Sentences with phrase «motivated by carbon emissions»

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The government has attempted to downplay provisional figures showing carbon dioxide emissions rose by 1.25 per cent last year and instead argued the rise should motivate government, business and individuals to take action on reducing emissions.

Motivated by government regulations mandating reduction of fuel consumption (in the USA) or reduction of carbon dioxide emissions, (in Europe) passenger cars and light trucks have been fitted with a variety of technologies (downsized engines; lockup, multi-ratio and overdrive transmissions; variable valve timing, forced induction, Diesel engines, et al.) which render manifold vacuum inadequate or unavailable.

While such a plan is technically possible, emissions reductions that drastic would almost certainly require a willing Congress at the president's disposal — most notably to put a price on carbon that motivates the private sector — and even then, it's still an open question of whether full decarbonization by 2050 is possible given the heroic social and political change it would require at the same time.

Motivated by a desire to reduce carbon emissions, and in the absence of federal action to do so, 29 states (and the District of Columbia and Puerto Rico) have required utility companies to deliver specified minimum amounts of electricity from «renewable» sources, including wind and solar power.

If folks are motivated by flavor and food safety, not carbon emissions and getting gold stars from Al Gore, then I for one am excited.

«Thanks to inspired and motivated action taken by a number of IMO member states to move towards a ban on heavy fuel oil, Arctic communities and ecosystems will be protected from the threat of oil spills, and the impact of black carbon emissions,» said Dr. Sian Prior, lead advisor to the Clean Arctic Alliance, a coalition of 18 non-governmental organizations working to end HFO use as marine fuel in Arctic waters.