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Greyrock, Tsinhua U, DRI to assess potential of synthetic diesel to improve air quality in China

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Greyrock’s synthetic diesel burns more cleanly and efficiently than comparable petroleum based fuels resulting in reductions of particulate matter (PM), carbon monoxide (CO), nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and hydrocarbon (HC) emissions. Dennis Schuetzle, Greyrock’s Chief Technology Officer.

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Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

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With energy efficiency mandates now a major part of California state law and goals of weatherizing millions of older homes around the state and cutting each building’s carbon footprint these ESCs will become valuable go-to centers for homeowners and businesses. More to come on these zero emission vehicles in another post.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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May, 2007 : An international team of researchers concluded that the ability of the Southern Ocean to absorb carbon dioxide had slowed by about 15% per decade since 1981 ( earlier post ), and projected that at the present rate of deterioration, it will have lost two-thirds of its ability to store carbon by 2050.

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The Cat Is Still On The Roof – And The Roof! The Roof! The Roof Is On Fire!

Creative Greenius

Worried about your finances and the crash of the economy? For the past three months I’ve been working night and day as the Chairman of the South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group. Carbon dioxide amount is already 385 ppm and rising about 2 ppm per year.”. Walk the walk why don’t you?

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Inside The Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

It basically involves doing a “carbon inventory&# of your city and using special software to plug in all the numbers. But if I’m going to single out valuable human resources I’ve got to offer up the COG’s Climate Action Plan Coordinator, Heidi Aten, who is helping each city tabulate their carbon footprint.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Implementing an EV national policy that aims to transform the economy is an exercise in mind-boggling complexity. Nichols projected on the screen, in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan.

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? The only question is a carbon TAX the kind of change Obama believes in.

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