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JRC: Increased use of renewables results in growing GHG emission savings in the EU; transport contribution only 5%

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from 2009 to 2012, confirming renewables’ potential in climate change mitigation, according to a new report by the Joint Research Centre (JRC), the European Commission’s in-house science service. Mt CO 2 eq in 2009 to 33.8 in 2009 to 5.9% of total GHG emissions from this sector in 2009 and 3.6% in 2009 to 16.6%

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Geothermics reports on first magma-enhanced geothermal system; Krafla in Iceland

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In 2009, a borehole drilled at Krafla (a caldera in northeast Iceland) as part of the Icelandic Deep Drilling Project (IDDP) unexpectedly penetrated into magma (molten rock) at only 2,100 meters (6,890 feet) depth, with a temperature of 900-1000 °C. It will drill the next borehole, IDDP-2, in southwest Iceland at Reykjanes in 2014-2015.

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Safer and Self-Driving Cars Now on Roads

Clean Fleet Report

note: We’re republishing this article because it’s a good reminder of how technology timelines can slip and yet things are clearly moving forward. This article was written more than 10 years ago, when the forecasts were we would have personal and public robotaxis galore. This article may contain affililate links.

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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans

Charged EVs

So we’ve had Ram ProMasters since the 2015 model year, replacing the Dodge Sprinter van based on a design from previous owner Mercedes-Benz. This article first appeared in Issue 67: January-March 2024 – Subscribe now. Got all that? liter V6 gasoline engine, but the new EV is still quite pricey.

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Obama gives $2.4bn Jump Start To Battery Makers

Revenge of the Electric Car

It’s all part of the Obama administration’s plan get to 1 million plug in hybrids on the road by 2015. Obama At A Town Hall Meeting in Los Angeles, California - March 19, 2009. Here’s a quote from the LA Times article By Maeve Reston: Obama unveils $2.4-billion Photos: Luis Sinco / Los Angeles Times.

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Ram Promaster EV brings Detroit’s third maker into electric vans – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

So we’ve had Ram ProMasters since the 2015 model year, replacing the Dodge Sprinter van based on a design from previous owner Mercedes-Benz. This article first appeared in Issue 67: January-March 2024 – Subscribe now. Got all that? liter V6 gasoline engine, but the new EV is still quite pricey.

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Study Concludes That Use of Cellulosic Feedstocks to Meet US Biofuel Requirements Will Still Likely Result in Expansion of the Gulf Dead Zone

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They stochastically estimated nitrate loading to the NGOM and used these results to approximate the areal extent of hypoxia for scenarios that meet the EISA 2007 biofuel goals for 2015 and 2022. Scott Matthew (2009) Impact of Biofuel Crop Production on the Formation of Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico. Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es9011433.