Sentences with phrase «third largest source»

An article in the Sydney Morning Herald revealed that the student housing market was worth around $ 20 billion to the Australian economy, making education the country's third largest source of export revenue.

Road transportation is the third largest source of Dubai's greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Cement, which is mostly commonly composed of calcium silicates, requires heating limestone and other ingredients to 2,640 degrees F (1,450 degrees C) by burning fossil fuels and is the third largest source of greenhouse gas pollution in the U.S., according to the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.

That's particularly important for those concerned about the impacts the global coal industry has on our health and environment because Germany is currently the third largest source of international public financing for coal.

Rice cultivation is the third largest source of methane emissions in the sector, and the top two rice producing states, Arkansas and California, are responsible for over half of U.S. emissions from rice production.

«Canola is the third largest source of vegetable oil that humans eat,» says Meghnath Pokharel, a doctoral student in agronomy at Kansas State University.

Methane is a greenhouse gas up to 35 times as potent as carbon dioxide as a driver of climate change over the span of a century, and landfills are the United States» third largest source of methane emissions, according to the EPA.

Disposable diapers make up the third largest source of solid waste in landfills (after paper products and food containers) and may take up to 500 years to decompose.

Disposable diapers make up the third largest source of solid waste in landfills.

Landfills are the third largest source of methane in the United States.

Tapioca is a starch extracted from the roots of the cassava or manioc plant, which is the third largest source of carbohydrates worldwide.

The sweet, starchy carbohydrate is the third largest source of carbohydrates in the tropics after rice and maize.

Not exact matches

«Notwithstanding the current position of the new U.S. Administration on (TPP), we will continue to engage with our American colleagues to strengthen our bilateral trade and economic relations, given the U.S.'s importance as our third - largest trading partner and a major source of investment,» Mustapa Mohamed said in a statement.

As the world's largest sourcing and logistics company, Li & Fung plays matchmaker between poor countries» factories and affluent countries» vendors, finding the lowest - cost workers, haggling over prices and handling the logistics for roughly a third of the retailers found in the typical American shopping mall, including Sears, Macy's, JCPenney and Kohl's.

Indeed, over the past 15 years China has been the largest single source of immigrants to Canada, with two - thirds of those Chinese immigrants settling in Vancouver and Toronto, according to new census figures.

For about two - thirds of the elderly, Social Security is their major income source; for 36 percent, old - age benefits account for at least 90 percent of their income and these shares are even larger for minorities and for women.

China's second - and third - largest cryptocurrency exchanges Huobi and OKCoin have delayed their planned launches in Korea amid the tightening of government regulations here, according to industry sources on Jan. 3.

JD Finance is looking to buy the stake from First Capital's top and third - largest shareholders, Bloomage Xinyu Investment and Nengxing Holdings Group that own 15.4 percent and 8.5 percent, respectively, one of the sources added.

Nick Maclean, CBRE Middle East's Managing Director, says, «The size of the region's foreign investment makes the Middle East the third - largest source of cross regional capital globally as Arab investors look for brighter investment prospects internationally.»

The region is also a major energy producer, the source of 75 % of the state's oil production and 65 % of its gas production.18 Kern County is the third most productive oil - producing county in the U.S., 19 accounting for one - tenth of overall U.S. oil production and three of the five largest U.S. oil fields.20 Kern is also home to the world's second largest onshore wind farm, the Alta Wind Energy Center, 21 and construction is underway there on what will be the world's largest solar PV installation, at Antelope Valley.22

Tuesday night, several suicide bombers blew themselves up at Europe's third largest airport in Istanbul, Turkey, according to multiple sources.

Produced from a new variety of oilseed rape — the familiar yellow - flowered crop that is the third - largest source of the world's vegetable oil needs — the new oil, -LSB-...]

A third source close to Winfield in the early»80s told SI that Winfield knew Spira was a gambler and lent Spira large sums on more than one occasion.

According to the EPA, this is at a rate of 18,000,000,000 per year for us Americans making «disposable diapers the third - largest source of solid waste in landfills.»

