But this is not an effective proxy for a consequential LCA, which might include harvesting, transportation and processing emissions, as well as product substitutions, and other trade components not included in the two approaches used here.
The aim of this study was to investigate the environmental impacts arising from the increase in demand for building refurbishments in New Zealand using consequential Life Cycle Assessment (LCA).
Such aggressiveness on issues from coal waste to vehicle emissions has made Pruitt one of Trump's most high-profile and consequential Cabinet members.
ABSTRACT: The application of product-life cycle assessment (LCA) in a policy context highlights the need for a distinct so-called "consequential" LCA (CLCA).
As the deadline approaches for registering to take part in one of the most consequential US elections in a generation, Virginia is the exception to controversial state rules that ban those convicted of a felony from voting.
"When the full judgment of the Kennedy legacy is made — including J.F.K.'s Peace Corps and Alliance for Progress, Robert Kennedy's passion for civil rights and Ted Kennedy's efforts on health care, workplace reform and refugees — the changes wrought by Eunice Shriver may well be seen as the most consequential," U.S. News & World Report said in its cover story of Nov. 15, 1993.
That matters because the more complex and consequential General Motors bankruptcy is not completed, and as a consultant said in an e-mail to Chrysler's then-chief executive, Chrysler was a "guinea pig" on which the government tested what it can get away with in GM's bankruptcy, which involves the same issues: Is it lawful to use Troubled Assets Relief Program (TARP) funds for this?
Attributional LCA was used to compare the current state to the no-action alternative and consequential LCA was used to compare each proposed measure to the no-action alternative.
Münster et al. [49] discuss two cases of LCA application for future scenarios assessment – assessing policies related to waste management using attributional LCA [65], and scenarios for technological development of renewable energies using consequential LCA [49].
The most consequential House GOP action could come in the oversight arena.
She noted she was interrupted by Cabinet officials during her consequential White House dinner with Trump and Senate Minority Leader Charles E. Schumer (D-N.Y.).
