Sentences with phrase «less harmful emissions»

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The two meals were a meat free and a non meat free dish, whose ingredients were respectively 30 and 15 per cent less costly in terms of harmful emissions than those of an average meal.

As well as explaining that the production of meat — on its journey from farm to fork — is responsible for 15 per cent of the planet's harmful greenhouse gas emissions, it underlines that raising equivalent amounts of grain or vegetables for human consumption uses far less land, water and resources.

Catalytic Converter Safe: Your car's catalytic converter basically take harmful engine emissions and introduces a catalyst that makes them a little less harmful.

But if humans, through carbon dioxide emissions, are affecting climate less than we think, would that mean we may have more time to reduce the harmful effects?

The compound works to convert carbon monoxide emissions in automotive exhaust to less harmful carbon dioxide.

The Zafira and Combo CNG (Compressed Natural Gas) produce almost no soot particles, 20 percent less carbon dioxide than a comparable gasoline model and an up to 80 percent reduction in other harmful emissions.

Yes, I think that anyone who hold the view that the current CO2 emissions are harmful, will also have to be pro nuclear if they want to be taken seriously, or at least view nuclear energy as the lesser evil.

These include less demand for land and pesticides, fewer emissions of methane and more options for developing foods without harmful health impacts.

-- Less than 45 percent said their organizations were pursuing basic sustainability strategies such as reducing or eliminating emissions, reducing toxicity or harmful chemicals, improving efficiency in packaging, or designing products or processes for reuse or recycling.

Once the radiation limits begin to be increased this should have a catalytic effect on reducing emissions: 1) it will mean radiation leaks are understood to be less dangerous that currently thought > less people evacuated from effected zones > reduced cost accident of accidents — reduced accident insurance cost; 2) population takes another look at the effects of radiation > gains an understanding it is much less harmful than they thought > fear subsides > less opposition > easier and less expensive to find sites supported by the people nearby > planning and sight approval costs come down over time

(3) The countries most vulnerable to climate change, due both to greater exposure to harmful impacts and to lower capacity to adapt, are developing countries with very low industrial greenhouse gas emissions that have contributed less to climate change than more affluent countries.

While the brash brand of direct interference into the public discourse on scientific findings about global warming and associated harmful impacts we saw from Exxon operatives in the 1980s and 1990s has now morphed into a more passive, less - visible form of tampering — such as the company's continued stream of donations (some alleged to be illegal) to groups known for lobbying against and often shooting down federal and state - level proposals to promote renewable energy and limit carbon emissions — perhaps Avery will be able to persuade the new corporate leadership team to stop funding these groups altogether.

Natural gas generates more than 50 % less greenhouse gas emissions than coal, not even including the many harmful particulate pollutants coal emits.

A carbon tax, too, would be totally useless for emission reduction but less harmful than what is being done.

ore clean energy means less exposure to harmful emissions and less consumption of natural resources

Facebook: More clean energy means less exposure to harmful emissions and less consumption of natural resources

When we tax pollution, for instance, polluters with the cheapest ways to reduce emissions rush to adopt them, thereby avoiding the tax... Every dollar raised by taxing harmful activities is one dollar less that we must raise by taxing useful ones.

The commentary, published in the British scientific journal, Nature Climate Change, estimated the impact of consuming the fuel from oilsands deposits â $» without factoring in greenhouse gas emissions associated with extraction and production â $» would be far less harmful to the planet's atmosphere than consuming all of the world's coal resources.

The Acer Color Intelligence software dynamically adjusts gamma and saturation in real - time, optimizing screen color and brightness with less CPU loading while BlueLightShield helps keep your eyes protected from harmful screen emissions.