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APRIL 25, 2011

Gt CO 2 in 2008 (26%), according to a new open access study by researchers from Germany and the US, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Some studies suggest that the stabilization of emissions in developed countries was partially because of growing imports from developing countries.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

in 2009, the first decrease recorded this decade, according to an addendum to an earlier study outlining a method for updating global fossil fuel carbon dioxide emissions published in the journal Environmental Research Letters. Global CO 2 emissions decreased 1.3% The decrease in emissions follow the decrease in the global economy.

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MAY 25, 2010

The study was published online 24 May in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. 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.

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JULY 29, 2010

Controlling soot from fossil fuels and solid biofuels may be a faster method of reducing Arctic ice loss and global warming than other options, including controlling CH 4 or CO 2 , although all controls are needed, according to a new study by Dr. Mark Z. The study will be published this week in Journal of Geophysical Research (Atmospheres).

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APRIL 10, 2009

A new study by the French institute Enerdata, commissioned by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E), suggests that the European CO 2 standards for new vehicles due to come into effect in 2012 will lead not only to a European savings on oil (mainly via lower oil import volumes) but also to slightly lower global oil prices.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2009

By the end of the first nine months of 2008, the top-selling 50% of the new car market in Europe had CO 2 emissions averaging 130g/km, compared to 39% in 2007 and 24% back in 2003, according to a new report from JATO Consult , the new intelligence consultancy division of JATO Dynamics, the world’s leading provider of automotive data.

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JUNE 29, 2011

Volkswagen study Golf Variant twïnDRIVE. Volkswagen, in cooperation with 6 project partners and the German Ministry of the Environment, presented in Berlin the current status of the “Fleet study in electric mobility” that was initiated in July 2008. L/100 km (112 mpg US) is attained (equivalent to 49 g/km CO2).

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MAY 16, 2009

Using 2008 estimates from the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) as well as the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries (OPEC), Tate and Savagian note that global primary energy use is projected to rise by 50% over the next 22 years, with worldwide vehicle population increasing by 60% over the same period of time.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2009

In 2008, Tenaska was listed in benchmarking studies by the Natural Resources Defense Council as having the best fleet-wide record in the United States for controlling emissions of CO 2 and as one of the top performing companies for controlling emissions of nitrogen oxides and sulfur dioxide.

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JUNE 10, 2009

Initial results from a joint pilot test of 14 series-produced Mercedes-Benz trucks and buses running NExBTL renewable diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oil, HVO) since mid-2008 show a reduction in NO x emissions of up to 15%, and in CO 2 emissions of more than 60% compared to fossil fuels.

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AUGUST 9, 2012

CO2 ratio for this flight track segment decreased from 24.5 Between 2002 and 2010 alone, the concentration of VOCs dropped by half, according to a new study by NOAA scientists and colleagues, published in the AGU’s Journal of Geophysical Research. ppbv/ppmv to 10.7 Source: Warneke et al. Click to enlarge. —Warneke et al.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

The reforming unit in the study comprises both steam reforming of methane (SRM) and carbon dioxide reforming of methane (CDR) processes to form syngas for the FT unit. A 2008 study by researchers at CMU (Jaramillo et al. SRM: CH 4 + H 2 O → CO + 3H 2. CDR: CO 2 + CH 4 → 2CO + 2H 2. kg per liter. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 17, 2009

Conservative estimates show the biofuels obligation, which came into force in April 2008, could have caused 1.3 The independent study for Friends of the Earth estimates how much forest is being cut down to replace food crops that have been displaced in order to grow biofuels for the UK - a figure currently omitted in Government statistics.

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JUNE 14, 2011

Based on the results of the study, CAR believes the economic risk to the auto industry connected to mandating permanent fuel economy standards in the long run is “ very serious ” The group recommends periodic review to assess the rate of technology development and cost reduction of advanced technologies leading up to 2025.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

2009), reproduced from Ramanathan and Feng (2008) Click to enlarge. A recent study reported that ozone’s damage to crop yields in 2000 resulted in an economic loss of up to $26 billion annually. Shown are the tipping elements [large-scale components of the Earth’s system] and the temperature threshold range that initiates the tipping.

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JULY 14, 2009

In 2008, RTI International and Eastman Chemical Company agreed to develop and commercialize jointly developed syngas cleanup technology. A DOE-funded system study predicts a 2-3% point increase in overall IGCC thermal efficiency and a 6% reduction in the cost of electricity by using the RTI contaminant removal process for an IGCC plant.

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NOVEMBER 24, 2009

According to their studies conducted back in 2008, CO2 emissions could drop by as much as 450 million tons annually if only 60 % of light.

