Sentences with phrase «increased use of fire»

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In addition to the increasing use of coal internationally, there is a large number of coal - fired power plants coming online in the next few years.

The bills also would ban the devices known as bump stocks, which can be used to increase the firing speed of semi-automatic rifles, and require out - of - state residents who also have homes in New York to waive the confidentiality of their home state's mental illness records if they want to own a gun in New York state.

Bump stocks, which can increase the rate of fire on a weapon, came under intense scrutiny after investigators said they believed Stephen Paddock used them to modify weapons used in a mass shooting in Las Vegas last October that killed roughly 60 people and injured hundreds more.

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.

Using imaging technologies, they have observed that when neurons start to fire there is an accompanying increase in blood flow to area of the brain that is active.

$ 8 billion) over first ten years for deficit reductionObeys PAYGO; Starting in 2026, 25 % of auction revenues for deficit reductionFuels and TransportationIncrease biofuels to 60 million gallons by 2030, low - carbon fuel standard of 10 % by 2010, 1 million plug» in hybrid cars by 2025, raise fuel economy standards, smart growth funding, end oil subsidies, promote natural gas drilling, enhanced oil recoverySmart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, raise fuel economy standards $ 7 billion a year for smart growth funding, plug - in hybrids, natural gas vehicles, raise fuel economy standards; offshore drilling with revenue sharing and oil spill veto, natural gas fracking disclosureCost ContainmentInternational offsetsOffset pool, banking and borrowing flexibility, soft price collar using permit reserve auction at $ 28 per ton going to 60 % above three - year - average market price» Hard» price collar between $ 12 and $ 25 per ton, floor increases at 3 % + CPI, ceiling at 5 % + CPI, plus permit reserve auction, offsets like W - MClean Air Act And StatesNot discussedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade suspended until 2017, EPA to set stationary source performance standards in 2016, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedOnly polluters above 25,000 tons of carbon dioxide equivalent a year, regional cap and trade pre-empted, establishes coal - fired plant performance standards, some Clean Air Act provisions excludedInternational CompetitivenessTax incentives for domestic auto industryFree allowances for trade - exposed industries, 2020 carbon tariff on importsCarbon tariff on importsReferences: Barack Obama, 2007; Barack Obama, 8/3/08; Pew Center, 6/26/09; leaked drafts of American Power Act, 5/11/10.

«The main worry is that if deforestation increases, in combination with the increase fragmentation, increase in drought probability [caused by climate change] and the use of fires by humans, carbon emissions could escalate to proportions never experienced before.»

In addition, when correlations were constrained to the time period that satellite burned area observations were available from the Moderate Resolution Imaging Spectroradiometer (MODIS)(2001 - 2012), and thus where estimates of land - use change carbon emissions were more certain2, correlations between fire weather season length, long fire season affected area and net land carbon fluxes increased substantially to ρ = − 0.797 and ρ = − 0.825, respectively, n = 12, P < 0.01).

They recommend that in addition to the conventional methods used such as insecticides, increased inspections of agricultural products as well as quarantines of products infested with the little fire ant could be useful ways to control this intrusive species.

As you kill Lovecraft's minions, you'll level up and earn new perks (such as doing increased damage, or firing more bullets per shot) that will be used for the rest of the time in that arena (i.e., once you beat the arena or die, they go away).

The rise of tablet popularity has been fueled largely by Amazon's Kindle Fire, which increased over the past year from no use to be the first choice for more than 17 percent of e-book consumers.

What's the point of using one if the volume output barely increases that of your Kindle Fire?

If you want to increase the volume of your tablet, using an external speaker with your Kindle Fire is one of the best ways to do so!

If you don't use space heaters, for instance, you may get a slightly lower price than someone who does because of the slight increase in fire risk from space heaters.

For one, the amount of aerial fire retardant used in California increased from approximately 3 million gallons in 2012 to about 7 million in 2015.

Fire - retardant chemicals called PBDEs (polybrominated diphenyl ethers) that are used in fabric - carpets, upholstery, mattresses and electronics - appear to be associated with increased numbers of cats diagnosed with feline hyperthyroidism.

