Sentences with phrase «reducing emissions sources»

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The 56 companies on our 2017 Change the World list, which includes six smaller rising stars, are tackling problems obvious and not - so - obvious — from Accenture, which is using data to reduce E.R. visits, to DSM, a Dutch life sciences company, that is fighting greenhouse gas emissions from a notorious source: cow flatulence.

Using these new power sources could reduce emissions from a car by around 50 %, according to Maxwell's (MXWL) CEO and president Franz Fink.

While cities and states can certainly reduce their emissions from existing sources, energy technology innovation is a critical part of combating climate change, said Akshaya Jha, a professor at Carnegie Mellon University who specializes in energy and environmental economics.

Since coal is the largest source of US emissions, the move to clamp down on the industry will go a long way toward reducing America's carbon footprint over the next two decades.

Dave Sawyer, one of the authors of the National Round Table on Environment and Economy report, and blogger at EnviroEconomics.ca, makes some pertinent insider comments on the efficacy of a carbon tax in reducing emissions from personal transportation, a major source of emissions: While the carbon tax will â $ œdriveâ $ some reductions in vehicle kilometers traveled, -LSB-...]

CO2logic, an independent climate advisory organization, identified Le Pain Quotidien's main CO2 emission sources and opportunities to reduce them.

Bringing refining and processing facilities closer to sources of origin is yet another way to reduce spoilage, bring down transport emissions and add crucial value to local economies.

In giving her the nod, the group pointed to Niccoli's support for efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and pushing the state to have 50 percent of its power coming from renewable energy sources by 2030.

How the UK can reduce its carbon emissions by increasing the use of renewable energy sources is set to be outlined today by the government.

All these requests for solar power projects — among other sources of cleaner energy, such as wind or natural gas — are bringing LIPA in accordance with its Electric Resource Plan 2010 - 2020, which called for reducing emissions by 20 percent below 2005 levels by the year 2020, and by 80 percent by the year 2050, benchmarks set by former Governor David Paterson.

The Public Service Commission is hammering out the details of the state's new «clean energy standard» to promote renewable energy sources and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

It lays out an initial strategy to reduce emissions by encouraging shipping companies to make their ship designs more energy efficient, use alternative fuels or energy sources and streamline operations so that they consume less energy.

We still need to reduce carbon emissions and replace fossil fuels with renewable energy sources.

«Nuclear is the major base load — producing energy source that could reduce greenhouse - gas emissions,» says Kathryn McCarthy, INL's deputy director for nuclear science and technology.

Of that total, 21 billion gallons must come from sources that reduce greenhouse - gas emissions by 50 percent or more — a goal that algae neatly achieve.

The electricity sector can reduce emissions relatively easily by adopting renewables like solar and wind, while cars and trucks can't harness these zero - emissions energy sources without sophisticated and expensive energy storage technologies.

«Boeing believes that biofuels and other types of alternative fuel sources are a near - term solution to reduce carbon emissions,» Boeing senior manager Robert Stevenson told the committee.

If all those pig feces were collected in lined ponds to let anaerobic bacteria thrive, they could become a renewable source of 1600 tons of biogas, which can be used to generate heat and electricity on site while simultaneously reducing Israel's greenhouse - gas emissions.

The study found that, in particular, wind power, biogas, solar photovoltaics, energy efficiency and operational improvements to existing power sources could not only reduce greenhouse emissions but also offset the water used to cool thermal power generation.

Placing carbon capture at these industrial facilities is significantly cheaper than general air capture and reduces emissions from the single largest sources of CO2.

Environmental justice advocates, who have long criticized cap and trade for its propensity to allow businesses to avoid reducing emissions at the source, praised the lack of an immediate link to international deforestation programs.

The International Energy Agency (IEA) noted in its 2012 report that the world will face growing difficulty in reducing emissions by improving energy efficiency or by using alternative energy sources because the low - hanging fruit in these ares will soon have been picked.

Storing CO2 Under the Sea North Sea, 150 Miles off the Norway Coast — The latest, greatest hope for reducing greenhouse emissions is to capture carbon dioxide at the source and bury it underground.

When tested using computer simulations on a hypothetical crowd - sourced parcel company, this new method increased the company's revenue by 6.4 percent by reducing fuel and emission costs by 2.5 percent.

Curbing these emissions would help reduce warming, but scientists have found it difficult to determine exactly how much methane comes from human sources.

A host of new techniques and technologies will be required to reduce emissions from these sources that includes reusing heat and power generated in manufacturing processes; recycling materials or substituting them; controlling greenhouse gases other than carbon dioxide (CO2); and, ultimately, capturing and burying the CO2 produced.

