Sentences with phrase «of global warming pollutants»

Some argue that just the possibility that Hansen's worst case scenario comes to pass — the «known unknown» scenario, to use former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld's infamous idiom — is reason enough for policymakers to take bold steps at the Paris Summit to curtail emissions of global warming pollutants, such as carbon dioxide.

Over its life, the Skystream can offset more than 6000 pounds of global warming pollutants (carbon dioxide and other gases that are associated with global warming) every year.

Sacramento — Reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s, mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs, have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a first - of - its - kind study examining the impact of black carbon on California's climate.

Reductions in emissions of black carbon since the late 1980s, mostly from diesel engines as a result of air quality programs, have resulted in a measurable reduction of concentrations of global warming pollutants in the atmosphere, according to a first - of - its - kind study — which Berkeley Lab participated in — examining the impact of black carbon on California's climate.

However, ships are a major source of global warming pollutants including: carbon dioxide, nitrous oxide and black carbon.

Not exact matches

More than 170 countries agreed early Saturday morning to limit emissions of key climate change - causing pollutants found in air conditioners, a significant step in the international effort to keep global warming from reaching catastrophic levels.

Reducing emissions of these other pollutants might not slow global warming as much as previously thought

The very well - being of the northern food chain is coming under threat from global warming, land development, and industrial pollutants in the marine environment.

Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton today will announce a $ 15 million, six - country coalition dedicated to curbing non-carbon dioxide pollutants that cause global warming.

The researchers then linked the healthcare - related emissions to specific environmental and health outcomes, including global warming; ozone depletion; respiratory disease from air pollutants; cancer from chemical exposure; and the environmental effects of acid rain, among others.

He runs through a laundry list of factors that could amplify virus - driven disease mortality: fisheries shifting food chains, global warming, marine pollutant — triggered toxic algae blooms, marine pollution in the form of chemical contaminants, and endocrine disruptors altering the host — pathogen balance.

The fact that the city's bus fleet still depends on diesel, Artaxo warned, creates an even worse health hazard in the shape of emissions of black carbon, one of the main components of soot and a pollutant that contributes to global warming.

The 700 - degree Fahrenheit (370 - degree Celsius) fumes left over contain at least 30,000 parts per million of carbon dioxide (CO2)-- the primary greenhouse gas responsible for global warming — along with other pollutants.

If human - caused climate change is to be slowed enough to avert the worst consequences of global warming, carbon dioxide emissions from coal - fired power plants and other pollutants will have to be captured and injected deep into the ground to prevent them from being released into the atmosphere.

But emissions have two parts: One is the pollutants that are harmful to people, animals, oceans, etcetera; the other is CO2 (carbon dioxide) emissions that are generally considered to be the cause of global warming, which is generally considered to be fact, and that CO2 is produced in direct proportion to how much fossil fuel is burned in cars, as well as buildings, locomotives, planes, and ships.

Mr. Gore, the 2000 Democratic presidential nominee and co-winner of the Nobel Peace Prize for his work on climate change, told the Senate Foreign Relations Committee that the new spending Mr. Obama is proposing will begin to quickly reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other pollutants blamed for global warming.

The elements that I believe are key to a successful agreement in Copenhagen include: • Strong targets and timetables from industrialized countries and differentiated but binding commitments from developing countries that put the entire world under a system with one commitment: to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other global warming pollutants that cause the climate crisis; • The inclusion of deforestation, which alone accounts for twenty percent of the emissions that cause global warming; • The addition of sinks including those from soils, principally from farmlands and grazing lands with appropriate methodologies and accounting.

This would serve multiple purposes, of (a) weaning us from dependence on foreign oil and simultaneously depleting terror - exporting countries of their revenue stream, (b) reducing other pollutants besides CO2, (c) encouraging a more gradual and less economically disastrous transition from an economony based on a finite resource, (d) slow global warming, (e) move us in the direction of a VAT tax rather than an income tax (actually, personally I don't think e is such a great thing, but as many conversative groups favor it, I don't see why they would oppose a revenue - neutral tax on fossil fuels.

Black carbon is the second largest cause of global warming, and this bill will ensure that we have the information we need to address this dangerous pollutant.»

Global warming is unequivocal and is due primarily to human - induced emissions of heat - trapping gases and other pollutants.

The Nature commentary by Penner et al. on which this argument is based actually says that on top of the global warming caused by carbon dioxide, other short - lived pollutants (such as methane and black carbon) cause an additional warming approximately 65 % as much as CO2, and other short - lived pollutants (such as aerosols) also cause some cooling.

If man - made global warming is such a critical issue, why are the main polluters in the world allowed to keep producing the pollutants while those who produce some of the least amounts are penalized?

You'll note an acceleration of those temperatures in the late 1970s as greenhouse gas emissions from energy production increased worldwide and clean air laws reduced emissions of pollutants that had a cooling effect on the climate, and thus were masking some of the global warming signal.

