Sentences with phrase «real emissions from»

In particular, both the UK and EU appear to have slipped through a large loophole in order to «disappear» real emissions from their carbon accounting, as one source told me, thus undermining the Paris Agreement's critically important carbon - mitigation strategies.

Independent analysis of the cap - and - trade program by Near Zero, a research organization at the Carnegie Institute for Science at Stanford University, shows that real emissions from the refinery sector in California are actually increasing, even as petrochemical facilities successfully comply with the legal requirements of the market - based mechanism.

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.

Not exact matches

Launching the campaign, environment secretary Hilary Benn said 40 per cent of the UK's emissions come from homes and travel, but too few people are making real changes to cut their energy use.

The new analysis, led by former UW civil and environmental engineering graduate student Jordan Toy, compares carbon dioxide emissions and vehicle miles traveled from drone and truck deliveries in 10 different, real - world scenarios in Los Angeles.

«A real impact on people» The scientists say their calculations are preliminary and don't account for emissions from forest fires, to which the forest is more vulnerable during drought years, and drought - driven changes in soil decomposition.

The efficiency gains from using ultrahigh temperature materials in gas turbines and jet engines could have a real impact on CO2 emissions and global warming.»

The logic of sprawl saw cities eat up a larger and larger share of the surrounding real estate, fueling habitat destruction, smog from tailpipe emissions, runoff from impermeable pavement and other environmental ills.

The relatively faint emission has never been detected from a real black hole, so researchers have sought a number of laboratory proxies to demonstrate the general principles of the phenomenon.

In 1960 they reported that the greenhouse threat was real and would worsen seriously unless strong action was taken to halt the rise in emission of greenhouse gases, primarily carbon dioxide from burning fossil fuels.

«Our work shows that for newer cars we should have fast measurements, so that we can then more accurately predict emissions from cars in the real world,» Drozd says.

Dr Tomas R. Reina from the University of Surrey said: «This is an extremely exciting project and we believe we have achieved something here that can make a real impact on CO2 emissions.

EVs good on emissions, cost and national security For business and military leaders who met yesterday at the Hudson Institute, the real savings from EVs come at the national level.

A spatially adaptive broadcast system allows the broadcaster to adapt the geographical coverage from the transmitter based on what is actually happening in real - time to the radio frequency emissions.

«Tighter vehicle emission standards coupled with measures to improve real - world compliance could prevent hundreds of thousands of early deaths from air pollution - related diseases each year,» said Anenberg.

Anytime where we can push the envelope on actually measuring and monitoring emissions from major facilities offers us a real win - win - win scenario.

Scientists say that even though the cooling effect from aerosols is real, the biggest climate challenge from the tar sands is their carbon dioxide emissions.

Objectors often claim unfair benefits are given to the worst polluters, and that trading schemes obfuscate from the real problem — the excess of greenhouse gas emissions that continue to perpetuate global warming.

Study finds real - world choices affect cost of emissions reduction, and shift them from emerging to industrialized countries

These modules will enable project developers to estimate the real emission reductions of projects that reduce emissions from deforestation and degradation («REDD»).

«Climate change is real and happening now, and the United States urgently needs to reduce greenhouse gas emissions,» said Holt, who was the U.S. representative for New Jersey's 12th congressional district from 1999 to 2015.

My own feel for this is that if we do not achieve global agreement and real action on deep cuts in emissions over the next 10 years or so we will get locked into an inappropriate fossil fuel infrastructure until at least mid-century, that will prevent us from capturing CO2 effectively.

From then on there were the also the 0.9, 1.0, 1.2 lt turbo engines by most carmakers but since the emissions tests are now going to be based on real life conditions and not lab conditions, even those displacements apart from the diesel ones will prove to pollute more than what is claimed and as such, especially in the non-turbo small petrol engines the only way to meet the emissions is to upsize in order also to maintain and improve performaFrom then on there were the also the 0.9, 1.0, 1.2 lt turbo engines by most carmakers but since the emissions tests are now going to be based on real life conditions and not lab conditions, even those displacements apart from the diesel ones will prove to pollute more than what is claimed and as such, especially in the non-turbo small petrol engines the only way to meet the emissions is to upsize in order also to maintain and improve performafrom the diesel ones will prove to pollute more than what is claimed and as such, especially in the non-turbo small petrol engines the only way to meet the emissions is to upsize in order also to maintain and improve performance.

After last year's Volkswagen emissions scandal, AAA commissioned engineering firm ABMARC to test 30 vehicles to determine how real - world emissions differ from those in a laboratory setting.

The testing will be consistent with the real driving emissions methods and protocols developed by the European Commission and will assess emissions from volume - production vehicles on the Australian market when driven on local roads under local conditions.

