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APRIL 24, 2009

Emissions of two of the most important climate change gases increased last year, according to a preliminary analysis for NOAA’s annual greenhouse gas index, which tracks data from 60 sites around the world. parts per million (ppm) increase in 2007. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Credit: NOAA. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The fraction of total CO 2 emissions remaining in the atmosphere has likely increased from 40 to 45% since 1959; models suggests this is due to the response of the natural CO 2 sinks to climate change and variability. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. over the previous seven years. —Dr Canadell. Le Quéré C et al.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2011

The team combined extensive sea and land surface temperature reconstructions from the Last Glacial Maximum (LGM) with a climate model of intermediate. complexity to estimate the equilibrium climate sensitivity for a doubling of atmospheric carbon dioxide concentrations (ECS 2xC ) from. preindustrial times. However, we cannot exclude.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

billion tonnes in 2007). The report shows that the current efforts to change the mix of energy sources cannot yet compensate for the ever increasing global demand for power and transport. The increase is significant even when compared to 2008, when global CO 2 emissions were at their highest before the global financial crisis.

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JANUARY 4, 2010

Many projections of future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and subsequent warming trends, particularly those used by the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC), assume a constant airborne fraction to 2100. Tags: Climate Change Climate models Emissions Land use.

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MARCH 27, 2012

On 2 April 2007, in the Massachusetts v. This agreement addressed, in part, EPA’s September 2007 remand of its February 2006 final decision not to set standards for boilers. The dates, times, and locations of the public hearings will be available soon. Background. fired EGUs. —EPA Regulatory Impact Analysis.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

However, the slow pace of negotiations spurred UNFCCC delegates to publish a “roadmap to Copenhagen” in December 2007 at the 13 th Congress in Bali, in an effort to accelerate the progress of those negotiations. Climate Change And The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report. by Jack Rosebro.

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JULY 29, 2010

1990; Anisimov, 2007] and chemical production of ozone in already-polluted locations [Jacobson, 2008b]. Short-term effects of Controlling Fossil-Fuel Soot, Biofuel Soot and Gases, and Methane on Climate, Arctic Ice, and Air Pollution Health. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Dessler et al., 2008] and methane [Schutz et al.,

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APRIL 2, 2009

The study applied the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) model for Physical Understanding of Composition-Climate INteractions and Impacts (G-PUCCINI). This model has been used previously to understand the role of short-lived air pollutants in climate change for past, present and future atmospheres. Unger et al.

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MAY 27, 2009

In the IEO2009 reference case, world oil prices rise to $110 per barrel in 2015 (in real 2007 dollars) and $130 per barrel in 2030. World production of unconventional resources, which totaled 3.1 Tags: Climate Change Emissions Market Background. million barrels per day. million barrels per day in 2006, increases to 13.4

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JANUARY 30, 2009

More than 150 leading marine scientists from 26 countries are calling for immediate action by policymakers to reduce CO 2 emissions sharply so as to avoid widespread and severe damage to marine ecosystems from increasing ocean acidification—the “other CO2 problem”. pH units by 2100 relative to preindustrial conditions (Meehl et al, 2007).

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MAY 18, 2009

In 2007, Jacobson and four colleagues testified in the House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform on the role of black carbon. C increased Arctic warming from 1890 to 2007. C increased Arctic warming from 1890 to 2007. Tags: Black carbon Climate Change Emissions Policy. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

1 from shipping in 2007, corresponding to 3.3% 1 of the total ship emissions in 2007. A recent study commissioned by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) estimated total emissions of 1046 Tg CO 2 yr ?1 of the total anthropogenic CO 2 emissions in that year. Of that, international shipping accounts for 83% (870 TgCO 2 yr ?1

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Green Cars News

APRIL 19, 2009

After a thorough scientific review was ordered by the US Supreme Court in 2007, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued a proposal on greenhouse gases. It has been deemed by the EPA that the emissions from new motor vehicles and their engines contribute to these concentrations and threaten climate change.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 22, 2009

Nissan is reviewing its long-term carbon dioxide (CO2) emission targets and according to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) global CO2 concentration in the atmosphere should be stablised below 450ppm. Now it will introduce a clean-diesel engine into the Japanese market in spring 2010.

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APRIL 21, 2014

Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Pelton, Xiao X.

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MARCH 8, 2013

Automakers must change the design of the refrigeration system and the vehicle, expect new training of service technicians, explore changes to design standards, and seek regulatory approval in the United States and Europe. Baker (2007) Demonstration of an Energy-Efficient Secondary Loop HFC-152a Mobile Air Conditioning System.

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APRIL 21, 2010

By April last year, sixteen Member States had CO 2 -related taxation, up from fourteen in 2008, eleven in 2007 and nine in 2006. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Plug-ins Policy. New to the list are Germany, that introduced such system in the summer of 2009, and Latvia. Overview of EU CO 2 -based taxes.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

For more than a year now in this blog I’ve been researching and reporting on climate change, energy and transportation issues and related environmental stories covering them on both a personal and a global perspective.

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MAY 20, 2009

in 2008 to 5,802 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MMTCO 2 ), down from 5,967 MMTCO 2 in 2007, according to preliminary estimates released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). Since 1990, transportation sector CO2 emissions have risen by 21.1%—an Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 22, 2009

According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), global CO 2 concentration in the atmosphere should be stabilized below 450 ppm, Nissan noted. During FY2007 and FY2008, per-unit CO2 emission from all the Nissan plants was globally reduced by 10% (compared to 2005 level).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Aren’t we just exchanging one nonrenewable resource for another? It’s the only way to save the planet from climate change.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us How Carmakers are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity If you ask, "have major auto-makers come around on PHEVs?", First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. todays answer is "Yes -- but not yet."

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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. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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APRIL 16, 2009

How will the pressures of climate change, limited fossil fuel resources and the mainstreaming of "green" consciousness reshape society? Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt Report Says Cap-and-Trade Is a Must for Canada’s Economic Survival From Carbon Footprints to Water Footprints Are Old Tires Fuel or Solid Waste?

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AUGUST 20, 2022

For EVs, much of the environmental burden centers on the production of batteries, the most energy- and resource-intensive component of the vehicle. Can EVs be good enough—and can manufacturers roll them out fast enough—to meet the goals set in 2021 by the 26th United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP26)?

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AUGUST 4, 2009

Each day, the oceans absorb 30 million tons of CO2, increasing their acidity. The oceans are warming about 50% faster than the IPCC reported in 2007. If so, then large-scale carbon capture, storage, and/or reuse should become a top priority to reduce global climate change. By SAMANTHA YOUNG (AP) – 1 day ago.

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