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MAY 10, 2011

Ranges of global technical potentials of renewable energy sources derived from studies analyzed in SRREN report. The authors reviewed more than 160 existing scientific scenarios on the possible penetration of renewables by 2050, alongside environmental and social implications; and then reviewed with four of these in-depth.

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APRIL 8, 2019

Reduction of pollutants and carbon emissions is a high priority for the marine industry and port cities. The IMO has estimated that 1.135 billion tonnes of CO 2 was emitted by ships in 2008, representing 3.5% of the global total that year.

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Mariner Europe Fuel Power 191

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Issues covered in the briefing include emissions, air pollution, noise and renewable energy and the impact of transport on ecosystems and biodiversity. Oil consumption by the transport sector will need to fall by more than two-thirds to meet the objective of reducing consumption by 70% by 2050 compared with 2008 levels.

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Environment Transportation Emissions Climate 150

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MAY 22, 2019

With hydrogen for the fuel cells sourced from shore-based renewable energy, the complete vessel energy chain will be emission-free. With maritime transport estimated to emit around 940 million tons of CO 2 annually, there is an increased pressure for the shipping industry to deploy means of reducing harmful pollutants.

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JANUARY 21, 2017

These include cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars and zero emission vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable energy, waste diversion from landfills, water conservation, improvements to energy efficiency in homes and businesses, and a Cap-and-Trade Program. The first Scoping Plan required by Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) was adopted in 2008.

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California Cleaner Emissions Pollution 150

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MARCH 24, 2017

CARB also adopted a new plan to curb destructive “super pollutants” including black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane. The plan, California’s Short-lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy, maps out the route to more rapid greenhouse gas reductions by clamping down on these super pollutants. —CARB Chair Mary D.

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Climate California Ozone Pollution 199

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MAY 8, 2014

Air quality in most cities worldwide that monitor outdoor (ambient) air pollution fails to meet World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for safe levels, putting people at additional risk of respiratory disease and other health problems, according to WHO’s expanded ambient (outdoor) air pollution (AAP) in cities database 2014.

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APRIL 11, 2024

But these ships have been in short supply in recent years, with older vessels being retired and new ship orders down due to both the 2008 financial crisis and the industry upgrade to less-polluting fuels, reports MIT Technology Review. Still, steep import tariffs await on European borders.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Biodiesel blends became mandatory in early 2008, quickly followed by a raise in blend levels from 2 to 3% in July of the same year and from 3 to 4% in 2009. Local agencies now have 12 months to present Vehicle Pollution Control Plans targeting specific fleet groups, defining frequency and priority areas for inspection.

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Brazil 2010 Emissions Vehicles 186

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

The Government of Canada has mandated a 2% renewable content requirement in diesel fuel; biodiesel—a mixture of fatty acid alkyl esters produced via transesterification from a variety of feedstocks (e.g., the 2008-2012 global recession). These changes would likely be well below any possible verification by ambient monitoring.

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Creative Greenius

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

So let’s take a look, straight from our friends at the California Air Resources Board* , at the Top Emitters of Greenhouse Gases in California, for 2008. Actually, the CARB let the polluters tally up their own numbers, so you best double these public numbers if you want to get the honest total. Southern Calif.

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Chevron California Future Climate Change 220

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

The California Energy Commission’s (CEC) Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program (ARFVTP) approved four regional planning grants to prepare for electric vehicles. 200,000 to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District. 200,000 to the Ventura County Air Pollution Control District.

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San Diego Grant California Sacramento 244

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JANUARY 3, 2014

However, the National Development Plan for Oil Shale Use for 2008-15 calls for reducing annual extraction while preserving the country’s strong energy security. Renewable energy is another solution. Renewables, particularly biomass for heat, provided 14.6% In 2012, Estonia mined 15.86 million tonnes.

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Estonia Oil Cleaner Jordan 236

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OCTOBER 1, 2009

million contract to further develop Ocean Thermal Energy Conversion (OTEC) technology, which the leverages ocean’s natural thermal gradient between warmer water at the ocean’s surface and colder water below to produce renewable and reliable power. The US Naval Facilities Engineering Command (NAVFAC) recently awarded Lockheed Martin an $8.12

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Conversion Energy Water Renewable 306

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JANUARY 10, 2013

The Commission also approved funding of $220,554 to expand the campus’ burgeoning charging network for plug-in electric vehicles, through the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, created by Assembly Bill 118. The microgrid award is funded through the Commission’s research and development program.

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Energy Storage San Diego California Energy 231

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AUGUST 15, 2012

Pollutants, sand, and even water droplets can erode a blade and reduce turbine efficiency. The NETL project was one of 20 selected for funding in late 2008. Despite their force and power, the compressor blades of a gas turbine are surprisingly delicate.

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Fuel Atlanta Maintenance Commercial 250

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DECEMBER 8, 2017

The American Lung Association oversees the Clean Air Choice program throughout the United States promoting alternative renewable fuels such as biodiesel and E85, partnering with fleets to replace legacy diesel engines, and by supporting the clean-air advantages of electric and hybrid vehicles.

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Chicago Clean Cleaning 2017 150

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JULY 29, 2010

Jacobson used a computer model of global climate, air pollution and weather that he developed over the last 20 years and updated to include additional atmospheric processes to analyze how soot can heat clouds, snow and ice. Soot could be further reduced by converting vehicles to run on renewable electric power. Mark Jacobson.

