Fab 15 will be TSMC's next "green fab" following Fab 12 and Fab 14, incorporating green concepts in energy conservation and pollution control in its design, including a process water conservation rate of 85%, reclamation of rainwater, recirculation and reuse of general exhaust heat, and development of solar power generation and LED lighting applications.
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Not because of Copenhagen, not because of global warming, so much as concerns about energy security and pollution.
Brian Moorland, a spokesman for Travelwise NI, a government campaign to save energy and cut pollution, said he was pleased the hospital was helping them to highlight their car-sharing scheme.
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Our communities, our economy, and our environment all stand to benefit as we move forward with the Energy Data Initiative to unlock data that can lead us to new ways to save energy and money, reduce pollution, provide energy services, and create jobs to ensure an American economy that is built to last.
President Obama saw an important opportunity for the Federal Government to lead by example when he issued Executive Order 13514 directing agencies to meet ambitious sustainability goals in our operations that will improve the government's environmental, energy and economic performance, reduce pollution, and save taxpayer dollars in avoided energy costs.
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Boosting energy-efficiency and the use of renewables not only helps secure energy supplies and cuts local pollution, but also helps keep carbon emissions in check too.
Now, as somebody who's been working on this for many years looking at climate change and air pollution and energy issues, I can see that the solutions that have been proposed have many weaknesses to them.
Producing shale gas uses lots of energy and water, and can cause pollution in several ways.
Additionally, BCAP will stimulate biomass production and that will benefit producers and provide the materials necessary to generate clean energy and reduce carbon pollution.
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One of the simplest ways would be to eliminate payroll taxes, which would lower the cost of labor in the US by roughly 17 percent and offset that loss of revenues with taxes on materials, energy, pollution, and land.
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By using intelligent lighting systems that are energy efficient and minimize light pollution, the biosphere reserve was able to bring down its energy needs with the added bonus of clear, starlit skies.
Contrary to images of "going back to the Stone Age, " this form of energy efficiency actually increases the levels of illumination (and thus literacy), while trimming greenhouse gas emissions, indoor air pollution and energy bills that mire the poor in poverty.
The group notes that old and new energy sources have both promise and risk for society and nature, since natural gas and wind energy produce less pollution than coal.
Lawmakers in Washington want to solve America's pollution and energy problems by imposing higher fuel economy standards on automobiles.
It will help families and businesses cut down on energy waste, save money and reduce dangerous carbon pollution.
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The Executive Order commits Federal agencies to lead by example toward a clean energy economy, and sets targets to reduce greenhouse gas pollution, increase energy efficiency, reduce fleet petroleum consumption, conserve water, reduce waste, support sustainable communities, and leverage Federal purchasing power to promote environmentally-responsible products and technologies.
And that means that things like wind energy suddenly become more appealing because they don't produce those pollution -- those pollutants, and other sources of energy become less appealing because they do produce those pollutants.
The list brings companies like augmented reality pioneer Layar to a wider public and introduces Novomer, pollution chemistry, and Serious Materials, energy reduction.
It has slashed local energy demand, reducing chronic pollution and leaving more oil for export.
Re-examine and streamline EPA regulations as we tax energy pollution, crafting a more logical approach to a cleaner environment that combines measurable outcomes with the transparent and accountable price signal from a carbon tax.
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Costs not captured include electrical grid upgrade, connectivity of renewables and buffering of their intermittency by rapid cycling of fossil fuel plants as presently practiced in this country, and non-carbon-tax externalities such as pollution and health care costs associated with energy sources, especially for coal.
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In our nation's buildings -- our homes and our office consume almost 40 percent of the energy we use and contribute almost 40 percent of the carbon pollution that we produce and everybody is talking about right now in Copenhagen.
Today, our countries agreed to a joint initiative that will help China reduce air pollution and increase clean energy production, including through the use of American technology.
Beijing is under pressure to embrace more environmentally-friendly energy supplies to reduce pollution levels across the country and set a lead in the global fight against climate change.
It is important to note, however, that human-induced emissions of greenhouse gases from the burning of fossil fuels for transportation and energy generation are the main sources of air pollution, said Wotawa.
The laws achieve low-carbon growth, greater energy security and a reduction in greenhouse gases and local air pollution.
If fossil fuels are used, the process then consumes more energy than is produced, and the result is likely more pollution.
Energy leaders and experts recognize that as long as producing carbon pollution carries no cost, traditional plants that use fossil fuels will be more cost-effective than plants that use nuclear fuel.
For another 553 goods--particularly those that cause pollution and use up a great deal of energy--it eliminated the rebates completely.
So I ask this Congress to send me legislation that places a market-based cap on carbon pollution and drives the production of more renewable energy in America.
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