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APRIL 8, 2015

They used the EPA US 9-region national database (EPAUS9r) with the MARKet Allocation (MARKAL) energy system model to develop emissions scenarios and spectral nudging to downscale global climate to the regional scale over the US. The implementation of relatively aggressive carbon taxes can lead to improvements in PM 2.5

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. Source: Climate Change Compendium. Ocean acidification caused by the absorption of carbon dioxide in seawater is already increasing along the California coast decades earlier than existing models predict. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present day.

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NOVEMBER 1, 2009

Climate Leadership, Economic Prosperity” is the first Canadian study to show regional impacts on employment and gross domestic product, and the first to comprehensively examine how Canada can meet a greenhouse gas reduction target for 2020 that goes beyond the federal government’s target. in vehicles and buildings). Resources.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide (Gt CO 2 eq)—comparable to total current annual emissions from transport, estimated at around 6-7 Gt annually. The contribution of HFCs to climate forcing is currently less than 1% of all greenhouse gases. Climate and the Ozone Layer. W m -2 relative to 2000.

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APRIL 30, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) will also update the Climate Change Scoping Plan to express the 2030 target in terms of million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent. Implement measures under existing agency and departmental authority to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.

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MAY 27, 2009

Projected growth in world carbon dioxide emissions. World carbon dioxide emissions are projected to rise from 29.0 billion metric tons in 2006 to 33.1 In 2006, non-OECD emissions exceeded OECD emissions by 14%. million barrels per day in 2006, increases to 13.4 Source: IEO2009. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The European Union (EU) … is planning to require that all new cars sold from 2035 have zero carbon emissions—a bold and valuable goal, but one that will demand the rapid development of both vehicle-charging infrastructure and battery production. — Nature Materials editorial. Batteries show the difficulties of being greener.

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MARCH 23, 2024

s climate-change conference, to discuss the urgent need to lower emissions. grams of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) per page load, according to the website sustainability scoring tool Ecograder. The information and communications technology sector as a whole is responsible for an estimated 2 to 4 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. The approval process for carbon offsets has two goals. THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

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MARCH 23, 2010

Mitloehner said that focusing on meat and dairy is not only scientifically inaccurate, but also distracts society from embracing effective solutions to global climate change. It read: “ The livestock sector is a major player, responsible for 18 percent of greenhouse gas emissions measured in CO 2 e (carbon dioxide equivalents).

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JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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JULY 28, 2017

Other amendments adopted by the Board address how carbon allowances are allocated to prevent economic and emissions “leakage” (i.e., Through the cap-and-trade program, the state has launched California Climate Investments.

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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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MARCH 6, 2010

If a cap-and-trade program includes offsets, regulated entities have the opportunity to purchase the “emission credits” generated by carbon offset projects to help them meet their compliance obligations. In this way, offsets would complement the more traditional emissions trading that can occur between two covered sources.

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DECEMBER 11, 2009

The new tools are designed to be used by policy makers, governments, the scientific community, and the public via a dedicated Forest Carbon Tracking portal , and were introduced at the UNFCCC climate summit in Copenhagen. 1986-2006 deforestation, in red, alongside earlier. Tags: Climate Change Policy.

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APRIL 6, 2009

Global passenger vehicle CO 2 emissions and abatement potential under three primary scenarios. gigatons) relative to a ‘do nothing’ scenario, even in the context of ongoing growth in the global vehicle parc. gigatons) relative to a ‘do nothing’ scenario, even in the context of ongoing growth in the global vehicle parc.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

Increasing the supply of low-carbon alternative fuels is a basic strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. This “fuel market rebound effect” can undermine climate change mitigation strategies, even to the point where efforts to reduce GHG emissions by increasing the supply of low-carbon fuels may actually result in increased GHG emissions.

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MARCH 24, 2011

Utilizing biofuels as a substitute for heavy fuel oil in the current (2006) global shipping fleet would result in strong reductions in sulfate aerosol of up to about 40-60%, according to a new study by a team from Germany and Hawaii. —Righi et al. —Righi et al.

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JULY 15, 2009

An unusual bowl-shaped molecule that pulls carbon dioxide out of the air may provide new possibilities for dealing with global warming. Tossell of the University of Maryland notes in the new study that other researchers (Brooks 2006) discovered the molecule—a macrocyclic amidourea—while doing work unrelated to global climate change.