Richard Brown, Chief Executive, Eurostar, said: «An increase of nearly a million extra passengers using High Speed 1 during its first year of operations, even with the impact of the tunnel fire, demonstrates beyond doubt that people prefer high - speed rail to short - haul air.

For instance your teammate dies right before you are about to spawn • Damage from bullets will now continue to cause damage even after the firing user is dead • Fixed several client crashes • Fixed a problem where players could get stuck in the join queue • Fixed the repair icon on the minimap • Deploy parachute now displays the tooltip to deploy parachute when free falling • Fixed some artifacts when using flashlights • Fixed several Xbox 360 specific crashes and freezes • Fixed a problem where a user sometimes could not go into iron sights • Improved shadow rendering • Fixed several issues with friend invites and joins • Vehicle boosts is now a toggle instead of momentary • Fixed several issues with the Hardcore mode • Fixed a few layout problems where the in - game controls and tooltips didn't match those in the options menu • Removed the possibility to pick up weapons in a EOD bot • Fixed several interpolation issues • Fixed a problem where claymore is flashing in the wrong team color • Subway minimap updated to give better clarity • Fixed an issue where the UI would not show the way to your new unlocks • Increased quality of loading screen images • Tweaked MP rank up parameters • Fixed a problem with Metro Squad rush minimap where it looked like you were out of bounds • Fixed a problem where a user can become invulnerable after being resurrected • Fixed a problem where tank turrets would turn too slow • Fixed a bug on Exfiltration where you could end up outside the vehicle and not being able to enter it again, thus blocking the mission • Fixed a problem with the M60 reload sound • Fixed a problem with the falling antenna on Caspian Border.

At first, all you'll be doing is climbing, pushing switches and avoiding cameras, but as you progress through the game and the difficulty increases, more strategies and elements are introduced, like the need to manipulate light sources to stay hidden (the amount of darkness you're in is indicated by the color of the clone's goggles), using blocks or enemy robots to activate pressure switches, avoiding deadly turret fire, tripping sensors to activate stuff, and more.

Going even deeper, weapons can be upgraded to increase their damage, clip size and fire rate both with the use of specific upgrades and with the ability to reroll specific stats.

This paper appears to state that if we continue to use all of the coal - fired generation in the world (1 TWe), it will result in 0.3 degree mean temperature increase in 100 years.

Among their suggestions were the following: expand conservation tillage to 100 percent of cropland, stop all deforestation, drive two billion cars on ethanol, increase wind power 80-fold to make hydrogen for cars, replace 1,400 large coal - fired power plants with gas - fired ones, and cut electricity use in buildings by 25 percent.

Increasing use of existing natural gas - fired capacity and lower use of existing coal - fired generators

These included a mix of state and federal policies designed to increase the use of renewable energy, as well as reduce carbon dioxide and mercury emissions from coal - fired power plants.

An increasing use of prescribed burns attempted to reduce abnormal fuel loads and restore the natural fire balance.

The increasing use of coal for power generation in ASEAN countries will lead to widespread construction of coal - fired power plants, which, without the use of the best available cleaner coal technology (CCT), would result in increased greenhouse gas and carbon dioxide emissions.

The EPA regulations call for increasing the use of state - of - the - art, natural gas - fired power plants in place of coal plants; increasing renewable energy sources; avoiding retirement of existing nuclear plants; and supporting energy efficiency.

Unlike the growth of natural gas - fired generation, which has largely been market - driven, increased use of nonhydro renewables has largely been driven by a combination of state and federal policies.

Completion of treatments in the first analysis area of the 4FRI project could have a multiplying effect on maintaining forest resilience if the thinning itself allows for increased use of wildland fire or prescribed fire over many more hectares.

Large portions of forest have been lost to deforestation, particularly in the tropics, where the highest rates of conversion from native forest into agricultural and other productive uses have occurred in the 20th century [1,2], further exacerbated by increasing fire activity [5].

