Sentences with phrase «major emissions sources»

«Electricity from Renewable Energy and Fossil Fuels with Carbon Capture and Sequestration», the fourth report in the CEF publication series, examines electricity generation through fossil fuel combustion with CO2 capture and sequestration («fossil / CCS»)- a process that removes as much carbon as possible from major emissions sources such as power plants, and stores it in deep geological formations.

The strategy set out a holistic approach to tackling the major emission sources in the city, to reduce concentrations, improve quality of life, protect public health and support economic growth.

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With the scope and reach of a political platform, the company publicly declared goals for itself on practically every major social issue it touches, from local sourcing and carbon emissions to ethical recruiting and the treatment of workers in its suppliers» factories.

The world is on the cusp of a major energy shift that will see 60 per cent of the planet's power mix come from zero - emission sources in the next 25 years.

In the study published in the journal Nature Climate Change, researchers at the Stockholm Environment Institute write that widely quoted U.S. State Department findings that the oilsands pipeline wouldn't make a significant difference missed a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.

On Monday, the Supreme Court effectively validated the Environmental Protection Agency's plans to regulate major sources of greenhouse - gas emissions such as power plants, but criticized the agency as overreaching.

Dave Sawyer, one of the authors of the National Round Table on Environment and Economy report, and blogger at EnviroEconomics.ca, makes some pertinent insider comments on the efficacy of a carbon tax in reducing emissions from personal transportation, a major source of emissions: While the carbon tax will â $ œdriveâ $ some reductions in vehicle kilometers traveled, -LSB-...]

«The issues that must be addressed include: grid reliability, electricity costs, toxic emissions and related air pollution, attracting major investors for new energy sources and helping the impacted communities,» said Jerry Kremer, the chairman of New York Affordable Reliable Electricity Alliance.

«Nuclear is the major base load — producing energy source that could reduce greenhouse - gas emissions,» says Kathryn McCarthy, INL's deputy director for nuclear science and technology.

A team of researchers from the Cockrell School of Engineering at The University of Texas at Austin and environmental testing firm URS reports that a small subset of natural gas wells are responsible for the majority of methane emissions from two major sources — liquid unloadings and pneumatic controller equipment — at natural gas production sites.

Based on a unique model that links China's energy system and economy, the study finds that China's coal use, a major source of global carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions, should peak some time around the year 2020, while the country's overall CO2 emissions would peak around 2030, or perhaps sooner.

Using a new satellite - based method, scientists at NASA, Environment and Climate Change Canada, and two universities have located 39 unreported and major human - made sources of toxic sulfur dioxide emissions.

The culprit: fumes from nitrogen - rich fertilizers and animal waste combine in the air with combustion emissions to form solid particles, which constitute a major source of disease and death, according to the new study.

The production of cement, the material that holds together concrete, is a major source of greenhouse gas emissions.

Thus, methane emissions in this region are largely from rice cultivation and livestock, while human - made fertilizers are a major source of nitrous oxide.

Although the distribution of these emissions is still uncertain, measurements have indicated that the tropical oceans could be major sources, lofting them into the atmosphere where they can ultimately contribute to reactions that control tropospheric and stratospheric ozone.

Back in the early 1990s, a conversation with his neighbor, an NCAR scientist, sparked an interest in wildfires, a major source of mercury emissions.

«It's important,» he says, «because actions taken to improve air quality, and to improve public health, have to focus on [controlling emissions from] major sources of air pollution.»

Coal power plants are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, and new plants are planned around the world, particularly in India and China.

Dairy farms are one of the major sources of ammonia emissions.

Residential wood burning is a major source of air pollution, so it is important that we burn wood in a way that minimises emissions,» says Leo Stockfelt.

Fires are a major source of carbon emissions in the Amazon, and scientists are beginning to worry that the region could become a net emitter, instead of a carbon sink.

It calls for phasing out a wide range of mercury products and curbing emissions from major sources.

In the six major economies assessed individually, carbon dioxide emissions per unit of electricity production falls by about 40 % between 2010 and 2030 and renewable electricity becomes the dominant source of electricity production at about 36 % of the electricity mix.

