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JANUARY 30, 2020

This is an important development because there is little time available to reduce CO 2 emissions sufficiently to avoid the worst effects of climate change. The conversion of CO 2 to fuels in these inexpensive water-based systems has shown high faradic efficiencies for reduction of CO 2. —Rob McGinnis. —Rob McGinnis.

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AUGUST 22, 2011

An international team of researchers has confirmed the presence of a deep-reaching ocean circulation system off Iceland—the North Icelandic Jet (NIJ)—that could significantly influence the ocean’s response to climate change in previously unforeseen ways. —Robert Pickart. Kjetil Våge, Robert S.

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JULY 16, 2021

Unitrans has pursued alternative fuels for nearly a decade, a strategy accelerated by the California Air Resources Board’s adoption of the Innovative Clean Transit regulation in 2018, which mandates the state’s public transit agencies to transition to 100% zero-emission bus fleets by 2040.

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JUNE 29, 2010

Biorefineries may have a major role to play in mitigating the threat of climate change; meeting the “ seemingly boundless demand ” for energy, fuels, chemicals and materials; and creating economic growth, according to a new report released by the World Economic Forum: The Future of Industrial Biorefineries.

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MARCH 13, 2013

Stanford’s Global Climate and Energy Project (GCEP) is awarding $6.6 million to seven research teams—six from Stanford and one from Carnegie Mellon University—to advance research on technologies for renewable energy conversion to electricity or fuels and for capturing CO 2 emissions and converting CO 2 to fuels.

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JUNE 26, 2010

The authors highlight three possible strategies for CO 2 conversion by physico-chemical approaches: sustainable (or renewable) synthetic methanol; syngas production derived from flue gases from coal-, gas- or oil-fired electric power stations; and photochemical production of synthetic fuels. Resources. Jiang et al. Jiang et al.

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JULY 20, 2020

The research, backed by the Ministry of Science and ICT (MSIT), was conducted as an Institutional Research Program of the Korea Institute of Science and Technology (KIST) and as part of the Technology Development Program to Solve Climate Changes of the National Research Foundation (NRF) of Korea funded by the Ministry of Science and ICT.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The carbon-related costs of converting the land to sugarcane fields were included in the analysis.

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Our findings indicated that displacement of gasoline with ethanol produced from biofuels yields greater greenhouse gas benefits than are generally recognized and that prior analyses of the payback period for conversion of land to corn production should be updated. gCO 2 e/MJ (range of 37.6 million vehicles on the road. Scully et al.

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JUNE 1, 2021

This makes conversion of sulfur dioxide to sulfate more efficient. We need to understand this multiphase chemistry in the atmosphere to design an efficient strategy to manage air pollution and accurately predict future air pollution and climate change impacts.

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MARCH 16, 2023

Its technical societies and its councils, sections, and regional groups offer educational events and resources at every level to support technical professions and prepare the workforce of tomorrow. From 2 to 8 April, IEEE is highlighting resources available to students, educators, and technical professionals with IEEE Education Week.

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JULY 13, 2019

Conversely, it reduces emissions to a lesser degree when occurring in a context of decreasing inequality. McGee and Greiner said such policies would both incentivize the implementation of renewable energy resources, while also protecting the populations that are most vulnerable to energy poverty. —Julius McGee. 2019.05.024.

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OCTOBER 31, 2011

A team from the University of Illinois and startup Dioxide Materials has developed an electrocatalytic system for the reduction of CO 2 to CO—a key component of artificial photosynthesis and thus an enabler for the conversion of CO 2 to synthetic fuels—at overpotentials below 0.2 intermediate. In this context the term “CO 2 ? ”

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JANUARY 16, 2010

Researchers at the University of Oxford are developing a method for the homogeneous conversion of CO 2 to methanol (i.e., upon the addition of CO 2 (1 equiv) to a 1:1 mixture of TMP/B(C 6 F 5 ) 3 (4 equiv) in C 7 D 8 under an H 2 atmosphere, quantitative conversion into CH 3 OB(C 6 F 5 ) 2 via 2 was observed after 6 days at 160 °C.

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MAY 10, 2024

Lignocellulosic biomass, a renewable and abundant resource, holds great promise for sustainable production of valuable chemicals and fuels, currently derived mainly from oil. By cycling carbon through energy generation systems as biomass, it offers a means to address climate change.

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OCTOBER 1, 2013

The agreement, in both French and English, was signed for California by California Air Resources Board (ARB) Chairman Mary D. California and Québec signed an agreement outlining steps and procedures fully to harmonize and to integrate their respective cap-and-trade programs. The sale of Québec allowances will generate at least $2.5

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JULY 21, 2022

The aviation sector is responsible for about 5% of global anthropogenic emissions causing climate change. Previous attempts to produce aviation fuels through the use of solar energy have mostly been performed in the laboratory. It relies heavily on kerosene (jet fuel)—a liquid hydrocarbon fuel typically derived from crude oil. (A)

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

Canada’s National Research Council (CNRC) showcased Canada’s first algal biorefinery demonstration project, a collaborative research effort between CNRC’s Algal Carbon Conversion (ACC) program, Pond Technologies and Votorantim Cimentos’ St Marys Cement.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries.

