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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The new requirements will help meet the current health-based ambient air quality standards across California, and further the state’s climate goals. road particulate matter emission standard for 25?50 50 horsepower engines.

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MARCH 2, 2013

The document is a detailed draft technical review of potential environmental impacts associated with the segment of the pipeline in the US, including: impacts from construction, impacts from potential spills, impacts related to climate change, and economic impacts. What Keystone XL would carry. —Draft SEIS. Background.

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JUNE 9, 2011

The top graph depicts CTL in a no policy scenario; the bottom graph, for CTL in a world climate policy scenario. However, the viability of CTL becomes quite limited in regions with climate policy due to the high conversion cost and huge carbon footprint. Credit: Chen et al., 2011 Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 7, 2010

However, even with increases in 2010 and 2011, projected CO 2 emissions in 2011 are lower than annual emissions from 1999 through 2008. The largest source of growth in 2010 is the United States, followed by Brazil, Azerbaijan, and Kazakhstan. million bbl/d in 2009, up about 370,000 bbl/d from 2008. in 2010 and 1.1%

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MARCH 17, 2010

Contingent on fuel economy rules, currency exchange rates, incentives for US production (or the lack thereof ), and automakers’ and technology suppliers’ production location decisions, the United States could gain fewer than 20,000 jobs from 2008 to 2014, or nearly 54,000.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. ” —Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen, introducing his proposal to forgo efforts to establish a binding climate treaty at the Copenhagen climate summit.

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MAY 14, 2018

The study, involving researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and colleagues in China and the United States, investigated how complex supply chains are distributing energy-intensive industries and their CO 2 emissions throughout the global South. The paper is published in Nature Communications.

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MARCH 29, 2012

While the contiguous United States just experienced the fourth warmest winter on record, the globe experienced its 22 nd warmest February since record keeping began in 1880, according to the latest State of the Climate report from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center. 2012 selected climate anomalies and events.

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2009

US subsidies for fuels and renewable energy, 2002-2008. The study, “Estimating US Government Subsidies to Energy Sources: 2002-2008”, found that fossil fuels benefited from approximately $72 billion over the seven-year period, while subsidies for renewable fuels totaled $29 billion. Tags: Climate Change Fuels Policy.

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

Published in the journal Nature Climate Change , the new analysis shows fossil fuel emissions increased by 5.9% Rebounding from the global financial crisis of 2008-09 when emissions temporarily decreased, last year’s high growth was caused by both emerging and developed economies. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1332.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

Greenhouse gas emissions in the US economy, 2008. Total US greenhouse gas emissions in 2008 were 2.2% below the 2007 total, according to the just-released report by the US Energy Information Administration, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2008. MMTCO 2 e in 2008. Source: EIA. MMTCO 2 e).

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MAY 12, 2020

The only other comparable events are short-term reductions in China’s emissions due to strict regulations during events like the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The temperature data are from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (2017). The horizontal dash lines show the mean of the represented quantities before and after this date.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Between 2004 and 2008, global energy intensity experienced its sharpest decline in 30 years, with an average annual growth rate of 1.87%. Starting in 2008-09, however, energy intensity again bumped up, experiencing the first rise in three decades. —Alexander Ochs, director of Worldwatch’s Climate & Energy program.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

An analysis by Deutsche Bank Climate Advisors, however, suggests that production of 1.1 Even though the United States has just 25% of the total population of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, in 2008 it alone accounted for just above 40% of the 10.3 trillion pkm in 2008.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2013

Sugar beets have been grown in the area for more than 100 years, and were processed at a local Spreckels Sugar plant until it closed in 2008. This is the first energy beet project to advance to the pilot and demonstration phase in the United States, siad Jim Tischer, project manager with Mendota Bioenergy.

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APRIL 18, 2012

Arctic sea ice extent during the month was below average but was the largest extent since 2008 and one of the largest March extents of the past decade, according to NOAA. According to NOAA’s Climate Prediction Center, La Niña is expected to dissipate by the end of April 2012. The margin of error is ±0.23 °F (0.13 °C).

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

These vehicles and fuels regulatory initiatives are aligned with those of the United States. As a result of these regulations, 2025 model year vehicles will consume up to 50% less fuel than 2008 vehicles leading to significant savings at the pump. GHG regulations. Canada Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy Regulations'

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2009

Unusually high temperatures in the Arctic and heavy rains in the tropics likely drove a global increase in atmospheric methane in 2007 and 2008 after a decade of near-zero growth, according to a new study. Starting in mid-2007, scientists noticed La Niña conditions beginning, waning and then intensifying in early 2008. Earlier post.)

