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New international study finds lab testing of diesel NOx emissions underestimates real-world levels by up to 50%

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A new international study has found that laboratory tests of nitrogen oxide emissions from diesel vehicles significantly underestimate the real-world emissions by as much as 50%. The research, led by the International Council on Clean Transportation and Environmental Health Analytics, LLC., —Chris Malley.

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Accenture: Australia LNG industry could become world’s largest

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Geoscience Australia estimated total proved plus probable commercial reserves at 132 Tcf (99 Tcf of traditional natural gas and 33 Tcf of coal bed methane-CBM) as of 2012. The EIA reports that Australia was the third-largest liquefied natural gas (LNG) exporter in 2013.

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Beijing show: Aussie-bound Leapmotor shows off C16 three-row electric family SUV

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The sort of vehicle that would shape as a logical model for Leapmotor to bring to Australia, it shapes as a cut-price family SUV alternative to the Kia EV9. The Australian roll-out is the responsibility of a new Stellantis-Leapmotor joint-venture that is charged with the global expansion of the start-up established in 2015.

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Rio Tinto and ARENA to study hydrogen calcination to reduce carbon emissions in alumina refining

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Klett and Perander (2015). If successful, the technical and commercial lessons from Rio Tinto’s study could lead to the implementation of hydrogen calcination technology, not only in Australia, but also internationally. 2015) “Alumina Calcination: A Mature Technology Under Review from Supplier Perspective.” Perander L.

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CSIRO team working to commercialize membrane separating H2 from NH3; opening up an export market for Australia renewable H2

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CSIRO’s vision is to use the membrane technology to open up a new world market for renewable hydrogen produced via electrolysis in Australia. Dolan, Felix Weiss, Anasuya Adibhatla (2015) “Asymmetric layered vanadium membranes for hydrogen separation,” Journal of Membrane Science , Volume 487, Pages 83-89 doi: 10.1016/j.memsci.2015.03.048.

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ConocoPhillips announces sanction of $6B second train for Australia Pacific coal seam gas to LNG project; Sinopec interest to increase

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million tonnes per annum (MTPA) production train for its Australia Pacific LNG coal seam gas (CSG) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Queensland, Australia. From this point we are committed to the development and construction of all infrastructure and facilities to ensure the first delivery of LNG in 2015. Sinopec Corp.’s

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Study using satellite data finds rate of urban growth much greater than previously thought

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An international team of researchers has used satellite images to map urban growth between 1985 and 2015. Urban area dynamics during 1985–2015 at the global and continent scales. They then extracted cells from the two fusion maps that changed from non-urban in 1985 to urban in 2015.