Sentences with phrase «of higher carbon»

«The larger the proportion of higher carbon - emitting resources in a region's existing generation capacity mix, the larger role energy efficiency and renewable energy can play in displacing CO2 emissions,» according to the report.

Since 2005 the consumption of higher carbon fossil fuels has begun to decline very significantly, which has caused individual U.S. end - use Sectors» carbon emissions to also decline.

It builds upon other certification systems, such as the Roundtable for Sustainable Palm Oil, and tackles some of the most challenging issues facing the palm oil sector, such as the destruction of high carbon stock forests and the abuse of the most vulnerable workers,» said Matthias Diemer, Chair of the Palm Oil Innovation Group.

This will be achieved through a combination of high carbon trading and offset; the use of sustainable fuel such as from waste and fuel - burn reduction through a more efficient aircraft fleet.

The point is made of high carbon steel and it's razor sharp.

The taps and dies in this set are made of high carbon steel, which means they'll last you for as long as you need.

«We can not cope with that in a throw - away culture of high carbon emissions and profligate use of resources,» says Howard.

The research focused on a time that marked a change between a period of high carbon - dioxide levels in the atmosphere similar to modern day and much lower levels similar to the period before the industrial revolution, Pullen said.

«Bivalves have been around for a long time and have survived different geologic periods of high carbon dioxide levels in marine environments,» says George Waldbusser, an Oregon State University (OSU) marine ecologist and biogeochemist and lead author of the paper.

This is expected to have a cooling effect on surface temperatures, which would offset the warming effect of high carbon dioxide concentrations.

I'll add this: during some times when the oceans became more acidic because of high carbon in the atmosphere — there was a huge mass extinction event.

Setting Priorities: The transition to «climate smart» land management practices, including for example low - emissions agriculture, agroforestry and the restoration of high carbon - value ecosystems, such as forests and peatlands, will require sectoral coordination and investments in integrated land use planning.

Yeast especially, can multiply rapidly in the presence of any high carbon substances like sugar.

While global concentrations are far below that, in local areas of high carbon pollution or poor air circulation (e.g. indoors, or on a highway), it's not hard to reach already.

Much of the high carbon - storage capacity grasslands were converted to intensive human economic use in the same time frame.

Currently the Earth is in a warming trend, perhaps aided and abetted by man's profligate use of high carbon fuels.

The new policy targets several of the major criticisms against APP, including deforestation, degradation of high carbon peatlands, conservation of critical wildlife habitat, and social conflict with local communities.

Many studies have demonstrated the risks that ocean acidification pose to marine organisms, such as coral dissolving in more acidic water.6 However, new findings suggest that the August and September time period could be particularly challenging for the earliest life stage of elkhorn coral — an important reef - forming coral of the Caribbean — if we continue on a path of high carbon dioxide emissions.5 Ordinarily each August or September elkhorn corals flood the water with eggs and sperm (gametes) for sexual reproduction.2

And taking the lead involves allowing for the transfer of technologies to developing countries so that they can leapfrog some of the high carbon, high fossil fuel, high greenhouse gas emission technologies that we've gone through.

How do we reduce carbon emissions in the absence of high carbon prices and what strategies can accommodate developing countries» overriding need for inexpensive energy?

Industry is rarely shy about sharing its views on the impact of high carbon costs, taking every opportunity to message that carbon costs equate to job losses.

As you can see, they found that tree density was significantly higher (in eight of nine forest types) in the current era of high carbon dioxide, when compared to the early period when concentrations were around 306 ppm, only about 10 percent above the pre-industrial background.

In time, there are potential dangers of high carbon monoxide buildup.

So, even here, at climate amelioration Ground Zero, we don't see the willingness to do much more than continue our morbid consumption, using low carbon instead of high carbon technology.

Blocking out the sun might keep the planet cool, but it would do little to address other effects of high carbon - dioxide levels, such as the acidification of the oceans.

By some estimates, REDD could make conservation of high carbon ecosystems profitable relative to other forms of land use.

Production of high carbon emission should not get rewarded through carbon trading.

Not exact matches

However, mainly because until recently carbon dioxide was thought to be harmless, the buildup of CO2 is often even higher.

