Sentences with phrase «working on carbon»

POW is currently working on carbon pricing legislation in state governments across the US.

We envision a partnership of smart people across the globe working on carbon removal.

The scientists working on carbon removal systems are the first to admit these limitations in their models.

Oxalates are a niche product, as are many of the chemicals being made by startups working on carbon utilization.

Her early work on carbon fibers, beginning in the 1980s, provided Dresselhaus with the understanding and perspective to postulate the existence and unusual attributes of one - dimensional «single - wall carbon nanotubes (SWNTs),» years in advance of their actual discovery.

This work provided an important stepping stone towards advancing work on carbon nanostructures.

He outlined several decisions taken during the Beijing talks, including the adoption of stronger vehicle fuel efficiency standards and work on carbon capture, utilization and storage projects.

We are energized to continue our work on carbon pricing in the state legislature, and to promote effective, equitable, economically sound and politically viable carbon pricing in other states and in Washington, D.C.»

In this role he leads research work on carbon pricing, peer review of national and sub-national GHG estimates, technical content development, climate finance, trainings & capacity building, and technical review.

Before moving to Seattle, Ben consulted for the Ministry of Commerce in Cambodia, studied economic development in Brazil, worked on carbon market policy for The Nature Conservancy in San Francisco and attended college in Walla Walla, Washington, where he received an honors degree in Politics - Environmental Studies from Whitman College.

On the face of it, it seems preposterous that the army of scientists that have worked on carbon cycling over the years could have missed something so glaringly obvious.

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In 2010, for example, he worked with Senators John Kerry and Joseph Lieberman on a climate change bill that would have reined in carbon emissions by businesses.

«I'm working on phasing carbon out of my life,» he tells me as he plucks his infant son, Huxley, from a plastic tub mounted to the front of a clunky - looking three - wheeled bicycle Griffith had brought back from Denmark; he is, naturally, intending to build a better, cooler version of it.

Whether it's a failure to protect your workers against carbon monoxide, the silent killer, or a sleep - deprived employee getting into a fatal car accident on the drive to work, every job comes with potential hazards.

Aspiration evaluates mutual fund companies across three categories — social, environmental, and governance programs — and will choose to work with them only if they have committed to more employee training to reduce safety violations on site, reducing their carbon emissions, or increasing gender diversity at the board level.

On the other hand, if higher fuel taxes work as intended and get drivers to burn less carbon, then those people will find themselves ahead.

A price on carbon works because it creates a powerful incentive to cut pollution, encouraging people and businesses to save money by making cleaner choices like better insulating their homes or upgrading to more efficient equipment.»

First, Trudeau had to work with the NDP government in Alberta to twin his plan for a national price on carbon with its provincial plan and with its idea to put an emission cap on the oil sands.

If a consumer is saying that their costs are going up by 4 per cent because of carbon taxes, gas prices, and so on, you have to ignore that as you do your work around trying to set an interest rate.

at risk of not helping, the AR4 WG3 carbon price range of 30 - 50 USD is based on stabilizing CO2 at 450ppm, a level more recent work has determined to be very dangerous.

Prior to founding Porifera, Dr. Bakajin was an accomplished scientist who performed pioneering work on fluid flow through carbon nanotubes, has co-authored 13 issued, and several pending patents as well as numerous publications that have been cited over 12,000 times.

The Energy Department is working on what's called the FutureGen Project, a project to built a carbon sequestering plant.

Dubbed by Licht as the «diamonds from the sky» project, their work boasts high efficiency in terms of its low requirement for electrical volts and more reliance on sunlight and heaps of carbon dioxide.

However, while we are focused on helping the economy grow, the NDP wants a $ 21 billion carbon tax which would cripple our economy and put Canadians out of work.

All the theists, who work for Walmart but like to post on the Inter-webs, will now call into question the validity of radio carbon testing.

The atomic clock that makes it usable works on the same underlying science as carbon - dating.

there's no reason he can't work on not embarrassing himself while at the same time being his own man instead of a carbon copy of his dad.

, and work great on both stove top and grill, radiating heat efficiently across its carbon steel surface.

