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Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

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By uprooting carbon trapped in soil, wild pigs (feral swine), are releasing around 4.9 million metric tonnes of carbon dioxide annually across the globe, the equivalent of 1.1 Their study appears in Global Change Biology. —UQ’s Dr Christopher O’Bryan. —Nicholas Patton.

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Chevron / Toyota road trip demonstrates renewable gasoline blend

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People from Chevron and Toyota will be driving Toyota’s Tundra, RAV4 and Camry on this road trip with the objective of demonstrating the fuel, which is more than 40% less carbon intensive than traditional gasoline on a lifecycle basis, according to Chevron. The road trip will run from Mississippi through Louisiana before concluding in Texas.

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Vanderbilt meeting concludes time to begin developing climate change adaptation strategies for transportation sector

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It is increasingly clear that climate change will have potentially large impacts on the nation’s highways, railroads, waterways, airports and pipelines. In all likelihood, these impacts will increase in the future, so we have to learn how to plan ahead. Regardless of the success of mitigation efforts, we will need to adapt.

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Alberta Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCEMC) Corporation Awarding C$37.5 Million in Funding for Renewable Energy Projects from Biofuels to Home Generation

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Alberta, Canada’s Climate Change and Emissions Management (CCMEC) Corporation is awarding more than C$37.5 One compliance option is to pay into the Climate Change and Emissions Management Fund at $15/tonne. Enerkem is also developing two commercial projects, one in Edmonton, Alberta and the other in Mississippi.

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ICCT study finds state EV incentives playing a significant role in driving sales

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Examples of electric vehicle promotion actions not included in the study were those related to R&D programs; fleet-specific policy; vehicle regulations; low-carbon fuel policy; zero emission vehicle requirements; as well as incentives offered by cities, utilities, workplaces, automakers, and insurance companies. Whereas California has over 2.4%

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Study Finds Ozone, Nitrogen Change the Way Rising CO2 Affects Earths Water

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Through a recent modeling experiment, a team of NASA-funded researchers have found that future concentrations of carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmosphere and of nitrogen in the soil are likely to have an important but overlooked effect on the cycling of water from sky to land to waterways. Credit: NASA. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

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More specifically, only one third of the studies define an alternative land use reference system and calculate the carbon stock. Potential impacts in terms of indirect land use change driven by increased bioenergy demand are not considered in the sample analyzed. This implies reaching agreement on of key parameters (e.g. Howarth and S.