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Life cycle analysis of three battery chemistries for PHEVs and BEVs; environmental impacts higher than expected

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On a per-storage basis, the team found that the NiMH technology was found to have the highest environmental impact, followed by NCM and then LFP, for all categories considered except ozone depletion potential. Environmental Science & Technology Article ASAP doi: 10.1021/es103607c.

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Climate Expert: Don't Call It Geoengineering

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We see it as similar to the ozone hole problem, where we really needed a tight, science-based focus on the limits to human inputs to the system--and howthose inputs affected the ozone layer's ability to keep people safe. What do we have to offer these billion people? But do you want to sum up what they're doing?

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Study finds paved surfaces in Houston worsen air quality

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The article is in press in the Journal of Geophysical Research-Atmospheres , a publication of the American Geophysical Union. Houston, with a mix of petrochemical facilities, sprawling suburbs, and traffic jams that stretch for miles, has some of the highest levels of ground-level ozone and other air pollutants in the United States.

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