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Mayors of 12 major cities pledge to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025; major areas to be zero-emission by 2030

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The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that a major area of their city is zero emission by 2030. Lead by example by procuring zero emission vehicles for city fleets.

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2019 Keeling Curve Prize winners include Opus 12; conversion of CO2 into fuels and chemicals

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into cost-competitive chemicals and fuels. The KCP winners, announced during a celebration at the Aspen Ideas Festival on Friday, 28 June, were chosen from almost 150 applications from all over the world. The prize recognizes promising projects that reduce greenhouse gas emissions or promote carbon uptake. Earlier post.).

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EPA Proposes New Regulations for Renewable Fuel Standard to Implement Requirements of EISA; GHG Reduction and Indirect Land Use Change Effects Included

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Emissions for select fuel pathways for the two time horizon/discount rate approaches. The proposed rulemaking for RFS2 establishes new specific volume standards for cellulosic biofuel, biomass-based diesel, advanced biofuel, and total renewable fuel that must be used in transportation fuel each year. Click to enlarge.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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Through DOE’s Carbon Capture, Utilization, and Storage R&D Program, the Office of Fossil Energy has a comprehensive portfolio of technological solutions that help keep CO 2 emissions out of the atmosphere. Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO 2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases.

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