Emissions Trading: The creation of surplus emission reductions at certain stacks, vents, or similar emissions sources and the use of this surplus to meet or redefine pollution requirements applicable to other emission sources.
Carbon Emissions
Excess carbon dioxide released into the atmosphere from burning fossil fuels such as oil, coal and gas.
Emissions standards set by EPA for an air pollutant not covered by NAAQS that may cause an increase in fatalities or in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating illness.
Does the Clean Air Act give EPA the authority to regulate tailpipe emissions of greenhouse gases?
Does EPA have the discretion not to regulate those emissions?
The court answered yes to the first two questions.
emissions cap - a limit on the amount of greenhouse gases that a company or country can legally emit.
endangered species - species in danger of extinction throughout all or a significant part of its range.
Emissions cap - a limit placed on companies regarding the amount of greenhouse gases it can emit.
Environmentally preferable - products or services that have a lesser or reduced effect on the environment.
Emissions - The release of gases, liquids and/or solids from any process or industry. Liquid emissions are commonly referred to as effluents.
Emissions
gases, solids and liquids discharged into the air, water or ground.
Energy recovery from waste (EfW) ...
Emissions: The release of greenhouse gases and/or their precursors into the atmosphere over a specified area and period of time.
Endangered species: A species threatened with extinction.
Emissions
In the context of the atmosphere, gases or particles released into the air that can contribute to global warming or poor air quality.
Emissions projections ...
emissions trading scheme: see carbon trading, above
energy rebound: where installing energy-efficient appliances leads to an increase in energy use, because being energy-efficient makes energy cheaper, ...
emissions intensity = emissions per unit of production; useful in comparing the most environmentally destructive or costly modes of production
emissions intensity = tonne of emission (CO2-e) (or t CO2-e) per million dollars of revenue ...
Emissions is the release of a substance into the atmosphere
Employee Involvement refers to internal communication, training and assignment of responsibilities in job descriptions, as outlined in EMAS.
Air Emissions
Waste gases, vapours and small particles released into air.
Environment ...
Diesel Emissions Reduction Act (DERA) - Law that appropriates funds to federal and state loan programs to either rebuild diesel-powered vehicle engines to more stringent emission standards or install emission reduction systems, ...
Emissions limitations applicable to mobile source engine exhausts.
Tampering
Adjusting, negating, or removing pollution control equipment on a motor vehicle.
Emissions not caught by a capture system which are often due to equipment leaks, evaporative processes and windblown disturbances.
Definition source
California Air Resources Board. Glossary of Air Pollution Terms ...
Emissions Trading
This allows one source to increase emissions when another source reduces them, maintaining an overall constant emission level.
GHG emissions reductions are additional (above and beyond) what would have typically happened in a 'business as usual' scenario, i.e. in the absence of the project.
Fugitive Emissions
Air pollutants released to the air other than those from stacks or vents; typically small releases from leaks in plant equipment such as valves, pump seals, flanges, sampling connections, etc. ...
Fugitive Emissions: Emissions not caught by a capture system which are often due to equipment leaks, evaporative processes and windblown disturbances.
ZEV- Zero Emissions Vehicle
ZHE- Zero Headspace Extractor
ZOI- Zone Of Incorporation
ZRL- Zero Risk Level ...
National Emissions Standards for Hazardous Air Pollutants (NESHAPS): Emissions standards set by EPA for an air pollutant not covered by NAAQS that may cause an increase in fatalities or in serious, irreversible, or incapacitating illness.
Fugitive Emissions: Emissions not caught by a capture system.
Fume: Tiny particles trapped in vapor in a gas stream.
Fumigant: A pesticide vaporized to kill pests. Used in buildings and greenhouses.
Fugitive emissions
Releases of pollutants to the atmosphere that occur when vapors are vented from containers or tanks where materials are stored.
fugitive emissions Emissions not caught by a capture system.
Fujita Scale (F Scale) A scale of wind damage intensity in which wind speeds are inferred from an analysis of wind damage:
F0 (weak): 40- 72 mph, light damage.
Most of these emissions, about 82 percent, are from burning fossil fuels to generate electricity and power our cars.
Carbon dioxide emissions from a power plant or factory are captured so they are not released into the atmosphere.
Greenhouse gas emissions
Greenhouse gas trends
The combustion of fossil fuels, including the coal-burning power plants, automobile exhausts, factory smokestacks, ...
Dry deposition: Emissions of sulfur and nitrogen oxides that, in the absence of water in the atmosphere (i.e., rain), settle to the ground as particulate matter.
