James E. Hansen, the top climate scientist at NASA, was quoted in The New York Times in January as saying he had been threatened with «dire consequences» by some NASA political appointees if he continued to call for limits
on emissions of gases linked to global warming.
Not exact matches
Since 2015, the World Bank, via Anita Marangoly George, former senior director
of Global Practice
on Energy and Extractive Industries, has pushed to eliminate «a huge amount
of greenhouse
gas, equivalent to the
emissions of 77 million cars,» by 2030.
Adding to it are ever tougher government constraints
on greenhouse -
gas emissions: Europe, China, and much
of the rest
of the developing world are moving to curb carbon even as President Trump pulls the U.S. out
of the Paris climate accord.
The carmaker had sought to delay the consumer - fraud trials because
of comments made by Melkersen, including remarks in a Netflix documentary where he compared
emissions testing
on monkeys to the Nazi use
of poison
gas in World War II.
They'll also vote
on a proposal requiring it to report
on its efforts to restrict
emissions of methane, a powerful greenhouse
gas.
Generally speaking, the U.S. and international press seemed to think the report, which finds the pipeline would have minimal effects
on greenhouse
gas emissions, bodes well for TransCanada's long - delayed project to connect the oilsands to Gulf
of Mexico refineries.
The EU considers itself at the forefront
of the fight against climate change and as a bloc it's
on track to meet its obligations under the Kyoto Protocol, which limits the
emissions of gases that warm the planet.
HALIFAX — Nova Scotia will require industrial facilities generating 50,000 tonnes or more
of greenhouse
gas emissions per year to report
emissions under its proposed cap and trade regime, although key details such as the actual caps and their effect
on consumers are yet to be released.
Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based
on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report
of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts
of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report
of recommendations
on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption
of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse
gas emissions.»
Newer SAGD plants such as Connacher Oil and
Gas's Great Divide have managed to nearly eliminate fresh water use — they use non-potable water from aquifers and recycle it — and reduce GHG emissions by about 20 % compared to the industry average through more efficient burning of natural gas, cogeneration of electricity and reduced heat loss on the steam's journey undergrou
Gas's Great Divide have managed to nearly eliminate fresh water use — they use non-potable water from aquifers and recycle it — and reduce GHG
emissions by about 20 % compared to the industry average through more efficient burning
of natural
gas, cogeneration of electricity and reduced heat loss on the steam's journey undergrou
gas, cogeneration
of electricity and reduced heat loss
on the steam's journey underground.
NDP environment critic Peter Tabuns welcomed the import
of more clean power from Quebec, but said the impact
on consumers» electricity bills and the actual reduction in greenhouse
gas emissions from the agreement will be minuscule.
Coal remains cheaper, but when you factor in the reduced capital cost (
gas plants cost between a quarter and a third what coal plants
of equivalent output do), the life - cycle costs point to
gas, even in the absence
of a price
on carbon
emissions.
Trump's stance
on the environment contradicts thousands
of scientists and decades
of research, which has linked many observable changes in climate, including rising air and ocean temperatures, shrinking glaciers, and widespread melting
of snow and ice, to an increase in greenhouse
gas emissions from human activities.
«There's a question
of whether going along with the approval
of the Northern Gateway pipeline will make LNG development in B.C. more challenging by angering First Nations so adamantly opposed to the oil sands pipeline,» said George Hoberg, a professor at the University
of British Columbia's school
of forestry and founder
of UBCC350, a group pressing for action
on greenhouse
gas emissions.
«The study says it will be very hard to make a biofuel that has a better greenhouse
gas impact than gasoline using corn residue,» which puts it in the same boat as corn - based ethanol, said David Tilman, a professor at the University
of Minnesota who has done research
on biofuels»
emissions from the farm to the tailpipe.
Impact
on oil and
gas production: compared to a carbon tax, Alberta's policy offers emitters less
of an incentive to reduce production in order to cut GHGs, notes Leach: «assuming that the facility reduced production by 10 percent, and that
emissions decreased proportionately (a simplifying assumption), the facility's
emissions intensity would not change, so its carbon liability per barrel
of oil produced would also remain constant.»
