Sentences with phrase «on harmful emissions»

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The report's authors — scientists from Switzerland, the Netherlands and Norway — suggest a few ways that meat - eating could be curbed to lower the harmful emissions associated with the meat industry, but all rely on individuals choosing to make a change.

It is possible for individuals to make a difference by changing things within their control, such as cutting down on their meat consumption in order to curb the harmful emissions generated by the livestock industry.

As well as explaining that the production of meat — on its journey from farm to fork — is responsible for 15 per cent of the planet's harmful greenhouse gas emissions, it underlines that raising equivalent amounts of grain or vegetables for human consumption uses far less land, water and resources.

«The Clean Energy Jobs and Climate Agenda released today will continue New York's path towards a more sustainable future by reducing harmful carbon emissions, ending New York's reliance on coal, and advancing offshore wind, energy efficiency, and energy storage.

Erie County is developing a Climate Action and Sustainability Plan for internal county operations with funding from the New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) which is expected to not only reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions but also save the County on energy costs.

«Increased Sunday ridership has also reduced traffic on our roadways and harmful auto emissions in our atmosphere.»

«As much as 120,000 tons of harmful emissions were released on an annual basis, including mercury,» says Richard Fuller, founder of Blacksmith, an environmental health organization based in New York City.

Considerable research focuses on capturing and storing harmful carbon dioxide emissions.

This style of house leads to poor air quality and higher emissions of ammonia, which has several harmful effects, including negative impacts on aquatic species and crops.

The motor improves gas mileage and reduces harmful emissions, but it can't power the car on its own for any significant distance.

The turbo engine guarantees prompt response even at low rpm (maximum torque is achieved at just 1,750 rpm) while Start & Stop makes it possible to cut consumption and harmful emissions levels drastically, without compromising comfort and on - board safety.

From excessive air travel that causes harmful CO2 emissions to package holiday resorts that are built on natural areas, international travel and tourism are far from sustainable.

The National Academies, fulfilling a congressional request, have issued a trio of invaluable reports affirming the scientific case for a growing and largely harmful human influence on climate; proposing a path and strategies for curbing American emissions of heat - trapping gases; and urging the country to work to cut risks attending life with no new «normal» climate patterns or coastlines.

Peabody Energy, one of the most vocal critics of the U.S. crackdown on harmful coal plant emissions, has been struggling to stay afloat.

Generally speaking, environmentalists support the idea of putting a price on carbon because it would help account for the harmful effects of carbon emissions on the climate and encourage the economy to shift away from fossil fuels.

Die - hard environmentalists say a green economy relies completely on renewable energies with «zero» greenhouse gas emissions, and they do not regard a «low - carbon» economy as «green» because it still releases harmful emissions.

Smoke exposure increases respiratory and cardiovascular hospitalizations, emergency department visits, and medication dispensations for asthma, bronchitis, chest pain, chronic obstructive pulmonary disease (commonly known by its acronym, COPD), respiratory infections, and medical visits for lung illnesses.38, 43,160 It has been associated with hundreds of thousands of deaths annually, in an assessment of the global health risks from landscape fire smoke.38, 43,44,141,45 Future climate change is projected to increase wildfire risks and associated emissions, with harmful impacts on health.18, 161,162,10,163,164,36

Once the radiation limits begin to be increased this should have a catalytic effect on reducing emissions: 1) it will mean radiation leaks are understood to be less dangerous that currently thought > less people evacuated from effected zones > reduced cost accident of accidents — reduced accident insurance cost; 2) population takes another look at the effects of radiation > gains an understanding it is much less harmful than they thought > fear subsides > less opposition > easier and less expensive to find sites supported by the people nearby > planning and sight approval costs come down over time

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This, plus the Mora et al. conclusion that mitigation would only delay things by 21 years, make their conclusion on the «urgency of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions if climates potentially harmful to biodiversity and society are to be prevented» sound a bit silly to me.

Our findings shed light on the urgency of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions if climates potentially harmful to biodiversity and society are to be prevented.

EPA acted on the court's decision with its 2009 «endangerment finding,» which exhaustively reviewed the science and concluded that, without action, rising CO2 emissions would likely result in dangerous warming trends harmful to human health and the economy.

«Solar not only meets this peak need at a lower per kilowatt - hour cost, but also without the harmful emissions from running a power plant on standby (or fracking its fuel out of the ground),» he writes.

On Thursday, July 7, the EPA announced new regulations known as the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule that will force hundreds of power plants to reduce harmful emissions known to cause illnesses in downwind communities.

If you don't accept the evidence on human - driven climate change and its likely harmful consequences, there is no need to support «comprehensive» legislation that would put a price on carbon through some framework to drive reductions in emissions.

While the brash brand of direct interference into the public discourse on scientific findings about global warming and associated harmful impacts we saw from Exxon operatives in the 1980s and 1990s has now morphed into a more passive, less - visible form of tampering — such as the company's continued stream of donations (some alleged to be illegal) to groups known for lobbying against and often shooting down federal and state - level proposals to promote renewable energy and limit carbon emissions — perhaps Avery will be able to persuade the new corporate leadership team to stop funding these groups altogether.

