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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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Even so, during 2010-2014, people in parts of California, Arizona, Colorado, Texas, the Midwest and the Middle Atlantic still experienced more than 15 days a year in which ozone levels exceeded the US health-based air quality standard of 70 parts per billion (ppb) averaged over eight hours. Source: University of Leicester.

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Boeing, Canadian aviation industry launch sustainable aviation biofuel project using forestry waste

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Boeing, the University of British Columbia (UBC) and SkyNRG, with support from Canada’s aviation industry and other stakeholders, are collaborating to turn leftover branches, sawdust and other forest-industry waste into sustainable aviation biofuel. The consortium is led by UBC and NORAM Engineering and Constructors, Ltd., of Vancouver.

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Anglo American Platinum invests in Hydrogenious Technologies; liquid organic hydrogen carrier technology for H2 storage

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South Africa-based Anglo American Platinum , the world’s leading primary producer of platinum group metals (PGMs), has invested in the first close of the Series A financing round of Hydrogenious Technologies, a company developing liquid organic hydrogen carrier (LOHC) hydrogen storage technology. Click to enlarge. Resources.

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Global billionaires unite in “Breakthrough energy coalition” to support development of zero-carbon energy

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However, the partners note, in the current business environment, the risk-reward balance for early-stage investing in potentially transformative energy systems is unlikely to meet the market tests of traditional angel or VC investors. Patrice Motsepe, Founder and Executive Chairman, African Rainbow Minerals (ARM), South Africa.

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Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

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Heavily polluted locations in parts of the East, Midwest, and West Coast in which ozone already frequently exceeds recommended levels could face unhealthy air during most of the summer. Scenario A2 and RCP 8.5. Preliminary global mean CO 2 concentrations in February 2014 were 398.06 Supercomputing. petaflop Yellowstone supercomputer.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The last official UNFCCC meeting prior to the 15 th Congress ended 6 November in Barcelona, and environment ministers have been shuttling in and out of Copenhagen since then to conduct ad hoc negotiations prior to the summit. ” —British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, summing up the historical significance of COP 15. ºF) increase.

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SMART: working for a systems-based approach to sustainable mobility; Alcoa Foundation support for practical solutions in Beijing and Detroit

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SMART is now part of Alcoa Foundation ’s $4-million initiative: Advancing Sustainability Research: Innovative Partnerships for Actionable Solutions. Of 9 reports from the TEF project, four deal with reducing transportation demand. Zielinski, S.

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