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How to use the word carbon in a Sentence? Page #6

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We will be the first fleet that is going to be carbon-neutral from day one.

Tom McAlpin

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

It's very difficult to reverse the tendency to increase CO2 (carbon dioxide) in the atmosphere, that's why we're prioritizing adaptation.

Sol Ortiz

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Assessing the impact of climate change on asset values for companies with high carbon assets must be a crucial aspect of the auditing process.

Stephanie Pfeifer

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

100% necessary, because we know that we need to pull carbon out of the atmosphere, not just reduce our emissions, it's commendable if it's done appropriately. And — it's grossly insufficient on its own. It has to be paired with sound conservation. It has to be part of an overall menu (of climate solutions) that includes decarbonization of our energy systems and transportation systems.

Sean DeWitt

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Equinor is doing some great stuff, particularly on (Scope 1 and 2 emissions), but I'm not sure a pledge to halve carbon intensity by 2050 does it any more.

Edward Mason

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Repsol has shown the net zero 2050 ambition we need, equinor is doing some great stuff, particularly on (Scope 1 and 2 emissions), but I'm not sure a pledge to halve carbon intensity by 2050 does it any more.

Edward Mason

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Extinction Rebellion's latest target is McKinsey & Co, the world's leading management consultants, high priests of global capitalism, xR is demanding that McKinsey use its enormous influence over governments and business to effect drastic reduction of global carbon emissions and prevent the worst effects of climate breakdown.

Extinction Rebellion

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Under the index, the Pensions Board portfolio will have a 49.1% lower carbon intensity than its current passive allocation, were the latter companies (ExxonMobil, Chevron and BP) to set emissions targets covering all their emissions that align to the Paris Agreement then the Index rules would allow inclusion.

The Church

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Although the series of annual levels of CO2 have always seen a year-on-year increase since 1958, driven by fossil fuel burning and deforestation, the rate of rise isn't perfectly even because there are fluctuations in the response of ecosystem carbon sinks, especially tropical forests, overall, these are expected to be weaker than normal for a second year running.

Richard Betts

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The transition to carbon neutrality must be well managed, taking into account social and economic dimensions. Mobility must remain affordable for all European citizens, regardless of where they live or their financial means.

President Mike Manley

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Our analysis suggests we will see a disruptive and rapid change to align to a new zero carbon system, with fossil fuel aligned assets becoming obsolete or needing significant modification.

Tristan Smith

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

The first immediate task for all parts of the industry is reducing the carbon footprint of their own operations.

Fatih Birol

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

If we reduce carbon emissions in Britain but simply close down our large industries and import the stuff from China instead, then global warming will be worse off, the thing about carbon is it doesn't matter where it's emitted.

Dieter Helm

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Our results show that these changes would allow the ocean to absorb an enormous amount of [carbon dioxide] on long time scales; perhaps hiding the warming effects of volcanism in the aftermath of the event.

Donald Penman

Found on FOX News
4 years ago

You're not actually removing the emissions that have been created by that plane, the plane will have burned that fuel, and the carbon has been released into the atmosphere.

Lucy Gilliam

Found on CNN
4 years ago

With this study, we have directly determined the lifetimes of stardust. We hope this will be picked up and studied so that people can use this as input for models of the whole galactic life cycle, it's so exciting to look at the history of our galaxy. Stardust is the oldest material to reach Earth, and from it, we can learn about our parent stars, the origin of the carbon in our bodies [ and ] the origin of the oxygen we breathe. With stardust, we can trace that material back to the time before the sun.

Philipp Heck

Found on CNN
4 years ago

This meteorite had an abundance of carbon in it. And as it slowly cooled down, the iron and carbon came together and formed this mineral.

Stuart Mills

Found on CNN
4 years ago

The political gains have been pretty thin, frankly, the carbon neutral target from the government is pretty meaningless.

David Lambert

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Just like rearranging deckchairs on the Titanic, this COP's fiddling of carbon accounting and negotiating of Article 6 is not commensurate to the planetary emergency we face.

Extinction Rebellion

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

Grazing cattle is the most sustainable way to use land for food production which is unsuitable for growing any other crop, by using our grasslands in this way we can sequester carbon at the same time as turning inedible grass into a highly nutritious protein which our growing population can enjoy.

Stuart Roberts

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Our approach is to develop carbon reduction strategies that meet existing concrete quality codes and standards, and make business sense for all those involved.

Christie Gamble

Found on CNN
4 years ago

First we have to find a blue whale, which can be very difficult because these animals range across vast swaths of the open ocean. By combining many years of field experience and some luck, we position a small, rigid-hulled, inflatable boat on the whale's left side, we then have to deploy the tag using a six-meter (20-foot) long carbon-fiber pole. As the whale surfaces to breathe, we tag the whale in a location that we think is closest to the heart: just behind the whale's left flipper.

Jeremy Goldbogen

Found on Reuters
4 years ago

They have lied and lied and lied when they had the evidence that their carbon products were destroying the planet and maybe.

Bernie Sanders

Found on CNN
4 years ago

Removing vehicles like the Chevy Bolt and prohibiting General Motors and other manufacturers from consideration will dramatically reduce California's choices for affordable, American-made electric vehicles and limit Chevy Bolt ability to reach Chevy Bolt goal of minimizing the state government's carbon footprint, a goal that General Motors shares, general Motors is committed to an all-electric future which is why we support California's initiative to electrify their fleet.

General Motors

Found on CNN
4 years ago

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