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JANUARY 23, 2020

Despite reports that global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, HFC-23, were almost eliminated in 2017, an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has found atmospheric levels growing at record values. As a result, they reported that they had almost completely eliminated HFC-23 emissions by 2017.

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OCTOBER 31, 2022

The Responsible Battery Coalition, in partnership with the University of Michigan Center for Sustainable Systems, launched a comprehensive research project to compare the total cost of ownership of gas and electric vehicles (EVs). Gregory Keoleian, Director of the Center for Sustainable Systems at the University of Michigan.

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MAY 16, 2016

The Globe and Mail obtained a copy of the currently confidential 57-page Climate Change Action Plan, which lays out a strategy from 2017 to 2021. New low carbon fuel standards (LCFS) would require all liquid transportation fuels to reduce life-cycle carbon emissions by 5% by 2020. — Globe and Mail.

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MAY 26, 2022

—James Turner, Professor of Mechanical Engineering, Clean Combustion Research Center, King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST). A study of a 2017 Toyota Mirai fuel cell by Argonne National Laboratory found fuel cell stack efficiency below 50% and fuel cell system efficiency dropping below 40% at high loads.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. The carbon-related costs of converting the land to sugarcane fields were included in the analysis.

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MARCH 6, 2018

Our work with Synthetic Genomics on algae biofuels continues to be an important part of our broader research into lower-emission technologies to help reduce the risk of climate change. We are excited to take this next significant step as we journey together toward a renewable, scalable, and low-carbon biofuel. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 16, 2018

Long-term measurement data of the equivalent black carbon (eBC) mass concentrations and particle number size distributions (PNSD) from the Global Atmosphere Watch Observatory Chacaltaya (CHC; 5240?m From there, BC can be transported over long distances and exert impact on climate and composition of remote southern hemisphere.

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JUNE 27, 2017

According to a new study led by a team at Duke University, airborne particulate matter and dust are cutting solar photovoltaic energy output by more than 25% in certain parts of the world, with roughly equal contributions from ambient PM and PM deposited on photovoltaic surfaces. So we put together a comprehensive model to do just that.

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MARCH 27, 2017

Researchers at George Washington University led by Dr. Stuart Licht ( earlier post ) have developed a new process that transforms CO 2 into a controlled selection of nanotubes (CNTs) via molten electrolysis; they call the process C2CNT (CO2 into carbon nanotubes). —Ren et al.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Addressing climate change requires not only a clean electrical grid, but also a clean fuel to reduce emissions from industrial heat, long-haul heavy transportation, and long-duration energy storage. Ravi Prasher is an Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. John Deutch, an emeritus Institute Professor at MIT.

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JUNE 30, 2017

Although not yet a market force, cellulosic biofuels are routinely factored into future climate mitigation scenarios because of their potential to both displace petroleum use and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Their paper is published in the journal Science. —Robertson et al. With biofuels, the stakes are high.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

The transport sector is not on track towards achieving sustainable mobility, according to the newly published Global Mobility Report 2017 (GMR). The GMR is the first study to assess the global performance of the transport sector and the progress made toward four main objectives: universal access, efficiency, safety, and green mobility.

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JANUARY 16, 2017

Toyota Motor Corporation has agreed to collaborate with Masdar, Abu Dhabi National Oil Company (ADNOC), Air Liquide, and Toyota distributor Al-Futtaim Motors in a joint research program to explore the potential of hydrogen energy use in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) for the creation of a sustainable, low-carbon society.

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MAY 19, 2016

The International Transport Forum (ITF) at the OECD has launched a major global initiative towards carbon-free transport. It is now up to the transport sector to demonstrate how carbon-free mobility can be achieved. The preliminary results of the project will be presented at the next ITF Summit in May 2017.

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APRIL 23, 2017

Researchers at the University of California, Riverside’s Bourns College of Engineering have used waste glass bottles and a low-cost chemical process to fabricate nanosilicon anodes for high-performance lithium-ion batteries. Coating the silicon nanoparticles with carbon to improve their stability and energy storage properties.

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APRIL 29, 2017

Researchers at Oita University in Japan have developed an innovative process for the production of hydrogen from ammonia without the need for an external heat source to initiate or maintain the reaction. An open access paper on their work is published in the journal Science Advances. 4, e1602747 doi: 10.1126/sciadv.1602747. 1602747.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2013

The UK government has launched a £75-million (US$120-million) fund to speed the development of low carbon technologies for engines. By mid 2017, 100 pods that are fully autonomous will be running on pathways alongside people and will use sensors to avoid obstacles. Earlier post.) The APC will channel £1-billion (US$1.6

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MAY 3, 2018

Via Mobility Services, a local nonprofit social enterprise, operates Boulder’s HOP transit route, a high-frequency shuttle service serving Boulder hotspots like the University of Colorado campus and Downtown Boulder. People in Boulder are very interested in reducing the carbon footprint in all that we do. —Natalie Stiffler.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2017

A new study, led by a team from The Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI) at the University of York, has found that in 2010, about 2.7 particles include a variety of substances, such as black carbon (soot), sulphates, nitrates and ammonium, as well as dust from soil and from industrial processes such as cement production.

