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DECEMBER 4, 2009

Right side: 2008 annual surface air temperature, shown as a departure from the 1971-2000 climatology. Special emphasis was given to the reasons for North American coolness in 2008. In 2008, global land temperatures were the sixth warmest on record, whereas it was the coldest year in North America since 1996. Credit: NOAA.

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AUGUST 4, 2022

Udokan Copper (earlier known as Baikal Mining Company) was established in 2008 to develop the Udokan copper deposit. The Udokan Copper deposit has copper resources exceeding 26 million tons. In 2021, Udokan Copper invested RUB 764 million (US$11.5 It is part of the diversified USM holding company. Geologiya i Geofizika. 733-745.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The US Census Bureau released the latest American Community Survey (ACS) data, providing a statistical portrait of the characteristics of the nation’s population in 2008. According to the new snapshot, the percentage of US workers who drove alone to work decreased slightly between 2007 and 2008 from 76.1% in 2008 from 4.9%

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AUGUST 25, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) approved an updated environmental analysis of the Scoping Plan. In 2008 ARB, acting as the lead agency, prepared a FED for the AB 32 Scoping Plan (Scoping Plan). A draft Scoping Plan was released for public review and comment on 26 June 2008, followed by workshops in July and August 2008.

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MARCH 9, 2010

CO 2 emissions from the US transport sector, 1990-2008. The draft report of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 shows that in 2008, overall greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions decreased by 2.9% (206.1 Tg CO 2 in 2008 from 1,893.8 Click to enlarge.

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JULY 11, 2009

The states of Washington, Oregon, and Idaho cut back their per-capita gasoline consumption by 5% in 2008, according to a new analysis by the Sightline Institute. Nationwide in the United States, in 2008, Americans consumed about 8.2 Nationwide in the United States, in 2008, Americans consumed about 8.2 gallons per week in 2008.

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MAY 28, 2010

Shell has agreed to acquire subsidiaries which own substantially all of the business of East Resources, Inc. billion, from East Resources, its private equity investor, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. East Resources is a privately-owned business with its primary activity focused on the Marcellus shale, in the northeastern US.

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MARCH 12, 2009

Average CO 2 emissions from new cars sold in the UK in 2008 fell to 158.0 g/km in 2008—4.2% The SMMT report notes that the slowdown in the overall new car market in 2008/09 is likely to mean a reduction in the pace of fleet renewal, resulting in a slower pace for dropping emissions in the parc. In 2008, 48.7%

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

At its meeting in Sacramento yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 and 2035 associated with passenger vehicle travel in the state’s 18 Metropolitan Planning Organizations. Earlier post.). increasing the number of people who take public transit.

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Wednesday, June 25, 2008. Right now, here in 2008 the cat is on the roof for global warming. And start speaking up and speaking out against patently stupid and dangerous ideas like drilling for more oil domestically or using our abundant coal resources. After the first week goes by the vacationing brother phones to check in.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Despite the economic effects of the global financial crisis (GFC), carbon dioxide emissions from human activities rose 2% in 2008 to an all-time high of 1.3 between 2000 and 2008, compared with 1% per year in the 1990s. Emissions from coal are now the dominant fossil fuel emission source, surpassing 40 years of oil emission prevalence.

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MARCH 9, 2009

billion trips on public transportation in 2008, the highest level of ridership in 52 years and a modern ridership record, according to a report released by the American Public Transportation Association (APTA). in 2008, according to the US Department of Transportation. increase in 2008. Commuter rail increased in 2008 by 4.7%.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted a revised draft of California’s proposed Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Strategy. CARB began publicly evaluating controls for SLCPs with the first AB 32 Scoping Plan in 2008. SLCPs may account for an estimated 40% of global warming, increasing the impacts of climate change.

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JANUARY 3, 2023

California’s Truck and Bus regulation ( earlier post ) has been in effect since December 2008, with the purpose of reducing emissions of diesel particulate matter (PM), oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) and other criteria pollutants from in-use diesel-fueled vehicles. Personal use motor homes or recreational vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The well results confirm a significant resource extension for the Mad Dog Field complex, which includes the existing field, in production since 2005, and appraisal drilling of the Mad Dog South field in 2008 and 2009. —Bob Dudley, BP group chief executive. BP maintains a 60.5% working interest in Mad Dog.

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JANUARY 2, 2019

A team from the Innovation Center for Energy and Transportation (iCET) reports that while average certified fuel consumption (FC) decreased by 15% between 2008 and 2017, real-world FC remained unchanged, resulting in a fuel consumption gap increase from 12% to 30%. The paper is published in the journal Energy Policy. —Dror et al.

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FEBRUARY 22, 2023

Nippon Steel has conducted technological development to reduce CO 2 emissions by injecting hydrogen into blast furnaces since 2008. EVR), which will be spun-off from Teck as an independent publicly-listed Canadian company and will own and operate the steelmaking coal business previously conducted by Teck.

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APRIL 28, 2009

The decision reflects the current weaker demand for petroleum products, and will enable the company to concentrate resources on strategic growth projects, which are focused on building NExBTL renewable diesel capacity in Singapore and Rotterdam and a base oil plant in Bahrain. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is responding to petitions from the California Air Resources Board, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District, and the California Air Pollution Control Officers Association to address harmful nitrogen oxide (NO x ) and particulate matter (PM) emissions from locomotives.

