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Air pollution regulations over last decade in Chinese city has halved health costs

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Between 2000 and 2012, these included mandating the closure of many polluting sources, auditing companies that produced large amounts of toxic and hazardous materials, setting pollutant emissions standards, and promoting energy efficiency and pollution reduction. Particulate matter is released by coal-burning plants and other sources.

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IEA: improving efficiency of road-freight transport critical to reduce oil-demand growth; three areas of focus

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Only four countries have energy-efficiency standards for heavy trucks, compared with some 40 countries with passenger-vehicle standards. Road freight vehicles alone accounted for about 80% of the global net increase in diesel demand since 2000, and make up about half of global diesel demand today.

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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). Source: van Vliet et al. Click to enlarge. A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e.,

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

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These gases come from human activities such as combustion of coal and oil as well as natural sources such as emissions from plants. The agency is considering tightening the standard to a value between 65 and 70 ppb over eight hours.). 2000) “Special Report on Emissions Scenarios. 2000) “Special Report on Emissions Scenarios.

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The Energy Transition Requires a Holistic Approach

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It also promised utilities better and more stable economic returns, but in exchange for providing universal access, and so we end up getting the grid that we have right now. Divan: If we go back to around the year 2000, at that point, solar LCOE ( levelized cost of energy ) was $850 per kilowatt-hour, and batteries were $1,200/KWh.

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

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May, 2009 : Testifying at a public hearing conducted by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), Stanford University professor Mark Jacobsen urged the EPA to incorporate black carbon into calculations of greenhouse gases. Earlier post.) and 5.0%.

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80x30: U.S. Clean Energy Standard Accelerates Transition to Renewables

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Outlined in Democrats' proposed budget is a national "clean energy standard." This clean energy standard, or CES, would set up a tangible program that pushes utilities to shift towards net zero emissions. Many have set renewable portfolio standards (RPSs), mandating that renewables make up a certain part of the power grid.