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The Greenius Misplaces His Mojo… Momentarily

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The entire 2nd half of 2010 found the Greenius in a Mystery Spot where the rules of nature no longer applied. It has definitely been been awhile, hasn’t it? I’ll be the first to admit it, I lost my mojo as 2010 wore on and it wasn’t pretty. Stop runaway climate change? Wow, March First already.

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Survey finds public support for geoengineering research; strongest opposition from conservatives

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Geoengineering is the process of deliberately manipulating the Earth’s climate to counteract the effects of global warming, while SRM is a type of geoengineering that seeks to reflect sunlight by various means to reduce warming. The study found that public awareness of geoengineering is broad.

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Worldwatch: Fossil fuel subsidies continue to outweigh those for renewable energy; international pledges on reform unfulfilled

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Total subsidies for renewable energy stood at $66 billion in 2010 (a 10% increase from the year before); the total value of global fossil fuel subsidies is estimated at between $775 billion and more than $1 trillion in 2012, Two thirds of the renewable energy subsidies went to renewable electricity resources and the remaining third to biofuels.

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BMW defends diesel while pushing electrification

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Nonetheless, says Krüger, “ Future mobility will definitely depend on state-of-the-art diesels as well, because environmental protection has several dimensions: one of them is the fight against climate change. ”. These excellent figures are true for both the Group’s Euro 5 and Euro 6 vehicles.

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How ISO 15118 Charging Protocols Can Speed Up EV Adoption

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Background on the ISO 15118 Protocols ISO 15118 — also called “Road Vehicles — Vehicle to Grid Communication Interface” — is a joint project between the International Organization for Standardization (ISO) and the International Electrotechnical Commission (IEC) that began in 2010. Despite our dependence on electricity, the U.S.

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EPA Proposes New Regulations for Renewable Fuel Standard to Implement Requirements of EISA; GHG Reduction and Indirect Land Use Change Effects Included

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The revised statutory requirements for RFS2 also include new definitions and criteria for both renewable fuels and the feedstocks used to produce them, including new greenhouse gas emission (GHG) thresholds for renewable fuels and the incorporation of indirect land use change effects. Proposed RFS Standards for 2010.

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BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

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Between 2010 to 2030 the contribution to energy growth of renewables (solar, wind, geothermal and biofuels) is seen to increase from 5% to 18%. The BP Energy Outlook 2030 is the first of BP’s forward-looking analyses to be published, after 60 years of producing definitive historical data in the BP Statistical Review of World Energy.

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