«If we want natural gas to be the cleanest fossil fuel source, methane emissions have to be reduced,» says Gabrielle Pétron, an atmospheric scientist at NOAA and at the University of Colorado in Boulder, and first author on the study, currently in press at the Journal of Geophysical Research.

Those steps include deriving 40 % of electric power capacity from fossil fuel — free sources by 2030, reducing its emissions intensity by 33 % to 35 % by 2030, and expanding forests to create a carbon sink capable of absorbing 2.5 billion to 3 billion tons of carbon from the atmosphere.

Reducing greenhouse gas emissions will involve developing «a variety» of energy sources, including renewables, nuclear, and fossil fuel technologies with carbon capture and storage, he said in response to a question from an audience member.

Those that reduce emissions below the cap can sell their excess permits to those sources that fail to meet the targets — the trade part of the market — resulting in an overall reduction of pollution at the lowest economic cost, in theory.

The latest battle comes as power producers in some European countries are embracing wood as a source of renewable energy that would also help them meet targets to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

«The overall significance is that although we already know that reducing methane emissions can bring great societal benefits via decreased near - term warming and improved air quality, and that many of the sources can be controlled at low or even negative cost, we still need better data on emissions from particular sources,» Duke University climate sciences professor Drew Shindell said.

The largest source of «clean» energy is not reducing carbon emissions by as much as official figures claim — and it is causing immense harm to the poor and to wildlife

The Obama administration has argued that cutting carbon dioxide emissions reduces other pollutants from the same source, thereby leading to immediate health benefits.

The jist of this is that we must NOT suddenly switch off carbon / sulphur producing industries over the planet but instead we must first dramatically reduce CO2 emissions from every conceivable source, then gradually tackle coal / fossil fuel sources to smoothly remove the soot from the air to prevent a sudden leap in average global temps which if it is indeed 2.75 C as the UNEP predicts will permanently destroy the climates ability to regulate itself and lead to catastrophic changes on the land and sea.

«(B) If as a result of such a study, the Administrator determines that the use of such products by noncovered sources results in substantial emissions of greenhouse gases and that such emissions have not been adequately addressed under other requirements of this Act, the Administrator may, after notice and comment rulemaking, promulgate a regulation reducing compensatory allowances commensurately if doing so will not result in shifting such emissions to noncovered sources.

They enable major power generators to profitably generate electricity in a manner that reduces the overall cost of compliance with mandatory greenhouse gas («GHG») emissions limits and renewable energy targets while also allowing countries to diversify their sources of electricity supply.

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) to reduce emissions of methane - rich landfill gas from new, modified and reconstructed municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, updating standards that were issued in 1996.

Agricultural soils and the urine deposited by grazing animals are the main source of nitrous oxide Read more about Greener pastures reduce greenhouse gas emission - Scimex

In addition, the cost to reduce global emissions in a world that valued terrestrial, fossil fuel and industrial sources dropped to half that of the world in which only fossil fuel and industrial entities paid to emit carbon.

Such building - related CO2 emissions can be reduced in numerous ways — from installing more energy - efficient appliances to powering the buildings with renewable energy sources.

Students examine some methods of reducing emissions from pollution sources.

The report concluded that the feeding reservoirs were in fact a greater source of dioxins in food than emissions are, «and suggest that further risk management actions to reduce emissions from controlled sources beyond those already in place will have little or no additional impact on food levels.»

The dual power sources offer all of the incentives of driving an electric vehicle — charging at home, cheap energy, and the potential for reduced emissions — while eliminating the inconvenience of limited range and slow charging times that afflict pure electric vehicles.

GHG emissions inventories are used by policy makers to understand sources of emissions, to develop strategies to reduce GHGs, and to track progress.

The more powerful versions are planned to adopt a particulate filter in an attempt to reduce CO2 emissions to a model - line - specific average of less than 120g / km, according to BMW engineering sources.

We start by using only natural reclaimed paper fibers sourced locally to reduce products going into landfills and to keep carbon emissions to a minimum.

Renewable energy in the home and garden If you are concerned about CO2 emissions and your household's carbon footprint, then one of the most effective ways of reducing this pollution is by installing some renewable energy sources in your garden and home.

I doubt that politicians truely understand the problem at hand, it is not as if we have a new energy technology ready to fill in for fossil fusl at the present time and whilst I am sure than energy efficiency can reduce carbon emissions by around 25 % it will be left to the markets to decide this and that means awaiting the onset of peak fossil fuels to push up the price of it that will make other energy sources more viable.

-- «That's why I'm calling on the Congress to fully fund my Administration's Future Gen program to build clean coal power plants that will reduce our competitivity with foreign sources of oil and increase our commitment to carbon emissions.»