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New Catalytic Pathway for the Reduction of CO2 to CO Under Mild Conditions

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A team of researchers in Singapore have developed a process for the catalytic reduction of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to carbon monoxide (CO) under mild conditions, using aromatic aldehydes as reductants and N-Heterocyclic Carbenes (NHCs) as organocatalysts. Tags: Catalysts Climate Change Emissions Fuels Hydrogen. Click to enlarge.

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Singapores A*Star Awards S$27.5M In Research Grants for Technologies for Sustainable Development

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The funding from A*STAR’s Science and Engineering Research Council (SERC) will support research teams from A*STAR research institutes and local institutes of higher learning to develop solutions to manage environmental deterioration, pressures on natural resources and climate change brought on by rapid growth and urbanization.

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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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Business-as-usual’ projections of future conversion rates, based on historical rates over the past two decades, indicate that 6–9 Mha of peatland in insular Southeast Asia may be converted to plantations by the year 2020, unless land use planning policies or markets for products change. —Miettinen et al. Chris Malins.

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EV gameplan: Strategic tie-ups, fund raising, the way forward | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

And this wouldn’t be the first time: in the past, the Volkswagen Group has engaged in alliance conversations with Tata Motors and Mahindra & Mahindra; now, the homegrown business of the JSW Group is on its list. This is why the group is open to selling equity and also on-boarding a partner, to share both investments and risks.

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Near the end of our conversation, I ask Wang about the company name. His people at MidAmerican have studied clean technologies like batteries and wind power for years because of the threat of climate change. BYD, which is traded on the Hong Kong exchange, has a market value of about $3.8 Electric cars will be one answer.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

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Our 2020 study , published in Nature Climate Change , found that manufacturing a typical EV sold in the United States in 2018 emitted about 7 to 12 tonnes of carbon dioxide, compared with about 5 to 6 tonnes for a gasoline-fueled vehicle. In our model, using electricity from the 2019 U.S.

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Extreme E – Greenland Glacier – Legacy Programme

My Energi

Cities such as London, Shanghai, New Orleans, Sydney and Singapore would become swamps if we let the entirety if Greelands ice melt away. The greatest challenge is perhaps more about encouraging people to have a vested interest in the subject of global warming and climate change around their own busy lives.