This gets us one step closer to a global picture of carbon sources and sinks.
The industry is also pushing the EPA to use regulation to raise costs on carbon sources of power.
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If carbon sources were charged for their use of the atmosphere as a sewer, and alternatives given the same breaks as oil, we would have a free market that might just save our crazy butts.
They seem more inclined to invest in other low-carbon power sources, such as nuclear, solar and wind.
The locations will have to be in regions with optimum sunlight conditions and close access to carbon dioxide sources (gasp).
But low electricity prices make it more difficult for truly low carbon energy sources, like nuclear, solar, and wind, to compete.
By Memorial Day, the White House would like the House Energy and Commerce Committee to approve a sweeping energy plan that caps total carbon emissions, sets up a program to sell permits for future emissions, then cycles billions of dollars to renewable and other low-carbon energy sources.
In the effort to mitigate carbon emissions and climate change, sources of carbon-free renewable energy are sought, particularly wind power.
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So there is an appetite to wean us off of carbon producing energy sources with seemingly increasing public support.
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And if cars switch from oil to electricity, the demand for power generated from carbon-free sources will increase still further.
Meanwhile, the Environmental Protection Agency would go on a regulatory binge like nothing in modern U.S. history against traditional carbon-based sources of energy, coal in particular.
Another is to allow local people to be able to choose low-carbon local energy sources, rather than being obliged to rely on large-scale electricity grids run on polluting coal.
Windmills and solar cells are carbon-free sources of electricity.
Emily Pidgeon, CI, explained the importance of marine and coastal ecosystems as both sinks and sources of carbon.
As noted above, the ability to measure, in real time, sources of carbon goes a long way in helping us stop the emissions.
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The oil sands catch a lot of flack from the antis for being, among other things, more carbon intensive than other sources of oil.
The new data rebut assertions that the United States needs to impose new restrictions on coal-fired power plants and other sources of carbon dioxide emissions.
The need to develop carbon-free energy sources is greater than ever, and Germany is leading the charge, breaking all previous solar installation records in 2012.
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You may do some damage to the economy, you may cause ripple effects in other industries that could conceivably cause a greater increase of emissions of carbon dioxide from other sources.
With this ability we can now identify, in 3D space and 4D time, the most offending sources of carbon in order to plug this holes and slow the pace of climate change.
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Researchers from Johns Hopkins and the University of California at Berkeley found evidence in data collected from 176 thriving plant species that fossil plants can help scientists determine sources of carbon in the atmosphere hundreds of millions of years ago.
Those proclaiming the virtues of wind and solar should be compelled to reveal actual output data from these sources, the required back-up, and data on the actual reduction of carbon dioxide and other emissions when alternative sources are used.
But this will require reliable and consistent economic incentives from many different financing sources, including carbon credits and economic development assistance.
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Furthermore, Doniger inexplicably ignores the fact that the EPA is already moving forward with efforts to limit carbon pollution from stationary-sources like power plants and is set to forge ahead in the absence of Congressional cap-and-trade legislation.
These companies aim to produce biofuels from renewable non-food sources, with lower carbon emissions to boot.
On energy, there will be legislation aimed at incentivising businesses to invest in new sources of low-carbon power, from wind farms to nuclear power stations.
Democratic leaders blocked such a vote arguing such an approach could hurt the environment as well as delay a transition to carbon-free, renewable energy sources such as solar and wind energy.
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Bill would laugh at the idea that the U.S. government, or any government, is smart enough to convert carbon-tax revenue to new energy sources.
Shale gas is also likely to divert investment in Britain from pricier but carbon-free nuclear and renewable-energy sources.
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Still, the EPA now claims permitting authority to restrict carbon dioxide and other GHG emissions from stationary sources they attribute to causing climate change.
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