Sentences with phrase «transportation ghg emissions»

The factory's close proximity to the USA / Canada marketplace enables Mammoth to maximize supply chain efficiencies and reduce incoming transportation GHG emissions.

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Walmart does not disclose GHG emissions from its international marine shipping activities; it does estimate emissions from all «upstream transportation and distribution» — which includes marine shipping, trucking, air freight and rail freight — in its 2014 Carbon Disclosure Project report.

The global dairy sector contributes 4 % to global GHG emissions with an estimated 2.7 % coming from global milk production, processing, and transportation, according to a report conducted by the FAO in 2007.

By contrast, world - wide transportation is responsible for approximately 13 % of GHG emissions.

These vehicles currently account for about 20 percent of GHG emissions and oil use in the U.S. transportation sector.

WASHINGTON — The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the U.S. Department of Transportation today announced the first national standards to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and improve fuel efficiency of heavy - duty trucks and buses.

The Center promotes comprehensive multimodal approaches to reduce GHG emissions and prepare for the effects of climate change on the transportation system, while advancing DOT's core goals of safety, mobility, environmental stewardship, and security.

While transportation is crucial to our economy and our personal lives, as a sector it is also a significant source of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

Seven case studies focus on the broad transportation planning process, strategies and other actions selected, and GHG emission reductions accomplished or projected.

Estimates of GHG emissions do not include additional «lifecycle» emissions related to transportation, such as the extraction and refining of fuel and the manufacture of vehicles, which are also a significant source of domestic and international GHG emissions.

This report evaluates how states and local areas might contribute to GHG emission reduction through transportation planning.

The transportation sector, as one of the largest and fastest growing sources of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, is becoming a major policy focus for addressing climate change.

Responding to legislation, executive action, and international agreements on climate change, DOT aims to secure economic and social benefits of transportation while reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

In 2014, transportation sources contributed nearly 27 percent of U.S. GHG emissions.

US states are in a unique position to bring down transportation - related GHG emissions, given their primary role in setting statewide transportation policy and directing large amounts of transportation funding.

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

Although the most visible example of the future of electric mobility is the consumer electric car, the commercial transportation sector and heavy industry are two major areas where transitioning to cleaner fuels will have a big impact on air quality, GHG emissions, and other undesirable consequences of fossil fuels.

The bill, which would reduce sprawl by requiring California's 17 metropolitan planning organizations (MPOs) and its regional transportation plans to meet strict GHG emission targets, was sponsored by Darrel Steinberg (D - Sacramento), the incoming state Senate Leader.

June 29: «Solutions for Taking on Transportation - Related GHG Emissions,» by Robert Earley, Clean Transportation Program Director at the Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation (iCET)

The study also found that both BTL - RC - CCS (biomass - to - liquids, with recycling of unconverted syngas to maximize FTL output and CCS) and cellulosic ethanol with CCS (EtOH - CCS) have negative GHGI emission values that can be exploited to offset GHG missions from difficult to decarbonize energy sources such as transportation fuels derived from crude oil.

Freight and commercial vehicles; aviation; and off - road transportation like farm vehicles, trains, and boats also contribute to GHG emissions.

The intent of this solicitation is to encourage production of alternative and renewable transportation fuels such as biomethane, renewable gasoline and diesel substitutes in California that can significantly reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and petroleum fuel demand, and stimulate economic development in the state.

The transportation sector is the largest contributor of GHG emissions, followed by the residential and commercial sector.

If one nation desires to keep its total emissions below its fair share of safe global emissions by keeping their transportation sector low while having slightly larger emissions from their manufacturing sector, most theories of international responsibility would give that nation some choice on how it would achieve its international GHG obligations.

The fuel prohibited from use in California will simply be used elsewhere, which will result in increasing overall GHG emissions as a result of less stringent environmental standards in places those fuels would ultimately be consumed and of increased GHG emissions from increased transportation distances.

It also would advocate for federal vehicle fuel economy standards, for low - emission and zero - emission vehicle (ZEV) and GHG reduction programs, and for more community education on transportation electrification and mass transit.

Requires each metropolitan planning organizations (MPO) and state to develop surface transportation - related GHG emission reduction targets, as well as strategies to meet such targets.

Requires such assessment to examine the contribution to emission reductions attributable to improvements in vehicle efficiency, GHG performance of transportation fuels, increased efficiency in utilizing transportation systems, and the effects of local and state planning.

Subtitle C: Transportation Efficiency -(Sec. 221) Amends the CAA to require the EPA Administrator, by December 31, 2010, to promulgate standards applicable to GHG emissions from new heavy - duty motor vehicles or engines, excluding such motor vehicles covered by the Tier II standards.

Requires the EPA Administrator, jointly with the DOT Secretary, at least every six years after promulgating final regulations, to assess progress in reducing national transportation - related GHG emissions.

By adopting these technologies, states can also reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions significantly, as fossil fuels burned for transportation represent the largest share of the region's GHG emissions.

Canadian oil sands crudes are on average somewhat more GHG emission - intensive than the crudes they would displace in U.S. refineries, as Well - to - Wheel GHG emissions are, on average, 14 % -20 % higher for Canadian oil sands crude than for the weighted average of transportation fuels sold or distributed in the United States;

The transportation sector is currently the second largest contributor of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in Canada.

discounting the final consumption phase of the life - cycle assessment (which can contribute up to 70 % -80 % of Well - to - Wheel emissions), Well - to - Tank (i.e., «production») GHG emissions are, on average, 72 % -111 % higher for Canadian oil sands crude than for the weighted average of transportation fuels sold or distributed in the United States;

4:40 PM ENERGY TECH AND SYSTEMS SOLUTIONS This panel will feature American businesses that are implementing solutions to reduce GHG emissions and increase resilience in the electricity grid, the built environment, transportations systems, and in homes and communities in the U.S. and abroad.

Solutions therefore have to try to optimize improvement of transportation problems as a whole, not just GHG emissions [5.5.4].

Gullo says the railway industry see itself as a «highly efficient, low - GHG opportunity for driving down emissions in the transportation sector.»

He focuses on the importance of achieving a 90 % cut on GHG emissions by 2030 and argues in favour of revolutionary methods of building construction, transportation and air travel to combat the warming.

To reduce Scope 3 emissions, Stora Enso commits to have 70 % of suppliers and downstream transportation suppliers in terms of spend set their own GHG reduction targets by 2025, towards the aim that these suppliers adopt science - based GHG reduction targets by 2030.

The findings do not in and of themselves impose any emission reduction requirements but rather allow EPA to finalize the GHG standards proposed earlier this year for new light - duty vehicles as part of the joint rulemaking with the Department of Transportation.

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.

Building products are a critical element of a building's total carbon footprint, but the significant greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from manufacturing, transportation, and disposal of products are often overlooked.

National GHG emissions from industrial sources (electricity generation, transportation, buildings, etc) and Land Use, Land - Use Change and Forestry (LULUCF) 2000

The program encourages our customers to reduce transportation - related greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by encouraging them to adopt cleaner fuels, like electricity.

In New York, the transportation (34 %) and homes / buildings (31 %) sectors contribute the most GHG emissions.

The raw resource extraction, manufacturing, transportation, construction, usage, and end - of - life stages of building products consume significant amounts of energy, and each generate associated GHG emissions.

On their own, CAFE standards are a very big deal as the transportation sector has now eclipsed the electric power as the largest source of climate changing greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the U.S..

«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

Within the transportation sector, highway transportation dominates both energy use and GHG emissions.

Okay, transportation was 27 % of US GHG emissions in 2000.