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MARCH 25, 2023

L) to hydrotreat fossil jet fuel at the conversion refineries that produce the bulk of aviation jet fuel worldwide. Resources “ Techno-Economic Assessment Of Process Routes For Naphthalenes Control In Petroleum Jet Fuel ” A study by MathPro Inc., The report estimates an incremental cost of 0.09 USD/gallon (~€0.03/L)

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

These companies are world experts in gasification, gas clean-up, and conversion technologies. Reducing black carbon—a potent climate change pollutant—and other conventional air pollutants that can lead to breathing disorders is high on our priority list.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Researchers at Singapore’s Institute of Bioengineering and Nanotechnology (IBN) have developed a catalytic process for the conversion of CO 2 to methanol under mild conditions (room temperature). Ying (2009) Conversion of Carbon Dioxide into Methanol with Silanes over N-Heterocyclic Carbene Catalysts. Click to enlarge. Yugen Zhang.

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AUGUST 30, 2011

A new study led by Praveen Kumar at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, details the links between the hydrologic cycle and large-scale land conversion for the cultivation of bioenergy crops, both now and as growing conditions change in the future. Phong et al. —Phong et al. Water is a significant issue.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2020

In the report, “ Getting to Neutral: Options for Negative Carbon Emissions in California ,” funded by the Livermore Lab Foundation (LLF) with grant support from the ClimateWorks Foundation, LLNL focused on three specific pillars of negative emissions: natural and working lands; carbon capture from biomass conversion to fuels; and direct air capture.

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JUNE 14, 2010

Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. That’s too long to wait to improve energy security, protect our economy, and address climate change. Cash for Conversions” will start by fixing many of our 100 million trucks, vans, and buses.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2018

Since internal combustion engines will remain the primary mode of choice for mobility in the foreseeable future, both alternative (renewable) fuels and high-performance combustion concepts/ engines using fuels adapted for that purpose will be preferred for reducing the combustion impact on climate change. Kalghatgi, G.,

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2009

The STEP process occurs at solar energy conversion efficiency greater than attainable by photovoltaics alone. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Methanol Solar. Licht, 2009. Click to enlarge. Journal of Physical Chemistry, C , in press. doi: 10.1021/jp9044644.

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JUNE 26, 2022

This demand stems from significantly reduced launch costs driven by commercialization, increased reliance on satellite technologies for global positioning systems, surveillance and broadband internet, and postulated space resource extraction and militarization. —corresponding author Dr Robert Ryan. Marais, E. Balhatchet, C.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded 2015 Climate Leadership Awards to 16 organizations and one individual representing a wide array of industries from finance and manufacturing to retail and technology for showing what the agency said was exemplary corporate, organizational, and individual leadership in response to climate change.

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JUNE 28, 2021

The higher resource efficiency of these pathways increases process exergy efficiency from 75% to 84%; production cost (2.1$ 1 ) becomes competitive to other e-fuels; and the impact on climate change reduces by up to 92% compared to fossil diesel, if renewable electricity is utilized. L diesel-eq. ?1 L diesel-eq. ?1

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MAY 23, 2022

What we found is that the nitric acid and ammonia are susceptible to temperature changes. When the temperature gets colder, they can actually go through the gas to particle conversion process, creating new particles and increasing the overall particle number concentration. The emission sources are limited up there. Bertozzi, B.

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JULY 11, 2018

A Greyrock Flare Gas-to-Fuels conversion process at an Ohio oil well was used as the base case for this LCA. These clean mobility solutions may be realized without any changes to existing automotive infrastructure. The results of this open-access study are published in the International Journal of Energy and Environmental Engineering.

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SEPTEMBER 12, 2020

Also through its dedicated business unit, Snam is deeply engaged in developing hydrogen and in contributing to the creation of an Italian value chain.

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DECEMBER 14, 2012

By adopting this regulatory amendment, Québec has taken a major step in pursuing the deployment of further action within the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) to create an extensive carbon market in North America. Discussions with our counterparts in California are extremely positive. —Matthew Rodriquez.

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MAY 3, 2022

The researchers plan to investigate potential applications for the polymer, including use in ventilation and filtration devices and climate change mitigation. —co-corresponding author Marius Sandru. This is a vital part of the green transition in Norway. Marius Sandru et al.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

million in Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) funding for research that would reduce emissions and lower the costs of CTL fuel production technologies to enable CTL fuel to be a competitive alternative energy resource. Aviation Climate Change Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Emissions Fuels'

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APRIL 19, 2011

The study is published in the second issue of Nature Climate Change. The research team, led by Carnegie’s Scott Loarie, is the first to quantify the direct effects on the climate from sugarcane expansion in areas of existing crop and pastureland of the cerrado, in central Brazil. —Scott Loarie. —Greg Asner.

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