Sentences with phrase «nitrous oxide emissions produced»

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And a Nobel - prize winning chemist has publicized his findings that biofuels made from nitrogen - thirsty plants (like corn and canola) actually produce a net increase in greenhouse gas emissions, because they release nitrous oxide during their production.

«A global assessment of marine nitrous oxide emissions is, however, difficult because we do not know exactly where and how much nitrous oxide is produced,» says marine chemist Damian L. Arévalo - Martínez from GEOMAR Helmholtz Centre for Ocean Research Kiel.

-- For a covered entity described in section 700 (13)(C), 1 emission allowance for each ton of carbon dioxide equivalent of fossil fuel - based carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide, or any other fluorinated gas that is a greenhouse gas (except for nitrogen trifluoride), or any combination thereof, produced or imported by such covered entity during the previous calendar year for sale or distribution in interstate commerce.

Experiments in Quebec found that soybeans, a major legume oilseed crop in eastern Canada, produced lower nitrous oxide emissions than corn, the major cereal crop grown in the eastern region.

For example, polyester is much more energy intensive than cotton, but its greenhouse gas emissions are lower because growing cotton produces nitrous oxide.

There are ongoing developments that could make a slight dent in agriculture emissions, Wollenberg and her team note, such as efforts to single out cattle breeds that produce less methane, or new varieties of wheat and maize that don't produce nitrous oxide.

Of these, policies aimed at renewable energy, CHP, reduction of nitrous oxide from industry and reducing methane emission from landfills produced the largest decreases.