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APRIL 24, 2009

million tons of methane in the atmosphere at the end of December 2008. Only by reducing our dependence on fossil fuels and increasing energy production from renewable resources will we start to see improvements and begin to lessen the effects of climate change. Researchers measured an additional 16.2 David Hofmann. Hofmann, James H.

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AUGUST 1, 2008

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. Additionally, research released last year by EPRI and the Natural Resources Defense Council (NRDC) pointed to the potential of PHEVs to lower greenhouse gas emissions. The entire PHEV environmental assessment is available on the EPRI website.

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MAY 21, 2013

Groundwater Depletion in the United States (1900-2008) comprehensively evaluates long-term cumulative depletion volumes in 40 separate aquifers (distinct underground water storage areas) in the United States, bringing together reliable information from previous references and from new analyses. For comparison, 9.2

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APRIL 9, 2020

The International Maritime Organization, a United Nations agency responsible for regulating shipping, has set a global target to cut annual emissions by at least 50% by 2050 from 2008 levels. Among alternative emission-free technologies, ABB is already well advanced in collaborative development of fuel cell systems for ships.

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AUGUST 10, 2018

The study, forthcoming in the American Economic Review , found that polluting emissions from US manufacturing fell by 60% between 1990 and 2008—a period in which manufacturing output grew significantly—primarily because manufacturers adopted cleaner production methods in tandem with increasingly strict environmental regulation.

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MAY 2, 2013

The United States Geological Survey (USGS) released an updated oil and gas resource assessment for the Bakken Formation and a new assessment for the Three Forks Formation in North Dakota, South Dakota and Montana, resulting in a two-fold increase in the estimated technically recoverable oil, and a three-fold increase in estimated natural gas.

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JANUARY 11, 2019

In addition, proved reserves of natural gas resources reached 464.3 conventional and unconventional resources, a majority of US oil remains in the ground; in some cases approximately 90% of in situ oil is not recovered with current technologies. of total US production in 2008 (0.8 billion barrels. of total US production (3.4

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JUNE 4, 2019

Founded in 2008, Protean Electric has devoted more than one million engineering man-hours to develop and validate its ProteanDrive in-wheel motor technology. Protean Electric is an automotive technology innovator and world-leading developer of in-wheel motors (IWMs) and future propulsion solutions.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

The Annual Energy Outlook 2011 (AEO2011) Reference case released yesterday by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) more than doubles the technically recoverable US shale gas resources assumed in AEO2010 and added new shale oil resources. —EIA Administrator Richard Newell. AEO2011 Early Release Overview.

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APRIL 12, 2009

Australia-based Regal Resources has secured commitments to raise A$5.2 Underground Coal to Liquids Business Plan Overview (Magma, December 2008). Process flow sketch for UCTL demonstration unit. Click to enlarge. million (US$3.7 million) via a placement of 148.2 million new shares at 3.5

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

The study looked at the combined effects of air pollution and transportation noise for heart attack mortality, by considering all deaths that occurred in Switzerland between 2000 and 2008. The study included all deaths (19,261) reported across Switzerland from the period 2000 to 2008.

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DECEMBER 27, 2018

Toshiba has manufactured and sold SCiB, the lithium-ion rechargeable battery that features high security, long life, low-temperature operation and rapid charging since March 2008. Its versatility has found broad application in hybrid electric vehicles, automated guided vehicles and energy storage systems for rolling stock. Earlier post.).

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

mpg between model years 2008 and 2014, University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) researchers Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle have documented sales-weighted distributions for the same model year vehicles (cars, pickup trucks, vans and SUVs). In 2008, the corresponding figures were 15% and 5%, respectively.

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MAY 19, 2011

The US Geological Survey will update its 2008 estimate of undiscovered, technically recoverable oil and gas in the US portion of the Bakken Formation, an important domestic petroleum resource located in North Dakota and Montana. The 2008 USGS assessment estimated 3.0 — Secretary of the Interior Ken Salazar. Source: USGS.

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JUNE 13, 2019

The study, published in the American Journal of Otolaryngology , analyzed records in the Consumer Product Safety Commission’s National Electronic Injury Surveillance system between 2008 and 2017 to determine the types and frequency of head and facial injuries resulting from motorized scooters. —Amishav Bresler. Carron, Wayne D.

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JANUARY 20, 2021

Since 2008, our lab has taken inspiration from human race car drivers in designing algorithms that enable automated vehicles to handle the most challenging emergencies. Resources. When faced with wet or slippery roads for instance, professional drivers may choose to drift the car through a turn. Goh and J.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2022

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved amendments to its current rule for Transport Refrigeration Units (TRUs) operating in the state. The 2022 amendments will require a variety of actions designed to reduce the pollution these units produce, and accelerate their transition to zero-emission technologies. road engines.

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

The BMW Group has succeeded, for example, in reducing the consumption of resources and emissions per vehicle produced by more than 50% since 2006. The BMW Group has actively taken part in the COP climate change conferences on a regular basis since 2008. By 2021, one million electrified vehicles of the BMW Group will be on the roads.

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