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Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

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SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

of the human-made climate impact; two-thirds of this impact are caused by emissions other than CO 2 , according to a new study by researchers in Europe and the US. This new study is based on a thorough review of a decade of research on aviation emissions. The formation and emission of sulfate aerosol yields a negative (cooling) term.

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Climate Emissions CO2 Climate Change

Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

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MAY 6, 2022

All regions of the world do not—and will not—experience the effects of CO 2 emissions in the same way. They find that while the distribution of carbon reduction pledges in the Paris Agreement is roughly in line with the LSCC, the pledges have only a very small impact on reducing emissions and limiting warming.

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Tax Carbon Global Climate Change

Researchers capture first images of CO2 emissions from commercial aircraft engine using chemical species tomography

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

Researchers have used a novel near-infrared light imaging technique to capture the first cross-sectional images of carbon dioxide in the exhaust plume of a commercial jet engine. The researchers used their new chemical species tomography setup to capture the first images of carbon dioxide exhaust from a commercial aircraft engine.

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How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

One avenue to combat this crisis is a rapid reduction in carbon emissions from our daily transportation, one of the leading contributors of CO 2 emissions. Enter electric vehicles: a practical step toward reducing carbon emissions and reinforcing sustainable practices.

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Carbon Emissions CO2 Gasoline-Electric

Nornickel investigating using mining tailings to capture and store CO2

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JANUARY 5, 2023

The dompany is also working to develop a methodology to take stock of carbon units captured this way. Silica and magnesium oxide contained in waste rock can absorb carbon dioxide during weathering (long-term exposure to air). In 2021, Nornickel extracted 41.2 mm) that looks like sand. This process is called mineralization.

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Store CO2 Waste Carbon

Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Audi has set the goal of successively reducing vehicle-specific CO 2 emissions by 30% by 2025 compared with reference year 2015 and over the entire product lifecycle. In the long term, Audi is pursuing the vision of CO2-neutral mobility and aims to be climate-neutral throughout the company on balance by 2050. Earlier post.).

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Audi CO2 Emissions Vehicles

USC, NREL team develops sustainably produceable nanoparticle for thermocatalytic CO2 hydrogenation; emissions into fuels

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The particles can be produced at an industrial scale at a low cost, and with minimal environmental impact, providing an attractive pathway toward reducing the world’s greenhouse emissions. x NPs dispersed on an inert carbon support. Basically we’re turning the carbon dioxide from carbon oxygen bonds to carbon hydrogen bonds.

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Hydrogen Emissions CO2 Fuel

New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

A team of researchers from Canada and the US has developed a system that quickly and efficiently converts carbon dioxide into simple chemicals via CO 2 electrolysis. The electrode architecture enables production of two-carbon products such as ethylene and ethanol at current densities just over an ampere per square centimeter.

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CO2 Production Polymer Water

New polymer membrane efficiently removes carbon dioxide from mixed gases; high permeability and selectivity

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MAY 3, 2022

A team of researchers from North Carolina State University, SINTEF in Norway and the Norwegian University of Science and Technology, has developed a polymer membrane technology that removes carbon dioxide from mixed gases with both high permeability and high selectivity. The technology could play a role in reducing power plant emissions.

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Polymer Carbon North Carolina Norway

EU GRAMOFON project ends after 42 months with promising results on CO2 capture

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MAY 3, 2020

During the 42-month project, innovative materials and efficient systems for capturing CO 2 from post-combustion industrial emissions were developed. In particular, materials such as modified-graphene aerogels and metal-organic frameworks (MOFs) have shown very good CO 2 capture capacities and greater selectivity than traditional adsorbents.

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South Korea United Kingdom CO2 Belgium

Supreme Court curbs EPA authority to regulate CO2 from power plants

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JULY 1, 2022

EPA that the EPA lacks the authority to set emission standards for power plants so strict as to force a shift of power generation from fossil fuels. The opinion holds that Congress did not grant EPA in Section 111(d) of the Clean Air Act the authority to devise emissions caps based on generation shifting—i.e., 7411(a)(1).

