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Greyrock, Tsinhua U, DRI to assess potential of synthetic diesel to improve air quality in China

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Synthetic fuels may be used for other practical applications such as cooking and domestic heating, potentially resulting in up to 100 times less particulate emissions than coal fired stoves. Tsinghua, a leading university in Asia, will lead the efforts to carry out the vehicle emission modeling in Beijing.

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Researchers identify new nitrated PAH compounds from combustion that are hundreds of times more mutagenic than parent PAHs

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PAHs form naturally as the result of almost any type of combustion, from a wood stove to an automobile engine, cigarette or a coal-fired power plant. It has not yet been determined in what level the new compounds might be present, and no health standards now exist for them.

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DARPA SubT Finals: Meet the Teams

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Since February, parts or all of the team have been testing 2-3 days a week in a section of the abandoned Subway system in downtown Los Angeles. Europe, and Asia). Since May, the team has made 4 trips to a limestone cave near Lexington Kentucky (and they are just finishing a week-long "game" there yesterday). We shall see!

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

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“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. ” [ 22 ]. [

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? Cheers — Al Louard 11. railways replacing cars and trucks, weatherizing homes, etc.),

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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9/4/07 Nick Reilly, the President of General Motors Asia Pacific, said that GM is looking at leasing batteries for the Volt to customers, rather than asking them to pay a prohibitive price for the new technology. Coal-burning power plants do not lessen the greenhouse gas production and criteria pollutants increase. Kwong asked.

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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His previous experience includes four years in Southeast Asia, where he was the editor in chief of The Cambodia Daily in Phnom Penh and oversaw coverage of environmental issues like uncontrolled logging. Powered by Blogrunner Latest From Green Inc.

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