Buying organic gin botanicals and barley, grown sustainably on a farm less than 20 miles away and sending it to be hand - malted at the oldest working floor maltings in the UK; Warminster Maltings, (both situated within the Cotswolds), Dan is keen to minimise the distillery's carbon footprint.

* RA and its partners have also worked on developing a guide for farmers on how to measure and verify carbon stored on coffee farms to enable producers to receive payments for carbon credits.

We are working with partners to develop a tool that collects and visualizes data on carbon emissions in fisheries and aquaculture operations in order to better inform our audiences and incentivize a reduction in fuel use in seafood production.

We are also currently working on the development of an organic product line while getting a company carbon assessment to reduce our emissions and make tomorrow a greener day.

«Getting organic certification and being carbon neutral was a mindful decision for us, we wanted our business to have less impact on the environment, to promote sustainability and we also wanted to work alongside like - minded, ethically motivated suppliers.

RA is working on pilot carbon credit projects now in Mexico and Nicaragua.

An energy efficiency program focused on such things as EPA SmartWay trailers and fuel efficient truck fleets means this carrot company has lower carbon emissions and is working toward a smaller environmental footprint.

This graphic depicts the carbon intensity of shipping wine from various global wine regions to key U.S. cities and bases its data on a seriously flawed, two - year - old working paper that is filled with untested assumptions, has not been peer reviewed, and does not accurately reflect the complexities of greenhouse gas emissions in the wine sector.

With the COP21 Climate Summit occurring in Paris later this year, this new Food Waste Resolution, together with the CGF's work on deforestation and low - carbon refrigeration, demonstrates the industry's commitment to play a leading role in limiting global temperature rises to 2 °C.

Global warming, greenhouse gases and carbon footprint have become household terms, and consumer groups, government agencies, and businesses are working on ways to preserve the land, air, water and other natural resources.

In order for this to work, we need a simple, low - cost yet rigorous and highly credible method to estimate the carbon on a coffee farm and verify that it remains year after year.

Balmenach, one of Speyside's oldest whisky distilleries and the home of Caorunn Scottish Gin, is set to become one of Scotland's greenest distilleries with the announcement that work has started on a # 3 million biogas project to significantly reduce the site's carbon footprint.

Check all of the batteries on your smoke detectors and make sure your carbon monoxide detector is also in working order.

Part of our work involves advising the government on «carbon budgets».

Recently the UK Contractors Group made the point that implementation of Part L should link with the work of the Green Construction Board on low carbon build and we would echo that,» continued Blythe.

The environment minister Ian Pearson explains why the government is working towards a code of best practice on carbon offsetting and why it believes offsetting can be an effective part of a realistic strategy to combat climate change.

He criticizes Mr. Larson for his support of a carbon tax several years ago, saying it would cost jobs, and also criticized Mr. Larson for failing to gain National Park status for Coltsville in Hartford, saying Mr. Larson has been working on it since 2002 and it's a «simple» project.

Orange & Rockland and RCSWMA were recognized for their hands - on initiatives, working on site to help businesses save money and reduce their carbon footprint by installing energy - saving equipment and making the most proactive use of their recycling a priority.

He has also worked on housing and regeneration issues, analysing the direct and indirect impacts and drivers of city housing markets across the country, and led research evaluating how cities can foster relations between universities and high growth firms, and capitalise on opportunities in the low carbon economy.

Project Innovation Award A Highly Commended Award was presented to Construction Industry Council Hong Kong, S. Thomas Ng and James M.W. Wong (The University of Hong Kong) for their report on «A product - based carbon labeling scheme for construction materials» The judges commented «This report highlighted a project that not only clearly demonstrates a topic relevant to the present day, but also the work that the researchers have accomplished in order to progress the idea from the ground upwards, leading to the development of a carbon footprint assessment tool that could not only be used in Hong Kong, but also internationally.»

Howie Hawkins is running on a Green New Deal platform, calling for the state to invest in the transition to a carbon neutral economy as a way to provide living wage jobs to put New Yorkers back to work.

He was recently re-elected to the Town Board in Livingston, and worked to pass progressive policies including a ban on hydrofracking, a reduction in the town's carbon footprint and additional investments in green space.