BACT does not permit emissions in excess of those allowed under any applicable Clean Air Act provisions.
Environmental Intervention Exchange between the economy and the environment including resource extraction, emissions to the air, water, or soil, and aspects of land use.
'Acid rain' Rain with a very low pH (often below 4.0) resulting from emissions to the atmosphere of oxides of sulfur and nitrogen. Adaptation A confusing word used to mean quite different things.
If they plant enough trees, that offsets their emissions, and the net balance of emissions is zero. It is not a matter of planting trees as a virtuous religious act to atone for the sin of emitting. It literally undoes the harm.
Airborne particulates include windblown dust, emissions from industrial processes, smoke from the burning of wood and coal, and the exhaust of motor vehicles.
In 2000, SO2 emissions were measured at 14.8 million metric tons (at more than 6 times greater than the 2.4 million metric tons measured in Canada) with 67% of the emissions coming from electric utilities (2002).
#9 An international agreement known as the Kyoto Protocol has been negotiated to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, but the US is not participating in it.
Keeling Fraction - Percentage of fossil fuel CO2 emissions that remain in the atmosphere, about 55%.
Carbon Footprint: The estimated emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and other GHGs associated with a particular activity (e.g. a plane trip), use of your car, your family's overall lifestyle, or use of a particular product or service.
The largest source of mercury emissions is Coal-burning power plants, which account for 40 percent of all domestic human-caused mercury emissions. Mercury in the air eventually settles into water or onto land where it can be washed into water.
A carbon footprint isthe total amount of greenhouse gas emissions caused directly and indirectly by an individual, organization, event or products.
1) Flow of surface water in a stream or canal or the outflow of groundwater from a flowing artesian well, ditch, or spring. 2) Discharge of liquid effluent from a facility or of chemical emissions into the air through designated venting mechanisms.
For example, electricity is produced at power stations on the Highveld which burn low-grade coal, causing air pollution impacts in Mpumalanga province due to sulphur dioxide emissions.
Acid Rain occurs when pollutants such as nitrogen oxides and sulphur dioxide from power plant emissions, metal smelting, motor vehicles and industry, combine with water in the atmosphere to form droplets of very weak acid.
Carbon Offset: Carbon offsetting is the act of mitigating greenhouse gas emissions through emissions trading.
We're thankful for the fact that sulfur emissions were reduced during the 1990s, thus reducing the problem of acid rain and its effects on trees, waterways, and animals.
Carbon Offset - A reduction in carbon dioxide emissions by a project (such as rainforest preservation) that is sold to a purchaser to balance the purchaser's own emissions.
We can also help prevent pollution from our own homes which may contribute to acid rain and poor air quality, and increases emissions of carbon dioxide in the atmosphere.
A legally binding agreement, the Kyoto Protocol, was adopted by the countries in attendance, under which the industrialized nations agreed to reduce their greenhouse gas emissions by an average of 5.2 percent below 1990 emissions levels by 2010.
Carbon Footprint: a measure of the amount of carbon emissions, or greenhouse gases (gases such as carbon dioxide and methane that trap the heat of the sun in the Earth's atmosphere) produced, ...
A trading system for countries, companies and individuals designed to offset carbon emissions from one activity with another, whereby those who cannot meet their emissions goals may purchase credits from those who surpass their goals.
Introduction
Measuring Emissions
Nitrogen Dioxide Monitoring
Emission Reduction Strategies
Centerfield Taxiway Study
Air Quality Glossary
Air Quality FAQ ...
Plate scrubbers
remove dust, noxious gases and odours from gaseous emissions by passing them through perforated plates flooded with scrubbing liquor
Pollutant
a chemical or substance that causes harm in the environment ...
Best available control technology An emission limitation, including a visible emissions standard, based on the maximum possible reduction of an air pollutant.
Billet A bar of steel or iron that is in an intermediate manufacturing stage.
Environmental impact
The change in the environment,eg emissions to air,ground or water, that are caused by the various activities of an organisation.
Anthropogenic: Made by people or resulting from human activities. Usually used in the context of emissions that are produced as a result of human activities
Brackish: A mixture of salt water and fresh water.
Fine liquid or solid particles such as dust, smoke, mist, fumes, or smog found in air or emissions. 4, Very small solids suspended in water.
Choosing a system
System infrastructure
Emissions & byproducts
Fuel supply ...
area source
Widespread origin of emissions.
area under the concentration-time curve
See area under the curve ...
Carbon Neutral: A company, person or action either not producing any carbon emissions or, if it does, having been offset elsewhere ...
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