Sentences with phrase «of emissions guidelines»

The EPA also announced that it is considering an update of emissions guidelines for existing landfills nationwide as a way to reduce methane emissions.

Not exact matches

This certification is itself an assurance that the components used in the topper meet the strict guidelines and standards of content, emissions, and durability.

Along with data from the few studies like Yokelson's, Wiedinmyer used guidelines for calculating trash burning emissions produced by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change to determine how much waste was being generated and burned, what exactly was in that waste, and what types of chemicals were likely generated.

The Walt Disney Co. yesterday announced new guidelines for sourcing paper used in its popular lines of products and packaging, citing its long - standing commitment to conservation and greenhouse gas emissions reduction.

Although sustainability guidelines are unlikely to be included in the final version of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the Advisory Committee included the following statement in their initial report: «Consistent evidence indicates that, in general, a dietary pattern that is higher in plant - based foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, and lower in animal - based foods is more health promoting and is associated with lesser environmental impact (greenhouse gas emissions and energy, land, and water use) than is the current average guidelines are unlikely to be included in the final version of the 2015 Dietary Guidelines for Americans, the Advisory Committee included the following statement in their initial report: «Consistent evidence indicates that, in general, a dietary pattern that is higher in plant - based foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, and lower in animal - based foods is more health promoting and is associated with lesser environmental impact (greenhouse gas emissions and energy, land, and water use) than is the current average Guidelines for Americans, the Advisory Committee included the following statement in their initial report: «Consistent evidence indicates that, in general, a dietary pattern that is higher in plant - based foods, such as vegetables, fruits, whole grains, legumes, nuts and seeds, and lower in animal - based foods is more health promoting and is associated with lesser environmental impact (greenhouse gas emissions and energy, land, and water use) than is the current average U.S. diet.

U.S. - China Race to Zero Emissions Challenge Official Guidelines Released Jan 13, 2017 The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Chinese Ministry of Transport (MOT) today announced the official guidelines for the U.S. - China Race to Zero Emissions (R2ZE) Guidelines Released Jan 13, 2017 The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) and the Chinese Ministry of Transport (MOT) today announced the official guidelines for the U.S. - China Race to Zero Emissions (R2ZE) guidelines for the U.S. - China Race to Zero Emissions (R2ZE) Challenge.

Further information on official fuel consumption figures, specific CO2 emission values and the electric power consumption of new passenger cars is included in the following guideline: «Leitfaden über Kraftstoffverbrauch, die CO2 - Emissionen und den Stromverbrauch neuer Personenkraftwagen» (Guideline for fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and electric power consumption of new passenger cars), which can be obtained from all dealerships, from Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH (DAT), Hellmuth - Hirth - Str.

Further information on official fuel consumption figures, specific CO2 emission values and the electric power consumption of new passenger cars is included in the following guideline: «Leitfaden über Kraftstoffverbrauch, die CO2 - Emissionen und den Stromverbrauch neuer Personenkraftwagen» (Guideline for fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and electric power consumption of new passenger cars), which can be obtained free of charge from all dealerships and at http://www.dat.de/en/offers/publications/guideline-for-fuel-consumption.html.

Further information on official fuel consumption figures and specific CO2 emission values of new passenger cars is included in the following guideline: «Leitfaden über Kraftstoffverbrauch, die CO2 - Emissionen und den Stromverbrauch neuer Personenkraftwagen» (Guideline for fuel consumption, CO2 emissions and electric power consumption of new passenger cars), which can be obtained free of charge from all dealerships, from the Deutsche Automobil Treuhand GmbH (DAT), Hellmuth - Hirth - Str.

S. Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Air Quality Planning and Standards, Regulatory Impact Analysis for the Proposed Carbon Pollution Guidelines for Existing Power Plants and Emissions Standards for Modified and Reconstructed Power Plants, EPA - 452 / R -14-002 (June, 2014), accessed December 30, 2014.

The vast majority of Parties reporting emissions / removals for the land - use change and forestry category provided estimates for the sub-category changes in forest and other woody biomass stocks (managed forests in Draft IPCC Guidelines).

Parties shall, when pursuing actions in the land sector in addition to actions in other sectors and consistent with all relevant international obligations, prioritise the protection, maintenance and restoration of natural ecosystems; undertake emissions reductions and removals in an equitable manner; and the governing body shall develop principles and guidelines for ensuring social protections, food security, ecological integrity, transparency and comparability in relation to such actions.

The guidelines are essential for determining whether total world emissions are declining fast enough to achieve the goals of the Paris Agreement.

Current U.S. dietary guidelines and many health professionals have recommended diets higher in fruits and vegetables and lower in red meat as a means of helping to reduce the risk of cardiovascular disease and some cancers.316, 319,320,321,322,323,324 These changes in food consumption, and related changes to food production, could have co-benefits in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions.

This technical document extends the content of the 2006 IPCC Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories and provides updated information reflecting scientific advances, including updating of emission factors for wetlands.

The annual report also outlines measures undertaken by the CDM Executive Board and its support structure to enhance the efficiency of many processes under the CDM, such as guidelines for standardized emissions baselines and simplification of the CDM requirements.

For the first commitment period decision 15 / CMP.1 Guidelines for the preparation of the information required under Article 7 of the Kyoto Protocol stipulates that each Party included in Annex I shall include in its annual greenhouse gas inventory information on anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions by sources and removals by sinks from land use, land - use change and forestry activities under Article 3, paragraph 3, and, if any, elected activities under Article 3, paragraph 4, in accordance with Article 5, paragraph 2, as elaborated by any good practice guidance in accordance with relevant decisions of the COP / MOP on land use, land - use change and forestry.