The main reason the US ranks so poorly on carbon dioxide emissions is because its per - person consumption rate of electricity is so high; all of that energy comes primarily from fossil fuels.

The tweets, which included one saying «Today, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 years.

«Today, the amount of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is higher than at any time in the last 650,000 years.

GreenBuilt searched for a healthy, durable, climate resilient material that could provide high - quality permanent housing as well as temporary shelter, and hempcrete (a bio-composite made of the hemp plant's inner woody core combined with a lime - based binder) appeared to be a superior option because of its sustainability and carbon sequestration properties, as well as its potential to spur economic development.

Conservative finance critic Pierre Poilievre called the PBO's findings «damaging» for the government, citing the impact of larger deficits, higher debt payments and a carbon tax that he says will erase at least $ 10 billion per year from the national economy by 2022.

At the high end of the range above, with total GHG intensities in Canada of a little over 0.21 tonnes of carbon dioxide equivalent per tonne of LNG shipped, carbon costs would not materially alter processing costs.

In fact, the carbon intensity of the in situ sector is higher on average than the mining side.

«The expectation is that they'll be more valuable because the price of carbon may go higher.»

Comparing the capital and operating costs of various forms of energy — even factoring in US$ 50 a tonne for carbon emissions (a higher rate than is currently levied by any North American state or province)-- natural gas comes out as a clear winner.

The floor price, which begins this year at C$ 10 per tonne and increases to $ 50 by 2022, will cost the country's economy about $ 2 billion, or 0.1 % — before factoring in «the prospect of additional growth that could result from clean technology investments spurred on by a higher price on carbon,» The Canadian Press notes.

``... to wean our economy off its overreliance on high - cost carbon fuels...» And how do you propose to do this with fossil fuels representing more than 80 % of the energy budget?

The next time the premiers huddle together they should start talking about how to wean our economy off its overreliance on high - cost carbon fuels that the rest of the world has little need for today and will need even less of tomorrow.

«We can in fact help other parts of the world reduce their greenhouse gas emissions dramatically by providing them with lower - carbon fuels in other parts of the world where they are using very high - carbon fuels like coal.»

And the higher the price of energy and carbon, the greater their impact on steel production costs.

To ensure the fund had a low - carbon footprint, NUBD excludes issuers in sectors having high levels of fossil - fuel reserve ownership — which includes metals miners and oil and gas producers.

Spelling out the next steps on carbon pricing (p. 127): A good illustration of movement without dollars: while the budget doesn't allocate any funding for carbon pricing specifically, it does map out the way Ottawa plans to move ahead on its highest - profile climate commitment.

I notice that TAU's two official reasons are: 1) insufficient market for CO2, and 2) lack of a high enough policy - driven carbon price.

Darin Kingston of d.light, whose profitable solar - powered LED lanterns simultaneously address poverty, education, air pollution / toxic fumes / health risks, energy savings, carbon footprint, and more Janine Benyus, biomimicry pioneer who finds models in the natural world for everything from extracting water from fog (as a desert beetle does) to construction materials (spider silk) to designing flood - resistant buildings by studying anthills in India's monsoon climate, and shows what's possible when you invite the planet to join your design thinking team Dean Cycon, whose coffee company has not only exclusively sold organic fairly traded gourmet coffee and cocoa beans since its founding in 1993, but has funded dozens of village - led community development projects in the lands where he sources his beans John Kremer, whose concept of exponential growth through «biological marketing,» just as a single kernel of corn grows into a plant bearing thousands of new kernels, could completely change your business strategy Amory Lovins of the Rocky Mountain Institute, who built a near - net - zero - energy luxury home back in 1983, and has developed a scientific, economically viable plan to get the entire economy off oil, coal, and nuclear and onto renewables — while keeping and even improving our high standard of living

However, where that is true, CCS would be the option deployed by firms in the face of a sufficiently high carbon price.

In fact, diesel has both higher carbon emissions and carcinogenic fine particles, the form of invisible pollution from which France is currently suffering a major spike.

Symmetry control of an indirectly driven high - density - carbon implosion at high convergence and high velocity

Even the new Progressive Conservative government of Brian Pallister in Manitoba, elected last year on opposition to a sales tax increase by the previous government, is toying with new taxes, including a carbon tax and higher taxes on insurance products.