Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2012

The prior longest-duration field test of methane hydrate extraction via depressurization was six days (Japan-Canada 2007/2008 Mallik well testing program). As part of this exchange demonstration, the depressurization phase of the test extended for 30 days.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2012

If policymakers are to succeed in their efforts to foster economic growth, improve public health, and protect the environment, they need to know which policies work, which don’t, and why. —Kodjak et al.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2013

This includes the estimates in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment, which were based on the best available evidence and analysis at that time. —co-author Professor Piers Forster from the University of Leeds’s School of Earth and Environment in the United Kingdom.

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Green Cars News

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

For the second year in a row, BMW has cut its average CO2 emissions per car by more than any other automotive manufacturer. According to an independent report published by the European Federation for Transport and Environment, the average reduction across the industry was 3.3 per cent from 172g/km in 2007.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

1990; Anisimov, 2007] and chemical production of ozone in already-polluted locations [Jacobson, 2008b]. Jacobson is a senior fellow at the Woods Institute for the Environment. Warming of the air by any chemical, including soot, enhances natural surface emissions of water vapor [e.g., Dessler et al., 2008] and methane [Schutz et al.,

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2014

More than 400,000 S-MAX models have been sold in Europe since Ford introduced the S-MAX, which won European Car of the Year in 2007. S-MAX CO2 emissions and fuel efficiency also are enhanced with Smart Regenerative Charging and Auto-Start-Stop. liter TDCi with manual or Powershift dual-clutch automatic transmission.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

The study by Nadine Unger, Drew Shindell and James Wang will appear in an upcoming issue of the journal Atmospheric Environment. For example, a 2007 EPRI study they cite concluded that the US PHEV average fraction of vehicle miles traveled using battery electricity would be about 20%. Environ. , Nadine Unger, Drew T.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

From this basic information ,” he added, “ we hope to develop predictive models of MEHR applicability in various environments, as well as novel technologies to enhance hydrocarbon recovery for fuels. ”. In 2007, the partners said they expected the first two phases of R&D would be completed in three and a half years. Terry Hazen.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

The remaining two-thirds are lost as waste heat going into the environment through the car’s exhaust emissions and through the radiator. Even a highly efficient combustion engine converts only about one-third of the energy in the fuel into traction actually propelling the car.

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Green Car Congress

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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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2009

Joule was created for the very purpose of eliminating these roadblocks with the best equation of biotechnology, engineering, scalability and pricing to finally make renewable fuel a reality—all while helping the environment by reducing global CO2 emissions. Bill Sims, president and CEO of Joule Biotechnologies.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 1, 2009

According to Bob Ward, policy and communications director at the Grantham Research Institute on Climate Change and the Environment, at the London School of Economics, both the NCPA and the Heritage Foundation have published “misleading and inaccurate information about climate change.&#.

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Green Car Congress

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. ” —British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, summing up the historical significance of COP 15.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 26, 2012

And despite the fact that I work on environmental projects that seek to cut CO2 emissions, reduce energy use, and add renewable energy, ironically the one thing I never talk about on the job is climate change or global warming. First staff job I’ve had since 1982.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2010

Natural fiber-reinforced plastics and plant-based polymer resins help reduce CO2 emissions by being entirely compostable, and in some cases reduce weight, which helps improve fuel economy. We have to entertain the thought of bio-replacement in baby steps, looking at every aspect of a car that could be green.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 21, 2009

The UK has been at the forefront of efforts to cut down energy-inefficient products which cost people more money to run and are bad for the environment as they have higher carbon emissions. A voluntary initiative to phase out old fashioned bulbs started in 2007 with the keen support of a number of UK energy suppliers and retailers.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 26, 2012

And despite the fact that I work on environmental projects that seek to cut CO2 emissions, reduce energy use, and add renewable energy, ironically the one thing I never talk about on the job is climate change or global warming. First staff job I’ve had since 1982.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 27, 2009

