Low-carbon fuel standard

introduces the existing state of carbon accounting in profit organisations in UK and Russia, and critically analyse the differences of carbon accounting policies applied in two countries. To better identify the issue, BG Group (in UK) and Gazprom (in Russia) are chosen as examples to compare the differences of measurement and disclosure on carbon emissions and greenhouse gas related activities. In the end, the motivations to improve the quality of disclosure are analysed. Carbon accounting in…

drive gas powered vehicles regardless of their views on climate change. Factors that influence hybrid vehicle sales the most, besides climate change, in the United States are political parties, government, and money. So why are the numbers still so low compared to regular gas powered vehicles? Do political parties, money, and other factors have more influence over who buys hybrid vehicles more than climate change does? The greenhouse effect, heat that radiates from the Earth getting trapped in…

Warming is the gradual heating of earths surface, oceans and atmosphere. What causes greenhouse effect and global warming, is it harmful to humans, and what can we do to help it, can it be reversed? Greenhouse gases are natural gases, like methane, carbon dioxide, and water vapor. Water vapor is the most abundant greenhouse gas. As temperatures raise water is evaporated from rivers, oceans, reservoirs, and soil. In result air is warmer and humidity is higher holding more water. In the…

can before it is too late. Currently Maryland relies heavily on coal for power1. Increases in Carbon Dioxide levels are anticipated to slow down corn and soybean productions, which are the two larges crops that are produced in Maryland1. Overall emissions of Carbon Dioxide in the economy were 371.3 tons per 1 million of dollars in 20071. Since nearly 60% of Maryland’s power comes from coal, the carbon intensity in Maryland is the 23rd highest in the United States1. With a change in power source…

A process is disclosed for separating low molecular weight alcohols, especially ethanol, from aqueous mixtures  The feed mixture contains alcohol and water with an extractive solvent comprising a substituted and unsubstituted phenol having 6 carbon atoms and alcohol containing 2 to 4 carbon atoms.  In the process the upper stream contains water with minimum amount of solvent that is 99.9% and the bottom stream contains alcohol with minimum amount of water.  The temperature of the process is…

and a reliable source to alleviate carbon levels on the world scale. Sustainable energy increases the option for hydro, wind and solar projects that are becoming more dominant in developed and developing countries. Countries have their own role is assisting their self-energy needs, but simultaneously needs to contribute to reduce greenhouse gas and carbon emissions globally. China has one of the largest economies in the world, they burn the most fossil fuels, but also are leaders in renewable…

Many plants won’t meet the new standard the EPA is putting out without costly technology to capture and store carbon emissions. Gas is on the rise and trying to take over, but it also is a fossil fuel and puts out GHG in quantity. The new proposal only address new power plant yet is lining the path for the proposal on existing plants (Koch, 2013). While coal fire plants…

depends on nuclear power for electricity as a world we could virtually eliminate the greenhouse gases produced by power plants. Energy Future declares, “Nuclear energy has the least effect on nature since it doesn’t discharge any gasses like methane or carbon dioxide, which are primary ‘greenhouse gases’”(Energy Future). As previously states, the cut back on emissions would help attack one of the problems of global warming. Authors from the Nuclear Energy Institute agree with those at Energy…

Carbon and Ecological Footprints The Carbon Footprint is a measurement system to find out the amount of greenhouse gases we emit due to human activities starting from individuals to the whole population of the Earth in a given amount of time, and is stated in tons of carbon dioxide (CO2). It is basically the sum of carbon dioxide emissions generated due to our activities and is typically measured per year. The activities could either be from an individual, organization, event, product, city,…

Carbon dioxide is released by natural processes and human activities. Natural processes include volcano eruptions and respiration, human activities include deforestation, land use changes, and the burning of fossil fuels. Carbon dioxide concentration has increased by a third since the industrial revolution. As the earth 's atmosphere heats up water vapor increases…