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WHO issues new, lower Global Air Quality Guidelines for classical pollutants

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2021

Since WHO’s last 2005 global update, there has been a marked increase of evidence that shows how air pollution affects different aspects of health. Recommended 2021 AQG levels compared to 2005 air quality guidelines. and carbon monoxide (CO)—it also has an impact on other damaging pollutants. Source: WHO.

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Pollution Global 2005 Ozone

EPA report to Congress finds a strong scientific and technical foundation for mitigating black carbon emissions

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APRIL 2, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its final Report to Congress on Black Carbon , in response to an October 2009 request from Congress to advance efforts to understand the role of black carbon (BC) in climate change. —Report to Congress on Black Carbon. Source: EPA.

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Study finds automobile tires are a potential source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes to the environment

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MARCH 10, 2012

A new study by researchers from Stockholm University concludes that automobile tires may be a potential previously unknown source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes—a type of high molecular weight polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbon (PAH)—to the environment. 35% reinforcing agents/fillers such as carbon black or silica; and 15?20%

Environment

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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2013

In the 8 th edition, the China Energy Group researchers have amassed an enormous trove of data from firsthand sources and organized much of it into a relational database, making it far more useful for research and analytical purposes. Compared to 2005-2006, it has probably doubled its presence.

Environment

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Study projects explosive growth in African emissions from combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels absent regulation

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MARCH 12, 2014

The findings, reported in an open access paper in the journal Environmental Research Letters , predict very large increases in black carbon, organic carbon, CO, NO x , SO 2 and non-methane hydrocarbon emissions if no emission regulations are implemented. 2014) Environ. Source: Liousse et al. Click to enlarge. Resources.

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Emissions Africa Fuel 2005

Aviation Summit calls for global framework on emissions reductions

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MARCH 25, 2012

The 6 th Aviation and Environment Summit , recently held in Geneva, Switzerland, concluded with the adoption of an industry declaration titled “Aviation Benefits Beyond Boundaries,” as a joint message to the UN Conference on Sustainable Development (UNCSD, or Rio+20).

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Emissions Global South Africa Switzerland

Harmonizing Low Carbon Fuel Standards

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

—Low Carbon Fuel Standard 2011 Program Review Report. The California LCFS regulation, which went in to effect on 15 April 2010, targets a reduction of the carbon intensity (CI), on a full-fuel lifecycle basis, of transportation fuels (measured in gCO 2 e/MJ) used in California by an average of 10% by the year 2020.

Carbon

Carbon Standards Fuel Oregon

House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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APRIL 1, 2009

Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Tuesday released a draft of far-reaching energy and climate legislation that targets job creation, promotes renewables and energy efficiency, and places limits on emissions of greenhouse gases. Carbon Capture and Sequestration. Chairman Henry A. Clean Fuels and Vehicles.

Climate

Climate Standards Carbon California

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

Climate

Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions

ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Inc. Open New Greenhouse to Advance Algae Biofuels Program

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JULY 14, 2010

SGI, a privately held company founded in 2005, is developing and commercializing genomic-driven solutions to address global energy and environment challenges.

Environment

Environment 2005 Oil Light

American Airlines to be launch customer for Boeing ecoDemonstrator program; flight testing a range of new technologies to reduce fuel consumption, emissions and noise

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JUNE 22, 2011

American Airlines will be the launch customer for Boeing’s evolutionary ecoDemonstrator Program, in which a Boeing Next-Generation 737-800 aircraft will be used to flight test and accelerate the market readiness of emerging technologies to help reduce fuel consumption, carbon emissions and community noise.

Emissions

Emissions Fuel Alternative Fuels 2010

52% of GM facilities worldwide are landfill-free

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DECEMBER 13, 2010

million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions from entering the atmosphere. — Mike Robinson, vice president of Environment, Energy and Safety Policy at GM. Through this annual recycling rate, it is estimated that GM has eliminated 8.4

GM

GM Waste Convert Sierra

Exxon/Mobil To Fund Solar Financing Bond For Torrance Homeowners

Creative Greenius

MARCH 8, 2009

We know carbon taxes are coming and we won’t always be floating in a sea of profits we made at your expense. So it seemed only logical that we give a little back to a community we’ve released an awful lot of carbon in. “ Sounds like a dream too good to be true, doesn’t it? Why A Citizens Task Force Now?

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Financing Solar Climate Change Re-Charge

DOE Launches $122M Energy Innovation Hub to Focus on Solar Fuels: Fuels from Sunlight

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DECEMBER 28, 2009

“The ultimate transport solution would be solar fuels, made from using sunlight to split water and produce hydrogen, or to reduce atmospheric carbon dioxide and combine it with water to produce other clean solar fuels.The opportunities for bio-inspired fuels and for innovative routes to produce them are virtually limitless.