Furthermore, the building even helps clean up the local environment as 22,000m of the assembly plant is covered in photocatalytic paint that reacts to sunlight and helps to break down harmful substances such as nitrogen oxides. Between 2003 and 2007, CO2 emissions have also been slashed by 36 per cent.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2013

For these reasons, Germany’s Federal Environment Agency (Umweltbundesamt, UBA) took the position in the late 2000s that R134a should be replaced by the natural refrigerant R744. Baker (2007) Demonstration of an Energy-Efficient Secondary Loop HFC-152a Mobile Air Conditioning System. Mahmoud Ghodbane, Timothy D. Craig, and James A.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 6, 2009

If incentives were only made available to buyers of new cars that emit less than 130g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is the EU target for 2012, then much of the environmental cost of manufacturing new cars could have been offset. How the environment can benefit. km for vehicles that are 10 years old.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2010

Based on the work of the multidisciplinary team, with advice from a board of 16 leaders from industry, government and environmental groups, the report examines the future of natural gas through 2050 from the perspectives of technology, economics, politics, national security and the environment.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

It was this requirement that led to a stalemate at the last ICAO Assembly in 2007. There is a lot more work to be done, but this is a deal which is very good news for the aviation sector, good news for the environment and good for a more sustainable future. This is a real breakthrough. While achieving a 1.5%

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

CATS’ fleet and financial plans call for the replacement 1998, 1999 and 2007 year diesel buses with new diesel buses in fiscal year 2012. These projects improve the working environment, conserve energy, reduce operating/maintenance costs and reduce GHG emissions for a ten-year lifecycle. Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2009

Other actions included: In April 2009, Nissan introduced the Nissan ECO Series (NECO Series), which qualify for tax breaks under Japan’s new preferential tax scheme for environment-friendly vehicles. 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

JANUARY 28, 2009

They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. Electric vehicles (EV) or (BEV) are a clean, quiet alternative to conventional automobiles, which are powered by petroleum derivatives that, when burned, emit noxious gases into the environment.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 2, 2011

… I’ve been reporting since 2007 that we were headed for a climate collision unless we quickly and radically changed course and drastically cut our use of fossil fuels and emission of greenhouse gases. That extreme weather is the result of the CO2 and other gasses emitted from burning fossil fuels.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 2, 2011

… I’ve been reporting since 2007 that we were headed for a climate collision unless we quickly and radically changed course and drastically cut our use of fossil fuels and emission of greenhouse gases. That extreme weather is the result of the CO2 and other gasses emitted from burning fossil fuels.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 12, 2009

Moratorium and phase-out of coal plants that do not capture and store CO2. But wait, there’s more new laws of the land… No new coal power plants unless they suck up all the CO2 they’ve already pumped into the air. This is the sine qua non for solving the climate problem. Coal emissions must be phased out rapidly.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

With ICLEI software , reports are being generated for 1990, 2005, and 2007 city energy use, as well as using data and ICLEI reports to determine an emissions reduction goal for each city. Tags: carbon producers GHG bicycles emissions Environment L.A.

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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 other byproduct of such conversion is HEAT ( see below for more discussion, as well as other factors that affect energy conversion efficiency), usually dissipated into the environment. Follow the money.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. Batteries not ready.

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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. Hybrid electric buses and heavy trucks could power many homes or a school or a hospital in an emergency. Email Neal. Find out " What is Cleantech?

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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. From renewable energy policy to carbon markets to dubious eco-advertising, our energy and environment reporters track the high-stakes pursuit of a greener globe. Email us directly at greeninc@nytimes.com. Follow the money.

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Creative Greenius

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. Tags: environment. The number of dead zones—areas with too little oxygen to support life—has doubled every decade since the 1960s.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 20, 2022

International regulatory frameworks must therefore not only protect supply chains from disruption but also protect human rights and the environment. Between 2007 and 2011, the city of Seville built an. Promoting mixed-use neighborhoods—areas that put work and residence in proximity—would allow more bicycling and walking.

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