Sentences with phrase «replaced with emissions»

And the state's entire electricity - generation capacity would have to be doubled, while simultaneously being replaced with emissions - free generation.

Not exact matches

For example, the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach in southern California in July approved a plan to replace their current fleets of mostly diesel trucks with zero - or near zero - emissions vehicles by 2030.

(If anything, I'd argue windmills improve human health by replacing polluting gas and coal - fired power plants with emissions - free technology.)

Alberta's electricity producers are planning to build new natural - gas - fired plants to replace a few aging coal plants — a move that will reduce carbon emissions and air pollution that comes with coal.

Replacing livestock with growing and harvesting plants could reduce greenhouse gas emissions and fight climate change, he argued.

The administration has said hydropower could provide about 1,000 MW of replacement energy and transmission upgrades and energy efficiency, along with other renewable resources, will ensure the plant is replaced without increasing greenhouse gas emissions.

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

«For scientific activities that require the emission of carbon, researchers should replace with less carbon - intensive activities, reduce the scope of the activity, and refine their research plan to maximize the scientific return for each unit of carbon emitted,» Favaro wrote.

The biggest driver of lower carbon dioxide emissions has been declining natural gas prices, which has allowed the industry to replace coal - fired power plants economically with cleaner natural gas power plants — and without a costly regulatory mandate,» said Jeffrey J. Anderson, a doctoral candidate in the Department of Engineering and Public Policy.

The study also recommends that from a mitigation standpoint, because funeral pyres are deeply entrenched cultural practices, replacing wooden pyres with alternative and ecofriendly practices seems to be the only viable option for controlling emissions.

On a global scale, replacing the steel used in construction with timber such as CLT could cut CO2 emissions by 15 % to 20 %, according to a 2014 study in the Journal of Sustainable Forestry.

Assuming that the kosher consumer replaces the average American's four pounds of shrimp a year (and its 9.79 pounds, or 4.4 kilograms, of carbon dioxide emissions) with another fish, Canadian North Atlantic herring is a good choice: it takes around 5.28 gallons (20 liters) of fuel to purse seine (net using two trawlers) a metric ton of these small fish, according to Dalhousie, releasing about 117 pounds (53 kilograms) of carbon dioxide — meaning four pounds of herring have a carbon footprint of a mere 0.21 pound (0.09 kilogram).

Of course, you could go the other way: If the kosher - only omnivore replaced all the pork with chicken, their greenhouse emissions would drop to 1,216 pounds (552 kilograms) per annum.

We are replacing synthetic oil - based adhesives with products made from renewable resources, and we are getting rid of unhealthy emissions of commonly available fibreboards and chipboards.

Rather, greenhouse gas emissions from agriculture would drop by 28 percent without farmed animals because of increases associated with producing additional food crops and the use of more synthetic fertilizer to replace manure.

To cut our emissions, fossil fuels need to be replaced with low - carbon energy sources such as nuclear power and renewables, and fossil fuel power stations need to be fitted with carbon - capture technology.

Finally, taking a more worldly view, they estimated replacing coal - fired power plants in Japan with liquid - natural - gas plants that burn fuel imported from the United States would also be a net - plus for the environment, with a 15 percent emissions savings.

Does it makes sense to replace old coal - fired power plants with new natural gas power plants today, as a bridge to a longer - term transition toward near zero - emission energy generation technologies such as solar, wind, or nuclear power?

The researchers found replacing old oil - burning furnaces for residential heating with new natural - gas - burning models yielded emissions savings of up to 48 percent.

The study also found that, although transmitting coal power was slightly more effective at reducing air pollution impacts than simply replacing old coal power plants with newer, cleaner ones in the east, both coal scenarios had approximately the same carbon emissions.

In his strategy for bringing down British carbon dioxide emissions by 60 over cent over the coming 50 years, Barker envisages phasing out all British value - added taxes and replacing them with a swingeing carbon tax.

These studies looked at how replacing meat and dairy with plant - based foods can have a positive impact on greenhouse gas emissions, energy, water, and biodiversity.

A group of prominent Republicans released a «conservative» plan to reduce carbon dioxide emissions today, arguing that replacing Obama - era policies with a carbon - tax - and - dividend system would be a politically feasible way to fight off the worst effects of climate change.

In the household energy and food and agriculture sectors, the proposal with the biggest impact on both climate change and public health was a 10 - year programme in India to replace 150 million indoor biomass - burning stoves with low - emissions cooking stoves, according to lead author Paul Wilkinson, also at the London School of Hygiene and Tropical Medicine.

These new trucks — which employ a diesel combustion engine along with a hydraulic high - pressure accumulator that stores energy captured during braking — get 35 percent better fuel economy and generate as much as 30 percent fewer greenhouse gas emissions as compared to the non-hybrid diesel - powered vehicles they are replacing.

