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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Europe’s transport sector is making only mixed progress in meeting its environment, health and climate policy targets, according to the latest European Environment Agency (EEA) assessment which tracks the short and long-term environmental performance of this key economic sector across the European Union. in 2015 to 7.1%

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NOVEMBER 27, 2009

Transport emissions could double their current relative net contribution to global warming by 2100, according to a new study by researchers at the Oslo-based Centre for International Climate and Environment Research (CICERO) in Norway. Atmospheric Environment , 43, 39, 6260-6270. million (US$12.6 Skeie et al. 2009.05.025.

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

Published in the journal Nature Climate Change , the new analysis shows fossil fuel emissions increased by 5.9% each year between 2000 and 2010—three times the rate of increase during the 1990s. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1332. in 2010 and by 49% since 1990, the reference year for the Kyoto protocol.

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MAY 15, 2014

Shale gas in particular has grown rapidly, from less than one percent of US production in 2000 to 34% in 2012, and projections show strong production growth continuing for the foreseeable future. In this paper, we focus on the implications of growing shale gas production for the climate. —Newell and Raimi.

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AUGUST 4, 2010

Global average values for the year 2000. A new study comparing both the absolute and normalized climate impacts of current passenger and freight transportation finds that driving a car increases global temperatures in the long run more than making the same long-distance journey by air. Bars represent 1 SD. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 7, 2010

—Sue Cischke, Ford group vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering. “Water, like climate change, is set to be a key issue for the 21 st century. From 2000 to 2008, Ford cut its global water use by 56%, or 9.5 For the past decade, Ford has made it a priority to conserve water. billion gallons.

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MAY 29, 2009

Anthropogenic global greenhouse gas emissions increased by 15% between 2000 and 2005, a sharp increase in the expected rate of growth, according to a new report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). EDGAR is a detailed overview of 35 years (from 1970 to 2005) of greenhouse gas emissions by country and emission sector.

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APRIL 2, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its final Report to Congress on Black Carbon , in response to an October 2009 request from Congress to advance efforts to understand the role of black carbon (BC) in climate change. Effects of BC on climate, as compared to GHGs. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 31, 2014

Black carbon has two deleterious effects on the environment. The Fifth Assessment Report of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) said BC has a direct radiative forcing of +0.4 (+0.05 In China, for example, the number of motor vehicles increased from 13 million in 2000 to 78 million in 2010. —Wang et al.

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2010

The monthly analysis from NOAA’s National Climatic Data Center is based on records going back to 1880. °C) above the 1971-2000 average and the warmest August since 1961, according to the Beijing Climate Center. This is 22% below the 1979–2000 average extent and the second lowest August extent since records began in 1979.

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MAY 23, 2012

Before any licences are awarded, the UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) will carry out a screening exercise on the areas applied for, to assess whether the activities likely to result from the issue of oil and gas licences will have significant effects on any protected nature conservation sites (called “Natura 2000 sites”).

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MAY 27, 2010

The calculates future global aviation emissions of carbon dioxide and NO x from air traffic under four of the IPCC/SRES (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change/Special Report on Emissions Scenarios) scenarios: A1B, A2, B1, and B2. Future emissions of carbon dioxide are projected to grow between 2000 and 2050 by a factor in the range of 2.0

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AUGUST 31, 2010

However, the world has changed considerably since the creation of the IPCC, with major advances in climate science, heated controversy on some climate-related issues, and an increased focus of governments on the impacts and potential responses to changing climate. The report was released yesterday at the United Nations.

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AUGUST 12, 2019

Continental has submitted a plan of action to the Lower Saxony Ministry for the Environment, Energy, Construction and Climate Protection with which the company intends immediately to reduce the lead content in some of its electronic components to legally prescribed maximum quantities in accordance with the End of Life Vehicles Directive.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Effects of changes in the average lifespan of ordinary passenger cars newly registered between 1990-2000 on total induced CO 2 emissions in 2000. If the 2000 market shares of hybrid cars were 14.1%, a one-year decrease in lifetime will reduce life-cycle CO 2 emission in 2000 by 0.6%. Credit: ACS, Kagawa et al. Technol. ,

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

The study estimates that global emissions reductions of 48% to 72% below 2000 levels will be required by 2050 to close the gap between existing commitments and the 2 ºC upper warming limit. Representatives of more than 190 countries attended the Copenhagen climate talks in December. Tags: Climate Change. Source: UNEP.

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

in 2018 (2000-2018 average year-over-year increase is 6.8%), continuing the increasing trend as they replace Ozone Depleting Substances (ODS) being phased out under the 1987 Montreal Protocol. All these climate programs have considerably more stringent emissions reduction targets starting in 2021. tons per person to 10.7

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JUNE 21, 2011

A team from the University of California, Berkeley concludes that reducing demand for light-duty vehicle (LDV) travel will likely be essential to meeting the international greenhouse gas emission and climate targets for the year 2050. persons per vehicle, typical of European averages in 2000. Sager et al. ” —Sager et al.