Disclosing the Facts: Transparency and Risk in Methane
Emissions focuses on the critical risk of methane emissions and how companies are managing methane reduction, reflecting rising investor concern that excessive methane emissions from oil and gas operations will undercut the potential net climate benefit of substituting natural gas for coal, especially in decarbonizing energy
Emissions focuses
on the critical risk
of methane
emissions and how companies are managing methane reduction, reflecting rising investor concern that excessive methane emissions from oil and gas operations will undercut the potential net climate benefit of substituting natural gas for coal, especially in decarbonizing energy
emissions and how companies are managing methane reduction, reflecting rising investor concern that excessive methane
emissions from oil and gas operations will undercut the potential net climate benefit of substituting natural gas for coal, especially in decarbonizing energy
emissions from oil and
gas operations will undercut the potential net climate benefit
of substituting natural
gas for coal, especially in decarbonizing energy markets.
The government will also give LNG Canada and other large emitters a break
on carbon taxes, if they can meet strict new benchmarks for reducing greenhouse
gas emissions, and will aggressively pursue electrification
of natural
gas fields.
The total biomass
of our livestock is almost double that
of the people
on the planet and accounts for 5 %
of carbon dioxide
emissions and 40 %
of methane
emissions — a much more potent greenhouse
gas.
The joint statement by the Institutional Investors Group
on Climate Change, the Investor Network
on Climate Risk, and the Investors Group
on Climate Change also encourages intensive
gas users and governments in oil and
gas importing regions to consider playing a role in encouraging control
of methane
emissions.
China continues to lead in the ranking
of the world's top 40 renewable energy markets, despite its continuing high greenhouse
gas emissions and dependence
on coal.
Regardless
of whether the fuel source is coal, gasoline, diesel, natural
gas, or propane the tax doesn't discriminate, levying a $ 30 per tonne charge
on emissions from all carbon fuels.
«The reality is that those who are risking arrest have a much broader interest: the survival
of humanity
on Earth in the face
of rapidly rising greenhouse
gas emissions.»
A lovely counterpoint to last week in Canadian politics
on greenhouse
gas emission reductions, Kyoto and Minister Baird: Norway Plans to Go «Carbon Neutral» April 20, 2007 â $» Norwegian Prime Minister Jens Stoltenberg
on Thursday proposed to make Norway the first «carbon neutral» state by 2050 and reduce
emissions of greenhouse
gases by 30 percent -LSB-...]
As the Climate Science Special Report states, the magnitude
of future climate change depends significantly
on «remaining uncertainty in the sensitivity
of Earth's climate to [greenhouse
gas]
emissions,»» White House spokesperson Raj Shah said Friday in a statement.
Probably the most discussed aspect
of the NGP Report (see this excellent discussion
on CBC's The 180 beginning at around the seven minute mark) is the JRP's treatment (or lack thereof)
of «upstream» greenhouse
gas emissions (GHGs), and specifically the apparent asymmetry between the JRP's decision to consider the need to open markets for projected increases in oil production — the vast majority
of which would uncontrovertibly be from the oil sands — but not the GHGs associated with this projected growth.
The move came after Canada's National Energy Board announced a broader review
of the Energy East project, including its impact
on upstream and downstream greenhouse
gas emissions.
RESOLVED: That Berkshire Hathaway Inc. («Berkshire») establish reasonable, quantitative goals for reduction
of greenhouse
gas and other air
emissions at its energy - generating holdings; and that Berkshire publish a report to shareholders by January 31, 2015 (at reasonable cost and omitting proprietary information)
on how it will achieve these goals — including possible plans to retrofit or retire existing coal - burning plants at Berkshire - held companies.
In 2014, Unilever issued a «green bond,» offering clarity and transparency around the use
of proceeds, including a set
of clearly defined criteria
on greenhouse
gas emissions, water use and waste disposal for the projects funded.
As the biggest station operator and supplier
of natural
gas for transportation in the U.S., the company should benefit from higher oil prices and more focus
on reducing
emissions likely to drive many truck operators to consider this new engine.
In his year - end interviews, and in the final days
of the fall sitting
of the House
of Commons, Prime Minister Stephen Harper said it would be crazy to impose additional costs
on Canada's oil and
gas sector in a time
of low prices if the U.S. was not enacting similar carbon
emission policies.
