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Air Resources Board seeks nominations for 2014 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards

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The California Air Resources Board is accepting applications for the 2014 Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards. The awards are annually bestowed upon scientists, policy makers, community leaders and educators who have made outstanding contributions to the advancement of clean air and climate change science, technology and policy.

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Study projects thermoelectric power in Europe and US vulnerable to climate change due to lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures

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Projected changes in summer mean usable capacity of power plants in the US and Europe for the SRES A2 emissions scenario for the 2040s (2031–2060) relative to the control period (1971–2000). A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e., Source: van Vliet et al. Click to enlarge.

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UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

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Sulfur dioxide is an air pollutant that causes acid rain, haze and many health-related problems. Illustration: Chris McLinden, Environment and Climate Change Canada. This suggests that China is implementing sulfur dioxide controls beyond what climate modelers have taken into account. Click to enlarge.

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EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

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The report’s findings for the period 1997–2007 present a mixed picture, with some improvements in air pollutants and serious concerns regarding persistent growth in transport’s greenhouse gas emissions. Towards a resource-efficient transport system—TERM 2009. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Policy.

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Business Leaders Call for Linking Water, Energy and Climate in Global Talks

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In the examples cited in the report, biomass for biofuels has the largest and widest ranging footprint: from 24,000 m 3 per 1,000 GJ in the Netherlands to 143,000 m 3 per 1,000 GJ in Zimbabwe. The report, Water, Energy and Climate Change: A contribution from the business community says water, energy and climate change are inextricably linked.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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Air pollution. Emissions of regulated air pollutants from vehicles continue to fall across EEA member countries but concentrations remain high in some urban areas. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Market Background Policy. —Professor Jacqueline McGlade, EEA Executive Director. Transport at a crossroads.

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Crowdsourcing air pollution measurements: iSPEX-EU 2015

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A collaboration led by researchers at Leiden University in The Netherlands has launched a Europe-wide citizen campaign— iSPEX-EU 2015 —to use a smartphone add-on and app to measure atmospheric aerosols (tiny particles), resulting in a broad-based data set with high spatio-temporal resolution. iSPEX add-on. Click to enlarge.

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