Sentences with phrase «provide emission credits»

«New York State does not provide emission credits.

He also said the United States should provide emissions credits and tax cuts to industries that reduce emissions early, make binding pledges to reduce its own greenhouse gas emissions early in the next century, and give a $ 5 billion boost over the next 5 years to research and development aimed at using energy more efficiently.

Not exact matches

Although the wine industry and most other agricultural industries are considered low producers of carbon emissions, GHG issues, such as gaining market access to retailers interested in carbon foot printing, providing data for marketing purposes and / or carbon credit accounting, are becoming more significant to brands and image.

Gov. Andrew Cuomo directed that the new standard include «zero emission credits» for Upstate nuclear plants to provide them with above - market compensation for producing power without carbon emissions.

And the way to fix the accounting error is to count the very real emissions from using bioenergy and then provide a credit to that bioenergy which results from a source that really is «additional» carbon.

(ii) Insurance that provides for purchase and provision to the Secretary for retirement of a quantity of offset credits or emission allowances equal in number to the tons of carbon dioxide equivalents of greenhouse gas emissions released due to reversal.

«(B) Insurance that provides for purchase and provision to the Administrator for retirement of an amount of offset credits or emission allowances equal in number to the tons of carbon dioxide equivalents of greenhouse gas emissions released due to reversal.

«(B) except as provided in paragraph (5) or (6), the quantity of the international offset credits is determined by comparing the national emissions from deforestation relative to a national deforestation baseline for that country established, in accordance with an agreement or arrangement described in subsection (b)(2)(A), pursuant to paragraph (4);

-- Except as provided in paragraph (2) or (3), the annual number of emission allowances that a covered entity may purchase at the strategic reserve auctions in each calendar year shall not exceed 20 percent of the covered entity's combined greenhouse gas emissions and attributable greenhouse gas emissions during the most recent year for which allowances or offset credits were retired under section 722.

The ability to demonstrate compliance with offset credits shall be divided pro rata among covered entities by allowing each covered entity to satisfy a percentage of the number of allowances required to be held under subsection (b) to demonstrate compliance by holding 1 domestic offset credit or 1.25 international offset credits in lieu of an emission allowance, except as provided in subparagraph (D).

They argued that the trading system provides far too much leeway for dealing in «offsets,» credits earned by avoiding or preventing emissions of carbon dioxide.

At any rate, in my personal view, we should not prescribe exactly what needs to be done but should instead implement flexible schemes like Kyoto or the McCain - Lieberman Climate Stewardship Act that allow trading of emissions credits, credits for carbon sequestration (provided it can truly be shown to work) and so on.

April 21: «碳在中国的未来 (The Future of Carbon in China)» by John Romankiewicz, New Energy Finance, providing an overview on the demand projection for offsets from Chinese emissions reduction projects and look at the current outlook for CDM and disucssing the potential of domestic markets for credits (carbon and otherwise) based on China's NAMA action.

In the near term, federal policy could: i) level the playing field between air captured CO2 and fossil - fuel derived CO2 by providing subsidies or credits for superior carbon lifecycle emissions that account for recovering carbon from the atmosphere; ii) provide additional research funding into air capture R&D initiatives, along with other areas of carbon removal, which have historically been unable to secure grants; and iii) ensure air capture is deployed in a manner that leads to sustainable net - negative emissions pathways in the future, within the framework of near - term national emissions reductions, and securing 2 °C - avoiding emissions trajectories.

The ACR rice management methodology and newly approved Mid-South modules provide a comprehensive framework for developing projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions and generate marketable carbon offset credits.

Through the market mechanism the program provides, buildings are more readily able to reduce emissions, with the ability to sell reductions credits to buildings with sharp increase of energy consumption that are more costly to retrofit — driving greater emissions reductions at a reduced cost by all participants.

In basic terms, the CDM is a program in which developing countries, like China, who are not bound by carbon emission reduction obligations, are encouraged to undertake projects in their jurisdiction that result in carbon emission reductions through financing provided by developed countries, who are themselves bound by such obligations and can credit such emission reductions to their obligations, even though those reductions have taken place in the developing country.

Requires the EPA Administrator to issue regulations allowing: (1) any person to exchange instruments in the nature of offset credits issued before January 1, 2009, by an approved state or a voluntary offset program for emission allowances; and (2) the EPA Administrator to provide compensation in the form of emission allowances for other documented early reductions or avoidance of GHG emissions or GHGs sequestered before January 1, 2009, that meet specific conditions.

Provides that allowances, international emission allowances, offset credits, and term offset credits do not expire unless they are: (1) retired by the EPA Administrator; or (2) determined to be expired or to have expired by a specific date by the EPA Administrator.

A covered entity's allowable emissions level for each calendar year is the number of emission allowances (or offset credits or other allowances as provided in subsection (d)-RRB- it holds as of 12:01 a.m. on April 1 (or a later date established by the Administrator under subsection (j)-RRB- of the following calendar year.