On the other hand, with the advent of molecular nanotechnology we may be able to develop micron sized factories with a uniform design, accurate down to the molecular level, capable to convert readily available raw materials to some high energy density, non-flammable, non-toxic chemical using short wave solar photons captured by molecular antennas, with no harmful emissions whatsoever.

When it comes to fending off global warming, the focus often is on harmful carbon emissions from burning fossil [continue reading...]

Yet, as we have demonstrated in ClimateEthics before, no nation may deny its duty to reduce its emissions to its fair share of safe global emissions on the basis that others who are contributing to the harm have failed to cease harmful behavior.

Burns: Well, I certainly think it's harmful to rely on technologies that seek to mask the warming that's associated with emissions.

A physicist is no more likely than a sociologist to know what human emissions will be 50 years from now — if a slight warming would be beneficial or harmful to humans or the natural world; if forcings and feedbacks will partly or completely offset the theoretical warming; if natural variability will exceed any discernible human effect; if secondary effects on weather will lead to more extreme or more mild weather events; if efforts to reduce emissions will be successful; who should reduce emissions, by what amounts, or when; and whether the costs of attempting to reduce emissions will exceed the benefits by an amount so large as to render the effort counterproductive.

State Senate Energy Committee Chairman Joe Griffo said, «The Senate is proud to partner with Governor Cuomo to invest in emerging technology that will put municipalities across New York on the road to energy independence while helping to reduce emissions harmful to the environment.

The call for investors to divest from coal assets, one of the most carbon - intensive energy sources, has been primarily based on the harmful social and environmental outcomes linked with carbon emissions.

It's really quite simple: You can't throw your garbage on the street for free, so big polluters shouldn't be allowed to spew harmful emissions into our atmosphere for free.

On harmful substances and hazardous waste, the report spotlights the historic adoption of the Minamata Convention on Mercury — a global, legally binding agreement to reduce mercury emissions and the first new global convention on environment and health for close to a decade — which was widely viewed as a major step forward in the global phase - out of the deadly heavy metaOn harmful substances and hazardous waste, the report spotlights the historic adoption of the Minamata Convention on Mercury — a global, legally binding agreement to reduce mercury emissions and the first new global convention on environment and health for close to a decade — which was widely viewed as a major step forward in the global phase - out of the deadly heavy metaon Mercury — a global, legally binding agreement to reduce mercury emissions and the first new global convention on environment and health for close to a decade — which was widely viewed as a major step forward in the global phase - out of the deadly heavy metaon environment and health for close to a decade — which was widely viewed as a major step forward in the global phase - out of the deadly heavy metal.

Significantly reduce harmful greenhouse gas emissions and prevent backsliding on progress made to date by maintaining the operations of carbon - free nuclear power plants as the state transitions to a 50 percent renewable requirement; and,

The Australian federal government's effort to levy a tax on carbon - dioxide emissions to battle supposed «climate change» is facing massive resistance from voters, despite a flurry of pro-carbon-tax propaganda and government - funded reports touting alleged benefits of the scheme while downplaying its harmful effects.

«This report sends a clear message that ending poverty will not be possible unless we take strong action to reduce the threat of climate change on poor people and dramatically reduce harmful emissions,» said World Bank Group President Jim Yong Kim.

They also lessen reliance on fossil fuels, thus decreasing carbon dioxide emissions and other forms of pollution harmful to humans and the planet alike.

An electric vehicle, on the other hand, produces no harmful emissions directly from its «tailpipe», but unless it's being charged with solar, wind, or other clean electricity, an EV is responsible for some air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions being produced at the point of electricity generation.

The study also found that other shipping - related pollutants, including sulphur and soot, were on the rise; these harmful emissions, which are known to cause lung cancer and various respiratory diseases - another study found they contributed to over 60,000 deaths a year - are projected to increase by over 30 % in the next 12 years.

And now the EPA is pushing for an exemption for the poultry industry so they wouldn't have to report those or other harmful emissions, on grounds that they're protected under federal «right to know» laws.

Carbon offsetting — IOP records details of overseas business flights taken by its staff and makes a financial donation, based on those figures, to a company that takes steps to limit the potentially harmful effects of carbon dioxide emissions on the environment.

Fuel cell vehicles (FCVs) have the potential to significantly reduce our dependence on foreign oil and lower harmful emissions that contribute to climate change.

It has been estimated that if greenhouse gas emissions continue at their present rate, Earth's surface temperature could exceed historical values as early as 2047, with potentially harmful effects on ecosystems, biodiversity and the livelihoods of people worldwide.

That's because the new Clean Air Act rules won't just cut down on greenhouse gas emissions, but they'll cut down on other harmful pollutants as well — and save millions of lives in the long term.

Two new federal air pollution regulations are expected to spur the closure of up to 69 aging, inefficient, coal - fired power plants, reducing both harmful air pollutants and emissions of the climate destabilizing greenhouse gas, carbon dioxide (CO2), according to an AP survey of US power plant operators and a preliminary Breakthrough Institute analysis of the likely impacts on CO2 emissions.

However, drawbacks of the devices are that the reliance on fuel makes gas heaters extremely flammable and highly prone to the emission of harmful carbon dioxide.