Sentences with phrase «new emission standards»

That slight drop in coverage comes despite the fact that the single biggest week of environmental coverage (5.4 % of the newshole) since the NCI began in January 2007 occurred from May 18 - 24, 2009, when President Obama announced new emission standards for cars.

The decision is due to the current model not being able to meet the new emission standards that are being introduced all - over.

Lower combustion temperatures in the 2.0 - litre «R» engine have reduced NOx emissions to meet strict new emissions standards, aided by a relatively low compression ratio, a new exhaust gas recirculation cooler system, and a new lean NOx trap.

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The CamPro engine was created to show Proton's ability to make its own engines that produce good power output and meet newer emission standards.

These challenges came from every angle from new emissions standards in 1970 to an oil crisis three years later, in addition to innumerable engineering issues.

Officials consider it «unlikely» that emissions - reducing technology for power plants — such as systems that capture and store carbon — will prove practical, and plants will have to stop using coal in order to meet the new emissions standards.

Last year it issued new emissions standards for cars, and set out a timetable for rules on large stationary sources such as cement plants and refineries.

«The Kemper County Energy Facility should not serve as a primary basis for new emissions standards impacting on all new coal - fired power plants.»

Michigan is also part of the Midwestern Power Sector Collaborative, which is pondering a regional approach to complying with the new emissions standards.

Not exact matches

The federal emissions standard is estimated to reduce carbon pollution equivalent to 134 coal power plants burning annually and save drivers $ 1,650 per vehicle through fuel savings according to the coalition that includes Connecticut, Illinois, Iowa, Minnesota, New Jersey, New York, Pennsylvania, Virginia and Washington.

A coalition of 17 states and Washington, D.C., is suing the Environmental Protection Agency to defend new vehicle emissions standards.

A new strategy to tackle federal standards for engine emissions has also run up to more than $ 700 million, while Navistar is expected to pay warranty costs on prior engines until the end of next year.

LNG projects would also be subject to new greenhouse gas emission standards and would have to pay general industrial electricity rates consistent with other industrial users in B.C., but the framework would repeal an LNG income tax introduced under the B.C. Liberals.

Twelve other states, including New York and Pennsylvania, as well as Washington, D.C., have adopted California's emission standards, setting up a face - off between more than 130 million residents — who own more than a third of the auto market — and the President.

Obama is directing the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency to work with existing and new power plants to develop emission standards, according to a blueprint for the proposals from the White House.

That means setting standards that encourage the new technologies, such as a promised renewable fuels standard, aimed at encouraging ways to ensure fuel consumers like cars and furnaces produce fewer greenhouse gas emissions.

A coalition of 17 states and Washington, D.C., is suing the EPA to defend new vehicle emissions standards.

A coalition of states, representing approximately 43 percent of the new - car sales market nationally, is suing the EPA to preserve auto emissions standards.

Trucking Efficiency informed the government's new, more - stringent fuel economy and emissions standards for heavy - duty trucks — estimated to save 1 billion metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions and $ 170 billion in fuel costs.

New standard designed to bolster confidence in emission reduction claims of UK forestry projects

While new bikes will have been designed to meet emission standards, the draft implies that current bikes would be tested too, but it is not yet clear as to what standards will be adopted.

The company said the continued operation of the nuclear plants is a «crucial way» to keep down New York's carbon emissions, as well as electric costs, and a «realistic» plan to meet the state's 2030 clean energy standards.

Cuomo has directed the state Public Service Commission to develop a new «clean energy standard» aimed at limiting carbon emissions.

President Obama's plan for national standards to curb power plant emissions is based, in part, on a cap and trade type program already existence in New York.

Cuomo has pushed in recent years to adopt new efforts aimed at reducing emissions and shifting the state toward the majority use of clean and renewable power in the coming years, including an effort to close coal - burning power plants by 2020, promoting offshore wind projects and developing a clean energy standard to have the state on 50 percent renewable energy by 2030.

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.

