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DECEMBER 19, 2020

Canada’s SMR Action Plan seeks to advance the safe and responsible development and deployment of SMRs through a pan-Canadian approach in partnership with provincial and territorial governments, Indigenous peoples, organized labour, utilities, industry, innovators, academia and civil society.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 19, 2020

The study, carried out with the World Health Organization, suggests that air pollution constitutes a major, and in many areas increasing, threat to public health. An open-access paper on the research is published in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science. (a)Map a)Map of global PM 2.5

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JANUARY 16, 2013

the distribution of black carbon in the atmosphere and determine its role in the climate system. Black carbon (BC) is the second largest man-made contributor to global warming and its influence on climate has been greatly underestimated, according to the first quantitative and comprehensive analysis of this pollutant’s climate impact.

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JUNE 1, 2022

SteelZero was launched by the Climate Group in partnership with ResponsibleSteel, a steel industry-wide standard and certification body which Volvo Cars has also joined. HYBRIT aims to replace coking coal, traditionally needed for iron ore-based steelmaking, with fossil-free electricity and hydrogen. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

More frequent boom-bust cycles will harm consumers and producers recovering from COVID, set back UN Climate and Sustainable Development goals and threaten global security. —Daniel Yergin, vice chairman, IHS Markit and author of The New Map: Energy, Climate and the Clash of Nations. —Joseph McMonigle, secretary general, IEF.

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AUGUST 13, 2013

Cutting the amount of short-lived, climate-warming emissions such as soot and methane won’t limit global warming as much as previous studies have suggested, according to a new study from the Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Md., More realistic emission reductions would likely provide an even smaller climate benefit.

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JUNE 2, 2020

Consultation with government agencies, organizations and the public will begin in June and conclude in September 2020. The choice of location will have a major impact on future competitiveness and climate benefits. Investment decisions will be made once the authorization procedure and other investigations have been completed.

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DECEMBER 17, 2009

I’m very proud to be a Greenpeace volunteer and supporter and I had a blast last night at the Greenpeace holiday party in Silver Lake with Southern California Field Organizer for Greenpeace, the amazing Jenny Binstock. View the climate crime scene photos after the jump. I’m very excited about our plans for the year ahead.

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APRIL 5, 2011

My favorite part of this next CicLaVia is t he Bike Parade coming from my friends at Greenpeace and Sierra Club which they’re calling ROLL AGAINST COAL. In case you didn’t know, the City of Los Angeles still gets 40% of its electricity from coal-fired power plants, the dirtiest polluters and greenhouse gassers on the planet.

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JUNE 3, 2012

A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e., nuclear and fossil-fueled generating units) in Europe and the United States are vulnerable to climate change due to the combined impacts of lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures. Source: van Vliet et al.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2013

And the people who are MY heroes and the ones I consider our greatest patriots today are on the front lines fighting climate change. . But hold them up I do because their work – like the work of the the scientists, activists, organizers, volunteers and other climate hawks I admire, enlightens and inspires me to do the work I do.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Although China and India remain the world’s largest consumers of coal, a new University of Maryland-led study found that China’s sulfur dioxide emissions fell by 75% since 2007, while India’s emissions increased by 50%. Illustration: Chris McLinden, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Click to enlarge.

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JUNE 12, 2021

From the researchers’ point of view, this underlines the need to further reduce emissions of soot that is harmful to health and the climate, as the carbon-containing particles still contribute to health hazards and climate warming even over distances of several hundred kilometers. forest fires).

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JANUARY 16, 2012

It is among the major questions with which Canada will have to grapple as it prepares to chair the Council next year, notes the Walter and Duncan Gordon Foundation, a Canadian public policy organization. The Arctic Council is the only international organization that gives indigenous peoples a formal place at the table.

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DECEMBER 19, 2010

Ceres recently released a new report concluding that coal-to-liquid (CTL) and oil shale technologies face significant environmental and financial obstacles—from water constraints, to technological uncertainties to regulatory and market risks—that pose substantial financial risks for investors involved in such projects.

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OCTOBER 18, 2013

And so it is that I resigned from my position as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for CBS EcoMedia effective the first of this month and I will now be devoting my full time to working on climate change response with the South Bay 350 Climate Action Group, the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and 350.org.

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MAY 23, 2022

In a 2020 study, also published in Nature, Wang discovered that in cold conditions, such as that of the winter climate in Beijing, the mixture of these three agents contributes and condenses onto nanometer particles, increasing their mass quickly. After learning about the former study, Mingyi Wang, a Ph.D. —Mingyi Wang.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

If current rates of decline continue through 2020, the state will need to reduce emissions at a rate of 4.97% each year in the decade between 2020 and 2030, and produce even steeper declines in the period from 2030 to 2050, if it is to meet current climate goals. But the effects of these efforts seem to be reaching a plateau.

