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Georgia Tech study projects potential mixed impacts of climate change policies on air quality

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Results of a study by a team from Georgia Tech and their colleagues at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management show that national CO 2 emissions reductions strategies will play an important role in impacting air quality over the US. 2010 and 2048?2052.

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Study finds global rivers and streams emitting 3x IPCC estimates of the GHG N2O

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That’s three times the amount estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction. 2010) Nitrous oxide emission from denitrification in stream and river networks. Beaulieu et al.

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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

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Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions significantly by 2050. Stone et al. 2009) Click to enlarge.

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USDA and DOE Partnership Awards $8.9M to 9 Projects to Develop Better Plants for Biofuels

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Plant Feedstock Genomics for Bioenergy 2010 Awards. University of Georgia, Athens. The data obtained in this project should provide a better understanding of the impacts of climate change (heat and water limitation) on plant root physiology. DOE’s Office of Science will provide $6.9 Grantee Project Project Goal.

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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And there are states like Georgia where public interveners don’t have any right to discovery. Back to top Besides boosting grid capacity and building out wind and solar, what’s the most important thing that needs to happen to meet our emissions goals and start slowing climate change? And Oregon is pretty transparent.

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Andy Grove: The U.S. must create an electric car industry - Apr. 17, 2009

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Just this past year Russia sent tanks into oil-rich Georgia, and an oil tanker was hijacked off the coast of Somalia. In addition, climate change demands that we harness new, renewable sources of energy. We would also have a degree of resilience in the face of threats. And they exist. Here, too, electricity is key.

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