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AQLI: new data reveals little progress globally in reducing air pollution over the last two decades

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Particulate air pollution continues to cut global life expectancy by nearly two years as progress in some countries counterbalances worsening air quality in others, according to the Air Quality Life Index (AQLI). As a result, 89% of Southeast Asia’s 650 million people live in areas where particulate pollution exceeds the WHO guideline.

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Consortium developing green hydrogen megaproject in Oman

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An international consortium comprising OQ, which is the Sultanate of Oman’s global integrated energy company, InterContinental Energy, the leading dedicated green fuels developer, and EnerTech, a Kuwait government-backed clean energy investor and developer, is developing an integrated green fuels mega project in Oman. trillion market by.

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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Natural gas will play a leading role in reducing greenhouse-gas emissions over the next several decades, largely by replacing older, inefficient coal plants with highly efficient combined-cycle gas generation, according to a major new interim report out from MIT. The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007).

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EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

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China is the global leader in methanol use and has recently expanded its methanol production capacity. About two-thirds of China’s methanol feedstock is produced from coal and the remainder from coking gas (a by-product of steel production) and natural gas.

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Stanford launches major new natural gas research initiative

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US production has risen almost 50% in the past 10 years, and global demand for gas is anticipated to outpace all other fossil fuels. Compared with burning coal, natural gas emits about half the carbon dioxide and substantially less soot, mercury and sulfur. Ritts, most recently with Chevron Asia Pacific Exploration & Production Co.,

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Opinion: The End Of An Era: Is The US Petrodollar Under Threat?

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Recent trade deals and high-level cooperation between Russia and China have set off alarm bells in the West as policymakers and oil and gas executives watch the balance of power in global energy markets shift to the East. Related: Should Europe Be Concerned About Russia’s Growing Energy Relationship with Asia? ).

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Algae.Tec Signs MOUs for China and Australia to Deploy Algae Bioreactor Technology

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As commercial plants will ideally be built on the site of large scale CO 2 emitting companies, such as coal-fired power stations, the number of modules on each site will be dependent upon the CO 2 available. Sites of more than 1,000 modules may be feasible as the modules may be stacked 4 high, the company says in its offering prospectus.

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