Coal - to - liquid fuels with carbon capture and storage could replace about 15 — 20 % of current fuel consumption in the transportation sector (2 — 3 million barrels per day; the lower estimate holds if coal is also used to produce coal - and - biomass - to - liquid fuels) and would have lifecycle CO2 emissions similar to petroleum - based fuels.

Many Norwegians have already replaced their old woodstoves with newer and cleaner - burning stoves, which has more than halved soot emissions since the early 2000s.

Transit plans to replace 12 buses with 19 - 20 zero - emission electric buses, starting with the oldest models.

BruinBus Transit Fleet Ditches Diesel and Goes All Clean Fuel Sep 27, 2016 UCLA Newsroom (Los Angeles, CA) UCLA became the first public university in California with electric buses today, when two zero - emissions electric buses replaced the last diesel buses in the BruinBus transit fleet.

Downsizing was first introduced with VAG and Peugeot 1.4 lt turbo engines which replaced the 1.6, 1.8 and in some cases the 2.0 lt petrol engines, with less emissions and more power and torque, something that they had to do in order to compete also with the smaller diesel engines.

Replacing the notoriously thirsty five - cylinder 2.5 - litre turbo motor of its predecessor with a smaller 2.0 - litre, four - cylinder EcoBoost engine hasn't just improved economy and emissions (on paper, at least) but given performance a useful shot in the arm as well.

Replacing D8 with a new lightweight aluminum - intensive structure, while useful in helping with Land Rover's looming CO2 emissions problem, would break the bank, insiders say.

Town of Ocean City: $ 2 million to help replace aging buses with new fuel - efficient vehicles that will reduce emissions, save on fuel, and meet the needs of eight million summer tourists.

More space between the cylinders means that Harley engineers were able to replace the traditional motorcycle carburetors parts with a more advanced, computer - controlled fuel injection system, which allows for easier cold starts, cleaner emissions, and better fuel economy, all important to young buyers.

As part of BMW's on going Efficient Dynamics technology advancements the engine line up was amended to replace some of the six - cylinder engines with twin - turbo four cylinders giving improved performance, fuel consumption and CO2 emission.

With ever stricter emission regulations its inevitable that most large displacement, naturally aspirated engines will be replaced with smaller turbocharged engiWith ever stricter emission regulations its inevitable that most large displacement, naturally aspirated engines will be replaced with smaller turbocharged engiwith smaller turbocharged engines.

Delivering 136 metric horsepower and 320 Nm (236 lb - ft) of torque between 2,000 rpm and 2,250 rpm the new «U3» diesel powertrain replaces the 1.7 - liter CRDi unit and complies with the strict Euro 6d TEMP emissions standard thanks to the use of Selective Catalytic Reduction (SCR) active emissions control technology.

In practical use, this advanced hybrid technology impresses with low consumption and emission figures, but high performance: the electric motor is able to replace or support the combustion engine and makes use of energy generated while braking by converting it into electric energy, storing it and reusing it.

According to the Wall Street Journal, this is due to another emission issue dealing with 2014 models having their catalytic converter replaced.

It will replace the current model's 1.3 L Fiat - sourced Multijet diesel engine that is set to be phased out by 2020 with the arrival of BSVI emissions regulations.

To do this the N24 needs number plates with lights, indicators, a horn, a proper handbrake, steering column with steering lock, fuel filler restrictor, RHD headlights, catalytic converter mods to comply with noise and emission regs and a normal drivers window to replace the fixed Perspex type with sliding panel.

As expected, Land Rover is to replace the 3.6 TDV8 with a 4.4 litre TDV8 offering 10 % more power, better economy and lower emissions for the 2011 Range Rover.

In the quest of bettering its emission standard, Land Rover introduced a nine - speed box to replace the six - speed unit that came with the car when it was launched in 2011.

* a new 2.0 - litre DISI * petrol engine equipped with i - stop that achieves approximately 15 percent reduction in CO2 emissions compared to the 2.0 - litre petrol it replaces,

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Make your vehicle operating quiet again by replacing your malfunctioning component with this top - notch emission control part.

It also saves time by doing away with unscrewing and replacing a fuel - filler cap and provides a better seal, cutting down the emissions of smog - forming vapors.

If I understand the above calculation correctly, it would seem that, in the electricity sector, we could mostly concentrate on meeting additional demand with efficiency and carbon neutral generation (and avoid some of the fights associated with replacing existing coal generation plants); but if we need to reduce emissions by 80 % by 2050, then I am not sure whether this makes sense.

In the interest of disclosure, I'll mention a few: One occurs if a new energy source puts carbon - based sources «out of business» and displaces them quickly, even without any cost assigned to carbon dioxide emissions: In other words, if the economic cost of the new energy source is so low that it completely and quickly beats even the lowest - cost carbon - based sources (even without a «carbon price») and justifies investments associated with replacing the associated infrastructure.

It was replaced with qualitative language, and included a phrase regarding the need for a «peak and decline» in emissions.