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DOE to fund CO2 storage projects

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The battle against greenhouse gas emissions doesn’t just involve preventing these emissions in the first place – it also involves getting rid of the carbon dioxide that’s already in the atmosphere.

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Is natural gas the key to cutting vehicle emissions?

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A new paper has been published outlining the role that natural gas could play in reducing vehicle carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions. Published by the International Energy Agency (IEA), it suggests that over the long term there needs to be a commitment to transition to very low CO2 gas sources including biogas or bio-synthentic gas.

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PHEVLERs are the Zero CO2 Clean Green Machines of the Future

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Using the energy infrastructure of today some fossil fuel is used for growing, production and distribution of biofuel, so use of biofuel today does produce a moderate increase in CO 2 greenhouse gas pollution. 21 ] Cleaner Cars from Cradle to Grave - Union of Concerned Scientists, Nov 2015. [ MIT News 15 Jan 2015. [

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Appeal for funding for beneficial CO2 use

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Carbon dioxide (CO2) may be the emission that most car manufacturers are desperately trying to drive down, but even it has its uses and now one company is hoping for funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to target its beneficial use. They may include plant efficiency projects.

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EIA predicts decline in CO2 emissions this year

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Good news at last in the battle to reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions as the US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has projected a five per cent decline in fossil fuel based CO2 emissions this year. per cent decline in coal-based CO2 emissions although increases in coal consumption are expected to lead to a 1.1

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Report: CO2 emissions increased in 2008

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If you thought that the surge of green car innovations and the economic crisis would help to drive down emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) and methane last year, then think again. molecules of CO2 entered the atmosphere last year and stayed there - that’s only a slight fall from the 2.2

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Annual increases in CO2 slows down

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With oil prices surging in the summer of 2008, the annual increase in global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from oil, coal, gas and cement production appear to have halved according to preliminary estimates by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency. Who said no good has come from the global financial crisis?

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