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EPA West Virginia Power Powered

Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

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MAY 4, 2021

Following on the introduction of R33 Blue Diesel ( earlier post ), Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen have now developed a low-carbon gasoline. The new fuel, called Blue Gasoline, similarly contains up to 33% renewables, ensuring a well-to-wheel reduction in carbon emissions of at least 20% per kilometer driven.

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Gasoline Renewable CO2 Gasoline-Electric

New highly efficient catalyst for photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction toward methane

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JANUARY 15, 2020

The work, presented in a paper in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS), offers a unique, highly efficient, and inexpensive route for solar fuels synthesis. The researchers think that it could be recycling smokestack carbon dioxide into clean-burning fuel within 5-10 years. —lead author Baowen Zhou.

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CO2 Carbon Solar Hydrogen

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

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JULY 15, 2020

million in funding for 12 projects as part of Phase 1 of the Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E’s) FLExible Carbon Capture and Storage (FLECCS) program. Synergistic Heat Pumped Thermal Storage and Flexible Carbon Capture System - $1,000,000. The US Department of Energy announced $11.5

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Toyota a winner as CO2 reduction plan introduced to parliament with less pressure on SUVs and utes

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MARCH 26, 2024

Australia is on schedule to have a CO2 reduction scheme for motor vehicle in place by January 1 2025. Hyundai calls for more EV support under Labor’s new CO2 reduction scheme READ MORE: It’s a green light for electric vehicles! Aussie CO2 standard tough on Toyota, SUVs and utes READ MORE: Get out of the way diesel!

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CO2 Toyota SUV Isuzu

Elon Musk offers advice to $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal competitors

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APRIL 23, 2021

XPRIZE officially launched the $100 Million XPRIZE Carbon Removal competition. In February, the Tesla CEO announced he was teaming up with XPRIZE to manage the $100 million carbon capture prize he was donating to encourage innovators to develop CO2 removal solutions. In honor of the launch, XPRIZE founder Peter H.

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Carbon CO2 IDEA Production

Bosch study highlights potential of e-fuels to reduce CO2 emissions

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AUGUST 22, 2017

gigatons of CO 2 : three times Germany’s carbon-dioxide emissions in 2016. If the climate targets set by the Paris conference are to be achieved, CO 2 emissions from traffic worldwide will have to be reduced 50% over the next four decades, and by at least 85% in the advanced economies, Bosch notes. Bottom: Fuel pathways.

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Emissions Fuel CO2 Gasoline-Electric

Study finds CO2 emissions trading more effective path to automotive CO2 reduction in Europe than tailpipe standards

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NOVEMBER 11, 2016

The European Union (EU) recently adopted CO 2 emissions mandates for new passenger cars, requiring steady reductions to 95 gCO 2 /km in 2021. The model also includes representation of fleet turnover, and opportunities for fuel use and emissions abatement, including representation of electric vehicles. —Paltsev et al.

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MAHLE criticizes EC CO2 regulation proposal for abandoning technology neutrality

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JULY 20, 2021

Last week, the European Commission adopted a package of proposals to make the EU’s climate, energy, land use, transport and taxation policies fit for reducing net greenhouse gas emissions by at least 55% by 2030, compared to 1990 levels (Fit for 55). As a result, all new cars registered as of 2035 will be zero-emission. Earlier post.).

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CO2 Climate Protection Climate Germany

EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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MAY 14, 2013

Energy-related CO 2 emissions buy state, 2010. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a new report, State-Level Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2010. The report shows a significant variation of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions across states on both an absolute and a per capita basis.

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2010 Emissions California Transportation

New porous coordination polymer captures CO2, converts it to useful organic materials

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OCTOBER 13, 2019

One possible way to counteract rising global CO 2 emissions is to capture and sequester carbon from the atmosphere, but current methods are highly energy intensive. Here, we present a dynamic porous coordination polymer (PCP) material with local flexibility, in which the propeller-like ligands rotate to permit CO 2 trapping.

