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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In addition, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of advanced lower-emission coal technologies. For 2010, the cellulosic standard is being set at 6.5 Renewable fuel.

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APRIL 30, 2010

The synthetic jet fuel, derived from natural gas and converted to liquid fuel through the Rentech Fischer Tropsch process, is approved by the ASTM International for use on passenger flights. In August 2009, United was among eight airlines who signed a multi-year agreement with Rentech for up to 1.5 Earlier post.). Earlier post.)

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JUNE 25, 2013

President Obama’s plan, which sidesteps the need for Congressional involvement by relying on a wide variety of executive actions, has three main components: Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US. Reducing greenhouse gas emissions in the US. of greenhouse gas emissions to 3% by 2020. Other efforts will include: Natural Gas.

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JUNE 15, 2009

A consortium is seeking US stimulus funding available through the Federal Transit Administration’s (FTA) Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) program to convert 20 hybrid diesel-electric buses to hybrid dimethyl-ether (DME)-electric propulsion. Applications were due 22 May 2009.

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DECEMBER 5, 2009

Bush called for one million cars in the most polluted areas in the US to be running on methanol, ethanol or natural gas by 1997. The research was supported by the National High Technology Research and Development Program of China (“863” Program) “Adaptability Research on Methanol Vehicle”, under Grant 2006AA11A1A4. —Fan et al.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 30, 2009

Reforms to VED have been confirmed as anticipated and the new 13-band system will come into effect from 1st May 2009. Duty will rise by 2p per litre on 1st September 2009 and by 1p per litre in real terms on 1st April each year from 2010 to 2013. First registered in the UK on or after mid May 2009. Vehicle Excise Duty (VED).

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% I don’t actually see how they can keep their cities going.

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APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also modifies the Clean Air Act to require the development of greenhouse gas emissions standards for all other mobile sources—e.g., The draft promotes development of carbon capture and sequestration (CCS) technologies to establish a continuing place for coal in the US energy mix. Clean Fuels and Vehicles.

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JULY 22, 2009

He identified three major themes in 2009 for renewable energy: “ Energy markets are undergoing their most fundamental changes since the 1930s; cap and trade is the most complex issue outside of health care; and schisms exist within the energy community that will grow stronger over time. Billion vs. $28.3 Billion in 2008).

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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. Perspective by Brian J. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc. INTRODUCTION. 100% for some agricultural processes.

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MARCH 6, 2010

coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from landfills, livestock operations, or coal mines (GWP = 25). Hydrofluorocarbon (HFC) emissions from specific industrial processes, such as HFC-23 emissions from production of a refrigerant gas (GWP of = 14,800). About the Author.

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Green Cars News

JULY 7, 2009

The Green Piece - Tuesday 7th July 2009. As the National Grid places more emphasis on renewable energy, the criticism about displacing greenhouse gas emissions begins to disappear. He questions whether it ever makes sense for a car to operate with energy from a coal-fired plant. Life has never run smoothly for the electric car.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

In July, the DOE announced that ARPA-E had received approximately 3,500 submissions for the approximately $150 million available as part of the first Funding Opportunity Announcement (DE-FOA-0000065) released 27 April 2009. The awarded grants will go to projects with lead researchers in 17 states. DOE grant: $7,200,000).

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Although the recovery in the world economy since 2009 has been uneven, and future economic prospects remain uncertain, global primary energy demand rebounded by a remarkable 5% in 2010, pushing CO 2 emissions to a new high. Natural gas also plays a growing role in the transport sector, its share rising from 3% to 4%. —WEO 2011.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

As our planet’s atmosphere overheats because the greenhouse gas firewall we’ve built by burning fossil fuels works so damn well, there is one secret weapon we can all still whip out if we want to fight back and try to save ourselves from frying. FOLLOW ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE. The Big Dick Cheney Effect.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

3) TED 2009 (+2) Anti-Nuclear Effectively Means Pro-Fossil Fuel (+2) Consumption dwarfs population as main global warming threat (+2) If youve already signed up for TEC, you dont need to register again. Within a few years, BYD’s batteries were cheaper and just as reliable as those made by industry giants ony and Sanyo.

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APRIL 30, 2009

If we do things the wrong way, thats going to mean building more power plants, more dirty coal plants," he said. You bet, says SETI pioneer · Grant money in jeopardy as Sims rejects cities proposal · King County deaths more AP LOCAL HEADLINES · First stimulus highway project starts in Wash. ·

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APRIL 10, 2010

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. greenhouse gas emissions. Participating U.S.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Posted by: AJ | Apr 13, 2009 3:24:59 PM Dont buy the hype, version 1 was the EV1 which GM released in 1996. Posted by: Na | Apr 13, 2009 4:28:53 PM 18 models that get 30 mpg, yeah right! Ive found it facinating how car commercials changed the main MPG number they promoted before gas went over $4 a gallon as city miles.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. The fact is, about half the world’s electricity comes from coal.

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