Writing in the Wall Street Journal, the skeptical environmentalist himself, Bj ¯ rn Lomborg, recently revealed a devastating analysis of the EV's real carbon footprint: «If a typical electric car is driven 50,000 miles in its lifetime, the huge initial emissions from its manufacture means the car will actually have put more carbon dioxide in the atmosphere than a similar - size gasoline - powered car driven the same number of miles.»

In a real break from tradition, Carrera and Carrera S models have moved away from natural aspiration to use twin turbochargers, boosting performance while enhancing economy and reducing emissions.

We've reviewed it separately and business users will love the 9 % BiK bracket that its 38g / km official emissions enable, but real - world use away from city traffic is likely to return a fuel - efficiency figure some way short of its claimed 166mpg.

It comes equipped with upgrades from the new CX - 5, including low - friction pistons with edge - cut heads and new high - dispersion injectors, for quicker throttle response and reduced real - world fuel consumption and emissions.

We definitely see that lighting is real - time, and physical based rendering is now implemented into the Red Dead Redemption series, as evident with the isolated orange glow on the trees and surrounding area due to the light emissions from the campfire.

In Stefan's words: «Once an overall long - term goal has been defined, it is a matter of science to determine what emissions trajectories are compatible...» By separating the decision on «long - term» goal from the «matter of science» to turn the crank and determine trajectories misunderstands how real goals function in nearly every area of complex and expensive policy coordination.

My primary objection to nuclear power is precisely that, completely apart from its very real dangers and toxic pollution, it is not a short - term solution if «short - term solution» is defined as one that can make a significant contribution to reducing GHG emissions in the time frame within which such reductions are needed.

This differs from gases like methane which do have a «real» lifetime due to reactions with hydroxyl radicals, where for any given steady state anthropogenic methane emissions are, a stabilized concentration value will eventually be reached.

I've always thought that CCS was an inelegant way to lick the carbon problem — because it involves burning fuels and then corralling a huge mass of pollution rather than avoiding the pollution in the first place — but if gas is to be a real «bridge» to a low emission future rather than a nice - looking dead end then we must seriously explore ways to further cut emissions from gas plants.

Experts agree that methane leaked or vented from natural gas operations is a real concern, yet estimated emission rates vary greatly 3/4 from 1 to 8 percent of total production.

What's in question is not the effect per se, which is certainly real, but the issue of sensitivity, i.e., how sensitive is the environment to the greenhouse effect produced by carbon from fossil fuel emissions?

Because in the real world, the only way to offset fossil fuel CO2 emissions into the atmosphere is to remove an equivalent amount from the atmosphere and bury it.

Between the poles of real - time catastrophe and nonevent lies the prevailing scientific view: Without big changes in emissions rates, global warming from the buildup of greenhouse gases is likely to lead to substantial, and largely irreversible, transformations of climate, ecosystems and coastlines later this century.

Limiting emissions of greenhouse gases is a long - term challenge that needs to be addressed in ways that achieve results; building and living resiliently in tornado zones is a real - time imperative, with or without a push from climate change.

His video illustrates what carbon dioxide emissions from human activities would look like if you could watch the gas volume accumulate in front of you in real - time.

Actually Kevin, we recovered from the last real ice age (the middle ages «Little Ice Age» was just a European phoenomena) quite some time ago and would be slowly headed towards the next ice age were it not for human heat - trapping emissions.

For example, with nitrogen, where the majority of human emissions come from synthetic fertilizers, the real - world challenge is to apply just the right amount of nitrogen to optimize crop yields while minimizing nitrogen losses that harm aquatic ecosystems.

The 3 forcing scenarios are nothing to do with the model — they come from analyses of real world emissions and there will always be ambiguity when forecasting economics.

Keep in mind none of this prevents me from trying repeatedly to explain climate science, reveal efforts to distort climate findings, and lay out, in an unvarnished way, the real - world options for cutting greenhouse - gas emissions and the lack of effort under way to tackle the energy challenge underlying the climate problem.

The real problem in weighing fugitive emissions from gas and oil wells and pipelines is that there is simply no reliable source of data — at all.

RealOldOne2 states that the greenhouse effect is real — he states that the increase radiative emission from GHGs results in the surface emitting less energy than it would if it were radiating straight to space as a result of sentient molecules.

U.S. politicians who oppose cutting our country's emissions often argue that the real problem comes from China, India, and Russia, and that we could and should do nothing until those countries make the first move.

It is evident from Figure 1 that CO2 emissions are following Hansen's Scenario A temperatures (forcings) whilst real - world temperatures are following the «zero increase in emissions» Scenario C.

We are implementing scaled - up, real - world initiatives to attack large sources of emissions, such as methane from landfills and from oil and gas production; black carbon from heavy - duty diesel engines; and HFCs used in refrigeration and air conditioners.

The university was quick to acknowledge both studies in a press release, note small differences in approaches and include quotes from the authors, who reiterated that global warming is quite real, more research is needed, and reducing emissions of CO2 should be considered a top priority.