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Polymer Convert CO2 Carbon

GWU team develops cost-effective solar process to produce lime for cement without CO2 emission

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APRIL 11, 2012

Conventional thermal decomposition production of lime (left) versus STEP direct solar conversion of calcium carbonate to calcium oxide (right). The majority (about 60%) of those CO 2 emissions result from the production of lime. The majority of CO 2 emissions occurs during the decarbonation of limestone (CaCO 3 ) to lime (CaO).and

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Solar Emissions CO2 Carbon

U-Mich researcher’s first-principles analysis challenges conventional carbon accounting for biofuels; implications for climate policy

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2013

System boundaries (red line) schematic for liquid fuel carbon balance. For biofuels, because biogenic carbon is automatically credited within a product lifecycle, the boundary effectively excludes vehicle end-use CO 2 emissions. DeCicco 2013. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Carbon CO2 Emissions

USGS scientist concludes that anthropogenic CO2 emissions dwarf those from volcanoes

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JUNE 15, 2011

On average, human activities put out in just three to five days the equivalent amount of carbon dioxide that volcanoes produce globally each year, according to Terrance Gerlach of the US Geological Survey (USGS). Gerlach used the figure of about one-quarter of a billion metric tons of volcanic carbon dioxide per year to make his comparisons.

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Biden sets 2030 net GHG reduction target for US of 50-52% below 2005 levels

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APRIL 23, 2021

US President Joe Biden announced a new target for the United States to achieve a 50-52% reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030. In 2019, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMT CO 2 Eq.), Total GHG emissions in 2019 were up 1.8%

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2005 Emissions Renewable 2019

DOE’s Carbon Utilization and Storage Atlas estimates at least 2,400B metric tons of US CO2 storage resource

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DECEMBER 25, 2012

The United States has at least 2,400 billion metric tons of possible carbon dioxide storage resource in saline formations, oil and gas reservoirs, and unmineable coal seams, according to a new US Department of Energy (DOE) publication.

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Carbon CO2 United States Climate Change

Stanford team proposes method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture to provide transportation energy with reduced CO2 emissions

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APRIL 20, 2011

A team at Stanford University is proposing using solid oxide fuel cells as the basis for a method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture (EPICC) as a means to provide transportation services from oil shale with greatly reduced CO 2 emissions. emissions (although this is not explored here).

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Oil Carbon Emissions CO2

Final EPA report shows total US GHG emissions up 3.2% in 2010, total CO2 up 3.5%, total transportation CO2 up 1%

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APRIL 16, 2012

The final report shows overall emissions in 2010 increased by 3.2% Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2010 were equivalent to 6,822 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2010 were equivalent to 6,822 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.

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2010 EPA Transportation Emissions

ALABC: 48V mild hybrids can meet emission targets with CO2 reductions of 15-20%

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JANUARY 27, 2016

Current mild-hybrid vehicle projects, in partnership with Ford and Hyundai/Kia, that utilize advanced 48V lead-carbon batteries, can reduce CO 2 emissions by 15-20%, according to the latest data from the Advanced Lead Acid Battery Consortium (ALABC), presented at the Advanced Automotive Battery Conference (25-28 January, Mainz).

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Emissions Hybrid CO2 Downsizing

US and Swiss researchers model two very high carbon emissions scenarios

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JULY 6, 2011

US and Swiss researchers have modeled two climate scenarios with very high carbon emissions—above the A1F1 scenario, currently representing the upper bound of predicted carbon emissions in the IPCC work—to investigate the resulting climate change implications. —Sanderson et al.

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Carbon Emissions Climate Change Climate

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

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JULY 8, 2015

million in Carbon Recycling International (CRI). CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. Zhejiang Geely Holding Group (Geely Group) will invest a total of US$45.5 —Li Shufu, Chairman of Geely Group. Earlier post.).

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Renewable Carbon Water Fuel

GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.) The carbon nanofibers build up on the steel electrode, where they can be removed, Licht says.

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Low Cost Carbon Li-ion Carbon Fiber

Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

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MARCH 3, 2016

Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. —Stuart Licht. —Licht et al.

