Sentences with phrase «terms of emissions of greenhouse gases»

In contrast to the Obama vision, the plan here preserves a central role for coal — the dirtiest fossil fuel in terms of emissions of greenhouse gases, but a resource that China has in abundance.

Not exact matches

In Williams» own words: «In terms of greenhouse - gas emissions, the news is even better.

Exxon has argued against all the other shareholder proposals as well, including a «policy to explicitly prohibit discrimination based on sexual orientation and gender identity»; a policy articulating Exxon's «respect for and commitment to the human right to water»; «a report discussing possible long term risks to the company's finances and operations posed by the environmental, social and economic challenges associated with the oil sands»; a report of «known and potential environmental impacts» and «policy options» to address the impacts of the company's «fracturing operations»; a report of recommendations on how Exxon can become an «environmentally sustainable energy company»; and adoption of «quantitative goals... for reducing total greenhouse gas emissions.»

In the nearer term, the key is to curb some of the most concentrated sources of greenhouse gas emissions like methane and black carbon, Gov. Brown said.

An assessment paid for by DuPont said that the ethanol it will produce there could be more than 100 per cent better than gasoline in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

But we are leading the way in terms of reducing greenhouse gas emissions,» she added.

Figures from the Brazilian Ministry of Agriculture, Livestock and Food Supply's «Long Term Outlook» now indicate that the country's livestock industry — whose associated greenhouse gas emissions and land use are already a concern for environmentalists — will grow still further in the next ten years.

It includes a commitment to operate sustainably in terms of raw material sourcing, greenhouse gas emissions, energy conservation, water management, biodiversity, community initiatives and health and nutrition.

If global corporations are allowed to turn our state into a sacrifice zone, reap massive short - term profits, and significantly add to greenhouse gas emissions, the true costs of drilling in terms of environmental impacts, quality of life, and long - term cleanup costs would be passed on to state residents.

The final Erie County plan will summarize results of greenhouse gas emission inventories, set short - term and long - term energy goals, define new operations policies and changes to existing policies, identify implementation strategies and projects, present a detailed timeline for implementation and identify funding opportunities.

That's why we have to look at the balance in terms of what is cheaper: Can we reduce emissions of greenhouse gases today so that we can stabilize the earth's climate, rather than adapt to the impacts of climate change and incur much higher costs over a period of time?

I believe the long - term health of the planet depends on taking further action to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

«If economics is the sole focus, then less expensive technologies that require significant amounts of energy for their manufacture, maintenance and replacement might win out — even if they ultimately increase greenhouse gas emissions and negate the long - term benefits of implementing wind and solar power.»

Lawyer Philip Cooney, a CEQ chief of staff and a 15 - year veteran of the American Petroleum Institute, spent the first term of the administration editing science reports from various agencies on climate change to downplay the role of greenhouse gas emissions — emphasizing elements of uncertainty from a 2001 National Research Council report on climate change, according to an investigation by the U.S. House of Representatives Committee on Oversight and Government Reform.

Professor David Schultz, one of the authors of the guest editorial, said: «One of the long - term effects of climate change is often predicted to be an increase in the intensity and frequency of many high - impact weather events, so reducing greenhouse gas emissions is often seen to be the response to the problem.

Writing in the journal Weather, Climate and Society, the University of Manchester researchers argue that cutting greenhouse gas emissions, while crucial to reducing humanity's longer - term impact on the planet, will not eliminate violent storms, tornadoes or flooding and the damage they cause.

For example, President Bush also committed to intensity targets in lieu of proposing any national medium or long - term cuts in greenhouse gas emissions.

A new analysis of global energy use, economics and the climate shows that without new climate policies, expanding the current bounty of inexpensive natural gas alone would not slow the growth of global greenhouse gas emissions worldwide over the long term, according to a study appearing today in Nature.

Rather than using complex computer models to estimate the effects of greenhouse - gas emissions, Lovejoy examines historical data to assess the competing hypothesis: that warming over the past century is due to natural long - term variations in temperature.

Even so, the development would not be entirely environmentally friendly, at least in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

Although the country ranks among the top 20 percent most efficient in the world in terms of emissions intensity by the intergovernmental organization International Energy Agency, its total greenhouse gas emissions jumped by 74 percent from 1990 to 2012, according to the estimates of D.C. - based think tank World Resources Institute.

U.S. Rep. Cathy McMorris Rodgers, a sixth - term Republican from Washington State who is a climate change denier and an ardent opponent of regulations for greenhouse gas emissions, has been nominated by President - elect Donald Trump for Secretary of Interior.

While the ranking of individual years can be affected by chaotic weather patterns, the long - term trends are attributable to drivers of climate change that right now are dominated by human emissions of greenhouse gases,» said GISS Director Gavin Schmidt.

The advantages in terms of greenhouse gas emissions are compounded if these vehicles are autonomous, Greenblatt said.

