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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) air pollution, according to an open-access study published in The Lancet Planetary Health by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH). —Susan Anenberg.

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Solazyme and Ecopetrol Extend Partnership on Algae-Based Diesel Using Colombian Feedstocks

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Working with Ecopetrol, Solazyme’s technology will provide Colombia with renewable sources of oil and fuel that dramatically reduce carbon pollution by replacing petro-diesel with a ‘drop-in’ replacement made using algae. Solazyme, Inc., —Jonathan Wolfson, CEO of Solazyme.

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Global Bioenergy Partnership publishes report on 24 sustainability indicators for bioenergy: electricity, heat and transport

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In the meantime, the Partnership is proceeding with piloting projects in Indonesia, Colombia and Ghana. Percentage of land for which soil quality, in particular in terms of soil organic carbon, is maintained or improved out of total land on which bioenergy feedstock is cultivated or harvested. Click to enlarge. Environmental pillar.

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Researchers say policies to curb short-lived climate pollutants could yield major health benefits; methane and black carbon

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Methane and black carbon (soot) are the second- and third-most powerful climate-warming agents after carbon dioxide. Methane and black carbon (soot) are the second- and third-most powerful climate-warming agents after carbon dioxide. Lead author Drew T. Resources. Shindell, N. Borgford-Parnell, M. Haines, J.C.I.

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MIT Report Finds Natural Gas Has Significant Potential to Displace Coal, Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions; Role in Transportation More Limited

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The Future of Natural Gas is the third in a series of MIT multidisciplinary reports examining the role of various energy sources that may be important for meeting future demand under carbon dioxide emissions constraints. That kind of substitution alone reduces those carbon emissions by a factor of three. —MITEI Director Ernest J.

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