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PSI team develops web tool for consumers to compare environmental impact of passenger cars in detail

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The system will graph lifecycle impact for a range of specified powertrains, for a large number of impact categories: Climate change [kg CO 2 -eq.]. Noise emissions [Person-Pascal/second]. The top sample above shows climate change impact; the subsequent chart shows human toxicity. Sample results from Carculator. in review).

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Global Carbon Project: Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

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The findings are outlined in three new papers published in Earth System Science Data , Environmental Research Letters , and Nature Climate Change. Around the world, the average person is responsible for about 4.8 By comparison, the average person in the United States is responsible for more than three-and-a-half times that amount.

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Ninth annual Green Innovation Index finds California light-duty vehicle emissions spike; major challenge to 2030 climate goals

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Between 2006 and 2015, California’s GDP per capita grew by almost $5,000 per person, nearly double the growth experienced by the US as a whole. Therefore, it is critical that the next generation of climate policies be designed to deliver steeper reductions. The state needs to increase renewable generation by 24% between 2017 to 2020.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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Emission reductions produced by the project are verified by an approved third party and registered with the Climate Action Reserve (Project ID CAR102 ). The main focus of the comparisons is on five environmental impact categories during production, use and recycling. Calculating stored carbon; “additionality”. McKinney Landfill.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

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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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Potsdam Researchers Suggest Mechanism for Meeting 2 C Warming Target; One Human-One Emissions Right Principle

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A report by the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research points at constructional flaws in the current global system for protection of the climate. Bazaar-type bargaining—where everybody offers as little as they can—has led climate negotiations to a dead end”. —Co-author Co-author Hans Joachim Schellnhuber. Earlier post.)

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Forecasting the Ice Loss of Greenland’s Glaciers With Viscoelastic Modeling

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1) Greenland’s sparsely populated landscape may seem unspoiled, but climate change is actually tearing away at its icy mantle. Between June 29 and July 24 of 2020, a 125 km2 floating portion of Nioghalvfjerdsbræ calved into many separate icebergs, which then drifted off to melt into the North Atlantic. One Glacier That Holds 1.1