Labour has become increasingly reliant upon union sources of funding in recent years, and large public sector unions maintain an influential grip on the party's power structure, including having a third of the bloc - votes for the Labour leadership election currently underway.

This election, she has raised $ 13.8 million so far, including $ 1.26 million from real estate professionals, making the sector her third - largest source of funds.

The watershed of the world's third largest estuary — the Chesapeake Bay — covers 64,000 square miles and is home to almost 18 million people who benefit from the flood control, food sources and recreational opportunities that the ecosystem provides.

The flattening out of applications from China is important because the country is the largest source of foreign graduate applications, representing about a third of all foreign graduate school applications.

About 20 percent of U.S. electricity comes from nuclear power plants, making it the third - largest source of electricity in the country after coal (45 percent) and natural gas (23 percent).

In 2015, wind surpassed nuclear to become the grid operator's third - largest power source.

The EPA estimates that methane accounts for about 9 percent of greenhouse gas emissions in the U.S. Landfills are the third - largest source of methane emitted by humans in the U.S. behind oil and gas production, and livestock.

Often called the Third Pole due to how much ice and snow accumulates there, the Himalayas and Tibetan Plateau are the source of major rivers in nearby countries and changes to them can affect the largest populations in China and India.

Despite the slow eBook sales in the US reported by many sources, authors and publishers should watch the Russian market closely aside from UK, China, and Brazil as the country has competed to be in the third largest eBook market behind China and the US.

According to a source in the House, one major air carrier traveled to Oklahoma to express their concern over losing shipping business from unregulated breeders, as Tulsa and Oklahoma City are the second and third largest puppy exporting points in the nation, following only Kansas City, MO..

MCV sources would go on to say that Nintendo is recruiting a large number of third - party publishers to produce games for the NX including Sega, Square Enix, Ubisoft, Activision, and Warner Bros..

We can do so just fine with renewable energy sources, and in the process we will avoid poisoning the third world with air and water pollution and killing large numbers of coal miners.

The electric utility industry is the single largest source of greenhouse gas emissions in the United States, accounting for one - third of total US greenhouse gas emissions and about 40 percent of all carbon pollution from fossil fuel burning.

Oil is expected to remain the largest source of energy with its share remaining close to one - third in 2040.

Power plants are the largest source of greenhouse gases in the U.S., accounting for about a third of the annual emissions that make the U.S. the second largest contributor to global warming on the planet.

At its firs global supply - chain summit in Beijing, Walmart, the world's largest retailer, launched an ambitious program dubbed the «Global Sourcing Responsibility Initiative» that will require its Chinese suppliers (which may number up to 20,000 according to China Daily) to abide to potentially costly energy efficiency targets, to be verified by third party audits, among other environmental and social goals.

European buyers were again the largest source of demand for forestry emissions reductions last year, purchasing two - thirds of tonnes associated with a buyer and comprising the largest source of demand for projects based in Latin America, Asia, and Africa.

Methane emissions are Brazil's second largest sources of emissions after CO2, accounting for almost a third of its total greenhouse gas emissions.

Today, nuclear power supplies approximately 20 percent of US electricity and is the third largest electricity source in the United States.

Let us assume that we commit initially to sequestering just 20 percent of all CO2emitted from fossil fuel combustion in 2010, or about a third of all releases from large stationary sources.

And in China, wind power — despite accounting for less than 3 percent of electricity generation — recently overtook nuclear to become the country's third largest power source after coal and hydropower.

However, if emissions data is available and there is a compelling reason to include them in the inventory (relatively large source of emissions, use them to influence third party activities), they may be reported under Scope 3.

Geothermal energy production is the third largest renewable energy source, after hydroelectricity and biomass (5 % of main energy supply).

It's the third - largest source of energy, accounting for 16 % of the United States» total energy consumption.

Carbon dioxide traps heat within the earth's atmosphere, so whether Canada's 310 million hectares of forest — the third most of any country — is a carbon source or sink can have large implications for future climate change.

As of 2012, Mexico was Canada's third - largest source of imports and the fifth - largest market for Canadian exports.