New York will end an agreement with New Jersey allowing companies to trade emission credits in order to meet pollution standards, a decision that follows accusations by federal prosecutors that the credits were part of a corruption scheme involving a Competitive Power Ventures power plant in New Jersey.

The UK will be the deciding factor in an EU debate on carbon dioxide emissions standards for new cars tomorrow, with green groups calling on the government to hold firm.

A group of energy companies and power plants are challenging New York's recently approved Clean Energy Standard (CES), which aims to reduce harmful carbon dioxide emissions in the state by subsidizing financially distressed nuclear power plants, including the FitzPatrick and Nine Mile Point plants in Oswego county.

«We established the state's first carbon dioxide emissions standard when siting new power plants which will ensure that no new dirty, coal - burning plants will be built in the State of New York, period,» Cuomo sanew power plants which will ensure that no new dirty, coal - burning plants will be built in the State of New York, period,» Cuomo sanew dirty, coal - burning plants will be built in the State of New York, period,» Cuomo saNew York, period,» Cuomo said.

The new critique comes almost a week after it was revealed that the EPA had accused Global Companies, which operates a train terminal at the Port of Albany, of violating air pollution standards regarding emissions from the dozens of oil trains that come through there each week.

The PSC in August approved a new «clean energy standard» aimed at boosting renewable energy and cutting carbon emissions.

The Public Service Commission is hammering out the details of the state's new «clean energy standard» to promote renewable energy sources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed that the new standard include «zero emission credits» for Upstate nuclear plants to provide them with above - market compensation for producing power without carbon emissions.

Establishing a single global standard for reporting greenhouse gas emissions will empower local governments to accelerate their actions and access funding for mitigation and adaptation projects,» said New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg, chairman of C40.

New efficiency standards and cleaner energy are already reducing emissions in the U.S. and other countries.

According to the Alliance to Save Energy, new standards for efficient lighting could save 158 million tons of carbon emissions each year, the equivalent of the emissions from 80 coal - fired power plants.

Soot emissions were also 90 percent lower than the new 2007 standard requires.

The six - term senator also said he hoped to attach pre-emption language to the Senate climate bill, S. 1733, that stops U.S. EPA from implementing a 2007 Supreme Court opinion that opens the door to new greenhouse gas emission standards on industry.

Kodjak said the ICAO's proposed standards will not sufficiently cut airplane emissions to reduce their climate impact, and the EPA's process for developing new standards for U.S. airplanes could be an opportunity to make emissions cuts even stricter.

In his new paper, Lovejoy applies the same approach to the 15 - year period after 1998, during which globally averaged temperatures remained high by historical standards, but were somewhat below most predictions generated by the complex computer models used by scientists to estimate the effects of greenhouse - gas emissions.

Most observers expect the EPA to say that aviation emissions endanger public health but are not sure how much the agency and the Federal Aviation Authority will reveal about their vision for a carbon dioxide emissions standard for new aircraft.

Last year the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency announced new more stringent emissions standards for marine engines — both in - board and outboard — that will go into effect in 2010.

In the latest round of federal elections, the governing Labor Party promised to implement power plant emissions standards and carbon capture requirements for new coal - burning generators.

Already, 29 states, led by New York and California, have their own renewables and greenhouse gas emissions standards.

A climate deal between the United States and China could spur new regulations on vehicle - efficiency standards, refrigerant pollutants and methane emissions from the oil and gas sector, launching a new round of executive action that is sure to raise objections from a Republican - dominated Congress.

The EPA eventually ruled that the emissions from this power plant alone caused the violations of the SO2 national ambient air quality standards in the downwind state, New Jersey.

«The president is opposed to mandatory caps on greenhouse gases, opposing a mandatory 10 -[mile - per - gallon] increase in cars and trucks, opposing a national renewable electricity standard, opposing state efforts to cut emissions from cars, and pushing for new sources of dangerous pollution from liquid coal,» said Rep. Ed Markey (D — Mass.), chairman of the House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming, in a statement released after the speech.

Showing that it is possible to cut greenhouse gas emissions, water consumption and energy usage will support the implementation of new standards and regulations on fluorinated gases.