Sentences with phrase «increase emissions as»

The environmental group says exchange members also are permitted to increase emissions as operations grow.

The late - year release of the climate policy review, which points to allowing Australian businesses to increase their emissions as their production grows, comes as new figures confirm Australia's annual greenhouse gas emissions are the highest on record when emissions from land use change are excluded, as well as projections suggesting the country will increase its emissions all the way to 2030 and beyond.

«While these countries strive to meet their obligations under one international agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, they encourage others to increase their emissions as well as breach their obligations under another agreement, the Convention on Biological Diversity.»

There is less absorption by CO2 of upwelling infra - red light above the troposphere, but increased emission as a function of increased concentrations.

ZERO, actually increased emissions as more fossil - fuel energy sources are needed to cover for the times when the wind don't blow and the sun don't shine!

Not exact matches

Increases in emissions from air and sea transport will more than offset the savings from passenger cars unless new technologies can somehow make the same kind of impact on them as Elon Musk et al. have had on the car industry.

A $ 30 per tonne carbon price, as is currently in place in B.C., applied on emissions, would increase processing costs by about 12 cents per gigajoule.

By contrast, its GPI performance declined over the same period as the booming province experienced growing wealth disparity, increased household debt, more greenhouse gas emissions and a spike in problem gambling, among other things.

As someone who likes the sea levels where they are, I find taxing greenhouse gas emissions compelling, like taxing cigarettes, which reduced smoking, extended lives, and increased revenues.

In December 2015, the world agreed to the Paris Accord; to slash greenhouse gas emissions to hold global average temperature increase to 1.5 degrees C (over what it was before the Industrial Revolution), and, if we miss that target, to as far below 2 degrees as possible.

A senior oil executive is urging federal and provincial governments to put a significant price on carbon dioxide to encourage the industry to reduce emissions even as it increases production and accesses new and growing markets.

While this company's bond did not directly invest in increasing fossil fuel output, refineries are still processing fossil fuels and any investment in making refineries more efficient, as this bond is aiming to, will likely extend plant operating lifetimes and therefore indirectly increase emissions over time.

It found 89 per cent of managers agreed energy transition risks - such as increasing emissions regulations or growing competition from clean tech alternatives - will significantly impact the valuations of the oil companies in the next five years, compared to 46 per cent when the survey was conducted in 2017.

This will only get worse if Albertans do not make any changes, as the move to increased underground extraction of oil will only increase the problem with greenhouse gas emissions.

How else could he argue, as he did recently in a Maclean's opinion piece, that blocking the Trans Mountain pipeline expansion — and along with it, increased GHG emissions from Alberta's oil sands — would jeopardize Canada's climate change plan and make it impossible to meet our emissions reduction target under the UN Paris Agreement?

The world's food security would be ensured even with over 9 billion people in 2050, agricultural land area would not increase, greenhouse gas emissions would be lowered and the negative effects of today's intensive food systems, such as nitrogen surplus and high pesticide exposure, would be greatly reduced.

The livestock industry notes that if some or most of the methane could be incorporated into the animal's nutrition processes, rather than being emitted, this would increase productive weight gain at the same time as cutting greenhouse gas emissions, for a double bonus effect.

According to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA), ammonia emissions increased in 2014, meaning several EU Member States as well as the EU now exceed -LSB-...]

As international awareness about the environmental costs of producing and eating meat increases — The United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the meat industry generates nearly one - fifth of the man - made greenhouse gas emissions that are accelerating climate change worldwide — the work of RiceBran Technologies is supporting environmental sustainability and combating waste while globally providing a nutritious source of protein, carbohydrates, healthy oil and dietary fiber as food ingredientAs international awareness about the environmental costs of producing and eating meat increases — The United Nations» Food and Agriculture Organization estimates the meat industry generates nearly one - fifth of the man - made greenhouse gas emissions that are accelerating climate change worldwide — the work of RiceBran Technologies is supporting environmental sustainability and combating waste while globally providing a nutritious source of protein, carbohydrates, healthy oil and dietary fiber as food ingredientas food ingredients.

After doing my research, shown above (which I pretend support my claim, even though I said «this does not support my claim»), I see that cement production is not in the very top of CO2 emission causes (in comparison to others named above), but is in fact already one of the top in regards to manufacturing, materials, and minerals — which, while not as detrimental as I had believed, is still a pretty remarkable feat, especially whenever you look at the increase in effects in recent years and take in the knowledge that it's only going to get worse.

New crib mattresses release about four times as many VOCs as old crib mattresses, the team found, and body heat increases emissions.

WHEREAS, increasing energy efficiency has been identified as among the most cost - effective methods for reducing greenhouse gas and other environmental pollutant emissions and increasing energy security; and

Many of the same warnings Mario Cuomo heard in the 1980s about Shoreham are the same ones his son hears today from supporters of Indian Point: Closing a nuclear plant will result in blackouts, a less reliable electric grid and increased air pollution as fossil fuels are burned to replace the lost emissions - free nuclear power; customers could face higher bills; more than 1,000 jobs will be lost, and tax revenue for schools and towns will dissipate.

