Sentences with phrase «meet emission limits»

The MATS rule requires that all U.S. coal - and oil - fired power plants greater than 25 megawatts meet emission limits consistent with the average performance of the top 12 % of existing units — known as the maximum achievable control technology (MACT).

Since the 1980s, large aircraft engines have been required to meet emission limits that have been gradually tightened over time.

This engine already meets the emissions limits of all 50 U.S. states and the EU6 standard scheduled to take effect in 2014.

Any company that failed to meet the emissions limits set by the bill would be fined for each ton of greenhouse gases over the cap at the rate of three times the market value of a ton of greenhouse gas.

So, someone just reckoned since we had to give up heat rate to meet emissions limits, there wasn't much point in having the award anymore.»

Not exact matches

The EU considers itself at the forefront of the fight against climate change and as a bloc it's on track to meet its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, which limits the emissions of gases that warm the planet.

To meet the permitted limits of these regulations, many manufacturers use state - of - the - art technology to reduce pentane emissions (see for example: The Polystyrene Packaging Council, Polystyrene and Its Raw Material Styrene: Manufacture and Use November 1993; Updated January 1996).

The reality is that the monitoring sites located further away from the airport are failing to meet EU limits, and this is due to a variety of factors — but it is non-airport related traffic which is the most significant emissions source.

However, further budget backing for greener vehicles was limited to a small rise in vehicle excise duty for new diesel cars that fail to meet rigorous emissions standards — disappointing campaigners who had hoped for a rise in fuel duty or a diesel scrappage scheme.

Officials in nine states are examining whether to change the program's emissions limits and protocols via public meetings.

To avoid multiple climate tipping points, policy makers need to act now to stop global CO2 emissions by 2050 and meet the Paris Agreement's goal of limiting global warming to 1.5 °C above pre-industrial levels, a new study has said.

The acid test will come in 2015, when nations will meet in Paris to agree to limits on emissions beyond 2020 — when deep cuts will be needed if the planet is to have any chance of avoiding «dangerous» climate change.

A provincial approach must be «stringent enough to meet or exceed the federal benchmark,» Trudeau told the House of Commons as his government introduced a motion to ratify this past December's Paris agreement to limit carbon emissions, as well as a related agreement within Canada.

Existing technology like combined cycle generation could be used to meet EPA's stricter CO2 emissions limits

Negotiators at the U.N. climate meeting say their countries and the U.S. have economic and moral reasons to limit emissions

DENVER — Even as governments worldwide have largely failed to limit emissions of global warming gases, the decline of fossil fuel production may reduce those emissions significantly, experts said yesterday during a panel discussion at the Geological Society of America meeting.

The sense at the meeting was that drastic emissions cuts are the best way to limit the catastrophic droughts and sea - level rises that global warming is expected to cause.

The Environmental Protection Agency plans to finalize its controversial first rule on reducing mercury emissions from power plants this month, and delegates from the United Nations Environment Programme met in late February to discuss an international convention limiting mercury use and emissions.

Meanwhile, at a meeting later this month, the International Maritime Organization, a London - based UN agency, will hear calls for similar limits on shipping emissions, which the IMO estimates will otherwise rise by 250 per cent by 2050.

The authors say fossil - fuel emissions should peak by 2020 at the latest and fall to around zero by 2050 to meet the UN's Paris Agreement's climate goal of limiting the global temperature rise to «well below 2 °C» from preindustrial times.

This includes clauses to: limit global warming to less than 2 °C above pre-industrial levels and endeavour to limit it to 1.5 °C; for countries to meet their own voluntary targets on limiting emissions between 2020 and 2030; for countries to submit new, tougher, targets every five years; to aim for zero net emissions by 2050 - 2100; and for rich nations to help poorer ones adapt.

In addition to federal regulations that limit carbon dioxide emissions, 29 states and Washington, DC have Renewable Portfolio Standards that require power generators to meet specified renewable energy targets by certain dates.

EcoLogo requires products to meet Energy Star criteria and Restriction of Hazardous Substances (RoHS) requirements and sets strict limits on ozone, dust, and VOC emissions.

Changes to the software can be made; the software then is to be re-certified to ensure that it meets tailpipe emission limits.

It already meets the exhaust emission limits laid down in the Euro 6 standard, which does not come into force until 2014, and the tough US regulations as well.

Renault executives will meet with technical experts representing the French government to explain why the Captur SUV and two other diesel models have NOx emissions far higher than legal limits, a French newspaper has reported.

Apart from looking absolutely fantastic with ridiculously flared wheel arches, lifted ride height and huge dual - purpose tyres, the AT35 will pull the UK legal limit of 3.5 tonnes, will carry a tonne in its load bay and, for the record, it meets Euro 6 emissions regs without needing regular, annoying AdBlue top - ups.

