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EPA report to Congress finds a strong scientific and technical foundation for mitigating black carbon emissions

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its final Report to Congress on Black Carbon , in response to an October 2009 request from Congress to advance efforts to understand the role of black carbon (BC) in climate change. —Report to Congress on Black Carbon. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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UN Environment report says national GHG pledges only bring one-third of reductions needed for Paris Agreement

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Even if the current Nationally Determined Contributions (NDCs) are fully implemented, the carbon budget for limiting global warming to below 2 ˚C will be about 80% depleted by 2030. Given currently available carbon budget estimates, the available global carbon budget for 1.5 ˚C These numbers include modal shifts.

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Study of emissions from CNG- and gasoline-fueled autorickshaws suggests measurements and data, not assumptions, should drive policy

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mass, B: organic carbon fraction (OC/PM), C: elemental carbon fraction (EC/PM)), global warming commitment (D: GWC-Kyoto, E: GWC-All), and F: fuel consumption. By 2003, all buses, taxis and auto-rickshaws in Delhi were retrofitted to run on CNG; only new vehicles with CNG engines are now available. (Of Click to enlarge.

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U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

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The fashion industry is responsible for 10 percent of carbon emissions, textile dyeing alone for 3 percent. gigatons of carbon dioxide by 2050. For the latter, being hydrophobic, the dye is jetting on both sides of the fabric and fixed by infrared light. If nothing changes, the dyeing industry will continue producing 2.5

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