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ICAO establishes 2050 net-zero CO2 emission goal for international aviation

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The International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) has established a 2050 net-zero carbon dioxide emission goal for international aviation. The agreement is exciting, in part because ICAO has stopped pretending to be a global climate cop. Countries will develop national measures to cut emissions consistent with ICAO’s goal.

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Buses powered by Octillion batteries reach 20M kilometers driven; Caspian pack

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Battery manufacturing facilities operated by Octillion are in the United States, China, and India. The packs are internally liquid-cooled, so they don’t require bulky fans, and the outside temperature does not play a major role in internal temperature management. Octillion’s 660-volt/88.9-kWh kWh Caspian? million miles.

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Study: surface ozone in India in 2005 damaged 6M tonnes of crops, enough to feed 94M people in poverty

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Smog in India. New research shows that ozone pollution damaged millions of tons of wheat, rice, soybean and cotton crops in India in 2005. Surface ozone pollution in India damaged 6 million metric tons (6.7 Surface ozone pollution in India damaged 6 million metric tons (6.7 Credit: Mark Danielson/Flickr.

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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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The Keeling Curve Prize (KCP) has selected 10 winners for 2019, among them Opus 12 (Berkeley, California) which is developing a device that recycles CO? An international panel of judges from the private, public, and nonprofit sectors selected two winners in each of this year’s five prize categories: Carbon Capture & Utilization.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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Achates Power is backed by the Oil and Gas Climate Investments and other investors. Bourns College of Engineering – Center for Environmental Research and Technology, University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA. Indian Institute of Science, Bangalore, India. Aramco Americas. ID-Technologies, Fribourg, Switzerland.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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Although most countries have already revealed their opening emissions reduction proposals, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer pointed out Thursday that “ we still await clarity from industrialized nations on the provision of large-scale finance to developing countries for immediate and long-term climate action. by Jack Rosebro.

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China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

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However, according to the World Resources Institute , “EVs need to account for 75 percent to 95 percent of passenger vehicle sales by 2030 in order to meet international climate goals aimed at keeping global warming to 1.5 and 2027 in India, say EEIST researchers. Rapson, a professor at the University of California, Davis. “It

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