In terms of climate policy, the healthier diets could contribute up to 23 percent of the U.S. Climate Action Plan goal to reduce net greenhouse gas emissions 17 percent below 2005 levels by 2020, Cleveland said.

Urban areas and their aging natural gas pipes and valves are also responsible for a lot of methane emissions, which is about 35 times as potent as a greenhouse gas over the span of 100 years and makes up about 10 percent of all U.S. greenhouse gas emissions in terms of CO2 equivalents.

Or at the least take solace that your beloved pork belly may be better for the environment in terms of greenhouse gas emissions than the lettuce that accompanies it on the classic BLT.

-- The combined quantity of term offset credits and domestic offset credits used by a covered entity to demonstrate compliance for its emissions or attributable greenhouse gas emissions in any given year shall not exceed the quantity of domestic offset credits that a covered entity is entitled to use for that year to demonstrate compliance in accordance with paragraph (1).

(2) the term «carbon footprint» means the level of greenhouse gas emissions produced by a particular activity, service, or entity; and

-- The term «national deforestation reduction activities» means activities in developing countries that reduce a quantity of greenhouse gas emissions from deforestation that is calculated by measuring actual emissions against a national deforestation baseline established pursuant to section 754 (d)(1) and (2).

-- In this subsection, the term «sectoral basis» means the issuance of international offset credits only for the quantity of sector - wide reductions or avoidance of greenhouse gas emissions, or sector - wide increases in sequestration of greenhouse gases, achieved across the relevant sector of the economy relative to a domestically enforceable baseline level of absolute emissions established in an agreement or arrangement described in subsection (b)(2)(A) for the sector.

-- The term «United States greenhouse gas emissions» means the total quantity of annual greenhouse gas emissions from the United States, as calculated by the Administrator and reported to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change Secretariat.

And yet, in terms of greenhouse - gas emissions, grid - charged cars are still cleaner than their gasoline - powered counterparts, and that's particularly true in California, where we rely largely on natural gas to make electricity.

And as the animation shows, it's a long - term trend that is likely to continue until the emissions of carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases are significantly curtailed.

The warm waters across the central and eastern tropical Pacific are boosting global temperatures, which is on top of the long - term warming driven by human greenhouse gas emissions.

If every American did so, it'd be the equivalent of taking 5.8 million cars off the road in terms of greenhouse gas emissions saved.

Governments and food and agriculture organizations join today at the Lima - Paris Action Agenda Focus on Agriculture to respond to the urgent climate challenges facing agriculture with six cooperative initiatives that will protect the long - term livelihoods of millions of farmer and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

If the gains are large enough, says Mazda, you can match or better the average EV in terms of greenhouse gas emissions.

Finally, the presence of vigorous climate variability presents significant challenges to near - term climate prediction (25, 26), leaving open the possibility of steady or even declining global mean surface temperatures over the next several decades that could present a significant empirical obstacle to the implementation of policies directed at reducing greenhouse gas emissions (27).

As has long been the situation in these talks, the stances of these countries, the two dominant sources of greenhouse gas emissions, largely shape prospects for the world at large to move beyond the weak terms of the 1992 Framework Convention on Climate Change and the limited scope of the Kyoto Protocol.

This is an issue both in terms of forces raising emissions of greenhouse gases and the extent of vulnerability to climate - related hazards.

And I framed this blog around the broader issue of how we navigate the next two generations with the fewest long - term regrets because I personally see greenhouse gas emissions as PART of the great challenge facing a fast - growing species with a faster - growing footprint.

The answer to that question may come Thursday or Friday in Paris, where the world's biggest, and most polluting, countries are meeting in the third set of talks under Mr. Bush's effort to come up with a common goal for a long - term cut in greenhouse gas emissions, and specific commitments by countries in the nearer term.

It can then be used for fuel, which in terms of greenhouse gas emissions is tons (ha) better

I said that one concern «in the policy arena is that the «plus» stuff [research and development] tends to get shed in favor of short - term symbolism and that the «price» [cost of emissions of greenhouse gases] could get watered down» given the way Congress has approached such bills in the past.

A combination of the two can immediately reduce greenhouse gas emissions while ensuring long term sustainability.

Fire occurrence and fire landscapes, unlike other environmental disturbances, can be effectively managed to result in landscapes that either welcome, or discourage, subsequent fires and can offer a comparatively low - cost means of curbing greenhouse - gas emissions in the short and medium term.

The whole problem of how much warming will occur convolves lots of questions involving how the climate reacts to greenhouse gases, the carbon cycle, and our future path as societies in terms of our energy use (and other emissions).

The article cites a draft two - page text circulated at the meeting, which appears to indicate movement toward long - term (2050) and near - term (2020) steps to curb emissions of greenhouse gases — although with all of the soft language required to get both developing and rich countries on board.

As has been shown by both the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration and the insightful peer - reviewed work of Bob Howarth at Cornell, there is no appreciable benefit in terms of greenhouse gas emissions by switching from coal to gas.