The mitigation of Short - lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) has received much attention in the past few years for its potential to lessen health - related impacts of air pollution, prevent major crop losses, and in some cases also slow down global warming.

There is growing recognition of the value of near - term actions to reduce short - lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) such as methane, black carbon, and various hydrofluorocarbons that have large global warming potentials.

of Short - lived Climate Pollutants (SLCPs) has received much attention in the past few years for its potential to lessen health - related impacts of air pollution, prevent major crop losses, and in some cases also slow down global warming.

Its definition as a pollutant relies entirely on its alleged causation of significant global warming and on the additional assumption that a warmer climate is damaging.

Methane is a potent greenhouse gas pollutant, with up to 34 times more global warming potential than carbon dioxide, and it accounts for roughly one - quarter of human - made global warming.

It is a potent climate pollutant responsible for about a quarter of today's global warming, and can be associated with public health problems, such as the headaches, nausea and other symptoms that have been reported by residents of the nearby Porter Ranch neighborhood.

«Ecological treaties should seek to curb emissions of sulpher dioxide, nitrogen oxides, heavy metals and other highly - toxic pollutants instead of targeting carbon dioxide, which is a non-toxic gas whose impact on global warming has not been proved,» says Dr. Golubchikov.

Notorious for... Under the group's influence, the US administration announced last August that it would «redefine» carbon dioxide, the main cause of global warming, so that it would no longer be considered a pollutant and would therefore not be subject to regulation under the Clean Air Act.

We focus on the cars, SUVs, minivans, and pickups sold by the six largest companies in the US market, analyzing their emissions of smog - forming pollutants and global warming gases.

Ample technology exists to cost - effectively reduce emissions of smog - forming pollutants and global warming gases.

The global warming science facts, black carbon is a major pollutant that not only kills thousands per year but has been found to be a major contributor to increasing global temperatures - a new peer reviewed study confirms findings of previous research

We call on all people and nations to recognize the serious and potentially irreversible impacts of global warming caused by the anthropogenic emissions of greenhouse gases and other pollutants, and by changes in forests, wetlands, grasslands, and other land uses.

What the EPA does not communicate clearly to the public, however, is that none of these health benefits come from decreasing carbon dioxide emissions to avoid global warming, but from coincidental benefits (or «co-benefits») from reducing other air pollutants which the EPA already heavily regulates.

Rather, Vitter and his staff appear to disagree with the shared policy goals of these nonprofits, which include combating global warming as well as reducing cancer - causing pollutants from the air and water.»

Hybrid cars are an answer to growing global warming condition that is influenced by pollutant emissions from the exhausts of cars.

Fast action to reduce short - lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) could slow the rate of global warming while saving millions of lives over the next several decades from air pollution — which now kills more than 6 million people a year.

«Precise measurements of temperature within the ocean confirm that the Earth is absorbing more energy from sunlight than it emits back to space, providing perhaps the strongest evidence to date that rising concentrations of greenhouse gases and other pollutants are the primary cause of the current global warming trend.

Having said that, the campaign could prove useful as one of a number of tactics being deployed by 350.org, the Sierra Club and others that are aimed at bringing about political change — namely, taxes or caps on global warming pollutants, EPA rules to curb coal - burning, etc..

Although it is important to reduce the remaining climate uncertainties, such as the magnitude of the impacts of short - lived pollutants, it does not change the fact that CO2 is very likely the driving force behind the current global warming, or that if we double the amount of CO2 in the atmosphere from pre-industrial levels, the planet will likely warm in the range of 2 to 4.5 °C.

Interestingly, Penner et al. find that whether the climate sensitivity parameter is on the low or high end, reducing anthropogenic emissions of the short - lived warming pollutants would achieve a significant reduction in global warming over the next 50 - 100 years.

The study shows that the proposed suite of policies can meet most of the growth in demand while reducing energy bills, creating jobs and reducing emissions of criteria and global warming pollutants.

Methane is an invisible, yet powerful, climate pollutant responsible for about 25 % of current global warming.

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Referring to C02 as a «pollutant» or «poisoning the atmosphere» with C02 is patently ridiculous; but unfortunately such statements are common in our culture of global - warming scare - mongering.

Palmer concludes, «So, the global warming issue is not about the reality of the greenhouse effect, or CO, as a pollutant.

In the WGII Report, where they are examining the impact of global warming as it relates to soot and other «pollutants» it is the opposite, with a definition of particulates but none for aerosols.

I don't remember that much of the 70's, (born in 69) but there definitely was an apocalyptic gloom and doom, «end of the world» mentality going on, nuclear destruction, an ice age was coming, (due to CO2 and other pollutants) followed in the 80's, by fears of nuclear war and the take up of the catastrophic man made global warming vision.