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JULY 8, 2015

million in Carbon Recycling International (CRI). CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. This is an important symbol of Geely Group’s global commitment to sustainability. I’m excited to be working with them. Earlier post.).

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MAY 28, 2009

As areas with permafrost thaw and more old carbon is released, the carbon balance changes. Permafrost thaw will make potentially significant contributions to atmospheric concentrations of carbon more rapidly that previously thought, according to a new study published in the 28 May issue of the journal Nature. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 7, 2010

The initiative is sponsored by the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP), which established the disclosure and reporting framework used by 2,500 of the world’s largest companies to report carbon emissions. Ford has reported to the CDP on its successful efforts to reduce its carbon footprint since 2003. billion gallons.

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APRIL 24, 2009

At its meeting on Thursday, the California Air Resources Board adopted a regulation that will implement Governor Schwarzenegger’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard ( earlier post ) calling for at least a 10% reduction from 2006 levels in the carbon intensity (measured in gCO 2 e/MJ) of California’s transportation fuels by 2020.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2011

All conclude that while carbon losses from biomass replacement and land clearance are considerable, it is the large and sustained CO 2 emissions from drained peat that contribute most to overall emissions and biofuel carbon debts. greatly reducing or stopping carbon inputs to the peat from biomass. —Page et al.

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AUGUST 25, 2011

These include the Low Carbon Fuel Standard; progress on SB 375 (anti-sprawl bill); the forthcoming Advanced Clean Cars program to be considered by the Board later this year (the Advanced Clean Cars program is slated for a December 2011 board meeting); and cap-and-trade.

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JULY 28, 2020

I firmly believe the fight against climate change and how we use resources will decide the future of our society—and of the BMW Group. We have made a very clear commitment to the Paris Climate Agreement. CO 2 emissions will then be less than 10% of what they were in 2006. For a fleet of around 2.5 degree goal.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

The cap-and-trade program also works in concert with other measures, such as standards for cleaner vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable electricity and energy efficiency, and complements and supports California’s existing efforts to reduce smog-forming and toxic air pollutants. Click to enlarge.

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Certified B Corp enterprises must meet standards set by B Lab , a Pennsylvania-based nonprofit founded in 2006 that awards for-profit companies with certifications for social and environmental performance, transparency and accountability. It can take years — and thousands of dollars — to achieve this accreditation. Annual dues start at $500.

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announced its next environmental sustainability strategy—PLANET 2050—which includes science-based goals that meet or exceed the goals in the United Nations Paris agreement on climate change. By 2050, Cummins is targeting net-zero carbon emissions. Cummins Inc.

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AUGUST 15, 2010

While oil sands emissions have more than doubled from 1990 to 2006, the absolute increase in emissions from oil sands over the same period is less than the absolute increase in Canadian electric or transportation sector emissions, and far less than the increases in these sectors on a North American basis, they note. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

The latest analysis of observations from WMO’s Global Atmosphere Watch (GAW) Programme for 2008 shows that the globally averaged mixing ratios of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O) reached new highs with CO 2 at 385.2 to the increase in overall global radiative forcing since 1750.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

kWh average cost of electricity in the United States and globally. Increases in carbon dioxide concentration along with global surface temperatures are showing a decline in agricultural yields due to climate change. [ The global solar market is expected to install 22 MW of electricity in 2011.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Globally, commercial ships emit almost half as much particulate matter pollutants into the air as the total amount released by the world’s cars, according to a new study led by NOAA and the University of Colorado at Boulder. The authors estimate that globally, ships emit 0.9 American Geophysical Union (AGU). teragrams, or about 2.2

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MARCH 5, 2010

Methane is a greenhouse gas more than 30 times more potent than carbon dioxide. Although the oceanic CH 4 flux should be revised, the current estimate is not alarmingly altering the contemporary global CH 4 budget. Methane levels throughout the Arctic are usually 8 to 10 percent higher than the global baseline. Shakhova et al.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

All Global Warming Is Local. And for all those cities, with all those sources of pollution pumping CO2 and other greenhouse gasses into the atmosphere and into the lungs of the South Bay’s one million residents, we’ve got just one woman on the payroll as the Climate Action Plan Coordinator. It hardly seems fair.

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JULY 30, 2015

Brazil is the world’s largest sugarcane producer and the second largest producer and exporter of sugarcane ethanol with 25% of global production and 20% of world exports. exports was 680 million gallons in 2006. EPA suggests that Brazil cannot supply the 3-4.7

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