Sentences with phrase «own emissions goals»

Moehn said that Ameren Missouri was the first investor owned utility in the state — and one of the first in the country — to «announce a carbon emissions goal of this magnitude.»

«To meet our emissions goals, we're going to have to grasp every arrow in the quiver, and nuclear is one of those arrows.»

Instead Xi, a former chemist, staunchly reaffirmed his country's commitment to investing in renewable energy and meeting its emissions goals.

Increasing dependence on brown coal has raised doubts about whether Berlin will hit its medium - term CO2 emission goals.

Yesterday in a plenary session, Nordhaus repeated his long - standing preference for a carbon tax, which sets a price for carbon emissions, not an emissions goal.

If oil prices remain high and governments make progress on their emissions goals, there's a possibility that the world has already hit peak oil, and that the next few years will see its use plateau for a while before dropping again.

But according to officials involved in the process, the treacherous political terrain has not stopped the administration from forging ahead with developing new emissions goals.

The projected increases in human population also cast doubt on whether the emission goals can be reached at all.

The regulations that set fuel - economy and greenhouse - gas emission goals for cars and trucks have lower costs and higher benefits than previous analyses report, a new Carnegie Mellon University study shows.

Danny Cullenward, an energy economist and lawyer at the Carnegie Institution for Science, said that although it is unlikely that the loss of the Clean Power Plan would affect many states» emissions cutting goals, there will be little encouragement for states reluctant to take action on climate change to create emissions goals without the plan in place.

Several countries» climate emissions goals,, including Russia, Canada, Japan and Australia, have all been rated inadequate by Climate Action Tracker.

To avoid this, governments at climate talks in Paris this December need to set conditions that will achieve an early peak in global energy - related emissions, review their commitments every five years, and translate the 2C goal into a long - term emissions goal, the IEA said.

As the 2013 - 2014 season comes to a close at Princess Elisabeth Antarctica, the International Polar Foundation is now looking ahead towards new collaborations and projects, including with other countries who wish to share the facilities on a more formal basis, and who are inspired by the zero emission goals.

According to their math, if all Americans made this substitution, the United States would hypothetically almost meet its 2020 greenhouse gas - emission goals.

But while that goal helps automakers meet emissions goals, it doesn't sound all that fun for enthusiasts.

We need a «clear, foreseeable time frame» for emissions goals beyond 2021, said Daimler

The Smart Stream technology incorporates a number of advanced technologies that will help Hyundai Motor Group meet its long - term global emissions goals.

A new - type piezo injector is another essential element in attaining the ambitious performance / efficiency / emissions goals with the necessary long - term durability: A «stack» of piezo crystals reacts lightning - fast to impulses from the engine electronics, governing the injector needle's opening stroke and duration for ultra-precise control of fuel quantity.

A central point is a defense of the primacy of the Copenhagen Accord, the short summary of commitments, both in emissions goals and financial steps, negotiated by a core group of rich and poor countries in December.

I asked Robert Socolow of Princeton, who is one of the authors of the paper on the super-polluters and a developer of the popular «wedges» approach to defining emissions goals, what he would say about the idea if he were in an elevator (in a tall building) with climate negotiators from the United States and China.

Europe is seeing ever more division in debate over next steps to achieve its emissions goals.

Responding to a question from Turkey, however, Russia says enhancing its overall emissions goal for 2020 is «at the present moment... not under consideration».

It remains unclear how, exactly, the UK could meet a net - zero emissions goal, with existing pathways relying on negative emissions to offset continued emissions from hard - to - tackle sectors, including agriculture and industry.

The context for the Climeworks opening is not lost on its founders, who make frequent reference to the need for technologies, such as DAC, in order to meet the net - zero emissions goal of the Paris Agreement.

«Getting serious about climate change requires wrangling about the cost of emissions goals, sharing the burdens and drawing up international funding mechanisms,» they add, so it makes sense to shift from a simple but esoteric measure of global - temperature change to a range of indicators to which larger numbers of people are likelier to relate — indicators the authors argue are thus likelier to spur policies that have a real climate - curbing impact.