As far as reducing UK emissions is concerned, it would make more sense to cut rail fares to encourage people to use trains more — instead of pushing people back into cars on already jam - packed roads, and increasing congestion, emissions and air pollutioAs far as reducing UK emissions is concerned, it would make more sense to cut rail fares to encourage people to use trains more — instead of pushing people back into cars on already jam - packed roads, and increasing congestion, emissions and air pollutioas reducing UK emissions is concerned, it would make more sense to cut rail fares to encourage people to use trains more — instead of pushing people back into cars on already jam - packed roads, and increasing congestion, emissions and air pollution.

And accelerating they are: China increases its emissions each year by roughly the same as the UK's total emissions.

what is our ability to coordinate international action (the EU is successful in reducing emission as long as one do not count increase of consumption of Chinese goods in the EU, yes we proudly outsourced this dirty job...)

Some analysts have predicted Mr Brown will increase excise duty on 4x4s and add an extra tax on flights, a move that will anger low cost airlines such as Ryanair, which says green taxes have «repeatedly failed to have any reduction effect on emissions».

It has been suggested in many quarters that VED should be abolished, and fuel duties increased accordingly, insofar as the price of fuel has a greater incentive effect on reducing emissions.

WHEREAS, in furtherance of the united effort to address the effects of climate change, in 2010 the 16th Session of the Conference of the Parties to the UNFCC met in Cancun, Mexico and recognized that deep cuts in global greenhouse gas emissions were required, with a goal of reducing global greenhouse gas emissions so as to hold the increase in global average temperature below 2 °C above pre-industrial levels;

«We view it all as an upside,» Gianaris said, citing the fact that the repowering will increase the amount of electricity flowing to the city, while reducing emissions.

As policymakers call for better information, scientists are scrambling to understand the link between increasing emissions and natural disaster

As a result, more of human emissions would remain in the atmosphere, increasing the greenhouse effect that contributes to global warming and alters Earth's climate.

«Over the years, we've constantly been increasing our rates and running our furnaces a little harder, a little bit hotter, and as a result our emissions have increased as well,» says Ma.

«I am surprised that the sinks keep taking in more carbon as the emissions keep increasing,» said Richard Houghton, a senior scientist at the Woods Hole Research Center.

Since the pollution concentration decreases from west to east, as the distance from Los Angeles increases, the forests offered a rare opportunity to compare emissions from wildland fuels subjected to different levels of chronic air pollution.

Global agricultural emissions of the gas have increased by 20 per cent in the last century as a result of widespread use of nitrogen - based synthetic fertilizers.

«It's possible the kinds of changes we are seeing with increased jet stream sinuosity might continue into the future as a result of anthropogenic CO2 emissions, although it's not a perfect comparison,» said Gabriel Bowen, a geochemist at the University of Utah and an author on the study.

On climate action: «The APS reiterates its 2007 call to support actions that will reduce the emissions, and ultimately the concentration, of greenhouse gases, as well as increase the resilience of society to a changing climate.

Ammonia and sulphur emissions have increased considerably over the past decades as a result of human activities.

And advances in materials technology, such as hybrid ceramic / steel, can help boost the temperature — and therefore increase the efficiency and lower the amount of CO2 emissions — of new coal - fired power plants.

The scientists expect further warming in the Arctic as levels of greenhouse gases will continue to increase and aerosol particle emissions will likely decrease to combat air pollution in different parts of the world.

«The deposition of compounds such as sugars and organic acids from living roots can increase the activity of bacteria and fungi, and it's this increase in activity that accelerates the decomposition of carbon in the soil, leading to higher CO2 emissions,» Sulman said.

These heat maps show carbon dioxide emission differences between drone and truck deliveries as a drone's energy requirements (measured in watt - hours per mile) and the number of stops on a route increase.

What is less clear is whether Japan's plan to increase its nuclear output to supply 50 percent of all its electricity within two decades as part of a larger effort to trim CO2 emissions will still be followed

It warns that some biofuels production methods can cause large increases in greenhouse gas emissions, such as clearing Indonesian rainforest to grow palm plantations for biodiesel.

In addition to the dip in starlight as HAT - P - 7 b passed in front of its star, Kepler was able to detect the exoplanet's glow, which appears in the data as increased emission from the star when the planet is visible alongside of it.

This compares with a business - as - usual trajectory of a 35 percent increase in emissions over the next four years.

According to Princeton University scientists Stephen Pacala and Robert Socolow's «wedge» strategy of climate change mitigation — which quantifies as a wedge on a time series graph various sets of efforts to maintain flat global carbon emissions between now and 2055 — at least two million megawatts of new renewable energy will have to be built in the next 40 years, effectively replacing completely all existing coal - fired power plants as well as accounting for increases in energy use between now and mid-century.

As global leaders gather in Paris seeking a much - anticipated agreement to keep global warming to no more than two degrees Celsius above pre-industrial levels, nations face increasing pressure to reduce emissions and contribute to decarbonizing the global economy.

Others, such as India, are expected to see major increases in future emissions.