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Global Ozone CO2 Pollution 230

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MARCH 29, 2009

In December 2008, Honda announced it was withdrawing from Formula 1 activity. This sport can go from being a slightly polluting sport to a clean sport. In addition, Gevo’s technology enables the production of a wide variety of chemicals such as isobutylene and paraxylene from renewable resources. Earlier post.).

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JULY 1, 2009

Company records show that ExxonMobil handed over hundreds of thousands of pounds to such lobby groups in 2008. In its 2008 corporate citizenship report, published last year, ExxonMobil said it would cut funds to several groups that “divert attention&# from the need to find new sources of clean energy.

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Climate Change Climate 2008 Solar 186

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DECEMBER 1, 2013

Currently, almost half of China’s oil consumption is imported, and with the projection that demand for fossil fuel oil will reach 250 million tons by 2030, it is crucial for the country to consider biomass alternatives as part of their renewable energy plan. million tons in 2008.

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Gasoline China Tax London 351

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JANUARY 13, 2010

Cobalt Technologies, a company using strain development and bioprocess technology to optimize biobutanol production for commercially viable renewable fuels and chemicals, formally launched its pilot facility in Mountain View, California. Butanol has a higher energy content than ethanol and is less polluting. Cobalt Biofuels (2008).

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MARCH 6, 2010

There are four general categories of offsets: (1) biological sequestration projects; (2) renewable energy projects; (3) energy efficiency projects; and (4) non-CO 2 emissions reduction projects. (1) 2) Examples of Renewable Energy Projects. The cap would make fossil fuels more expensive and renewable energy sources more attractive.

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Climate Change Climate Emissions 2008 218

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APRIL 13, 2011

This research provides the groundwork and initial estimates needed to better inform renewable energy decisions. imported in 2008 for transportation fuels, and it could be grown on land roughly the size of South Carolina. Algae also digest nitrogen and phosphorous, which are common water pollutants. Wigmosta, Andre M.

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Oil Water South Carolina Climate 281

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MARCH 30, 2011

We have to discover and produce cleaner, renewable sources of energy with less of the carbon pollution that threatens our climate. Another substitute for oil that holds tremendous promise is renewable biofuels—not just ethanol, but biofuels made from things like switchgrass, wood chips, and biomass. —President Obama.

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Obama Oil Gas-Electric Purchase 268

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JANUARY 15, 2010

The California Energy Commission has established an Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to develop and deploy advanced transportation technologies to help attain the state’s climate change policies. Earlier post.)

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Los Angeles Industrial Industry Hybrid 240

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

We must fight against the increasing amount of carbon pollution entering our atmosphere if we are to leave our planet in better shape for generations to come. Thankfully, federal transportation policy is up for renewal. We need to develop cleaner, renewable sources of energy as well as alternative means of getting around.

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Oil Transportation Congress Fuel Economy 255

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

The cap-and-trade program also works in concert with other measures, such as standards for cleaner vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable electricity and energy efficiency, and complements and supports California’s existing efforts to reduce smog-forming and toxic air pollutants. ARB Staff presentation on Cap-and-Trade Program.

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California Climate Climate Change Gas-Electric 218

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2009

Fertilizer applied to cornfields in the central US—including states such as Illinois, Iowa, Nebraska and Wisconsin—is the primary source of nitrogen pollution in the Mississippi River system, which drains into the Gulf of Mexico. In some cases, decomposition of algae consumes much of the oxygen in the water. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings. Transportation. Systems Efficiencies.

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Transportation Emissions California Ozone 273

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MAY 13, 2010

According to the recently finalized Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 , net US GHG emissions in 2008 were down 2.7% Farmers are exempt from the carbon pollution compliance obligations in the bill. Emissions from the transportation sector will remain under the carbon pollution cap.

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Gas-Electric Climate Gas Energy 210

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MAY 9, 2010

Lower pollutant and noise emissions also have the biggest social, including health benefits in urban areas. Hence this initiative builds on the European green cars initiative which was launched as a part of the European Economic Recovery Plan in November 2008. —“A Hydrogen fuel cell vehicles. Resources.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Vehicles 225

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

The project began in early 2008 and will conclude later this year. The gas is first cooled to condense and remove moisture and residual pollutants before it enters the CO 2 absorber. Testing at the pilot facility, using a 1.7-megawatt There, the CO 2 is absorbed by an ammonia-based solution, separating it from the flue gas.

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MARCH 8, 2009

In Torrance we don’t want citizens telling politicians what to do or controlling how the industries that pollute in own city act. That’s because what’s good enough for Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach isn’t good enough for Torrance. That’s too much democracy for Torrance. But of course, it shouldn’t be.

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Financing Solar Climate Change Re-Charge 150

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APRIL 3, 2009

The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. Renewable Fuels Association Response. SCOPE is part of the International Council for Science.

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Conversion Water Emissions 2009 150

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MARCH 22, 2010

Additionality is proof that the renewable-energy project would not happen without the capital generated by selling carbon credits. Offset Quality Initiative, Ensuring Offset Quality (July 2008), available at: [link]. To be credible as offsets, the emissions reduced, avoided, or sequestered must be additional to business-as-usual (i.e.,

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AUGUST 31, 2009

We’re also only 12 miles from the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach – the two largest stationary sources off air pollution and all their related greenhouse gases in L.A. The wildfire has doubled in size to 85,000 acres and destroyed more structures. Credit: Genaro Molina / (c) Los Angeles Times.

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