The phrase
"transportation sector" refers to all the industries and activities involved in moving goods, people, or services from one place to another. It includes things like cars, trains, buses, airplanes, shipping, and delivery services.
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That's roughly comparable to the entire
global transportation sector — including every car, truck, bus, plane and ship in the world — which emits roughly 15 percent.
Therefore, we believe that building a more competitive and innovative
passenger transportation sector is vital to the prosperity of both our region and province.
The on -
road transportation sector releases significant amounts of carbon dioxide, black carbon, and ozone — all substances that cause warming.
The
material transportation sector — and here I mean trucks and trains and ships — depends almost entirely on fossil fuels and diesel fuel («Fuel oil») in particular.
This new milestone exploring the use of clean energy in one of the
largest transportation sectors could mean positive impacts on the global goal to reduce CO2 emissions.
While overall employment fell in 2011, with the service, trade and
transportation sectors shedding jobs, the city's unemployment rate remains at a respectable 7.5 %.
The on - road freight sector is the fastest - growing source of transportation - related emissions, and currently represents 32 % of total emissions from the
Canadian transportation sector.
What's required for a more
sustainable transportation sector is connecting the dots between clean energy and clean transport, so that emissions - free renewables are powering emissions - free vehicles.
We're one of the very few international firms that field market - leading asset finance teams in all three
key transportation sectors — aviation, rail and shipping.
Now that we are aware that up to 25 % of carbon emissions are the result of deforestation - that's more than the
entire transportation sector combined!
And in case you needed reminding, globally, deforestation accounts for about 20 % of total greenhouse gas emissions, more than the entire
transportation sector combined.
While it highlights the importance of a quantitative target
for transportation sector emissions, the bill sets no national reduction goal for the sector, has no substantial enforcement, and dedicates no carbon revenues to get the job done.
No matter which specific approach Lyft takes, by combining clean cars and clean energy with self - driving technology, the company expects to cut CO2 emissions for the US
transportation sector by «at least 5 million tons per year by 2025,» at which point it estimates that it will be providing at least 1 billion rides each year with its autonomous EVs.
Heavy - duty trucks are the second largest segment and collectively make up the biggest increase in the
U.S. transportation sector in terms of emissions and energy use.
The final AEO 2016 contains projections of energy use from the electric power, residential, commercial, industrial, and
transportation sectors through 2040 (we wrote about the early release of AEO 2016 back in May).
The Dept. of Energy's «Transportation Energy Futures» study provides a template for Pres. Obama's vision of reducing
US transportation sector petroleum use and greenhouse gas emissions 80 % by 2050.
Kelly Santini LLP can also provide also provides clients in the aviation and
transportation sectors with other business services including procurement, employment law, commercial litigation, commercial real estate and bankruptcy & insolvency.
Our clients include many of the leading organisations in the global
transportation sector including almost every major transportation finance bank, leading lessors and aviation, rail and shipping companies.
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.
Pricing transportation emissions will accelerate EV adoption while raising funds for rebates, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, transit, and
other transportation sector investments.
Graph: Bloomberg Toward the end of last year, the U.S.
transportation sector surpassed electric power as the nation's largest source of greenhouse gas emissions.
He had been anticipating a drop in oil prices, for example, but rather than play oil producers (which Canadian investors already hold a lot of), he decided to focus on the
energy transportation sector.
Pickens claims that the United States has natural gas reserves that are equivalent to 700 billion barrels of oil and it is his personal crusade to move that ocean of natural gas into the
American transportation sector.
An Institute for Women's Policy Research report estimates roughly 40 percent of workers living in Albany County have no paid sick days, with the service and
transportation sectors ranking lowest for paid sick day access.
«We have also proposed N1.9 billion for the Judiciary and N5.6 billion for
Transportation sector while Information, Youth and Culture would get N1.4 billion», he said.
Make Burlington a «net zero energy city» across electric, thermal, and
ground transportation sectors by managing demand, realizing efficiency gains, and expanding local renewable generation, while increasing system resilience.
Pricing emissions from transportation fuels will accelerate EV adoption while raising funds for rebates, electric vehicle charging infrastructure, transit, and other
transportation sector investments.
Objective: «Customer Service Manager in the air
transportation sector where my 12 years of progressive experience in the industry can add value to a customer - centric team.»
In order to understand the potential to save energy through U.S. freight system efficiency improvements, we compare the findings of five studies (three U.S.
transportation sector studies and two global supply chain studies) of freight energy savings opportunities.
Also included in this larger figure is $ 86 million to support clean energy regulatory actions that focus on energy efficiency; $ 48 million to develop
transportation sector regulations and next - generation clean transportation initiatives; $ 58 million for projects that improve our understanding of climate change impacts; and $ 25 million to advance Canada's engagement in international negotiations and support the Canada-U.S. Clean Energy Dialogue.
Melissa Lavinson, Chief Sustainability Officer, PG&E Corporation, said: «With nearly 300,000 electric vehicles already on California's roads and bold goals for the future, we are at the forefront of the transition to a low -
carbon transportation sector.
The global
smart transportation sector is expected to grow to US$ 138 billion by 2020, up from US$ 46 billion this year, at a compound annual growth rate of 24 %, according to analysis firm Markets and Markets.
Musk and Buffett see the energy and
transportation sectors changing in similar ways, and, over the past few years, their companies have increasingly competed with each other over both solar energy and electric cars.
Shai Agassi, CEO of Better Place, for example has built an international team of 17 executives without regard for their individual histories in the
electrical transportation sector.
Indeed, analysis of deep cuts to carbon pollution in Canada suggests that by 2050, virtually the entire
personal transportation sector will be powered by electricity.
Zacks reported UPS shares have beaten the
broad transportation sector, and have beaten on both earnings and revenue estimates in the company's latest quarterly results.
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