Sentences with phrase «on upstream emissions»

The increase is entirely on the upstream emissions side.

Not exact matches

As well as its decision on upstream oil and gas, the World Bank Group said on Tuesday that it would, among other things, report the greenhouse gas emissions arising from investment projects it finances in «key emissions - producing sectors» from 2018.

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.

Whether its Energy East, Gateway, the energy innovation cluster or the NEB's positioning on upstream and downstream emissions during pipeline hearings - what we see from Alberta is a federal government not as a builder, but a blocker.

It's sad that the biggest takeaway from the UT Austin / Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) study on methane emissions from upstream shale gas production has been the involvement of industry.

Electric cars» upstream carbon dioxide emissions are also calculated using DOE data on the electricity source for each state.

We then consider adding a simple carbon tax on biofuels» and biomass» combustion emissions, regardless of upstream sequestration or emissions.

This would exclude credit for carbon sequestered during plant growth while also excluding taxes on upstream production - related emissions.

Although the burning of fossil fuels generates most of the potential emissions from most reserves, emissions from production and processing operations (known as «upstream emissions») can also be important, depending on the reserve type and technologies used.

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... And 11 % in Full Lifecycle Analysis But that's just upstream emissions: On a full lifecycle basis, the report concludes, «emission reduction potential is likely in the 7 - 11 % range.»

Given that, if one wants freedom of choice and an efficient market, shouldn't one accept a market solution (tax / credit or analogous system based on public costs, applied strategically to minimize paperwork (don't tax residential utility bills — apply upstream instead), applied approximately fairly to both be fair and encourage an efficient market response (don't ignore any significant category, put all sources of the same emission on equal footing; if cap / trade, allow some exchange between CO2 and CH4, etc, based CO2 (eq); include ocean acidification, etc.), allowing some approximation to that standard so as to not get very high costs in dealing with small details and also to address the biggest, most - well understood effects and sources first (put off dealing with the costs and benifits of sulphate aerosols, etc, until later if necessary — but get at high - latitude black carbon right away)?

Total emissions includes upstream emissions for gasoline, so I based the tailpipe emission for the US average on the total emission and the 1.25 ratio given here.

This working paper focuses primarily on evaluating and reducing upstream methane emissions in the natural gas sector.

Federal rules building on existing Clean Air Act (CAA) authorities could provide an appropriate framework for reducing upstream methane emissions.