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OCTOBER 30, 2017

Based on their findings in a new study, researchers from the University of Washington and the University of Minnesota suggest that modifying urban form—as a means of affecting motor vehicle usage—may be a strategy to mitigate urban air pollution.

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Pollution New Zealand Minnesota Ozone 231

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JUNE 30, 2012

Robert Blanchette, University of Minnesota) Click to enlarge. Instead of accumulating as peat, which eventually was transformed into coal, the great bulk of plant biomass decayed and was released into the atmosphere as carbon dioxide. So the evolution of white rot is a very important event in the evolution of carbon cycle.

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Coal Production IDEA Carbon 261

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2009

The project “Maximizing Conversion of Biomass Carbon to Liquid Fuel” (0938033) will be led by Rakesh Agrawal, with colleagues Mahdi Abu-Omar, Nicholas C. Ribeiro, all from Purdue University. Curt Conner, all from the University of Massachusetts-Amherst. Carpita, Maureen C. McCann, and Fabio H. Mountziaris, and W.

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Grant Puerto Rico Conversion Montana 170

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APRIL 10, 2010

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. The three lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next month that would apply different carbon controls to individual sectors of the economy instead of setting a national target.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244