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Port of Oakland completes shore power infrastructure

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Shore Power is a shore-to-ship connection that provides electrical power to the ship, thereby significantly reducing diesel and other air pollutant emissions from ships while they are at berth. In 2008, the California Air Resources Board adopted a regulation to require reductions of air pollutants from ocean-going vessels.

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Vattenfall and Aalborg University Partner with SCF Technologies on Near Supercritical Bio-oil Process

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In 2008, SCF ran a series of tests of CatLiq using aqueous feed streams at the pilot plant in Herlev, Denmark. It was based on those results that SCF began discussions with Danish and international companies on further commercialization of CatLiq. SCF Technologies 2008 Annual Report. SCF Technologies presentation (2008).

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Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change; The Fast Action Climate Agenda

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Probability distribution for the committed warming by GHGs between 1750 and 2005. 2009), reproduced from Ramanathan and Feng (2008) Click to enlarge. With indoor air pollution killing 1.6 This will bring momentum to those negotiating the international agreement and the US legislation. —Dr. From Molina et al. Ramanathan.

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HEI ACES study of lifetime animal exposure to New Technology Diesel Engine exhaust finds no lung cancer

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The Advanced Collaborative Emissions Study (ACES), released today by the Health Effects Institute (HEI), also confirmed that the concentrations of particulate matter and toxic air pollutants emitted from NTDE are more than 90% lower than emissions from traditional older diesel engines (TDE). Earlier post.)

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Study of In-use Vehicle Activity and Emissions in Tianjin, China Yields Fleet and Emissions Profiles, Policy Implications

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Data gathering for the Beijing study was completed in 2008. Consequently, vehicle emissions have become an increasingly conspicuous contributor to air pollution in Chinese urban areas. Discussion Paper 2008-08, Cambridge, Mass.: Similar studies by the partners are being done in Beijing and Shanghai. Oliver, Hongyan He. “

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Marine Scientists Issue Monaco Declaration Calling for Immediate Action to Reduce Ocean Acidification

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Previous natural acidification events may have been associated with the five major coral mass extinction events that are known to have occurred during Earth’s history (Veron, 2008). Professor Sybil Seitzinger, Executive Director of the International Geosphere-Biosphere Programme (IGBP). 2007; Tyrrell et al., 2007; Tyrrell et al.,

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California ARB Holding Public Meeting on Possible Revamp of Zero Emission Vehicle Regulation; ZEV II

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In 2005, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger enacted Executive Order S-03-052,requiring a reduction in state-wide GHG emissions to 80% below 1990 levels by 2050. The focus of the ZEV regulation should be shifted to address GHG emission reductions as well as criteria pollutants emission reductions. California GHG Targets and ZEV.

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