Sentences with phrase «new emission goals»
But according to officials involved in the process, the treacherous political terrain has not stopped the administration from forging ahead with developing new emissions goals.
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We are now working toward achieving by 2020 new goals for reducing solid waste, water use, greenhouse gas emissions, nonrenewable energy use and packaging.
«Reducing greenhouse gas emissions while still growing as a company is one of the defining business challenges of the 21st century, and we're proud to be addressing that challenge head - on, starting with our new 2025 goal to achieve absolute reductions of no less than three percent year - over-year,» said Dean Scarborough, Avery Dennison's chairman and CEO, who will travel to Paris this December to discuss climate change with other business leaders at COP21.
Of course, there's not just the congestion - combating part of the plan to consider; as the city and state both move to uphold the Paris climate accord — which seeks to combat climate change and lower carbon emissions — encouraging people to drive less seems an obvious way to get New York closer to achieving that goal.
The organizers said the main goals of the event were to persuade Cuomo to block all new natural gas infrastructure in the state, including pipelines and power plants; move toward 100 percent renewable energy, and tax emissions to fund the transition.
The executive order signed by Cuomo on Thursday affirms New York state's climate and clean energy goals, including a 40 percent reduction in greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 levels by 2030 and an 80 percent reduction in emissions by 2050.
The agreement requires the governments to limit greenhouse gas emissions, and New York already is pursuing a goal of reducing emissions by 40 percent by 2030 and 80 percent below 1990 levels by mid-century.
New York has long pushed for goals to reduce emissions that pre-date Cuomo's administration in Albany.
Cuomo can aim for his aggressive goals to reduce climate - changing greenhouse gas emissions in the state, or he can see a network of proposed new natural gas pipelines built.
The final Erie County plan will summarize results of greenhouse gas emission inventories, set short - term and long - term energy goals, define new operations policies and changes to existing policies, identify implementation strategies and projects, present a detailed timeline for implementation and identify funding opportunities.
The project advances Governor Cuomo's Reforming the Energy Vision («REV») strategy to build an energy system that is clean, resilient and affordable for all New Yorkers, and includes the State's goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40 percent by 2030.
The «Clean Energy Fund» will finance research, innovation and market development to help the state meet Cuomo's goal of generating 50 percent of New York's power from renewable sources, and a 40 percent cut in greenhouse gas emissions, by 2030.
Phasing out coal is one of the first steps the Cuomo administration must make if it hopes to meet its goal of drastically reducing air emissions by about 40 percent in the next decade, said Lisa Dix, senior New York representative for Sierra Club.
And tough new rules from the federal Environmental Protection Agency on power plant emissions will make closing Indian Point that much harder, if the state is to do so and still meet its other environmental goals.
Governor Cuomo's Energy Highway Initiative has ambitious goals to move New York State to a lower carbon emission, renewable future.
The Environmental Protection Agency's proposal to reduce carbon pollution nationwide means a goal of reducing carbon emissions in New York state by more than 40 percent.
The draft Energy Plan affirms Governor Paterson's 2009 Executive Order 24 committing New York to the consensus goal of the International Panel on Climate Change at that time of an 80 percent reduction in carbon emissions by 2050 below 1990 levels.
«This is a real convergence of activity that will ensure we're on a robust path to make sure we get to ’40 by» 30,»» said John Williams, director of policy and regulatory affairs for the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority, referring to the state's goal of reducing emissions 40 percent by 2030.
The United States and Russia yesterday joined Norway, Mexico, Switzerland and the European Union in becoming the first governments to set new targets for cutting greenhouse gas emissions and explain to the world how they plan to meet those goals.
The National Association of Governors is the latest legislative group to support the American Institute of Architects» goal of zeroing out new and renovated buildings» greenhouse gas emissions by 2030.
The state Department of Environmental Protection simultaneously released a report yesterday about New Jersey's greenhouse gas emissions, which Christie said showed that the state's emissions already stand below goals for 2020, making the program essentially moot.
The United States needs to develop strong new post-2020 targets; the European Union will decide on its 2030 targets later this year; and China needs to move from its current emissions intensity goal to setting a year in which absolute emissions will peak.
While no countries put forward new targets, all of them — from emissions giant Australia to tiny Niue (population 1,398) inscribed their domestic carbon - cutting, fossil - fuel reducing, renewable energy and energy efficiency goals as part of the declaration.
Prior to 2007 scientists weren't sure what emissions reduction goal to shoot for, but new evidence led researchers to reach consensus on 350 ppm if we wished to have a planet, in the words of NASA climatologist James Hansen, «similar to the one on which civilization developed and to which life on earth is adapted.»
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.
New York City's greenhouse gas emissions have dropped by 19 percent since 2005, outgoing Mayor Michael Bloomberg said on Monday, putting the city nearly two - thirds of the way to meeting the goal that Bloomberg set five years ago.
