Low-carbon fuel standard

acceptable practices including: the labor-intensive day-to-day functions, the risks associated with carving into nature, and the recompense for a hard days work. A miner, in essence was equivalent to a lifestyle; values, customs, behavioral norms, and standards revolved around this culture of mining. This world inside of a world granted a greater cohesion in the mining…

The environmental protection agency’s (EPA) is a Federal Government subsidiary and their mission is to project our health and that of the environment. The EPA accomplishes this feat by writing regulations and provides standards that implement laws established by Congress. In addition, the EPA works with other government and state level agencies to monitor the compliance of laws by conducting inspections on utility power plants or other industrial facilities. The clean Air Act (CAA), first put…

Hyundai is betting a huge chunk of its future on fuel cell vehicles; despite the fact that many automakers have not embraced the fuel cell technology, Hyundai has launched another fuel cell vehicle. The new model, dubbed “Hyundai Nexo” will replace Hyundai’s original fuel cell vehicle, the Tucson FCEV. Advance of the fuel cell technology is hindered by infrastructure which is still pitiful; for example, in the U.S., only California has substantial hydrogen fuel stations and in fact the Nexo will…

community projects to encourage the shift to a sustainable environment and sustainable community. Moving forward, HSBC will develop the sustainable investment in “Green Bonds”, the initial objectives of these green bonds are used for financing the low-carbon energy, energy efficiency in buildings/ industry/ transport, and also funding to the environmental and land use purposes…

radiation passing through the atmosphere is absorbed by gases and radiated back to the surface (Bradford A 2014). However, human activities, such as deforestation, industrial processes, and fossil fuel combustion are polluting the atmosphere with excess greenhouse gases (GHGs); the major ones being carbon dioxide (CO2), nitrous oxide (NO2), methane (NH4), and chlorofluorocarbons (CFCs). The additional concentrations of these gases intensify the greenhouse effect, causing…

James Morrison Dr. Birdsong Political Science 10/26/2014 Alternative Energy Introduction Renewable energy is also referred to as alternative energy. This is generally, power whose source does not run out. Unlike fossil fuels, it causes no pollution. The energy leaves no residues that would otherwise cause harm. Alternative energy is a common term, used to contrast this form of energy from the traditional sources of energy such as coal power and natural gas as well as oil power. The traditional…

GREEN FDI IN HYUNDAI MOTOR INDIA LTD  Green Technologies Today, as fossil fuels are drying up and environmental regulations are becoming stricter, businesses are growing more and more interested in “Green Cars.” In line with the global boom in electric car development, Korean car manufacturers are striving to introduce their own electric and hybrid electric lines. Hyundai Motors succeeded in making a prototype electric car in 1991. Unfortunately, however, all such attempts failed to produce…

edu/science/article/pii/S0301421510006361 The overall goal or intended outcome of the Renewable Portfolio Standard is to have the United States running renewable energy sources only. The benefits include better health of the citizens, less impact on the climate, our economy, and reduce global warming. Reducing our use of fossil fuels will improve our health by not having so much smog and pollution put into the air from using the fossil fuels to create energy. Breathing in the smoke from the…

limiting climate change? by Robert Rosner and Alex Hearn is that nuclear power plays a great responsibility in hindering the change of weather. The authors point out that it is within the ability of the modern international technical in doing away with fuel produced from the coal firms in the world by the year 2100. They add that it would be more challenging to achieve this by the given time span. The article adds that the hindrances would entail negative public understanding in doing away with…

you take in the problem through nose and mouth. This problem has begun to take its toll on many of our elderly, people with asthma and children; often leaving them with no way to live. At this day and age, we breathe 92% pollutants that exceed the standards of the WHO limits according to the World Health organization(Kennedy, Merrit. “92 Percent Of The World's…”). Many other factors are controlling the…