«(C) upon sale of such international offset credits, the Administrator shall retire those international offset credits, and establish and provide to the purchasers a number of emission allowances equal to 80 percent of the number of international offset credits so retired, which allowances shall be in addition to those established under section 721 (a); and

«(B) Insurance that provides for purchase and provision to the Administrator for retirement of an amount of offset credits or emission allowances equal in number to the tons of carbon dioxide equivalents of greenhouse gas emissions released due to reversal.

«(B) except as provided in paragraph (5) or (6), the quantity of the international offset credits is determined by comparing the national emissions from deforestation relative to a national deforestation baseline for that country established, in accordance with an agreement or arrangement described in subsection (b)(2)(A), pursuant to paragraph (4);

-- The privilege of purchasing, holding, selling, exchanging, transferring, and requesting retirement of emission allowances, compensatory allowances, or offset credits shall not be restricted to the owners and operators of covered entities, except as otherwise provided in this title.

Alberta is providing two - for - one carbon offset credits for the project that they argue could have a perverse market impact of increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

One potential solution to the current impasse involves establishing a fixed amount of emissions for new power plants from which credit - satisfying permit requirements could be provided to supplement those from market sources.

January 22, 2014 Olympic Gold Medalist Hannah Kearney Offsets Training Emissions with NativeEnergy Carbon credits fund the Ghana Clean Water Project, providing household water filters

Priority must be given to projects that: leverage non-state funds; are proposed by COU's with less than $ 5 million in annually retained utility credits; or that provide benefits to low - income communities, communities of color, and communities of indigenous people (provided these projects are competitive on an emission and cost basis with other proposals).

Provides opportunities for refineries to comply by blending biofuels, purchasing credits from utilities and others that sell electricity for EVs, reducing emissions associated with refining, and more

Especially when the program doesn't actually cut emissions, it merely provides a mechanism whereby companies can continue with their current emissions without increasing total emissions by buying credits.

Carbon Offsets (also called Carbon Credits) provide your business with a verified method to balance your unavoidable carbon footprint by directly supporting innovative projects (such as agricultural methane capture) that are proven to reduce carbon emissions.

They would provide windfall credits to auto companies for something they are already doing, while stalling deployment of proven efficiency technologies and increasing emissions.

The production tax credit, if renewed, would lead to future wind development that would reduce carbon emissions equivalent to an additional 30,000 cars and provide enough energy to power another 50,000 homes, according to Dorle.

The Clean Development Mechanism (CDM) was created under the Kyoto Protocol to allow Annex I countries to obtain GHG emission reduction credits for projects that reduced GHG emission in non-Annex I countries, provided that those projects contributed to the sustainable development of the host country (UNFCCC, 1997).

The Methodology provides a performance standard - based quantification framework for the creation of carbon offset credits from the resulting reduction in GHGs from the use of alternatives to HFC - based foam blowing agents and is intended to be used as an incentive for the industry to make the transition to low emissions alternatives.

Though not exclusively an energy bill, the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 provided for more than four billion dollars in federal tax credits to homeowners for energy efficiency improvements, authorized additional renewable energy and efficiency research and development, and called for reductions in diesel engine emissions.

Many local governments provide rebates for the purchase of solar power panels and the federal government provides tax credits if you buy solar and wind power which is considered «Green» power, so why shouldn't the government help get America off the oil standard and help reduce green house gases by promoting this low emission green car through rebates to help it be more affordable to the average and poor income people?

Some welcome them as a cost - effective way to reduce emissions, while others worry that by selling «carbon neutrality» at the swipe of a credit card, they provide an excuse for «business - as - usual».

Some examples of what Gomez has implemented: - Use biodiesel to fuel its tour bus - Offset the tour's CO2 emissions through the purchase of clean, renewable wind energy credits - Use recycled paper and soy based inks for printed materials - Provide organic cotton merchandise options for its fans - Request organic food backstage at all shows - Minimize the idling of tour buses - Stay at hotels identified as more sustainable

The regulation also cites ACR's voluntary offset methodology for Emissions Reductions in Rice Management Systems as an approved Early Action Quantification Methodology, providing an important on - ramp for rice producers in California and the Mid-South to get credit for their pioneering initiatives to reduce methane emissions through practice changes in water management, such as reduced flooding and altered drainagEmissions Reductions in Rice Management Systems as an approved Early Action Quantification Methodology, providing an important on - ramp for rice producers in California and the Mid-South to get credit for their pioneering initiatives to reduce methane emissions through practice changes in water management, such as reduced flooding and altered drainagemissions through practice changes in water management, such as reduced flooding and altered drainage timing.

While Abbott used to characterise the trade of international credits as «money that shouldn't be going offshore into dodgy carbon farms in Equatorial Guinea and Kazakhstan», the climate review says «access to high - quality international units will provide greater flexibility to business and government in meeting emissions reduction targets».