Deforestation is a major source of Brazil's carbon emissions.

This is because British emissions are a major source of the acid rain that falls on the vulnerable areas of Norway that have been removed from the targets.

Increases in coal burning and car emissions are major sources of pollution in China and other Asian countries.

They enable major power generators to profitably generate electricity in a manner that reduces the overall cost of compliance with mandatory greenhouse gas («GHG») emissions limits and renewable energy targets while also allowing countries to diversify their sources of electricity supply.

The objective of this study is to assess the contribution of emissions sourced from major industrial carbon producers to regional scale climate impacts.

Goat farming in Europe is responsible for more than 1.4 tonnes CO2 equivalent per year, so replication of the project could have a significant impact on this major source of emissions.

Since the 1990s the major source regions of anthropogenic emissions — that react in the atmosphere to produce ozone — have shifted from North America and Europe to Asia (Granier et al., 2011; Cooper et al., 2014; Zhang et al., 2016).

Grappling with the technical uncertainty and developing a regulation based on the best available science is preferable to ignoring a major source of emissions.

hydro is a major methane source, wind turbines use 100 X more copper than fossils offshore turbines use 1000 X more copper 2010 copper ore grades were 30 lbs / ton of rock 2016 coppor ore grads were 3 lbs / ton of rock solar and wind products last 30 years tops 100 % energy transitions take 70 minimum solar and wind break down 2X faster than we can tranistion Stefan Rahmstorf says our emissions must go down 100 % in 20 years to stay under 2 C.

CAIT provides a comprehensive and comparable database of greenhouse gas emissions data (including all major sources and sinks) and other climate - relevant indicators.

The transportation sector, as one of the largest and fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, is becoming a major policy focus for addressing climate change.

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Compared to sending goods long distances by truck or airplane is far less efficient than sending them by ship, and on the level of an individual product the emissions not that great, in the aggregate shipping is a major source of emissions — about 3 % of global emissions in fact.

And ammonia from fertilized cropland has become a major source of air pollution, while emissions of nitrous oxide form a potent greenhouse gas.

Domestically it would appear that major shifts in the trajectory of greenhouse gas emissions will come as a result of the larger scale development and deployment of lower emitting sources of energy rather than through a climate bill that constrains emissions.

The carbon atoms eventually return to the system in the form of volcanism, which as you point out, is a small fraction of anthropogenic emissions on an annual basis but the only major source by which carbon is added to the climate system.

This pledge is significant because merely draining peatlands is a major source of carbon emissions from peat oxidation as well as ancient carbon carried away as the water table drops.

Key Issues for Discussion and Comment in the ANPR: Descriptions of key provisions and programs in the CAA, and advantages and disadvantages of regulating GHGs under those provisions; How a decision to regulate GHG emissions under one section of the CAA could or would lead to regulation of GHG emissions under other sections of the Act, including sections establishing permitting requirements for major stationary sources of air pollutants; Issues relevant for Congress to consider for possible future climate legislation and the potential for overlap between future legislation and regulation under the existing CAA; and, scientific information relevant to, and the issues raised by, an endangerment analysis.

Again, I am not disagreeing that humans are a major source of CO2 emissions, but I do fault your conclusion that you know humans are definately the source for all the increases in atmospheric CO2.

Coal - fired power plants are a major source of greenhouse gas emissions — one that could be increasing significantly globally, according to new analysis from the World Resources Institute.

Oil, particularly diesel, is a major source of black carbon and also of nitrous oxide and carbon monoxide (CO) emissions;

The meat industry is the only major source of greenhouse gases in the U.S. excluded from filing annual emission reports.

The announcement gives the EPA a legal basis for capping emissions from major sources such as coal power plants, as well as cars.

As the last major economy to submit a target for a global climate pact, India is pledging to reduce the intensity of its carbon emissions and boost the share of electricity produced from sources other than fossil fuels to...

We need net zero emissions ASAP and carbon drawdown to save coral reefs (a major source of food for millions of people)

While burning oil is certainly a major source of greenhouse gas emissions, it is by no means the only one.