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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

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New Delhi in India, Cairo in Egypt, Lagos in Nigeria). In 2018, cities in the highest quarter of greenness range accommodated only 12% of the total city population; about 69% of the total population lived in areas with a lower greenness. Pearl River Delta (PRD) and Beijing in China, São Paulo in Brazil).

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GE to expand sodium-halide battery plant with $70M investment

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The new Durathon battery products ( earlier post )—half the size of conventional lead acid batteries but which last ten times longer—are targeted for cost-effective energy storage options for a range of applications, including telecom and utility operators.

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ExxonMobil brings Kearl oil sands expansion online ahead of schedule; overall capacity doubling to 220K barrels per day

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The PFT process removes a portion of the heavy end of the barrel (asphaltenes) using less energy than would be required to remove the same heavy ends in a coker at an on-site upgrader, thus reducing greenhouse gas emissions. wt% Conradson carbon, making it an attractive coking crude. Kearl has an API gravity of 22.6 wt% sulfur and 8.9

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Smith School lifecycle study highlights importance for algae-derived biodiesel of co-product utilization and optimizing and decarbonizing every step of the supply chain

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However, biodiesel from advanced biomass has an inherent environmental advantage of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction that can be realized once every step of the production chain is fully optimized and decarbonized, the researchers said. and GHG emissions around 182 g CO 2eq /MJ fuel. They noted that an EBR of 1.2

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State Department releases final environmental impact statement on Keystone XL Pipeline Project; analysis of GHG emissions

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As part of the analysis, DOS commissioned a detailed study of greenhouse gas life-cycle emissions that compared Canadian oil sands crude with other selected reference crudes. This range is equivalent to annual greenhouse gas emissions from the combustion of fuels in 588,000 to 4,061,000 passenger vehicles. Project rationale.

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IHS CERA meta-analysis finds lifecycle GHG emissions for fuel produced solely from oil sands crude average 11% higher than from average crude refined in the US; high variability

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Average values for WTW GHG emissions for oil sands and other crudes, tight boundary. When the oil sands products refined in the United States are considered—a mixture of oil sands and lower-carbon blending components—the GHG emissions are, on average, 9% higher than the average crude processed in the US.

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EV myths busted: Are electric vehicles actually good for the environment?

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Electric vehicles typically have a smaller operating carbon footprint than gasoline cars, even when accounting for the electricity used for charging. This is the sum of the emissions from raw materials, production, shipping, operation and end-of-life disposal – not just how clean it is to operate. THE BOTTOM LINE.