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MAY 18, 2009

Because eliminating BC emissions almost immediately removes atmospheric BC whereas eliminating CO 2 emissions removes atmospheric CO2 over only many decades, eliminating BC can immediately slow down the loss of Arctic ice, whereas eliminating GHG emissions can slow loss only over a longer period. F, with about 40% due to ozone. Mark Jacobson.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

Portuguese drivers are the greenest in Europe when it comes to buying cars with an average CO2 rate of 138g/km (eg. EU regulation is striving to cut the CO2 emitted by cars to an average figure of 130 g/km by 2015. . League table results: Ranking 2008. Country/Average CO2 2008(g/km)/AverageCO2 2007/Rank 2007.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Although other studies suggest that ecosystems cannot adapt to a rate of change faster than 0.05–0.1 GtC in 2008. CICERO scientists adopted this rate and calculated that in order not to exceed it, cumulative emissions in the period 2010–2030 must not exceed approximately 190 gigatonnes of carbon (GtC). —Steffen Kallbekken.

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APRIL 1, 2009

Hazen will focus on ecogenomics, UC Berkeley professor of microbiology John Coates will research flow rates and mechanisms, University of Illinois associate professor of geology and microbiology Bruce Fouke will study reservoir geology and geochemistry, and Berkeley Lab earth scientist Susan Hubbard will head the monitoring and modeling team.

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JULY 11, 2013

The new study projects the increasing dominance of the production phase in terms of lifecycle CO 2 impacts. The report builds on an earlier study, “Preparing for a Life Cycle CO 2 Measure” written for the LowCVP by Ricardo. The new study is a “streamlined” LCA based largely on secondary data available from published literature.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

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. They’re kind of funny that way.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. Although technological yield gains had offset the losses, the study established a clear and simple correlation between increasing temperatures and crop yields. April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr.,

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OCTOBER 13, 2009

Generally, any alternative energy form that can help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and limit our reliance on fossil fuels is well-received. The study by Ademe and the French Government has sparked debate as to the merits of first-generation biofuels if their environmental benefits are limited. Aren’t biofuels climate friendly?

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Despite its progress however, it seems there is still an uphill battle to be fought both in terms of changing the perception of and reliance on fossil fuels – with a new study highlighting the startling gap between Federal subsidies for fossil fuels and renewable energy.

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OCTOBER 6, 2009

If incentives were only made available to buyers of new cars that emit less than 130g/km of carbon dioxide (CO2), which is the EU target for 2012, then much of the environmental cost of manufacturing new cars could have been offset. Environmental criticisms have also been shot down. km for vehicles that are 10 years old.

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JUNE 22, 2009

Introduction of an original EV test vehicle in August 2008. Between January 2008 and June 2009, the Alliance established 27 “zero-emission mobility partnerships” with governments, municipalities and other sectors around the world for full-scale EV diffusion. Study of route navigation systems to alleviate traffic congestion.

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OCTOBER 24, 2009

Tim Searchinger, a research scholar in the Princeton Environmental Institute and a fellow with the German Marshall Fund of the United States, is lead author of the “accounting” study. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The statute, amended by Assembly Bill 109 (Núñez, Chapter 313, Statutes of 2008), authorizes the Energy Commission to develop and deploy alternative and renewable fuels and advanced transportation technologies to help achieve the state's climate change policies. The eight projects are: Electric Vehicle manufacturing. $1 Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 21, 2010

Approximately 80% of the CO2 is in concentrated form ready for sequestration. Alliance DCL will market the technologies and anticipates offering project-specific services, from feedstock characterization, pilot plant evaluation, feasibility studies and engineering design through plant start-up and ongoing technical support.

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MAY 19, 2010

Illustration of the representative US cumulative GHG emissions budget targets:170 and 200 Gt CO2-eq (for Kyoto gases). This report and its companions, Advancing the Science of Climate Change and Adapting to the Impacts of Climate Change are part of a congressionally requested suite of five studies known as America’s Climate Choices. “We

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APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. Batteries not ready.

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Editor After a year as an editor at large for National Geographic magazine, Tom returned to The New York Times in July 2008 to help expand the papers coverage of sustainable energy development and green business. Galbraith joined The New York Times in June 2008 to write about renewable energy. Email us directly at greeninc@nytimes.com.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Editor After a year as an editor at large for National Geographic magazine, Tom returned to The New York Times in July 2008 to help expand the papers coverage of sustainable energy development and green business. Galbraith joined The New York Times in June 2008 to write about renewable energy. Email us directly at greeninc@nytimes.com.

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APRIL 16, 2009

"The Volt is a case study. Generating electricity from wind and geothermal rather than a CO2 producing sources would help alleviate that problem. The intolerable act is to pretend that making cars into plug-ins will reduce CO2. The Volt is a case study. And that means it doesnt necessarily pay the rent.

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