Sentences with phrase «major source of fire»

The crew of a NAF Intelligence, Surveillance and Reconnaissance (ISR) aircraft established contact with the ground troops and guided the Alpha Jet aircraft crew to the major source of fire from the BHTs, which was seen coming from a particular settlement.

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Just a few miles south of my home, charcoal from local chestnut fired the historic iron forge Catoctin Furnace, a major source of nineteenth - century pig iron for a young nation's Industrial Revolution — and before that, for eighteenth - century cannonballs for our founding political revolution.

Natural fires in forest and grassland are a major source of methyl bromide, a potent ozone - destroying gas, German scientists have found.

Coal - fired power plants are a major source of CO2.

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.

That is a significant move: Peterhead is gas - fired and, while coal remains a major source of power in China, Europe and the US have been switching to gas.

The tech magnate obviously doesn't think so, and has fired back in court briefs about the abusive requests the DOJ is making, requests which include steps that prevent Apple from working in the agency model — one of the major sources of these allegations in the first place — for five years rather than the proposed two, as well as insisting that Apple allow retailers like Amazon and Barnes and Noble to sell ebooks through their iOS - capable apps and receive a commission on those sales like an affiliate would.

It would be silly to have this much traffic built up without any effort to cater to what has to be considered a major source of recurring customers, though, so Kindle Owners (especially Kindle Fire Owners) won't be left out of the fun.

But while property taxes cause some grumbling among homeowners, it's worth noting that they are the major source of income for municipalities, funding everything from water, garbage pickup and snow removal to police and fire services.

Fire became a major source of energy for early humankind, partly because it provided special capabilities, and it had essentially no competition.

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.

Coal - fired power plants are the largest unregulated source of mercury, a potent neurotoxin, in the U.S.. They're also the major source of sulfur dioxide emissions in the U.S. which causes acid rain, haze in National Parks and Wilderness areas, and fine particulate matter which contributes to lung cancer, heart attacks, and even premature death.

Experts agree that a shift in our energy and consumption is necessary to avert catastrophe brought on by global warming, yet there is strong resistance to a major move away from a coal - fired electricity and oil - based economy to one based on alternative sources of renewable energy.

«Texas Decision Could Double Wind Power Capacity in the U.S.,» Renewable Energy Access, 4 October 2007; coal - fired power plant equivalents calculated by assuming that an average plant has a 500 - megawatt capacity and operates 72 percent of the time, generating 3.15 billion kilowatt - hours of electricity per year; an average wind turbine operates 36 percent of the time; Iceland geothermal usage from Iceland National Energy Authority and Ministries of Industry and Commerce, Geothermal Development and Research in Iceland (Reykjavik, Iceland: April 2006), p. 16; European per person consumption from European Wind Energy Association (EWEA), «Wind Power on Course to Become Major European Energy Source by the End of the Decade,» press release (Brussels: 22 November 2004); China's solar water heaters calculated from Renewable Energy Policy Network for the 21st Century (REN21), Renewables Global Status Report, 2006 Update (Washington, DC: Worldwatch Institute, 2006), p. 21, and from Bingham Kennedy, Jr., Dissecting China's 2000 Census (Washington, DC: Population Reference Bureau, June 2001); Philippines from Geothermal Energy Association (GEA), «World Geothermal Power Up 50 %, New US Boom Possible,» press release (Washington, DC: 11 April 2002).

While not the kind of text you curl up with in front of a cosy fire it is an excellent source of information for the busy criminal lawyer preparing a technology - rich trial, which in this day and age means virtually every major case.

Key Accomplishments • Introduced computer instruments in an environment working solely on manual instruments to gauge calibration problems in auto transmission vehicles • Acted as the prime source of information in an accident, by providing key information on which side the fault was • Diagnosed an engine failure based on a hunch (derived from a sound coming from the truck engine when the ignition was switched on), saving the vehicle and the people inside from a major fire hazard • Handled 32 road calls in one day, during Blizzard Jonas, and proved invaluable in ascertaining that all vehicle owners got home safely