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AUGUST 22, 2014

Other results include: a 66% reduction in benzene; a nearly 60% reduction in mercury from man-made sources such as coal-fired power plants; an 84% decrease of lead in outdoor air; the removal of an estimated 1.5 The EPA issued the first Urban Air Toxics Report to Congress in 2000. These 30 HAPs are known as the 30 urban air toxics.

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JULY 3, 2017

Yet the growth in oil demand from trucks has outpaced all other sectors—including passenger cars, aviation, industry and petrochemical feedstocks—since 2000 and contributed 40% to global oil demand growth, a similar contribution as cars. The result is that direct CO 2 emissions from road freight transport decline by 2.5

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

The presence of carbon monoxide in the syngas can assist with the conversion of lignin, and the observed effect is similar to that seen for coal hydroprocessing with syngas compared to hydrogen alone. The water extracts any residual salts that may be present in the lignin thereby preventing fouling or deactivation of the catalyst.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Field gave his presentation, entitled “Carbon-Climate System and the Terrestrial Biosphere” at the annual meeting of the American Association for the Advancement of Science (AAAS) in Chicago during a symposium titled, “What Is New and Surprising Since the IPCC Fourth Assessment?”. —Chris Field.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

A recent study reported that ozone’s damage to crop yields in 2000 resulted in an economic loss of $14-26 billion annually. They will also offset the acceleration of global warming that can occur when the atmosphere is cleaned of reflective particles such as sulfates from coal combustion that have an atmospheric cooling effect.

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MAY 5, 2014

These gases come from human activities such as combustion of coal and oil as well as natural sources such as emissions from plants. Overall, the study found that, 90% of the time, ozone levels would range from 30 to 87 ppb in 2050 compared with an estimated 31 to 79 ppb in the present. 2000) “Special Report on Emissions Scenarios.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

Rather, coal power production and other industrial processes release sulfur dioxide—the same gas that billows from volcanoes—that later reacts with atmospheric molecules called hydroxyl radicals to produce sulfates as a byproduct. These effects may be important but are highly uncertain at present. —Drew Shindell. Shindell et al.

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Climate Change Climate Ozone Pollution 268

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Unintentional emission sectors: Coal burning, ferrous- and non-ferrous (Au, Cu, Hg, Pb, Zn) metal production, cement production. Present day anthropogenic emissions contribute to both current and future emissions to the air. Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

2 ] Rasmussen’s “one agreement, two steps” plan was quickly endorsed by US President Obama, as well as Australia’s Prime Minister Rudd and Russia’s President Medvedev, all of whom were present at the APEC summit. ºC in 2050, as compared to 2000 temperatures. ºC in 2020, and 2.3

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MAY 1, 2011

billion coal-gasification project, but called off the project in late 2009 due to high capital requirements, the narrow difference between petroleum and natural gas prices and uncertain US energy policy. van Wijk sold Saturn to Methanex in 2000 due to funding issues. GigaMethanol and Gas to Gasoline (Janus NPRA presentation).

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. This objective presents challenges because many offsets are difficult to measure.

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