Sentences with phrase «less carbon emissions»

The frozen seafood can then be transported by container vessels, rail and truck, all of which produce less carbon emissions than air shipments of fresh fish.

If you want to find a tree that requires less carbon emissions, see if you can choose and cut your own tree locally.

The diesel engine will meet emissions standards in all 50 states and will produce up to 20 percent less carbon emissions than a regular gas - powered engine.

These included a carbon reduction target of 40 per cent; zero food waste by 2015; water savings of 200 million litres annually from 2010; sustainable store construction with at least 25 per cent less carbon emissions; 25 per cent carbon reduction per carton delivered in its logistics; and a 30 per cent carbon reduction in its company fleet.

Though it holds the promise of greater fuel efficiency, and therefore less carbon emissions, getting diesel right is difficult in passenger cars, especially in the United States.

These diesel - electric locomotives, built in Erie, Pennsylvania, will help KCSR meet increasing economic demand, and are more energy - efficient and produce significantly less carbon emissions than the locomotives they are replacing.

And according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, nuclear produces four times less carbon emissions than solar does.

Finally it is important to mention that the utilized wood is an incentive for reforestation, since it belongs to the type of wood of a renewable forest, and it is the construction material which produces less carbon emissions for the consideration of our climate changes.

This news might not comes as much of shock, but a new study reveals that people living in urban areas emit 70 % less carbon emissions in transit than folks living in the suburbs do.

But cleaner transport also means less carbon emissions, both because buses are cleaner, less fuel intensive per passenger mile, and because people are actually leaving their cars for the faster buses.

Driving to a local tree farm, cutting your tree from the ground, and bringing it home requires less carbon emissions than having your tree shipped from the Pacific Northwest — and it can be fun!

The study, which was led by University of Surrey Engineering Doctorate student Helen Skudder, also found that many burglary prevention measures installed individually or in combination, produce less carbon emissions than an incidence of burglary.

Ultimately, environmentalism stems from acts of doing less: less consumption, less commuting, less carbon emissions, less wastefulness, less carelessness.»

At the same time, less carbon emissions are released into the atmosphere, improving the efficiency and reducing the environmental impact of the power plant.

This results in less carbon emissions, improved efficiency and overall reduced environmental impact of the power plant.

Yet despite their massive size, the Triple - E ships are the most environmentally efficient container vessels ever made, releasing 50 % less carbon emissions (CO2) than the average trade ship.