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What Are Zero Emission Day and National Drive Electric Week?

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Fast forward to 2008 and Wallace started taking advantage of the internet’s ability to reach vast amounts of people simultaneously. There are four guidelines to follow: Refrain from using or burning oil, gas or coal. Wallace came up with the idea to give the earth one day free from fossil fuel emissions. of total U.S.

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GWU researchers introduce new class of molten air batteries; significantly greater energy capacity than Li-air

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Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht have introduced the principles of a new class rechargeable molten air batteries that offer amongst the highest intrinsic electric energy storage capabilities. In 2008 a zirconia stabilized VB 2 air battery was presented. Generalized form of the molten air battery.

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A Child’s IQ Can Be Affected by Mother’s Exposure to PAHs Pollution in Urban Air

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PAHs are chemicals released into the air from the burning of coal, diesel, oil and gas, or other organic substances such as tobacco. It included children who were born to non-smoking black and Dominican-American women age 18 to 35 who resided in Washington Heights, Harlem or the South Bronx in New York. Pediatrics.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. The first auction for allowances was held on September 25, 2008.

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NASA GISS Study Finds That Methane Has an Elevated Warming Effect Due to Interactions With Aerosols

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Because the latter was a $126 billion/year market in 2008, even small differences in GWPs can have large economic consequences. Despite their limitations, GWPs are widely used for comparison among long-lived gases, forming the basis for worldwide political agreements on climate and carbon trading. —Drew Shindell.

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DOE Awards $377 Million in Funding for 46 Energy Frontier Research Centers

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With the initiation of the EFRCs in April 2008, the Department of Energy (DOE) budgeted approximately $100 million for multiple EFRC awards starting in FY 2009. Washington University, St. Discover, understand, and control efficient chemical pathways for the conversion of coal and biomass into chemicals and fuels.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? Cheers — Al Louard 11. railways replacing cars and trucks, weatherizing homes, etc.),

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