Finally, two weeks ago the EPA issued its draft guidelines on existing fossil fuel power plants, setting a nationwide goal of a 30 percent reduction in carbon dioxide emissions from those plants by 2030, compared to 2005 levels (which were higher than today's).

So our information about ecosystem function — it really gives them a guideline of creating future standards of carbon dioxide emissions.

In the IPCC recommended default approach (Revised 1996 IPCC Guidelines), all CO2 emissions and removals associated with forest harvesting and the oxidation of wood products are accounted for by the country in the year of harvesting (removal).

An approach for estimating the net CO2 emissions from forest harvesting and wood products was forwarded to the IPCC Plenary in 1996, as part of the Revised 1996 Guidelines for National Greenhouse Gas Inventories.

As per the Revised IPCC Guidelines for national GHG inventory (1996), the potential emission values are used only in case of unavailability of the actual emission values.

ICAO guidelines should be stricter and lay out a more formal strategy for individual nations, airline operators, and aircraft manufactures to collaborate in this venture of reducing aircraft emissions.

Auctioning of emission allowances - The guidelines issued by the European Commission include the option for Member States to auction up to 10 per cent of the emission allowances for the 2008 - 2012 period, thus giving the possibility to gain revenues for administration.

We are environmental and energy regulators from a group of 12 states, and we are providing comment on the Environmental Protection Agency's (EPA) Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking on State Guidelines for Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Existing Sources (ANPRM)[1].

According to FAO, the FAOSTAT Emissions Land Use database provides country - level estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions based on FAOSTAT activity data using Tier 1 computations, following 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National GHG InvEmissions Land Use database provides country - level estimates of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions based on FAOSTAT activity data using Tier 1 computations, following 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National GHG Invemissions based on FAOSTAT activity data using Tier 1 computations, following 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Guidelines for National GHG Inventories.

Since its inception in 1919, API has developed research, standards and best practices for safety and environmental performance, including guidelines and software for estimating and reducing greenhouse gas emissions, guidelines for sustainability reporting, and hundreds of industry training programs.

This factsheet published as part of the EPA's rules for Municipal Solid Waste Landfills focuses on proposed emission guidelines for existing landfills...

With that wording it clearly falls under «3.1 Mitigation papers that examine GHG emission reduction or carbon sequestration, linking it to climate change» so, - under our documented rating guidelines - is an implicit endorsement of AGW (and it's called «anthropogenic» for a reason, namely for humans being the main and not just a «minor» or «one of many» causes).

The limits are stricter than those in the Industrial Emissions Directive (IED) of the European Union and in the International Finance Corporation (IFC) guidelines.

The guidelines are a response to the notion that CCS is part of a broad arsenal of technologies needed to both reduce fossil fuel - related greenhouse gas emissions and meet future energy demands.

New guidelines for calculating carbon emissions from wetlands will provide a more accurate picture of buried treasure — a massive amount of carbon on a scale that is often underestimated and often unnoticed because it is stored underground, experts say.

First, there's EPA's effort to regulate power sector emissions — with carbon pollution guidelines proposed for existing power plants, on top of the already proposed guidelines for new electric utility generating units.

But these guidelines will only take account of the first 10 years of a dam's operation and only include surface emissions.

The government has developed many environmental and social guidelines that are soft and non-binding, she explained, adding that, even as China has pursued green investments, many of its BRI projects are oil and gas - focused, leading to greater fossil fuel development, and potentially greater greenhouse gas emissions and climate instability.

Products that earn the Energy Star designation prevent greenhouse gas emissions by meeting energy efficiency guidelines set by the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency and the U.S. Department of Energy.

in response to the landfill rule telling the agency it lacks authority under the Clean Air Act to revise emission guidelines to make them more stringent: «Since the enactment of section 111 (d) in 1970, EPA has never before sought to make any emission guidelines under section 111 (d) more stringent.»

However, buried in another set of comments submitted to the EPA's regulatory reform task force by utility companies via UARG is the line: «UARG encourages EPA to acknowledge that once it has promulgated emission guidelines for a source category, the CAA does not give the Agency authority to revisit those guidelines and make them more stringent.»

The guidelines are intended to be applied in the planning stages of an emission reduction project to support the work involved in preparation of the project design documentation for registration.

To calculate the carbon emissions avoided by using a PVDI system in lieu of a liquid - fuel pump, we use 2006 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change National Greenhouse Gas Inventories Programme guidelines (39).

Last year, the Environmental Protection Act (EPA) issued proposed guidelines, known as the Clean Power Plan (CPP), directing all states to limit carbon dioxide emissions from power generation, purportedly in accordance with Section 111 (d) of the federal Clean Air Act.

The scientific community also doesn't follow a standard practice for counting emissions, even though the International Hydropower Association and the United Nations Educational, Scientific and Cultural Organisation (Unesco) published a set of guidelines in 2010.

The negligence of EU environmental policy in the Commission's 2004 Guidelines on Application of Article 81 (3) of the Treaty and the 2010 Guidelines on Horizontal Co-Operation Agreements is seriously worrying in that respect, particularly since EU environmental policy is based increasingly on market based instruments (e.g. emissions trading, tax instruments, voluntary environmental agreements) to achieve EU environmental goals.

The kit, which was developed to help meet the Mayor's target of cutting CO2 emissions in the City by 60 % by 2025, outlines model agreements and best practice guidelines for owners and occupiers to agree carbon, energy, waste and water reduction strategies.