Causing or resulting in only a relatively small net release of carbon dioxide into the atmosphere.
the low-carbon alternative to coal
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The Prime Minister hailed the car as being "at the forefront" of the UK's transition to a low-carbon economy.
The government should organise a competition to see which technologies offer the cheapest and best way of generating carbon-free or low-carbon electricity.
The government announced that it would spend £100m helping local authorities to build low-carbon homes.
We are resolved to seize the opportunity of our fiscal stimulus programs to promote low-carbon growth and to create green jobs.
He pledged millions of pounds of public money to back "clean" technologies such as low-carbon cars.
The government has ignored the thousands of green jobs that could be created and a huge opportunity to build a low-carbon industry.
If most emissions from the growing of malting barley come from the use of artificial nitrogen fertiliser, then the sector should look for low-carbon alternatives.
The budget has incentives to encourage renewable electricity, carbon capture and storage, and the switch to low-carbon fuels.
The government must spend more on research and development to develop cost-effective non-carbon or low-carbon energy alternatives.
This committee negotiated in good faith to deliver a package that represents an historic chance for Australia to transition to a low-carbon future.