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Tsinghua/Argonne Study Finds That Mass Use of EVs in China Could Result in Higher CO2 and Criteria Pollutant Emissions Than Conventional and Hybrid Gasoline Vehicles Due to Coal-Fired Generation of Electricity

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The study examined the fuel-cycle CO 2 , SO 2 , and NO x emissions of EVs in China in both current (2008) and future (2030) periods and compared them with those of conventional gasoline vehicles and gasoline hybrids. Generation mix of the six interprovincial power grids in 2008. The power of EVs is electricity from the grid.

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Study Finds Global CO2 Emissions Dropped 1.3% in 2009; Emissions in China and India Rose 9% and 6%

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This is not unexpected ”, said Gunnar Myhre, senior research fellow at CICERO and one of the scientists behind the article. While emissions from oil and gas have decreased, emissions from coal have remained stable; the share of coal as a fuel has increased. The decrease in emissions follow the decrease in the global economy.

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WHO data: global annual PM10 increased by 6% during recent 3-year period; based on data from 851 cities

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The 2014 database covers the period from 2008 to 2013, with the majority of values for the years 2011 and 2012. In the absence of data from the previous sources, data from: (a) UN agencies; (b) Development agencies; and (c) articles from peer-reviewed journals were used.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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This article shows that including offsets in climate change legislation would likely make an emissions program more cost-effective by: (a) providing an incentive for non-regulated sources to generate emission reductions; and (b) expanding emission compliance opportunities for regulated entities. Transaction Costs. ALTERNATIVES TO OFFSETS.

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This Computer Pioneer’s Invention Made Zoom Possible

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In 2008 ACM awarded him its annual Sigmetrics Achievement Award. Another example was an article about him that said: “Someone like that should not be a professor here, because most people who come from that same country are working in the coal mines.”

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Reducing Black Carbon Emissions and Ground-Level Ozone Would Provide Immediate Benefit Against Climate Change

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Ramanathan said that he and his coauthor approached Foreign Affairs with the concept for the article based on his calculations in a 2008 paper that society has already crossed the threshold at which damaging effects of climate change are assured. Wallack and Ramanathan. Earlier post.)

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Car Companies Standardize Plug for Electric Vehicles : Gas 2.0

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Perhaps you should have checked that before posting. as stated. I suspect that the correct plug will be of a twist-lock design as is typical of many higher voltage and amperage plugs used in commercial service and for industrial equipment. 5 Clayton B. is a Green Options Media Production. is a Green Options Media Production.