As with carbon dioxide emissions, the engines for the new E-Class have also taken a further major step towards the future when it comes to exhaust gas emissions: all of the powerplants meet the requirements of the EU 5 standard, whose limits are up to 80 percent more stringent than those in previous standards.

The number sounds ambitious on the surface, but with the expectation of carbon dioxide emission limits becoming stricter in major markets, one million EVs and plug - in hybrids in nine years is the target VW is setting for itself in order to meet the demands for these cars.

The results meet both current EU 4 exhaust emissions standards and the forthcoming EURO 5 limit.

Each Roush RS3 gets a 3 - year / 36, 000 - mile limited warranty and it will meet government emission standards.

Now that Honda has decided to discontinue the UK - built Civic Type R after not meeting the Euro V emissions regulations, the Japanese - based auto company is bringing a select number of these sporty hot hatches back to the motherland as a limited edition release.

It's an important moment for this message to sink in, because the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, meeting this week in Bangkok, is getting ready to dive in on a special report on the benefits of limiting global warming to 1.5 degrees Celsius above Earth's temperature a century or more ago and emissions paths to accomplish that (to learn what this murky number means in relation to the more familiar 2 - degree limit click here for a quick sketch, basic science, deep dive).

Late this week, the countries responsible for more than 80 percent of global carbon dioxide emissions will meet in Paris in the third round of climate and energy discussions organized by the Bush administration, aimed ostensibly at finding a common long - term goal for emissions limits.

Called «Many Heavens, One Earth,» the meeting is intended to generate commitments for actions by religious organizations, congregants and countries that could reduce emissions of greenhouse gases or otherwise limit the human impact on the environment.

That's when energy and environment ministers, a sprinkling of prime ministers and presidents, and other senior officials try to close out a negotiating plan that, the United Nations hopes, will end with a Copenhagen Protocol (the 2009 meeting is in that city) that could be in force by the end of 2012, when the Kyoto agreement's emissions limits expire.

[UPDATE, 5/26: The meeting has ended with what appears to be some agreement on ways for rich countries to help poorer ones limit vulnerability from climate change, but with no shift in views on who needs to cut emissions how much and how fast.

New talks over reviving the first climate treaty, the 1992 framework convention, and the Kyoto Protocol — a 1997 addendum that doesn't constrain the world's biggest gas emitters, the United States and China — remain focused on committing countries to limits on emissions, but not on advancing the technology needed to meet those limits, these critics say.

The meeting will also focus on Obama's plan, announced last June, to use the EPA to limit greenhouse gas emissions from future and existing power plants.

Each individual coal plant, for example, can choose to meet the applicable emission rate limit (set in pounds of CO2 per megawatt - hour of electricity generated) by reducing its own emission rate or by acquiring emission reduction credits.

The SkyShares model enables users to relate a target limit for temperature change to a global emissions ceiling; to allocate this emissions budget across countries using different policy rules; and then uses estimated marginal abatement costs to calculate the costs faced by each country of decarbonising to meet its emissions budget, with the costs for each country depending in part on whether and how much carbon trading is allowed.

The Government has said it will not ratify the Kyoto Protocol but that Australia will meet its target of limiting emissions to 108 % of 1990 levels by 2012 anyway.

EPA - mandated emission limits on conventional sources of electricity, especially coal - fired power plants, are so restrictive that current technology can not meet their demands.

Operators of these types of boilers will have three years to reduce toxic air pollution and meet new emissions limits.

The importance of the second trading period stems from the fact that it coincides with the first commitment period of the Kyoto Protocol, during which the EU and other industrialised countries must meet their targets to limit or reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

By setting clear, «science - based» emissions reduction targets, companies ensure their plans for carbon reduction meet the level of ambition needed to limit the increase in global average temperature to well below 2 °C.

The Copenhagen meeting, taking place from December 7 through 18, aims to forge an agreement on greenhouse gas emissions limits after the Kyoto Protocol's first commitment period expires at the end of 2012.

«These emissions,» says National Geographic, «must remain within a «carbon budget» of about 1,100 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide by 2050 to meet the internationally accepted goal of limiting the rise in temperatures to 2 °C (3.6 °F) above preindustrial levels, according to the United Nations - led Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change.

If a participant can not meet their own emissions limit, they must either purchase additional credits from participants that are successful in meeting their emissions target, or invest in emissions - reducing projects.

Of course, some ships are already using low sulphur fuel oil to meet the even more stringent limits of 0.10 % m / m when trading in the already - established emission control areas.