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AUGUST 21, 2009

Reducing emissions of black carbon soot and ground-level ozone would quickly make a considerable dent in the climate change problem and would also contribute to public health and protect crop yields, according to an essay in the September/October issue of Foreign Affairs. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Earlier post.) Foreign Affairs.

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DECEMBER 22, 2011

Without systematic, transformative changes, the US is unlikely to succeed either in averting the worst economic and environmental consequences of climate change or in achieving a secure, affordable and reliable energy supply. Implementation will probably have to happen from the bottom up, he says; “ It will have to be an organic process.

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APRIL 6, 2015

GM also received the ENERGY STAR Climate Communication s award. The award for sustained excellence in energy management is given to organizations for adopting a continuous energy management strategy across the organization’s entire portfolio of buildings and plants. Eliminated the use of coal at Wentzville, Mo.,

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JANUARY 3, 2019

Cities restricted the number of cars on the road, coal-fired power plants reduced emissions or were shuttered and replaced with natural gas. Ozone is formed through a series of chemical reactions, starting with the oxidation of volatile organic compounds (VOCs). Over the course of five years, PM 2.5 Ke Li, Daniel J. 1812168116.

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JULY 25, 2013

Most of this growth will come from non-OECD (non-Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development) countries, where demand is driven by strong population and economic growth; energy intensity improvements moderate this trend. Biomass Climate Change Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Emissions Forecasts Fuels Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Market Background'

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JUNE 10, 2011

The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change. Transparency is key, both for fracturing operations and for water management.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

In response to the ongoing discussion about the reliability of the UN IPCC and the climate reports, a group of 55 leading Dutch scientists working in the field of climate change, energy and the environment wrote an open letter. Errors in the IPCC climate change report are being seized by some to discredit climate science.

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SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

Under this cost-shared research and development (R&D), DOE is awarding $51 million to nine new projects for coal and natural gas power and industrial sources. In prior work with DOE, MTR has advanced membrane CO 2 capture technology for coal power plants through small engineering scale testing and studies.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Although most countries have already revealed their opening emissions reduction proposals, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer pointed out Thursday that “ we still await clarity from industrialized nations on the provision of large-scale finance to developing countries for immediate and long-term climate action. by Jack Rosebro.

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JULY 17, 2017

Ozone is formed through a chemical reaction that occurs when sunlight interacts with nitrogen oxides and other organic compounds that are generated by coal-burning, vehicle exhaust and some natural sources. The team studied 89 healthy adults living in Changsha City, China, for one year.

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DECEMBER 7, 2010

However, the two conclude in their review, substantial advances in catalyst, electrolyte, and reactor design are needed to enable CO 2 utilization via electrochemical conversion a technology that can help address climate change and shift society to renewable energy sources. Credit; ACS, Whipple and Kenis. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Persistent organic pollutants are chemicals of substantial international concern. Organic pollutants typically condense and rain down into Arctic regions. Once they mix with other chemicals, it’s unknown what danger they could pose to animals and humans, especially in concert with climate change stressors in the Arctic.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

“I can’t understand why there aren’t rings of young people blocking bulldozers and preventing them from constructing coal-fired power plants.” - Al Gore. And I know I should especially be there on March 2 for the Capitol Climate Action when thousands will participate in the largest mass civil disobedience on behalf of the climate in U.S.

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JUNE 15, 2011

The climate change benefit is estimated for a given year (2050) and human health and crop benefits are. °F), according to a new assessment released today in Bonn, Germany, during a meeting of the UN Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). Measures that improve climate change mitigation and air quality and have a large.

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MAY 27, 2014

To calculate smog-forming emissions for each vehicle, UCS similarly considered tailpipe emissions of NO x and non-methane organic gases (NMOG, a measure of VOC), as well as those emissions during the production and distribution of the fuel used by the vehicle. Climate Change Coal Emissions Fuel Efficiency'

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AUGUST 22, 2012

For the medium term, the organizations suggest refining and implementing options investigated over the short term. million barrels per day, natural gas demand would be cut by 330 billion cubic meters, and coal demand would drop by 230 million tons of coal. For the long term, the recommendation is to liberalize diesel pricing.

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DECEMBER 25, 2022

And while coal plants still supplied over half of Australia’s power in 2021, change is afoot. The government elected last year passed the country’s first climate-action law in more than a decade. Some plans for green ammonia could actually extend fossil-fuel consumption and thus delay climate action. Why a hydrogen truck?

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APRIL 5, 2016

coal, biomass, or waste—is heated in the absence of molecular oxygen to produce a solid containing char and ash and volatile gases. Altex has been working with the US Department of Energy (DOE) on developing a version of the process to convert a mixture of coal and biomass to jet fuel since 2012. Carbonaceous materials—e.g.,

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