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NOVEMBER 11, 2012

A schematic model showing the links between climate events and outcomes of national security concern, highlighting the roles of exposure and vulnerability. The National Research Council of the US has released a report examining the potential for climate change to pose or to alter security risks for the United States over the next ten years.

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MAY 15, 2014

Shale gas in particular has grown rapidly, from less than one percent of US production in 2000 to 34% in 2012, and projections show strong production growth continuing for the foreseeable future. In this paper, we focus on the implications of growing shale gas production for the climate. —Newell and Raimi.

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JUNE 19, 2012

Demonstrating that the use of different time scales, reference dates, and statistical approaches can generate highly disparate results in climate reports, scientists at the University of Alaska Anchorage argue that careful use of these tools is critical for correctly interpreting and reporting climatic trends in Alaska and other polar regions.

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MARCH 19, 2012

Taylor 2012. Policies incentivizing the private sector to push to develop innovative “clean” technologies are likely to play a key role in achieving climate stabilization. —Taylor 2012. Taylor (2012) Innovation under cap-and-trade programs, PNAS doi: 10.1073/pnas.1113462109. and NO 2 regulation in the US in 1970.

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MARCH 2, 2013

The US Department of State (DOS) has released its Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement (SEIS) in response to TransCanada’s May 2012 application for the Keystone XL pipeline that would run from Canada’s oils sands in Alberta to Nebraska. TransCanada submitted a new application for the Keystone XL Project on 4 May 2012.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

g/m 3 yearly from 1990 to 2012. The number of smokers worldwide decreased by 0.26% a year, cumulatively falling by nearly 6% from 1990 to 2012. Air pollution, together with climate change, is one of the greatest environmental threats to human health. The research team found that it has increased globally by 3.6 ?g/m

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

The September 2014 Monthly Energy Review (MER) published on Friday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has provided more data to support a trend in rising CO 2 in the US that began in 2013. Climate Change Emissions' Source: EIA. Click to enlarge. Sankey diagrams. Top: US Energy Flow, 2013 (quadrillion Btu).

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APRIL 4, 2009

The European Commission has published a white paper—“ Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action ”—outlining the framework of a two-phase strategic approach to help the EU cope with the impacts of climate change. The seriousness of climate change is becoming greater and more disturbing with each passing year.

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APRIL 27, 2012

While representatives of the palm oil industry have protested that the EPA findings are too harsh, correcting the analysis to reflect the more up-to-date information on the destruction of peatland suggests that palm oil biodiesel could be more climate-damaging than fuel from the Canadian oil sands. Miettinen, J., Hooijer, A.,

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

The Scoping Plan describes the comprehensive range of efforts California must take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and meet the state’s long-term goals to combat climate change. What steps must California now take to meet the state’s climate goals beyond 2020? Recommended transportation actions beyond 2020.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% by Jack Rosebro. ” [ 1 ].

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NOVEMBER 29, 2012

Singapore will implement a new Carbon Emissions-Based Vehicle Scheme (CEV) on 1 January 2012, providing rebates to qualified new cars, taxis, and imported used cars with low carbon emissions, and imposing an equivalent surcharge on higher emitting vehicles.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2013

The European Parliament (EP) and member state negotiators reached an informal agreement on new rules to achieve the 2020 CO 2 emission target of 95 g/km for new cars. Our objective was to stand firm and not weaken our targets, in order not to hold back innovation in the car industry and EU efforts against climate change.

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APRIL 15, 2020

The current annual standard has been in place since 2012. EPA is proposing that the current secondary standards are adequate to protect against PM-related visibility impairment, climate effects, and effects on materials. EPA sets both an annual and a 24-hour standard for fine particles (PM 2.5 ). and PM 10 , except for the annual PM 2.5

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APRIL 15, 2016

The goal of the DOE Office of Fossil Energy’s (FE) Office of Oil and Natural Gas is to provide information and technologies that will assure sustainable, affordable, and environmentally-sound supplies of domestic natural gas and oil resources.

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DECEMBER 25, 2012

This resource could potentially store hundreds of years’ worth of industrial greenhouse gas emissions, preventing their release into the atmosphere, says the 2012 edition of the Carbon Utilization and Storage Atlas ( Atlas IV ).

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JULY 19, 2013

Ernest Moniz highlighted the continued growth of plug-in electric vehicle (PEV)sales—more than doubling in the first 6 months of 2013 to 40,000 units compared to the same period in 2012—as the US Department of Energy (DOE) released its most recent pricing data showing the low cost of fueling on electricity. from $1.14

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APRIL 25, 2021

That same year, in my role as founding organizer of climate action group, 350 South Bay Los Angeles, I was able to bring my skills and experience to a wider community and make the case for our need to switch to 100% fossil free transportation to stave off the impending climate crisis.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2011

BMW’s newest hybrid, the BMW ActiveHybrid 5, will arrive in US showrooms in March 2012. In addition, the stationary climate control function can be used to cool the interior before the engine is started. The BMW ActiveHybrid 5. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 2, 2013

kWh—approximately 2–4 times current retail costs—for emission-free alternatives to fossil fuel electricity due to the cost of health impacts from fossil fuel electricity, according to a new analysis by a pair of researchers at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Energy and Climate Change Office, Region 9.

