Sentences with phrase «produces huge amounts of carbon»

But activists want to stop this, in part because coal produces huge amounts of carbon dioxide when it's burned.

We know the vast amount of coal burned by China to produce manufactured goods (that could have been produced user cleaner energy if not for Kyoto) produces huge amounts of carbon soot that can change the albedo.

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A third of all food produced in the world goes to waste and there is a huge amount of carbon and greenhouse gas emissions that goes into producing and transporting that food.

But additional buildup of coal - to - natural - gas projects could also create an environmental nightmare because producing the gas will emit huge amounts of carbon dioxide and worsen the water crisis in China's arid western regions.

Growing, processing, shipping, and preparing food — particularly the kind Americans typically eat (and schools typically serve)-- requires huge amounts of energy and produces tons of waste: Animal agriculture contributes nearly one - fifth of the greenhouse - gas emissions responsible for climate change — 1 pound of beef generates the equivalent of 36 pounds of carbon dioxide, according to researchers.

Even in the absence of huge amounts of carbon dioxide as a forcing mechanism, he said, there still appear to be trigger points that, once passed, can produce rapid warming through feedbacks such as changes in sea ice and the reflectivity of the Earth's surface.

I agree that the entire production process from the manufacture of the aluminuim or the moulding of the glass or the fabrication of the plastic bottles uses huge amounts of CO2 and produces plenty of fine particulate carbon emissions.

It is the only available method of producing huge amounts of reliable, baseload energy without any carbon production.

Environmentalists have been amongst the most outspoken campaigners against cooking on smoky fires, partly because of the health effects, partly because they use huge amounts of wood and partly because the black carbon they produce is a cause of global warming.

Even as some utility executives are joining environmentalists in supporting controls on carbon emissions, TXU is betting $ 10 billion on 11 new coal power plants that will produce huge amounts of global warming gases for decades to come.