Sentences with phrase «reduce transportation sector»

EVs charging from an increasingly clean electric grid can help reduce transportation sector GHG emissions from 169 to 111 MMT / year, one - third of the 2030 goal.

He said, however, that liquid biofuels can and should play a central role in reducing the transportation sector's petroleum dependence, alongside programs to reduce vehicle sizes, charge for carbon emissions, and encourage lifestyles requiring less personal mobility.

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It is less clear whether Obama will reduce emissions from other sectors, like industry and transportation.

And it continues to pursue research into alternative fuels and technologies that can further reduce the carbon intensity of energy applications across a variety of sectors, including electricity production and transportation.

But reducing emissions from the transportation sector is an increasingly important theme for Obama as he works to build a legacy of climate change action.

For instance, if the transportation sector one day shifts to a smaller fleet of self - driving vehicles and if builders are able to reduce steel demand by using alternate materials — like, say, wood - framed buildings — it could drastically reduce the overall metal footprint.

Dr. Craft's expertise is on air toxics issues, focusing specifically on reducing criteria and greenhouse gas emissions from the energy and transportation sectors.

A massive expansion of land use for sugar cane growth in Brazil, and a subsequent increase in ethanol production with the feedstock could reduce global carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector by up to 86 percent of 2014 levels, according to research published in the October issue of the journal Nature Climate Change.

According to an assessment by the Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations, «the contribution of the livestock sector to global greenhouse gas emissions exceeds that of transportation,» and a study published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences estimated the impact of a global move to a plant - based diet could reduce global mortality by 6 to 10 percent and reduce food - related greenhouse gas emissions by 29 to 70 percent.

However, most states use few of the available transportation policy tools to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from the transportation sector,... Read more →

Although much of the focus for e-mobility news is on consumer electric vehicles, which would help reduce emissions in the light - duty vehicles category, commercial transport is another huge industry altogether, and one that is responsible for some 23 % of the US transportation sector's greenhouse gas emissions.

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Reducing our emissions to 90 % below current levels is impossible without addressing, somehow, the transportation sector's effect on our emissions.

To reduce carbon dioxide emissions in the transportation sector 14 percent from 2005 levels by 2020, the cost of driving would simply have to increase, according to a report released Thursday by researchers at Harvard's Belfer Center for Science and International Affairs.

Gatti's work is focused on efforts to reduce emissions in the transportation sector in the Northeast region, through electrification, efficiency, and clean fuels.

In the long run, much of the economic growth of developed economies is likely to involve less energy - intensive sectors because of demand - side factors such as 1) the amount of stuff people can physically manage is limited (even with rented storage space), 2) migration to areas where the weather is more moderate will continue, 3) increased urbanization and population density reduces energy consumption per capita, 4) there is a lot of running room to decrease the energy consumption of our electronic devices (e.g., switching to clockless microprocessors, not that I'm predicting that specific innovation), 5) telecommunication will substitute for transportation on the margin, 6) cheaper and better data acquisition and processing will enable less wasteful routing and warehousing of material goods, and 7) aging populations will eventually reduce the total amount (local plus distant) of travel per person per year.

Increasing the average fuel efficiency of a tractor - trailer from nearly six miles per gallon to nearly 11 miles per gallon would significantly reduce oil use in the transportation sector.

The Dept. of Energy's «Transportation Energy Futures» study provides a template for Pres. Obama's vision of reducing US transportation sector petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissionsTransportation Energy Futures» study provides a template for Pres. Obama's vision of reducing US transportation sector petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissionstransportation sector petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions 80 % by 2050.

A price on carbon will create an economic incentive to reduce emissions from the electricity, heating, and transportation sectors, and will also create a revenue stream that can be used to fund programs needed to implement the Clean Energy DC Plan.

A carbon price will complement and expand upon the RPS's electricity sector emissions reductions, while create new incentives to reduce emissions from the heating and transportation sectors.

Meat and dairy generate more global greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector, yet reducing the consumption of animal products through institutional purchasing remains a largely untapped yet highly effective, cost - saving approach to mitigating climate change while promoting public health.

Electric vehicles (EVs) have the potential to reduce US transportation - sector energy use and associated emissions, as well as to support the transition to a more sustainable transportation system.

The CEM Electric Vehicle Initiative (EVI) recognizes the importance of reducing carbon emissions in the transportation sector, which account for almost a quarter of global greenhouse gas emissions and is one of the fastest - growing energy end use sectors.

Burlington Electric is offering this incentive as part of its effort to meet the Tier III requirements of Vermont's RES, which supports utility programs that help customers reduce fossil fuel use in the heating and transportation sectors..