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Li-ion Carbon Convert Sodium

A metal-free, sustainable approach to CO2 reduction

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JUNE 17, 2019

Researchers in Japan are presenting an organic catalyst for CO 2 reduction that is inexpensive, readily available and recyclable. Ken Motokura, Chihiro Nakagawa, Ria Ayu Pramudita, and Yuichi Manaka (2019) “Formate-Catalyzed Selective Reduction of Carbon Dioxide to Formate Products Using Hydrosilanes” ACS Sustainable Chem. 9b02172.

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CO2 Japan Convert Conversion

European Commission announces public consultation on reducing CO2 emissions from road vehicles

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2011

The European Commission Directorate-General For Climate Action has launched a public consultation on reducing greenhouse gas emissions from road transport. The EU is currently committed to cutting greenhouse gas emissions 80-95% by 2050, compared with their level in 1990. The consultation will remain online until 09 December 2011.

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Emissions CO2 Vehicles Gas

Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

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JANUARY 4, 2010

Total anthropogenic emissions (thick solid line) and amount of total emissions (46%) remaining in the atmosphere as the airborne. The analysis indicates that natural carbon sinks are maintaining overall resilience despite recent signs that the carbon uptakes of specific sinks are in decline. by Jack Rosebro. per decade.

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Carbon Climate Change CO2 Climate

Synthesis Study Finds Ocean Acidification from CO2 Emissions Could Increase by 150% by 2050; Substantial Irreversible Damage to Ocean Ecosystems

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Given increasing emissions of CO 2 and the subsequent increased absorption by the oceans, ocean acidity could increase by 150% by 2050, according to a major new review and synthesis study released by the Secretariat of the Convention on Biological Diversity (CBD). —Scientific Synthesis of the Impacts of Ocean Acidification.

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CO2 Climate Change Emissions Mariner

EPA Trends on EVs and PHEVs; beginning of a “measurable and meaningful impact” on new vehicle fuel economy and emissions

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OCTOBER 11, 2014

With alternative fuel vehicles now approaching 1% of new vehicle production, however, they are in fact beginning to have a “ measurable and meaningful impact ” on overall new vehicle fuel economy and CO 2 emissions. In the analysis, EPA uses overall fuel economy in mpg equivalent (mpge) and tailpipe CO 2 emission values.

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Fuel Economy EPA PHEV Economy

Study finds PHEVs will reduce net emissions of CO2 and NOx; upward pressure on SO2

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FEBRUARY 27, 2011

Net emissions resulting from the use of plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) depend on the efficiency of the conventional vehicle fleet; PHEV CD (all-electric, charge-depleting mode) efficiency; charging strategy; battery pack capacity; driving patterns; and generator mix used for charging. Scott Peterson, J. L/100 km) efficiencies.

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PHEV Emissions CO2 Gasoline-Electric

Tesla Model Y converted into green hydrogen car to show “Hyper Hybrid” innovations

Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 24, 2021

Dafür wurden, so #Karliczek CO2-Abgase aus der Stahlindustrie zu Kraftstoffen „recycelt“. CO2 will continue to be produced. In a global market for renewable energy, carbon-based energy sources such as methanol are key building blocks. link] pic.twitter.com/w8NqLCfsfA — BMBF (@BMBF_Bund) September 22, 2021.

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Convert Hydrogen Green Hybrid

Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

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JUNE 11, 2012

gigatonne gap between CO 2 emissions calculated on the basis of the two publicly available official energy data sets from China: one national, the other provincial. The area chart shows the increase of CO 2 emissions calculated from the national energy statistics since 1997 broken down by different fuel type. Source: Guan et al.

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Emissions Gas China Climate Change

Hydro exploring hydrogen opportunities for internal demand and external market

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APRIL 8, 2021

Taking a developer and operator role in the hydrogen sector represents an opportunity for Hydro to reduce industrial CO 2 emissions and develop a profitable and sustainable business based on hydrogen. For Hydro it would contribute to our target of reducing our own CO2 emissions by 30% by 2030. —Hilde Merete Aasheim.