«Most
of the climate resolutions ask companies to reduce greenhouse
gas emissions or to re-port
on the risks from climate change
on business operations,» Passoff
of Proxy Impact said.
While both governments remain committed to finding new markets for Canada's oil and
gas, they have voiced strong support for increasing clean energy production and exports in order to reduce carbon
emissions and the impact
of fluctuating oil prices
on Canada's economy.
The NEB plans to judge a project
on the greenhouse
gas emissions of the people who produce the oil, as well as those who eventually consume it By Ken Green,... Read more»
They do not emit tailpipe pollutants, giving a large reduction
of local air pollution, and, can give a significant reduction in total greenhouse
gas and other
emissions (dependent
on the method used for electricity generation).
But as the consortium
of Asian energy companies that submitted the Canadian project for regulatory approval three years ago weighs it's options in a global energy market now flooded with cheap oil and
gas, and further considers the 190 conditions attached to Ottawa's approval, including a cap
on annual green house
gas emissions, it may be some time before this project crosses the finish line.
Report Modelling the Impact
of the Climate Leadership Plan & Federal Carbon Price
on British Columbia's Greenhouse
Gas Emissions (December 2016)
On Monday, the Supreme Court effectively validated the Environmental Protection Agency's plans to regulate major sources
of greenhouse -
gas emissions such as power plants, but criticized the agency as overreaching.
The report, hinged
on the implications
of climate change, came at a time when energy experts were insisting that unless countries drastically cut greenhouse
gas emissions by moving away from fossil fuels, climate change would remain inevitable.
In environmental policy, the Party promises stronger greenhouse
gas emission regulations and enforcement in the oil - patch; a water management plan to ensure that current and future needs are balanced; a moratorium
on additional resource development
on lakeshores and lake beds; a Green Energy Plan to support green energy projects and move the province away from coalpower; and a land - use framework that curbs urban sprawl and safeguards farmland and habitats in the vicinity
of cities.
«Greenhouse
gas emissions are going to go through the roof with a project
of this kind,» said Wilderness Committee National Campaign Director Joe Foy «From escaped methane at the drill sites to the massive carbon
emissions required to cool the
gas, to more escaped methane
on the long trip across the ocean to Asia and then the
emissions from burning the
gas.
She imposed a five - year freeze
on the carbon tax, refuses to use carbon tax revenue to fund climate solutions, exempted the LNG industry from calculating greenhouse
gas emissions on 70 per cent
of its operations, cancelled a home retrofit program, and derailed public transit expansion plans with a built - to - fail referendum.
And,
of course, those commitments and associated domestic measures are just Canada's means to achieve the ends
of contributing to reducing global greenhouse
gas emissions to a level that avoids the dangerous climate change, the shared goal set out in the United Nations Framework Convention
on Climate Change and reiterated in the Paris Agreement.
Systematic national programs
of these sorts would lead to a steady and substantial decline in the
emission of greenhouse
gases and greatly increase our ability to lead the family
of nations into international agreements
on the environment.
The Lovins believe that the targets for reduced
emission of greenhouse
gases set at Kyoto can be met
on a voluntary basis as Clinton proposes.
Unfortunately, much
of the focus at COP21 is still
on reducing
emissions and not using regenerative organic agriculture as a viable solution to reducing greenhouse
gases.
The rising cost
of gas coupled with rising concern about greenhouse
gas emissions weigh heavily
on all fleet operations.
«Reducing greenhouse
gas emissions while still growing as a company is one
of the defining business challenges
of the 21st century, and we're proud to be addressing that challenge head -
on, starting with our new 2025 goal to achieve absolute reductions
of no less than three percent year - over-year,» said Dean Scarborough, Avery Dennison's chairman and CEO, who will travel to Paris this December to discuss climate change with other business leaders at COP21.
A report
on the Northern Ireland dairy industry relating to greenhouse
gas emissions has been released by the Department
of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs (DAERA).
The LCA examined the effects
of a 1 kilogram industry - average corrugated product manufactured in 2014
on seven environmental impact indicators: global warming potential (greenhouse
gas emissions), eutrophication, acidification, smog, ozone depletion, respiratory effects, fossil fuel depletion; and four inventory indicators: water use, water consumption, renewable energy demand, and non-renewable energy demand.