Sentences with phrase «water demand reductions»

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The increase in demand for electricity, reduction in the quantity of water at the Akosombo Dam, irregular gas supply from the West Africa Gas Pipeline Company in Nigeria, irregular maintenance programmes and late procurement of crude oil to power generation plants, have conspired to plunge the country in the current power crisis.

The Public Utilities Regulatory Commission's announcement of an increase in electricity and water tariffs by 59.2 % and 67.2 % respectively, forced the meeting between government and organized labor which demanded a reduction.

Labour had also come to the table with a demand for some 28 % Energy Sector Levy to be scrapped as well as a reduction in water tariff from 67.2 % to 50 %, however, these were left untouched.

These climate changes have measurable effects, like reductions in ground and surface water resources due to changing timing of precipitation and snowmelt, and measurable impacts like declining forest health and more wildfires, to altered crop seasons and greater irrigation demand.

UESCs are partnerships between DOT and utility providers to identify and implement comprehensive energy and water efficiency improvements and demand reduction services.

Feeding 8 Billion People Well (pdf) Introduction (Listen to Audio) Raising Land Productivity Raising Water Productivity Producing Protein More Efficiently The Localization of Agriculture Strategic Reductions in Demand Action on Many Fronts Chapter 9 Data (xls)(pdf)(highlights)

When shifting winds caused open water to form 50 to 70 kilometers away, accessing food became more demanding, and their breeding success plummeted.7 Yet Barbraud et al absurdly argued that a reduction in sea ice extent, for unknown reasons, had lowered the penguin's survival.9 It was catastrophic climate change speculation based on nothing more than a meaningless statistical coincidence.

These actions mostly address sectoral interests, such as agricultural practices (e.g., altering sowing times, crop cultivars and species, and irrigation and fertilizer control), public health measures for heat - related risks (e.g., early warning systems and air pollution control), disaster risk reduction (e.g., early warning systems), and water resources (e.g., supply and demand management).

My columns have covered LEDs, solar power, wind power, demand - response, green chemistry, smart grid innovation, water technologies, geothermal, biofuels (with a big focus on algae), electric vehicles, carbon capture and storage, nuclear, wave and tidal power, biogas, waste reduction, energy storage, advanced materials... you name it.

Several studies focused on the Colorado River basin showed that annual runoff reductions in a warmer western U.S. climate occur through a combination of evapotranspiration increases and precipitation decreases, with the overall reduction in river flow exacerbated by human demands on the water supply.

While Europeans will face increased flooding of river basins and rising sea levels in a warmer world, they'll also likely face water restrictions due to reduction in water availability from rivers and groundwater sources, in combination with increased demand for water.

The anatomy and operation of a green school includes reduction in energy and water use, recycling efforts during and after construction, native and adaptive landscaping, practices that reduce the demand on municipal infrastructure and strategies that improve resilience to climate change.

Without a functional democracy, there can be no federal role in responding to voter demand, not only for a clean energy economy that is less dependent on fossil fuels, but also for clean air, water, large reductions in greenhouse gas emissions, and a robust federal climate change science program.

In both, responses to increasingly severe levels of low water range from voluntary consumption reductions to regulations, to be invoked where supply no longer meets demand and communities experience social and economic impacts.