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APRIL 8, 2014

Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

Eventually, they’ll add equipment to spray tiny aerosol particles of calcium carbonate, the compound found in limestone, blackboard chalk, and Tums antacids. Keith is also the founder of Carbon Engineering, a Canadian firm building a sprawling facility in West Texas that will pull carbon dioxide directly from the air.).

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APRIL 20, 2017

A team at the Loker Hydrocarbon Research Institute and Department of Chemistry, University of Southern California, has demonstrated a novel hydrogen storage system based on the release of hydrogen from catalytic dehydrogenative coupling of methanol and 1,2-diamine. In theory, the team said, a hydrogen storage capacity as high as 6.6

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 27, 2021

Despite these gains, though, traditional magnetic-confinement fusion is still years away from fulfilling nuclear fusion’s promise of generating abundant and carbon-free electricity. The startup was founded in 2017 as a spin-off of the FuZE (Fusion Z-pinch Experiment) research team at the. University of Washington. Seattle-based.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2018

While the mix shifts toward lower-carbon-intensive fuels, the world will need to pursue all economic energy sources, the report says. Energy & Carbon Summary. ExxonMobil also release a second report: Energy & Carbon Summary: Positioning for a Lower-Carbon Future.

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JUNE 28, 2023

CRAWFORD EMPLOYER Purdue University, West Lafayette, Ind. TITLE ‘Professor of civil engineering, agronomy, and electrical and computer engineering MEMBER GRADE Fellow ALMA MATERS University of Illinois, Urbana-Champaign Ohio State University, Columbus But her engineering path eventually led her back to agriculture.

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MAY 4, 2017

Methane and black carbon (soot) are the second- and third-most powerful climate-warming agents after carbon dioxide. Methane and black carbon (soot) are the second- and third-most powerful climate-warming agents after carbon dioxide. Lead author Drew T.

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MARCH 11, 2009

The Lignite Field Validation Test is being conducted by the Plains CO 2 Reduction (PCOR) Partnership, one of seven regional partnerships under DOE’s Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership Program. The characterization phase (2003–2005), which defined opportunities for carbon capture and storage, has been completed.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Among the findings of the report, “HFC-134a phase-out in the Chinese light-duty motor vehicle sector”, was that, considering the social cost of CO 2 e, up to 1 trillion RMB in costs (US$150 billion) required to address climate change could be avoided through 2050 by transitioning to low-GWP alternative MACs. Cambridge University Press.

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DECEMBER 21, 2022

The far higher volumes of carbon dioxide per mile from heavy trucks make them an obvious target for zero-emission powertrains. Among its first announced customers, back in December 2017, was Pepsi, which reserved 100 of the trucks and plans to use them in the California regions of Modesto and Sacramento. That’s about to change.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2016

35 new businesses, non-profits, universities, and utilities signing on to DOE’s Workplace Charging Challenge and committing to provide electric vehicle charging access for their workforce. NextGen Climate America. Among the actions announced are: Unlocking up to $4.5 Kansas City Power & Light. Mercedes-Benz USA, LLC. National Grid.

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JUNE 26, 2019

Scientists from the Department of Energy’s SLAC National Accelerator Laboratory and Stanford University have taken the first images of carbon dioxide molecules within a molecular cage—part of a metal-organic framework (MOF), with great potential for separating and storing gases and liquids.

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JULY 14, 2012

Instead, according to a new working paper by a duo from The Brookings Institution and Vanderbilt University, the bulk of the estimated benefits from the regulations stem from private benefits such as fuel savings to consumers, based on the regulators’ presumption of consumer irrationality. 12-21, Mercatus Center, George Mason University.

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MAY 12, 2017

A new study quantifying emissions from a fleet of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines and port fuel injection (PFI) engines finds that the measured decrease in CO 2 emissions from GDIs is much greater than the potential climate forcing associated with higher black carbon emissions from GDI engines. —Saliba et al.

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2017

In study based on a dynamic technology adoption model, a pair of researchers at Simon Fraser University (British Columbia) have concluded that even if a zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) manadate drives significant ZEV adoption in the area in which the mandate is implemented, there is no “free-riding” ZEV adoption in neighboring areas.

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JUNE 20, 2017

Researchers at Synthetic Genomics’ laboratory discovered a new process for increasing oil production by identifying a genetic switch that could be fine-tuned to regulate the conversion of carbon to oil in the algae species, Nannochloropsis gaditana. In 2016, ExxonMobil announced its partnership with Connecticut-based FuelCell Energy, Inc.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

In 2017, only about 115,000 pure electric vehicles were sold in the United States. transportation system contributes nearly 30 percent of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions, making electric vehicles critical to lowering America’s carbon footprint. With more models, lower prices, and more government support.

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JUNE 21, 2017

Researchers at Standford University have designed large-format, thin-film copper catalysts for the electroreduction of CO 2 to ethanol. You just feed it electricity, water and carbon dioxide, and it makes ethanol. Funding was provided by the US Department of Energy and the Stanford Global Climate and Energy Project.

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