Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
Coal-powered synthetic natural gas (SNG) plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study by Duke University researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. —Robert B.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 6, 2014
The tailings storage facility at Imperial Metals Corporation’s Mount Polley mine was breached , early Monday morning, releasing an undetermined amount of water and tailings in the early morning of 4 August. On Tuesday, Imperial reported that “ The tailings dam breach that caused a water and tailings discharge … has stabilized.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 6, 2017
WHO estimated in 2012 that 26% of childhood deaths and 25% of the total disease burden in children under five could be prevented through the reduction of environmental risks such as air pollution, unsafe water, sanitation and inadequate hygiene or chemicals. Globally, road traffic injuries killed 135,000 children under 15 years in 2012.
Green Car Congress
JULY 22, 2011
Summit Power Group, LLC and Blue Strategies, LLC have signed a 15-year CO 2 offtake agreement with Whiting Petroleum Corporation for some of the CO 2 that will be captured by Summit’s Texas Clean Energy Project ( TCEP ), a coal gasification with carbon capture polygen project being developed in Penwell, Texas, outside Odessa. Earlier post.).
Baua Electric
JANUARY 8, 2024
The greatest responsibility for us as a company is dealing with climate change,” says Daimler Trucks as it lobbies the EPA to water down emissions regulations. Clean car correspondent John Voelcker took a dimmer view: “The GM EV numbers for 2023 are worse than I imagined. Tesla stans may see Big Auto’s failure as cause for celebration.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 13, 2010
EPA will finalize its mobile source GHG rules under the Clean Air Act, and “ provide a framework for continued improvements in that sector.” ( Earlier post. ). Cleaning Up Communities. Protecting America’s Waters. Improving Air Quality. Other themes include: Assuring the Safety of Chemicals.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 23, 2013
Continuing substitution of gas for coal (and in some instances for oil) will remain an effective short- and middle-term decarbonization measure and an economic boon only insofar as methane leakage from production and transport is held to low levels and drinking water is not adversely impacted, PVCAST noted.
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