Not exact matches
As well as its decision on
upstream oil and gas, the World Bank Group said on Tuesday that it would, among other things, report the greenhouse gas
emissions arising
from investment projects it finances in «key
emissions - producing sectors»
from 2018.
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.
It produces this estimate for
emissions from all
upstream transportation and distribution primarily using data collected
from its third - party logistics coordinators and EPA
emission factors; only 7 % of
emissions are
from «primary data.»
Probably the most discussed aspect of the NGP Report (see this excellent discussion on CBC's The 180 beginning at around the seven minute mark) is the JRP's treatment (or lack thereof) of «
upstream» greenhouse gas
emissions (GHGs), and specifically the apparent asymmetry between the JRP's decision to consider the need to open markets for projected increases in oil production — the vast majority of which would uncontrovertibly be
from the oil sands — but not the GHGs associated with this projected growth.
The Alberta Energy Regulator (AER) has issued two draft Directives that will require
upstream oil and gas operators to reduce methane
emissions from upstream oil...
Whether its Energy East, Gateway, the energy innovation cluster or the NEB's positioning on
upstream and downstream
emissions during pipeline hearings - what we see
from Alberta is a federal government not as a builder, but a blocker.
Hydrogen can be made with no
upstream emissions using renewable energy to separate hydrogen
from a water molecule in a process called electrolysis.
The
emissions from consumer products also dwarfed those
from the production of oil and gas, called
upstream emissions.
It's sad that the biggest takeaway
from the UT Austin / Environmental Defense Fund (EDF) study on methane
emissions from upstream shale gas production has been the involvement of industry.
Repetto of Yale points out that unlike a market for
emissions, which come
from countless sources and can be complicated to calculate, «an
upstream system is very easy to administer.
Cadmium, aluminum, mercury, antimony, lead, arsenic and others are added to the food chain
from upstream industrial dumping and pollution, pesticide runoff, incinerator
emissions, smokestacks, aviation, and auto exhaust.
Honda's vision for reducing greenhouse gas
emissions, which is reflected in our environmental slogan of Blue Skies for our Children, inspires us to lead and innovate in every aspect of our operations,
from our product engineering and manufacturing practices to our
upstream sales and service activities.
Most studies have shown that more than half of the methane leakage
from natural gas comes
from drilling sites and gas processing plants (i.e.
upstream emissions), with the remainder coming
from pipelines and storage systems (i.e. downstream
emission).
Moreover, even when
emissions from the generation of electricity (
upstream emissions) were considered, electric vehicles produced 21 times less carbon dioxide equivalent
emissions per year than their gasoline - powered alternatives.
Further, due to growing output, total
emissions from the oil sands continue to increase despite the reduced CI; total
upstream emissions were roughly 65 MtCO2e, or 9 % of Canada's
emissions, in 2010.
Although the burning of fossil fuels generates most of the potential
emissions from most reserves,
emissions from production and processing operations (known as «
upstream emissions») can also be important, depending on the reserve type and technologies used.
But the findings of the Alberta study clearly suggest that actual methane
emissions from the
upstream oil and gas sector (excluding mined oil sands) are likely to be at least 25 to 50 per cent greater than estimated.
These
upstream sources account for between 5 percent and 37 percent (an average of 15 percent) of fossil fuels» total
emissions,
from exploration to consumption.
* The full detail of the Kering target is as follows: Kering commits to reduce scope 1, scope 2 and scope 3
emissions from upstream transportation and distribution, business air travel and fuel and energy related
emissions 50 % per unit of value added by 2025
from a 2015 base - year.
Just last week, for example, our
Upstream Research Company announced that it is licensing ExxonMobil's patented steam injection system and production method, which allows producers to recover more oil
from Canada's oil sands with carbon dioxide
emissions reduced by up to 10 percent per barrel.
Only 50 % Reduction in
Upstream Emissions Possible According to the report Carbon Capture and Storage in the Alberta Tar Sands, CCS «has limited potential to reduce upstream emissions to levels comparable with the average for conventional oil,» with «even the most optimistic estimates from industry experts» showing reductions in the 10 - 30 % range in the medium term and up to 50 % in the lo
Upstream Emissions Possible According to the report Carbon Capture and Storage in the Alberta Tar Sands, CCS «has limited potential to reduce upstream emissions to levels comparable with the average for conventional oil,» with «even the most optimistic estimates from industry experts» showing reductions in the 10 - 30 % range in the medium term and up to 50 % in the l
Emissions Possible According to the report Carbon Capture and Storage in the Alberta Tar Sands, CCS «has limited potential to reduce
upstream emissions to levels comparable with the average for conventional oil,» with «even the most optimistic estimates from industry experts» showing reductions in the 10 - 30 % range in the medium term and up to 50 % in the lo
upstream emissions to levels comparable with the average for conventional oil,» with «even the most optimistic estimates from industry experts» showing reductions in the 10 - 30 % range in the medium term and up to 50 % in the l
emissions to levels comparable with the average for conventional oil,» with «even the most optimistic estimates
from industry experts» showing reductions in the 10 - 30 % range in the medium term and up to 50 % in the long term.
Upstream tar sands
emissions from filling the pipeline would produce an additional 6.5 million tonnes of carbon pollution every year.