Sentences with phrase «lower harmful emissions»

Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) have the potential to significantly reduce our dependence on foreign oil and lower harmful emissions that contribute to climate change.

The report's authors — scientists from Switzerland, the Netherlands and Norway — suggest a few ways that meat - eating could be curbed to lower the harmful emissions associated with the meat industry, but all rely on individuals choosing to make a change.

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NRG now promises to invest $ 1.6 billion at the Tonawanda site by 2013 to install a new gasification plant that will burn low - sulfur coal and reduce harmful emissions.

The system enables large - bore, multi-cylinder engines used in trains, pipelines, backup diesel generators and other fields to run efficiently while producing lower levels of harmful emissions than they do currently.

Had these concentrations been even slightly lower, the effects of the emission of harmful greenhouse gases would have been felt much earlier, at a time when humankind was not yet ready or knowledgeable enough to face up to mitigation efforts.

Lower rates of asthma and other health problems are frequently cited as benefits of policies aimed at cutting carbon emissions from sources like power plants and vehicles, because these policies also lead to reductions in other harmful types of air pollution.

An analysis by a team of North Carolina - based environmental and planning researchers concludes that densely populated regions with compact urban development that discourages commuting by car — widely touted as a way to increase public exercise and reduce harmful automobile emissions — may only slightly lower average regional particulate matter (PM) concentrations in air.

Unlike using low sulfur fuel in diesel engine generators to provide electrical power, the system produces no harmful air emissions.

Other harmful exhaust emissions are also very low and the Nickel Metal Hydride battery pack can be recycled through Honda dealers, at the end of the vehicle's life.

Emissions would be among the lowest thanks to a new catalyst that more effectively removes harmful exhaust materials by employing single - nanotechnology to control catalyst particles that are smaller even than those controlled by conventional nanotechnology.

Boasting higher torque at low RPMs and greater output for smooth top - end power, MIVEC technology mixes together fuel efficiency with sporty performance while minimizing harmful emission.

The turbo engine guarantees prompt response even at low rpm (maximum torque is achieved at just 1,750 rpm) while Start & Stop makes it possible to cut consumption and harmful emissions levels drastically, without compromising comfort and on - board safety.

Bosch Mass Air Flow (MAF) sensors ensure low levels of harmful emissions with greater fuel efficiency and...

Die - hard environmentalists say a green economy relies completely on renewable energies with «zero» greenhouse gas emissions, and they do not regard a «low - carbon» economy as «green» because it still releases harmful emissions.

It introduces a project that supported families in Kuyasa, a low - income informal settlement in the Khayelitsha township, to cut their electricity costs and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

«Solar not only meets this peak need at a lower per kilowatt - hour cost, but also without the harmful emissions from running a power plant on standby (or fracking its fuel out of the ground),» he writes.

(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.

Therefore all dreams of mankind going quickly to low - carbon should cease as our efforts should properly be directed at mitigating whatever harmful effects will come from the increased carbon dioxide emissions, as soon as we agree what those consequences will be and to what degree, if there will be any.

And to the latter point, China plans to revamp its existing coal plants in order to lower harmful particulate emissions.

«Governor Cuomo continues to take aggressive action to reduce harmful emissions, lower energy costs, create jobs and ensure cleaner communities across the state.»

President Obama's Climate Action Plan (CAP) directs the EPA to use its authority through its Significant New Alternatives Policy (SNAP) Program to encourage private sector investment in low - emissions technology by identifying and approving climate - friendly chemicals while prohibiting certain uses of the most harmful chemical alternatives.

«These technology challenges will identify ways New York can replace and upgrade aging HVAC systems with cleaner and more energy efficient systems, which will lower energy bills and reduce harmful emissions,» said Alicia Barton, President and CEO, NYSERDA.

Innovative and supportive policies at the federal, state, and local levels can encourage building owners to make energy efficiency upgrades and install rooftop solar projects that together cut energy use, lower energy bills, and reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions.

Both offer certification to products with low chemical and particle emissions - which means they won't be giving off harmful VOCs; these products include electronics, building materials, bedding, furniture, and more.

Moreover, harmful emissions are lowered significantly, providing health benefits due to reduced respiratory disease — a leading cause of premature deaths across Sub-Saharan Africa, particularly affecting women and children.