«Unlike in the 1970s, today only 2 % of U.S. electricity is generated from oil, so plug in hybrids enable the transportation sector to tap into the array of vast domestic and much easier to secure energy resources which power our grid, and thus can increase vehicle fuel choice and greatly reduce our dependence on hostile suppliers of oil.»

A major development was the decision at the 2007 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC) talks in Bali, Indonesia, to recognize forest conservation as a means for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation, which accounts for roughly one - fifth of emissions — more than the entire transportation sector.

From the perspective of the Alliance to Save Energy, what they are doing is very important, because we believe that the cheapest, quickest, and the cleanest way to improve and reduce energy use in the transportation sector is by improving fuel economy and that's something that plug - in hybrid electric vehicles can do in spades.

To achieve this goal, SB 350 sets ambitious 2030 targets for energy efficiency and renewable electricity, among other actions aimed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions across the energy and transportation sectors.

The November 8 election also saw the defeat of an initiative in Washington State that would have imposed the nation's first revenue - neutral carbon tax, assessing a $ 25 - per - ton fee on carbon dioxide emitted in the electricity, transportation, and other sectors and then using that revenue to reduce the state sales tax.

«New York is committed to reducing greenhouse gas emissions from the transportation sector, just as we have already significantly reduced emissions from electric power,» Governor Cuomo said.

Although the transportation sector is made up of more than CAFE covered vehicles, reducing average fuel economies is as detrimental to the environment as revising downward or rescinding the Clean Power Plan (CPP).

«Further, RNG can help reduce emissions in Canada's transportation sector, particularly in commercial transportation, which is one of the fastest growing areas of GHG emissions,» said McCauley

The effort is part of a broad - scale initiative to support Governor Cuomo's efforts to reduce emissions from the electricity and energy sectors along with the transportation sector.

Canada continues to implement its nation - wide Air Quality Management System to reduce emissions of air pollutants from industrial sources, as well as a suite of air pollution regulations for the transportation sector that reduce emissions of key SLCPs.

Significant emission reductions from the transportation sector will help the Bay Area attain and maintain state and national air quality standards and reduce greenhouse gases.Bay Area residents and visitors can learn more about the bike share system at www.bayareabikeshare.com, scheduled to go live later today, facebook.com/bayareabikeshare,and @sfbayareabikeshare on Twitter.The Bay Area Air Quality Management District is the regional agency responsible for protecting air quality in the nine - county Bay Area.

Solis said the transportation sector «is one of our greatest challenges, and we must reduce these emissions if we are to comply with our ambitious goal of becoming one of the first carbon - neutral countries in the world by the time of our independence bicentennial in 2021.»

Significant emission reductions from the transportation sector will help protect public health and ensure the Bay Area meets state and national air quality standards while reducing greenhouse gases.

This new milestone exploring the use of clean energy in one of the largest transportation sectors could mean positive impacts on the global goal to reduce CO2 emissions.

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Ashok Gupta, Air and Energy Program director at the Natural Resources Defense Council, said, «Using existing technology, we can dramatically reduce greenhouse gases from the transportation sector.

Supported by Transportation Energy Futures (TEF) project and nine - part study undertaken by the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and Argonne National Laboratory, the Obama Administration envisions reducing petroleum use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US transportation sector a whoppingTransportation Energy Futures (TEF) project and nine - part study undertaken by the Department of Energy Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL), and Argonne National Laboratory, the Obama Administration envisions reducing petroleum use and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US transportation sector a whoppingtransportation sector a whopping 80 % by 2050.

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This can include transformative or innovative actions to reduce black carbon and methane emissions from household energy, transportation, municipal solid waste, the brick sector and other combustion industries, agriculture and the oil and gas industry; or to replace hydrofluorocarbons used in cooling and refrigeration.

They also find that the primary value of BECCS is not electricity production, but carbon sequestration, and note that BECCS can also be used to reduce emissions in the transportation and industrial sectors.

Zero - Emission Vehicles in California — To significantly reduce both GHG emissions and air pollution from the transportation sector, California's state agencies, including the California Energy Commission, have developed a series of policies and actions to encourage the use of zero - emission vehicles (ZEVs).

Though Turkey will not be obligated to reduce its emissions until 2012, when the second commitment period goes into force, doing so will involve changes for its agriculture, manufacturing, transportation, and other industries that the government estimates will cost the public and private sector a combined 58 billion Euros.

Transportation policies that favor electric vehicles or even self - driving cars, for example, could someday lower emissions; in the energy sector, an increased focus on biofuels or hydrogen production could do the same; and in agriculture, slow release fertilizers could reduce nitrous oxide emissions.