Solar

Solar Fuel Energy Water

European Commission: Global Climate Strategy Needed To Avoid “Potentially Unmanageable Consequences”

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

In 2007, the European Union’s environment ministers agreed in principle to commit to a 20% GHG reduction by 2020 ( earlier post ), with an option to accept further reductions if other developed countries follow suit, and presented plans to do so early last year ( earlier post ). Building A Participatory Carbon Market. energy sources.”

Climate

Climate Global Climate Change 2005

Marine Scientists Issue Monaco Declaration Calling for Immediate Action to Reduce Ocean Acidification

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JANUARY 30, 2009

Green areas indicate waters supersaturated with aragonite carbonate and favoring shell formation, with darker color indicating more favorable conditions. Red areas are those where waters are under-saturated in aragonite and so hostile to shell formation by marine organisms, with darker color indicating greater under-saturation.

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Monaco Mariner Climate Change Montenegro

Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

In some ways, Sanders noted, Reaction Design’s chemistry solvers were meant to make advanced simulation more accessible outside of a high-performance computing environment. We’re already working to spread it across the HPC environment. Early on, the chemistry portion of FORTÉ was scalable across clusters of computers.

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Fuel Design Engine Emissions

Study recommends $10B/year US federal investment in energy RD&D and a substantial price on carbon emissions; leveraging the national labs and encouraging the private sector for a clean energy future

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NOVEMBER 22, 2011

Our economic modeling suggests that an investment of a few extra billion per year today could develop technologies that could save the economy hundreds of billions of dollars per year by 2050 in scenarios where there are stringent policies limiting how much carbon can be emitted.

Energy

Energy Clean Cleaning Carbon

European Commission outlines comprehensive Transport 2050 plan to increase mobility while cutting transport CO2 emissions 60%; phasing out conventionally-fueled (non-hybrid) cars in cities by 2050

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MARCH 28, 2011

The proposals are also intended to reduce Europe’s dependence on imported oil and cut carbon emissions in transport by 60% by 2050. The interface between long distance and last-mile freight transport should be organized more efficiently, the paper says. In other cases, (high speed) rail should absorb much medium distance traffic.

Transportation

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several aftermarket companies and organizations have converted hundreds of Priuses -- see Where PHEVs Are.) Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. See our frequent comments at our news archive.

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. The idea of self-sufficient cities is gaining currency in the European Union, which has set itself the ambitious task of cutting carbon dioxide (CO{-2}) emissions to one-fifth below 1990 levels by 2020 ? Well and good.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. Tree Planting as Carbon Offsets – Does Latitude Ma.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

The Earth continues to experience record-breaking temperatures caused by increased atmospheric concentrations of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and other greenhouse gases (GHGs). Based on calculations by the International Energy Agency (IEA), 75% of the growth in the world’s energy demand from 2005 to 2030 will come from developing countries.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cantwell said that cap-and-trade had been discredited by the Wall Street crisis, the Enron scandal and the rocky start to a carbon credits trading system in Europe that has been subject to dizzying price fluctuations and widespread fraud. The program will reduce emissions fifteen percent below 2005 levels by 2020. John Kerry (D-Mass.)

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

EV Driven

WHO issues new, lower Global Air Quality Guidelines for classical pollutants

EPA report to Congress finds a strong scientific and technical foundation for mitigating black carbon emissions

Study finds automobile tires are a potential source of carcinogenic dibenzopyrenes to the environment

Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

Study projects explosive growth in African emissions from combustion of fossil fuels and biofuels absent regulation

Aviation Summit calls for global framework on emissions reductions

Harmonizing Low Carbon Fuel Standards

House Chairmen Waxman, Markey Release Draft of Energy and Climate Legislation; Among the Many Provisions Are Cap-and-Trade, Harmonization of CAFE and California Vehicle Regulations, and Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

ExxonMobil and Synthetic Genomics Inc. Open New Greenhouse to Advance Algae Biofuels Program

American Airlines to be launch customer for Boeing ecoDemonstrator program; flight testing a range of new technologies to reduce fuel consumption, emissions and noise

52% of GM facilities worldwide are landfill-free

Exxon/Mobil To Fund Solar Financing Bond For Torrance Homeowners

DOE Launches $122M Energy Innovation Hub to Focus on Solar Fuels: Fuels from Sunlight

European Commission: Global Climate Strategy Needed To Avoid “Potentially Unmanageable Consequences”

Marine Scientists Issue Monaco Declaration Calling for Immediate Action to Reduce Ocean Acidification

Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

Study recommends $10B/year US federal investment in energy RD&D and a substantial price on carbon emissions; leveraging the national labs and encouraging the private sector for a clean energy future

European Commission outlines comprehensive Transport 2050 plan to increase mobility while cutting transport CO2 emissions 60%; phasing out conventionally-fueled (non-hybrid) cars in cities by 2050

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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