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Tsinghua Study Finds That Conventional Three-Way Catalyst Can Handle the Unregulated Emissions from Low-Content Methanol-Gasoline Blends

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At the tailpipe, the TWC ultimately reduced the regulated and unregulated emissions from the methanol-gasoline engine to the same levels as those generated by a conventional gasoline engine. regulated emissions) before the catalyst do not vary remarkably with increments in the methanol content of blended fuels. —Fan et al.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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If a cap-and-trade program includes offsets, regulated entities have the opportunity to purchase the “emission credits” generated by carbon offset projects to help them meet their compliance obligations. Emission reductions from regulated sources (e.g., Although Congress could address GHG emissions with alternative policies—e.g.,

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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Under the cap-and-trade system, industries regulated by it—the largest being power generation, chemicals, steel, and cement—are given limits on their total emissions, and companies can purchase emission reductions from others in lieu of reducing emissions themselves. THE APPROVAL PROCESS. The approval process for carbon offsets has two goals.

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Ethanol Groups File Suit Challenging Constitutionality of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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The LCFS regulation also levies the calculation of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) effects against biofuels, against the opposition ( earlier post ) of the biofuels industry, and to the particular detriment of corn ethanol. The OAL ensures that agency regulations are clear, necessary, legally valid, and available to the public.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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April, 2008 : In an article entitled Dangerous Assumptions ( earlier post ), Roger Pielke, Jr., July, 2008 : The Australian government published the Garnaut Report, a comprehensive study of the effects of climate change on the country’s economy ( earlier post ). Earlier post.).

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How battery recycling can help EVs to be truly green – ET Auto

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New Delhi: At a point where the electric vehicles (EVs) are expected to bring a ‘green future’, it is also tagged along with an associated cost. This liberates the consumer to utilize it in the relevant industries, thus creating a circular economy of the critical minerals.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

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But it now looks like the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is about to adopt some new regulations which could put it out of business quickly. Here is the full text of the entire article, in case the link goes bad: [link]. The company launched last month at Green Motors in Berkeley, California.

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