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JULY 1, 2015

The decline leveled off from 2009 to 2011 and increased by 2% in 2012, due in part to the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and a drop in hydropower generation. million metric tons in emissions compared with 2012. The drop in hydropower has now been completely replaced by in-state wind and solar power.

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Sources already subject to the 2012 NSPS requirements for VOC reductions that also would be covered by the proposed 2015 methane requirements would not have to install additional controls, because the controls to reduce VOCs reduce both pollutants. EPA required green completions for hydraulically fractured natural gas wells in its 2012 rules.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

In our digital age, where information flows seamlessly through the vast network of the internet, the importance of encrypted data cannot be overstated. As we share, communicate, and store an increasing amount of sensitive information online, the need to safeguard it from prying eyes and malicious actors becomes paramount.

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DECEMBER 30, 2013

In selecting the six test site operators, FAA said it considered geography, climate, location of ground infrastructure, research needs, airspace use, safety, aviation experience and risk. These six test sites achieve cross-country geographic and climatic diversity and help the FAA meet its UAS research needs.

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APRIL 19, 2016

The science award has been held every year since 2012 and is intended for scientists working in academic research all over the world. Without these technologies, it is not possible to provide climate and resource-saving power supplies using regenerative energy or achieve future drive concepts such as electric mobility. Earlier post.).

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JULY 14, 2013

Unlike the results from the earlier Plug In America LEAF Battery Survey, the Roadster study found no significant correlation between climate and battery longevity. Roadster owners in hot climates are not seeing noticeably different battery capacity profiles than owners in moderate climates, ” said Sexton.

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AUGUST 10, 2017

The Agency is inviting the public to submit relevant data and information that can inform a final determination of the standards. In order to keep our air clean and our climate safe, we must protect and strengthen clean car standards.

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APRIL 14, 2014

The World Bank has published a report, undertaken by a team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT), intended to inform efforts to control black carbon emissions from diesel-based transportation in developing countries. Black carbon has been found to be second to carbon dioxide in terms of its climate forcing.

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APRIL 11, 2013

The agreement calls for cooperative measures including the exchange of strategies and information on pollution control systems, collaboration on research and joint workshops and trainings. The NDRC oversees efforts to address climate change and much of the government’s economic strategy.

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JANUARY 27, 2012

Chevrolet announced its vehicles sold in the United States will have Ecologic environmental labels, starting with the 2012 Chevrolet Sonic, that let customers see some of the environmental features of the vehicle relating to manufacturing, driving and recycling.

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

It will be available in the Japanese market in or after February 2012. When the HEMS is connected to an external information center it allows the user to remotely check and switch on and off some home appliances from his or her smartphone. Consumers can schedule battery charging for nighttime, when electricity rates are lower.

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JULY 30, 2012

Now that we have an improved understanding of the mechanisms for carbon draw-down we are better placed to understand the effects of changing climate and future carbon absorption by the ocean. In 2002, 80 floats were deployed in the Southern Ocean to collect information on the temperature and salinity. Strass et al. Matear, Stephen R.

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

decline in energy-related CO2, according to the latest report from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). These emissions were highest in 2007, prior to the recession, and have not returned to those levels, despite increasing every year since 2012. Although real gross domestic product (GDP) increased 1.5% along with a 1.4%

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AUGUST 19, 2016

Information about the seat, for example, can be shown on this digital strip. Map information is also shown in the front area of the strip. The front windscreen serves as a transparent display: driving-related data and geographical information is shown across its full width, augmenting the outside world with additional information.

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APRIL 10, 2019

This national consortium will also offer evidence-based advice to inform the development of government policies, rules and regulations to help guide the rapid transformation of energy systems driven by the expansion of renewables all over the world. billion benefit to the Australian economy over the next 15 years. billion by 2020.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Credit: ACS, Anastas 2012. Whether it is crisis response, chemical assessment, or regulatory decision making—none of the Agency’s work to protect human health and the environment would be possible without the data, tools, science, and information provided by its researchers and the broader scientific community. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Circle areas are proportional to values for (A and B) climate change, (C and D) human health (values for population over age 30), and (E and F) agriculture. Their potential climate impact was assessed by using published global warming potential (GWP) values for each pollutant affected. Source: Shindell et al. Click to enlarge.

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