That means that nations set their own emissions goals and decide how (or whether) to enforce them.

We stand united in our call for a fair, meaningful and steadily rising carbon fee, rebate, and investment solution that will equitably achieve DC's greenhouse gas emissions goals.

It's in China's own interest to accept greenhouse gas emissions goals, not just in the international interest... Like joining the WTO [World Trade Organization, in 2001], this should be used as international pressure to spur our own transformation... If China makes a 1 percent error in handling climate change, that could mean 100 percent failure in making [an international] agreement [on climate change].

In addition, because each national emission reduction target commitment must be understood as an implicit position of the nation on safe ghg atmospheric concentration levels, setting national ghg emissions goals must be set with full knowledge of how any national target will affect the global problem.

Northeast states can convert 10 % of oil, gas, and propane heating systems in homes and businesses to heat pumps by 2030 to put the region on track to meet its emissions goals.

The Environmental Defense Fund's plan to send up a satellite in two or three years to monitor methane emissions on earth from space generated headlines (some of the coverage here and here) and at some point can add to the knowledge base useful in advancing emissions goals.

RE100 shares the compelling business case for renewables, such as greater control over energy costs, increased competitiveness, and delivery on emissions goals.

Acadia Center analysis finds that natural gas and delivered fuel (fuel oil and propane) efficiency savings must increase to 1.4 % and 1.2 % per year, respectively, to help achieve the region's emissions goals.

EnergyVision 2030 analyzes these questions by taking a comprehensive look at where efforts to expand clean energy resources can lead, how consumer adoption and market penetration rates can grow, and what increases in clean energy efforts are needed to attain state and regional emissions goals.

For example, in setting its emission goals, the European Union devised not one, but two separate targets: A 20 per cent reduction by 2020 if they continued to go it alone, and a 30 per cent reduction if countries like China and the U.S. also got serious about emissions.

The Times articles address how SB 32 emissions goals will have dramatic impacts mandating increased housing density and significantly decreased motor vehicle use in California requiring many tens of billions of dollars in expenditures across the state to accomplish.

In these articles extraordinary admissions are noted from the states leaders about the complete lack of knowledge, expertise and experience of the state government needed to achieve these escalated emissions goals demonstrating that these leaders are cavalierly plunging ahead with SB 32 politically driven emissions reduction mandates:

I would welcome the current NJ Dems in the legislature relocating to where their emission goals are in place.

All this creates additional carbon emissions and undermines progress towards the government's ambitious carbon emission goals.

Serious concerns about the economic damage the states emissions goals could create were noted in the Times articles as well:

¶ The government of Norway and the country's shipowners» association have revealed their preference for global shipping related greenhouse gas emissions goals to target a figure of 50 % by 2050, the two entities have revealed.

While it is unwise to impose strict limitations, it is crucial to minimize the flexibility of emissions goals to ensure success.

But the long - term benchmarks pose challenges for industry players to be truly effective in meeting the intended emissions goals.

Here are links to a few recent reports and notable experts that stress «fuel - switching» to electricity as crucial for meeting carbon emission goals:

At COP 17 in Durban South Africa, the parties will again consider setting a time - frame for the peaking of global emissions and a global emissions goal for 2050.

The four key messages call for a Paris accord whose short - term actions fit with long - term emission goals; adoption of actions that can freeze energy emissions by 2020; greater energy innovation; and increased energy - sector resilience to the effects of climate change.

Industry participants from Africa and Asia joined the IEA for the fourth session, «Using the Paris agreement to drive short - term actions consistent with long - term emission goals.»

Using the Clean Power Plan's rate - based approach for setting emissions goals, the analysis shows that:

But do their own emissions goals echo their message?

And if the US doesn't hit its emissions goals, then the global climate deal forged at Paris last year will start to look a lot shakier.