China had voiced its opposition to the scheme, which charges airlines for the carbon they emit.
Natural gas vehicles emit up to 90 percent fewer ozone-depleting gases than gasoline-powered cars.
Each allowance represents the right to emit one ton of CO2 or CO2-equivalent GHG.
It would require factories, utilities and refineries to pay for the right to emit carbon dioxide.
Today's diesel and natural gas engines emit similar amounts of sulfur, nitrogen and particulates, he said.
Electricity generators and others must buy the permits in order to emit carbon dioxide.
Light-emitting diodes--semiconductors that emit light when electricity passes through them--have been around since the 1960s.
No one needs to buy a permit to emit carbon dioxide when the factory is down.
In the rich world, Europe already caps carbon-dioxide emissions, and trades permission to emit the gas.
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The phone would emit magnetic waves and the tattoo would act as a receiver.
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But plastic bags, which emit gasses that tend to discolor clothes, aren't for storage over time.
Many quasars emit strongly at radio wavelengths, so can be tracked very accurately by radio telescopes.
Zak has found that when people receive money in a transaction, they emit oxytocin.
The blocks absorb CO2 when they are cool and re-emit it when they are hot.
Fuel cell electric vehicles generate their power from hydrogen and oxygen, and emit only water.
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And they can even raise revenues by penalizing companies that emit excessive gases and pollution.
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The blazing tommy guns emit little spearheads of flame, just as in a comic book.
Finally, cell phones emit the most radiation when they are attempting to connect to cellular towers.
Instead of auctioning permits to emit, Waxman-Markey gives 85% of them away, at least at first.
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Small devices that emit neutrons could also be used as microthrusters in miniature spacecraft.
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Conversely, when forests are cleared or die back because of global warming, they emit carbon.
If power is cheap, people will use more of it, and emit more carbon.
Natural-gas plants are cheaper than renewables but emit greenhouse gases, which nuclear power plants do not.
The pulsar and white dwarf pair emit gravitational waves and the binary star system gradually loses energy.
Those most offended by it are the smallest, weakest countries, which are vulnerable and emit very little.
They say aircraft emit more of the main greenhouse gas than cars for each passenger they carry.
Germany promises neither to increase imports from nuclear neighbours nor to emit more greenhouse gases than planned.
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Economic indicators continue to emit mixed signals, but the November 5 nonfarm payrolls report provided some encouragement.
The new research also suggests that as trees die, they actually emit more carbon than they absorb.
They emit fewer well-to-wheel greenhouse gas emissions than virtually any other vehicle other than bikes and skateboards.
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