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CMU Paper: Market-Based Mechanisms for CO2 Reduction Will Be Insufficient to Attain Mid-Century Goals

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In the paper “ Cap and Trade is Not Enough: Improving US Climate Policy ”, the authors argue that the US Congress should simultaneously design, integrate and implement these targeted strategies: For automobiles. Samaras et al. Similar or higher prices would be needed for other types of low-carbon plant investment. Samaras et al. per gallon.

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Fujian Province to Switch to LNG for Buses, Vessels

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East China’s Fujian Province is switching to liquefied natural gas (LNG) for fueling 2,000 inter-city buses running on its expressways and for more than 1,000 sand-, coal- and cement-carrying vessels on the waterways in the province and along its coast. Under a related accord, Fujian will buy 2.6 People’s Daily. million U.S.

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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Energy-related CO 2 emissions buy state, 2010. For example, some states are located near abundant hydroelectric supplies, while others contain abundant coal resources. From 2009 to 2010, only 14 states saw a decrease in emissions. Source: EIA. Click to enlarge. The greatest percentage increase was in Nebraska at 16.0% (6.6

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IRENA report finds renewable power costs at parity or below fossil fuels in many parts of world

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The report, “ Renewable Power Generation Costs in 2014 ”, concludes that biomass, hydropower, geothermal and onshore wind are all competitive with or cheaper than coal, oil and gas-fired power stations, even without financial support and despite falling oil prices. Northeast Utilities and its subsidiary NStar had agreed to buy 27.5%

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Navy to Test 50:50 Hydrotreated Renewable Jet Fuel Blend in F/A-18 Super Hornet; 590,000-Gallon HRJ Solicitation for Navy and Air Force

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Recovery and Reinvestment Act money will be used to procure the Navy’s HRJ5; Fiscal Year 2009 monies will be used to procure HRJ8 for the Air Force. We’re trying to certify by families, to come up with a spec for an approved class of feedstocks, such as oil shale, petroleum, hydrotreated renewable or coal. Rick Kamin.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009. Donovan (20 December 2009). INTRODUCTION.

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UC Davis study highlights results of MINI E field trial in US; MINI E met 90% of daily driving needs

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The University of California, Davis and the BMW Group released the largest publicly available study of electric-car users yet conducted, including more than 120 families who drove the fully electric MINI E automobile more than 1 million miles in California, New York and New Jersey from June 2009 to June 2010.

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