy - Related Carbon Emissions (2000E): 96.87 million metric tons of carbon (1.5 % of world carbon emissions) Per Capita Energy Consumption (2000E): 255 million Btu (vs U.S. value of 351 million Btu) Per Capita Carbon Emissions (2000E): 5.1 metric tons of carbon (vs U.S. value of 5.6 metric tons of carbon) Energy Intensity (2000E): 10,804 Btu / U.S. $ 1995 (vs U.S. value of 10,918 Btu / $ 1995) ** Carbon Intensity (2000E): 0.21 metric tons of carbon / thousand U.S. $ 1995 (vs U.S. value of 0.17 metric tons / thousand $ 1995) ** Sectoral Share of Energy Consumption (1999E): Transportation (42 %) Industrial (37 %), Residential (13.5 %), Commercial (7.5 %) Sectoral Share of Carbon Emissions (1998E): Industrial (46.4 %), Transportation (26.5 %), Residential (15.2 %), Commercial (11.9 %) Fuel Share of Energy Consumption (2000E): Coal (44.2 %), Oil (34.8 %), Natural Gas (16.6 %) Fuel Share of Carbon Emissions (1999E): Coal (55.4 %), Oil (32.6 %), Natural Gas (12.0 %) Renewable Energy Consumption (1998E): 396 trillion Btu * (0.9 % increase from 1997) Number of People per Motor Vehicle (1998): 1.7 (vs U.S. value of 1.3) Status in Climate Change Negotiations: Annex I country under the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (ratified December 30th, 1992).

In her administrative order, Palin instructed the sub-Cabinet group to develop recommendations on «the opportunities to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from Alaska sources, including the expanded use of alternative fuels, energy conservation, energy efficiency, renewable energy, land use management, and transportation planning.»

Here in the United States, farmers are pulling land out of the federal conservation program, threatening fragile habitats... Most troubling, though, is that the higher food prices caused in large part by food - to - fuel mandates create incentives for global deforestation, including in the Amazon basin.

We have every reason to believe that clean renewables and conservation will prevail in the race to replace fossil fuels — we'll see to it.