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FEBRUARY 13, 2013

Maritime CO 2 emissions are estimated at more than 1000 million tonnes per year, or 3% of total emissions, and are expected to reach 2000 to 3000m tonnes by 2050. The Maritime CCS project was jointly financed by the two partners, the UK’s Technology Strategy Board and the Research Council of Norway under the EUROSTARS initiative.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Particularly during the surge of what was called the “knowledge-based economy” from 1991 to 2000, global economic productivity increased without parallel increases in energy use. —Alexander Ochs, director of Worldwatch’s Climate & Energy program. Between 1981 and 2010, global energy intensity decreased by about 20.5%, or 0.8%

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JULY 1, 2011

Awareness of the climate change issue and its importance to consumers has seen Ford deliver a range of product actions in recent years, which have introduced sustainable technologies that are conscious of both the environment and our customers. Ford is the only manufacturer to offer dedicated LPG technology to the Australian market.

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MAY 9, 2017

Toyota established the annual program in 2000 in commemoration of Toyota’s receipt of the Global 500 Award in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); this year marks the program’s 18 th year. This year’s theme will be “Biodiversity Conservation” or “Climate Change”. Climate Change. Climate Change.

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FEBRUARY 3, 2010

bushels per acre, which represents a 12% increase over the data (1998-2000 average) used in the current US LCI database; Each bushel of soybeans harvested reduces greenhouse gases (carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) equivalents) by 32.6 The United Soybean Board’s study sheds even more light on why biodiesel is good for the environment.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

But in a year that has seen both a worsening recession and state budget crisis, residents’ support for urgent action on climate change has slipped and a partisan divide on the issue has widened. Californians clearly support policies to improve the environment. But in the current economic climate their support has dropped a notch.

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JULY 10, 2011

We have had a long debate about climate change in this country. Most Australians now agree our climate is changing, this is caused by carbon pollution, this has harmful effects on our environment and on the economy—and the Government should act.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2018

Ozone levels across much of North America and Europe dropped significantly between 2000 and 2014. Owen Cooper. Cooper, from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, chairs the TOAR Steering Committee and has been working to develop the assessment since 2014.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that 1,960 tonnes of mercury arising from human activities are currently emitted annually into the atmosphere, generated mainly by artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)—the largest single anthropogenic source globally—and coal- or lignite-fired power plants.

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APRIL 5, 2009

We know the technology exists to tackle impacts of the transport sector on Europe’s environment. TERM reports have been published since 2000. TERM 2008: indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union. ( Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Market Background Policy. Transport at a crossroads.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions significantly by 2050. Stone et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Brian Stone Jr.,

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Biofuels are commonly touted as a dual solution to the problems of dependence on foreign energy sources and climate change, but their impacts are not confined to these two areas. We also examined geographic trends. —Ridley et al. They found a wide range of research activity.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

metals such as mercury, cadmium, lead and hexavalent chrome) that pose a known threat to health or the environment. Its goal is to be solvent-free, not just to replace a given solvent with a slightly less toxic alternative, said Bob Proctor, Manager, Environment and Cost Planning, Honda North America. SOCs are chemical (e.g.,

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DECEMBER 10, 2018

Moving goods by road consumes about 50% of all diesel produced; 80% of the global net increase in diesel use since 2000 comes from road freight. However, achieving climate change targets will also require the widespread adoption of solutions that are not yet fully developed, whether in logistics or technology.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

A far more sophisticated approach needs to be taken when developing biofuels as an environmentally-friendly energy option, according to a new report by the United Nations Environment Programme’s (UNEP) International Panel for Sustainable Resource Management. World Transport Biofuel Production. billion gallons US) liters.

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JULY 23, 2015

They counted more than 500 electric passenger vehicles of all those types worldwide in the period from 2000 to 2013. Number of series-production electric vehicles by OEM, 2000-2013. The largest share of PHEVs were found between a vehicle curb weight of 1500 kg (3,300 lbs) and 2000 kg (4400 lbs). Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 14, 2015

Researchers from the Centre for Arctic Gas Hydrate, Environment and Climate (CAGE) at the Arctic University of Norway have discovered a growing Arctic abiotic methane- and methane hydrate–charged sediment drift on oceanic crust in the deep Fram Strait of the Arctic Ocean. —Joel Johnson.

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JULY 19, 2009

And what’s working for the Greenius and Mrs. Greenius will work for the rest of America, even the little brain people who aren’t sure if climate change is man-made or not and probably even the Stepford brainwashed pod people who think Al Gore is a bad man. The Big Dick Cheney Effect. And that kind of vision makes us powerful.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The Government has committed to near-term targets of reducing economy wide emissions by at least 5% on 2000 emissions levels by 2020 (a bipartisan agreement in the absence of any action by other nations), and between 15% and 25% depending on the actions of other nations. Earlier post.)

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