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International Hydrogen Market Norway

Ford researchers: global light-duty CO2 regulatory targets broadly consistent with 450 ppm stabilization

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MAY 15, 2014

2050 well-to-wheels (WTW) transportation sector CO 2 emissions in 11 world regions for a number of vehicle types. The researchers used a four-step process in their study: Determining the relative change in global, all-sector CO 2 emissions required for CO 2 stabilization at 450 ppm. Because of the high LDV emissions in 2000?2010,

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Light Global CO2 Ford

Construction of large-scale industrial carbon capture, storage project begins at ADM corn ethanol plant; 1M tonnes of CO2/year

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AUGUST 26, 2011

Construction activities have begun at an Illinois ethanol plant on a full-scale commercial project that will demonstrate industrial carbon capture and storage (ICCS). Because all of the captured CO 2 is produced from biologic fermentation, a significant feature of the project is its negative carbon footprint—i.e.,

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Carbon Illinois Industrial Industry

Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

Researchers capture first images of CO2 emissions from commercial aircraft engine using chemical species tomography

How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

Nornickel investigating using mining tailings to capture and store CO2

Audi aims to reduce CO2 emissions by 30% over the vehicle lifecycle by 2025

USC, NREL team develops sustainably produceable nanoparticle for thermocatalytic CO2 hydrogenation; emissions into fuels

New system for more efficient CO2 electrolysis to hydrocarbon products

New polymer membrane efficiently removes carbon dioxide from mixed gases; high permeability and selectivity

EU GRAMOFON project ends after 42 months with promising results on CO2 capture

Supreme Court curbs EPA authority to regulate CO2 from power plants

Bosch, Shell, and Volkswagen develop renewable gasoline with 20% lower CO2; rollout of Blue Gasoline this year

New highly efficient catalyst for photoelectrochemical CO2 reduction toward methane

DOE announces $11.5M in Phase 1 funding for carbon capture and storage program; ARPA-E FLECCS

Toyota a winner as CO2 reduction plan introduced to parliament with less pressure on SUVs and utes

Elon Musk offers advice to $100M XPRIZE Carbon Removal competitors

Bosch study highlights potential of e-fuels to reduce CO2 emissions

Study finds CO2 emissions trading more effective path to automotive CO2 reduction in Europe than tailpipe standards

MAHLE criticizes EC CO2 regulation proposal for abandoning technology neutrality

EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

New porous coordination polymer captures CO2, converts it to useful organic materials

GWU team develops cost-effective solar process to produce lime for cement without CO2 emission

U-Mich researcher’s first-principles analysis challenges conventional carbon accounting for biofuels; implications for climate policy

USGS scientist concludes that anthropogenic CO2 emissions dwarf those from volcanoes

Biden sets 2030 net GHG reduction target for US of 50-52% below 2005 levels

DOE’s Carbon Utilization and Storage Atlas estimates at least 2,400B metric tons of US CO2 storage resource

Stanford team proposes method for electricity production from oil shale with in situ carbon capture to provide transportation energy with reduced CO2 emissions

Final EPA report shows total US GHG emissions up 3.2% in 2010, total CO2 up 3.5%, total transportation CO2 up 1%

ALABC: 48V mild hybrids can meet emission targets with CO2 reductions of 15-20%

US and Swiss researchers model two very high carbon emissions scenarios

Geely invests in Carbon Recycling Intl.; vehicles fueled by methanol from CO2, water and renewable energy

GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2

Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

A metal-free, sustainable approach to CO2 reduction

European Commission announces public consultation on reducing CO2 emissions from road vehicles

Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

Synthesis Study Finds Ocean Acidification from CO2 Emissions Could Increase by 150% by 2050; Substantial Irreversible Damage to Ocean Ecosystems

EPA Trends on EVs and PHEVs; beginning of a “measurable and meaningful impact” on new vehicle fuel economy and emissions

Study finds PHEVs will reduce net emissions of CO2 and NOx; upward pressure on SO2

Tesla Model Y converted into green hydrogen car to show “Hyper Hybrid” innovations

Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

Hydro exploring hydrogen opportunities for internal demand and external market

Ford researchers: global light-duty CO2 regulatory targets broadly consistent with 450 ppm stabilization

Construction of large-scale industrial carbon capture, storage project begins at ADM corn ethanol plant; 1M tonnes of CO2/year

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