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Nissan FY 2014 global corporate activities reduce CO2 emissions by 22.6% compared to FY 2005

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cut in CO 2 when compared to fiscal year 2005, thus achieving its goal to reduce CO 2 emissions from corporate activities by 20% during that period. Nissan Motor Co., The company achieved a 22.6% In all, the use of clean energies accounted for 68% of the production at the Aguascalientes A1 Plant.

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DOE Regional Partnership Initiates CO2 Injection in Lignite Coal Seam

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The seven partnerships form a national network that is investigating the best approaches for capturing and permanently storing CO 2. The results of the PCOR Partnership’s Phase I characterization activities indicated that the region’s low-rank coal seams have the capacity to store up to 8 billion tons of CO 2.

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Satellite and GPS Measurements Show Ice Loss from Greenland Ice Sheet Spreading to Northwest Coast

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The research indicates the ice-loss acceleration began moving up the northwest coast of Greenland staring in late 2005. inches, from October 2005 to August 2009. This animation depicts the spread of ice loss into northwest Greenland observed by GRACE from 2003 through 2009. The Greenland Ice Sheet.

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New NASA Satellite Survey Reveals Dramatic Arctic Sea Ice Thinning

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Ice volume allows us to calculate annual ice production and gives us an inventory of the freshwater and total ice mass stored in Arctic sea ice. In 2003, 62% of the Arctic’s total ice volume was stored in multi-year ice, with 38% stored in first-year seasonal ice. 114, C07005, doi: 10.1029/2009JC005312.

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DOE Regional Partnership Begins Core Sampling for Large-Volume Carbon Sequestration Test

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Coring of the Elk Point rock formations at Fort Nelson will provide researchers, geologists, and reservoir experts with characterization data of the carbonate formations that will be used to store the CO 2 and the impermeable shale layers above that will act as a cap rock to contain the CO 2.

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Toshiba To Begin Mass-Producing Portable Direct Methanol Fuel Cells in 2009

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This technology allows methanol to be stored at a much higher concentration, and achieves a much smaller fuel tank than before. Toshiba demonstrated the first DMFC for portable PCs in March 2003. Toshiba has developed a system that allows a high concentration of methanol, which had been said to be difficult to overcome.

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Battelle, Midwest Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership release Phase II reports

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Phase I began in October 2003 and focused on developing a comprehensive assessment of regional CO2 sources and potential geological sequestration opportunities within the Midwest region. Building on this foundation, a series of small-scale field validation tests were conducted in the Phase II portion of the program (late 2005 - early 2011).

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