Leaders have widely recognized that the new emissions - cutting goals countries are offering up for the Paris deal won't in themselves keep temperatures below 2 degrees.
China, meanwhile, will deploy as much as 1,000 new gigawatts of nuclear, wind, solar and other zero - emissions generation to meet its goal.
The Obama administration is quietly working on new greenhouse gas emissions targets to deliver to the United Nations, even as it struggles to craft regulations that will enable the United States to meet its current carbon - cutting goals.
The regulations that set fuel - economy and greenhouse - gas emission goals for cars and trucks have lower costs and higher benefits than previous analyses report, a new Carnegie Mellon University study shows.
According to an analysis done by the council that accompanied the new plan, the carbon tax - and - dividend system would «allow the United States to meet the upper end of its 2025 Paris commitment,» meaning it would achieve the goal of a 28 percent emissions reduction that the U.S. promised under the major international Paris climate agreement.
Greenpeace's goal in India is to stop all new coal - fired power plants because the resulting carbon emissions would contribute to global warming, even though scientists caution that renewable energy has not yet matured enough to supplant future coal - fired generation.
As the 2013 - 2014 season comes to a close at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, the International Polar Foundation is now looking ahead towards new collaborations and projects, including with other countries who wish to share the facilities on a more formal basis, and who are inspired by the zero emission goals.
New Paradigm: Under one scenario to achieve Land Degradation Neutrality (Sustainable Development Goal target 15.3), additional commitments in the land use sector, namely to restore and rehabilitate 12 million hectares of degraded land per year could help close the emissions gap by up to 25 % in the year 2030.
At the same time, a new paper published in Nature Geoscience examines the carbon budget for 1.5 C — in other words, how much more CO2 we can afford to release if we are to limit warming to the goal of the Paris Climate Agreement, taking into account recent emissions and temperatures.
The goal of the research group is to establish a new exploration method using as reference various molecular / atomic emission lines which can be observed at millimeter / submillimeter wavelengths (* 3).
China's integration of «new energy» vehicles — the Chinese term that includes battery electric, hybrid electric, fuel cell electric, and alternative fuel technologies1 - into transit fleets has become a primary focus following the development of national goals to address harmful emissions concerns.
«The goal was to revolutionize the architecture of the vehicle to provoke new emotions, provide new value and make visible for consumers how Zero Emissions can help redefine our conception of vehicle basics,» said Francois Bancon, division manager of product strategy and product planning at Nissan.
This new model, along with plenty of other plug - in hybrid models, is part of Audi's strategy to pump up its electrified portfolio to target Tesla, a goal made even more important now by the company's desire to distance itself from the diesel emissions scandal.
To help meet its goals of improving fuel efficiency and reducing CO2 emissions of its vehicles, Hyundai Motor Company has completed the development of an all - new 6 - speed automatic transaxle for transverse engine applications that it says will boost fuel economy by more than 12.2 %....
These new powertrain products — combined with weight reductions of 100 kg (220 lbs) on next - generation vehicles, improved aerodynamic design to reduce drag, and the introduction of electric devices like the fuel - saving stop / start system called i - stop (currently available in Japan and Europe)-- will contribute to meeting the Mazda's global 2015 fuel economy improvement goal of 30 %, with an accompanying drop in CO2 emissions of 23 % (compared to 2008).
A new - type piezo injector is another essential element in attaining the ambitious performance / efficiency / emissions goals with the necessary long - term durability: A «stack» of piezo crystals reacts lightning - fast to impulses from the engine electronics, governing the injector needle's opening stroke and duration for ultra-precise control of fuel quantity.
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And while greater cuts are needed here in America to avert a climate catastrophe, even this new goal means that as soon as Air Force One touches down at Andrews Air Force Base, President Bush should get working on an aggressive plan to cut United States emissions.
Today, I'm announcing a new national goal: to stop the growth of U.S. greenhouse gas emissions by 2025.
If the goal is to capture carbon emissions, wouldn't it be more intelligent to try to fund technologies to recycle them into new energy or products?
U.S. officials at U.N. climate negotiations here said Tuesday that they would not embrace any overall binding goals for cutting global greenhouse gas emissions before President Bush leaves office, essentially putting off specific U.S. commitments until a new administration assumes power in 2009, according to several participants.
In theory, the goal of the Paris talks over a new global climate agreement is to create a more sustainable human relationship with the climate system by curbing emissions of greenhouse gases and boosting poor countries» capacity to withstand climate shocks.
The goal is to create new targets and timetables to succeed the terms in that limited accord, which expire in 2012, but also to produce meaningful steps to curb emissions in countries not constrained by the Kyoto pact.
The findings by a team of scientists at the Woods Hole Research Center and Boston University add new urgency to the critical need for aggressive global and national - scale efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions in order to meet the climate goals of the Paris Agreement.