Meanwhile, the country that has most championed green energy — Germany — has increased its coal use and has plans to open up to nearly 6GW of new coal - fired capacity by 2020.

Over the short term New South Wales should increase use of natural gas for electricity generation, replacing coal - fired power that can be relegated to seasonal use.

The United States must change the way it produces and uses energy by shifting away from its dependence on imported oil and coal - fired electricity and by increasing the efficiency with which energy is extracted, captured, converted, and used if it is to meet the urgent challenges facing the energy system, of which climate change and energy security are the most pressing.

But in the US this decrease occurred not through government intervention but through market - based substitution of natural gas - fired plants for coal plants because of increased use of fracking and other new techniques in finding additional natural gas.

[3] Each state has interim targets it must meet beginning in 2020, and the EPA proposed that states use a combination of four «building blocks» to achieve the emissions reductions: (1) improving the efficiency (heat rate) of existing coal - fired power plants; (2) switching from coal - fired power by increasing the use and capacity factor, or efficiency, of natural - gas combined - cycle power plants; (3) using less carbon - intensive generating power, such as renewable energy or nuclear power; and (4) increasing demand - side energy - efficiency measures.

Given all the external costs of coal mining and coal - fired power generation in terms of water, coal ash, air and particulate pollution, this tax increase — which affects all thermal and lignite coal used in India — will help further level that playing field for non-polluting renewables.

Since May 2012, a combination of higher prices for natural gas and increased demand for electricity during the summer months led electric systems across much of the country to increase their use of coal - fired units.

UCS experts work to analyze practical, cost - effective strategies for lowering America's coal use — and have consistently demonstrated that closing down the dirtiest coal - fired power plants would not adversely effect the reliability of our electricity supply, nor would it significantly increase the cost of electricity for consumers.

Costs of German and UK electricity would increase if their coal - fired power stations had to remove SOx from flue gases by use of «scrubbers» (i.e. flue gas desulphurisation; FGD).

In a training area associated with Marine Corps Base Hawaii, drought sharply increased the risk of wildfires, forcing officials to reduce live - fire training and limit the types of ammunition used.

When an oil production platform caught fire in the Gulf of Mexico near the Louisiana coast last week, a collective gasp would have been appropriate — from the residents of coastal Louisiana, who are no strangers to offshore oil rig disasters, from the fossil fuel industry, which is priming itself for a golden age under the incoming Trump Administration, and from the American public, whose oil reliance remains unchecked despite increasing awareness of both the massive downside of fossil fuel use and the increasing availability of clean, renewable energy sources.

Richard Branson of Virgin Atlantic has already explored other ideas for increasing efficiency through smarter use, including towing planes to a «starting grid» before firing up their engines, and adopting a «continual descent» pattern when approaching airports.

With regard to wildfires, see Western U.S. Forest Wildfire Activity: «Thus, although land - use history is an important factor for wildfire risks in specific forest types... the broad - scale increase in wildfire frequency across the western United States has been driven primarily by sensitivity of fire regimes to recent changes in climate over a relatively large area.»

Their packaging is also made from 100 % post-consumer recycled plastic, and instead of trying to increase productivity by automating (i.e. using machines and firing human beings), they maintain a craftsperson - like production process that values every one who works there.

It seems obvious that since humans of long ago learned to use fire and increase the amount of soot in the air that there has been some impact on climate.

The logic behind charging you a higher premium because you choose to use wood as a source of heat or for cooking is that it increases the risk of a fire that could damage or destroy your house.

When cold weather comes, fires always increase because it's the first time of the year that people use their heat, and some make poor decisions or don't do proper checks ahead of time.

If you don't use space heaters, for instance, you may get a slightly lower price than someone who does because of the slight increase in fire risk from space heaters.

For building and facility owners or managers striving to meet fire and safety codes, new «dual technology» exit signs are combining the efficiency of LED lighting with revolutionary new photoluminescent materials to increase reliability and performance over decades of use.

Using punishment to attempt to treat Pyromania is also of no use and will only create a higher level of anxiety, causing an increased desire towards fire starting behavior.