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MAY 6, 2010

In 2009, energy-related carbon dioxide emissions in the United States saw their largest absolute and percentage annual decline (405 million metric tons or 7.0%) since the start of US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) comprehensive record of annual energy data that begins in 1949. between 2008 and 2009. lower than 2008.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The European Commission has sent a formal communication [ 1 ] to the European Council and European Parliament, laying out the Commission’s recommendations to Council and Parliament on positions that the European Union should take during international climate change negotiations later this year in Copenhagen. European Commission.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

The United Kingdom’s Met (Meteorological) Office announced that the 2000-2009 decade “ has been, by far, the warmest decade on the instrumental record ”, and that 2009 is on track to become the fifth warmest year in the past 160 years, continuing the warming trend that has accelerated since the 1970s. climate data analysis.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

Global accounting firm PricewaterhouseCoopers has analyzed carbon emissions from 2000 to 2008 and concluded that the world’s “carbon emissions budget”, or ability to emit carbon dioxide while still maintaining a “fair chance” of limiting average global temperatures to no more than 2 ºC (3.6 Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

The dispute has contributed to a significant split among the primary bloc of developing countries, and has highlighted an increased focus on climate adaptation strategies, in addition to emissions reductions, during the talks. ºF) above pre-industrial temperatures.

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MARCH 22, 2010

The Fiat 500EV powertrain comprises three main systems; high power electric powertrain module, advanced lithium-ion battery, and an EV control unit to manage power flows. Beginning in 2012, Chrysler Group will manufacture the Fiat 500EV for the United States market. The Ram PHEV features Chrysler Group’s 5.7-liter

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AUGUST 21, 2009

The US State Department has issued a Presidential Permit to Enbridge Energy, Limited Partnership to enable construction of the Alberta Clipper pipeline for the transport of crude oil from the Canadian oil sands to US refineries. US State Department. The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was published 5 December 2008.

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concluded in a 2008 paper published in Science that the emissions associated with ethanol production and combustion exceeded the emissions associated with producing and combusting an energy-equivalent quantity of gasoline. Farmers in the United States and elsewhere respond by bringing new land into production. Background.

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APRIL 16, 2012

From 2008 to 2009, CO 2 emissions from the transportation end-use sector declined 4%, due largely to decreased economic activity in 2009 and an associated decline in the demand for transportation.

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DECEMBER 24, 2015

According to these reports, the United States continues to be one of the world’s largest and fastest growing markets for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. These research and development efforts have helped reduce automotive fuel cell costs by more than 50% since 2006 and by more than 30% since 2008. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 13, 2011

A new Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) study shows finds that oil from algae grown in outdoor raceway ponds located in the Gulf Coast, the Southeastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes could replace 17% of the United States’ imported oil for transportation. The paper is published in the journal Water Resources Research.

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MAY 10, 2011

Up to 77% of the world’s energy supply could be met by six key renewables by mid-century under the most optimistic scenario if backed by the right enabling public policies, according to a new report by more than 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Source: SRREN. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 22, 2010

According to the market-analysis firm Point Carbon, if a cap-and-trade system is instituted in the United States, the demand for carbon credits could explode into a $2 to $3 trillion market. Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change. Lack of Additionality.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

kWh average cost of electricity in the United States and globally. Increases in carbon dioxide concentration along with global surface temperatures are showing a decline in agricultural yields due to climate change. [ The United States spends almost $500 billion annually purchasing energy from other countries.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Most climate models have suggested that evapotranspiration, which is the movement of water from the land to the atmosphere, would increase with global warming because of increased evaporation of water from the ocean and more precipitation overall. —Jung et al. millimeters per year per decade. Jung et al.

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JULY 20, 2012

savings stimulated by high oil prices led to a decrease of 3% in CO 2 emissions in the European Union and of 2% in both the United States and Japan. The United States remain one of the largest emitters of CO2, with 17.3 the United States (16%). tonnes per capita and in the United States from 19.7

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APRIL 21, 2010

The Copenhagen Accord has a stated aim of keeping global warming to below 2 °C. However, according to countries’ stated ambitions for reducing emissions, global yearly emissions of greenhouse gases will increase by 10 to 20% above current levels and reach amounts equivalent to 47.9 It is amazing how unambitious these pledges are.”.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Key to realizing the potential role for hydrogen in transportation is automakers’ continuing commitment to hydrogen FCVs as a necessary complement to plug-in electric vehicles and a critical component of their long-term strategy to provide vehicles that contribute to energy and climate policy goals.

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JANUARY 6, 2010

The United States needs to fundamentally rethink its policy of promoting ethanol to diversify its energy sources and increase energy security, according to a new research paper and accompanying policy paper by Rice University’s Baker Institute for Public Policy. per gallon (gal) on top of the gasoline retail price.

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