Sentences with phrase «transportation sectors through»
Growing the electrical sector — and potentially merging it with the transportation sector through the adoption of electric cars — will be a climate win if that growth comes from low - carbon sources like nuclear and renewables.
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That said, the oldest Boomers are past their «peak consumption years», meaning less spending on key categories like transportation, housing and apparel, with the windfall more than picked up by their children, netting out to about an average 0.77 % demographic driven annual growth rate across sectors through 2060.12
(5) reduction in transportation sector emissions through increased transportation system and vehicle efficiency or use of transportation fuels that have lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions that are substantially lower than those attributable to fossil fuel - based alternatives;
The President will direct federal agencies to identify and remove barriers to making climate - resilient investments; identify and remove counterproductive policies that increase vulnerabilities; and encourage and support smarter, more resilient investments, including through agency grants, technical assistance, and other programs, in sectors from transportation and water management to conservation and disaster relief.
A major infrastructural change to our transportation sector is needed, and that change must come from the federal government through direct, targeted policy aimed at eliminating our use of hydrocarbon fuel in cars, trucks, and airplanes.
Gatti's work is focused on efforts to reduce emissions in the transportation sector in the Northeast region, through electrification, efficiency, and clean fuels.
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.
The transportation sector has eclipsed power plants as the biggest source of US carbon emissions, and EPA calculated in 2010 that the tougher fuel - efficiency standards would prevent more than one year's worth of total US carbon emissions over the lifetime of new vehicles sold from 2012 through 2025.
Meat and dairy generate more global greenhouse gas emissions than the entire transportation sector, yet reducing the consumption of animal products through institutional purchasing remains a largely untapped yet highly effective, cost - saving approach to mitigating climate change while promoting public health.
«Deforestation and forest degradation, through agricultural expansion, conversion to pastureland, infrastructure development, destructive logging, fires etc. account for nearly 20 % of global greenhouse gas emissions, more than the entire global transportation sector and second only to the energy sector.»
These environmental, economic and social goals can be addressed through the accelerated electrification of the transportation sector.
Agencies will identify and remove any barriers to resilience - focused actions and investments — for example, policies that encourage communities to rebuild to past standards after disasters instead of to stronger standards — including through agency grants, technical assistance, and other programs in sectors from transportation and water management to conservation and disaster relief.
EPA continues to support greater use of renewable fuels within the transportation sector every year through the RFS2 program, which encourages innovation, strengthens American energy security, and decreases greenhouse gas pollution.
Stopping and reversing growth in transportation sector energy use through efficiency improvements and demand management
While thriving agriculturally, the state of Kentucky also has a solid industrial sector through transportation equipment, chemical products, food processing, tobacco products and coal.
The trade, transportation, and utilities sector demonstrated increased job growth through 2011, and education and health services maintained a steady level.