Carbon, Mercury and Pollution

EPA issues first National Standards for mercury and air toxics pollution from power plants

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DECEMBER 21, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), the first national standards for power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollutants (also known as hazardous air pollutants, HAPs) such as arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide.

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Mercury Pollution EPA Standards

QUILL researchers showcasing ionic liquid-based processes for removing mercury from natural gas, capturing CO2

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JUNE 30, 2014

Researchers from QUILL —the Queen’s University (Belfast) Ionic Liquid Laboratories—will display a novel process for removing toxic mercury from natural gas using ionic liquids at the Royal Society’s Summer Science Exhibition. make ionic liquids to trap carbon dioxide. It’s also how we tailor?make

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Mercury Gas Chevron CO2

EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

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NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Aggregated damage costs by pollutant. Air pollution from the 10,000 largest polluting facilities in Europe cost citizens between €102–169 billion (US$135–224 billion) in 2009, according to a new report from the European Environment Agency (EEA) which analyzed the costs of harm to health and the environment caused by air pollution.

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Pollution 2009 Europe Industrial

Study from Thuringia shows 50% of harmful soot comes from local sources, 50% from long-distance transport

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JUNE 12, 2021

Soot particles from oil and wood heating systems as well as road traffic can pollute the air in Europe on a much larger scale than previously assumed. Carbonaceous aerosol particles predominate in the total mass of particles, consisting of a large number of chemical species and can be divided into organic aerosol (OA) and black carbon (BC).

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EPA SmartWay honors 44 freight carriers for exceptional supply chain efficiency

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

Since 2004, SmartWay Partners have avoided emitting more than 72 million metric tons of carbon pollution, while saving more than 170 million barrels of oil and $24.9 Mercury Services, Inc. billion in fuel costs—equivalent to eliminating annual energy use in over six million homes. High Country Transportation, Inc.

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EPA Las Vegas Supplies Mercury

Duke study finds China’s synthetic natural gas plants will have heavy environmental toll; 2x vehicle GHG if used for fuel

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

If all nine plants planned by the Chinese government were built, they would emit 21 billion tons of carbon dioxide over a typical 40-year lifetime, seven times the greenhouse gas that would be emitted by traditional natural gas plants. They] will lock in high greenhouse gas emissions, water use and mercury pollution for decades.

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Gas Mercury Climate Change Fuel

DOE to Award $2.4B in Funding for Carbon Capture, Storage and Reuse Projects

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MAY 16, 2009

billion from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act to expand and accelerate the commercial deployment of carbon capture and storage (CCS) and reuse technology. Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage. Tags: Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) Research. The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award $2.4

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Carbon Coal Mercury Arizona

California ARB and NOAA Collaborating in $20M Research on Interaction of Air Pollution and Climate Change; One Atmosphere Approach

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MAY 28, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) are collaborating in the $20-million CalNex research project to examine the nexus between air pollution and climate change. What sources and processes contribute to atmospheric mercury concentrations in California?

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Pollution California

US Awards $1B in Recovery Act Funding to FutureGen 2.0; Advanced Coal Repowering and CO2 Storage

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AUGUST 5, 2010

an advanced coal repowering program and carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) storage network. The plant’s new boiler, air separation unit, CO 2 purification and compression unit will deliver 90% CO 2 capture and eliminate most SO x , NO x , mercury, and particulate emissions. to build FutureGen 2.0,

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Coal Mercury Illinois CO2

EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

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JUNE 2, 2014

Specifically, the EPA is proposing state-specific rate-based goals for carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector, as well as emission guidelines for states to use in developing plans to attain the state-specific goals. Cutting particle pollution, nitrogen NO x , and SO x by more than 25% as a co-benefit.

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EPA proposes CO2 emission standards for new fossil fuel-fired power plants

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

coal units) are based on the performance of a new efficient coal unit implementing partial carbon capture and storage (CCS). EPA in 2007, the Supreme Court determined that greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act and EPA must determine if they threaten public health and welfare.

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EPA Standards Emissions Power

Dell’s Bold Idea: A Laptop You Can Actually Repair

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Luna looks like Dell’s latest XPS 13 , but clever tweaks have slimmed its carbon footprint. Consumer electronics can cause deadly pollution by degrading into hazardous materials (including lead, mercury, and arsenic) when left in landfills. Luna, a laptop that can be disassembled and repurposed, could help achieve that goal.

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IDEA Climate Change Climate Mercury

Obama Administration withdraws proposed rulemaking on strengthened ozone standards

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for wide-spread pollutants from numerous and diverse sources considered harmful to public health and the environment. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS). The Clean Air Act established two types of national air quality standards.

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Ozone Obama Standards EPA

GE Technology Selected for Hydrogen Energy IGCC Project in California

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

would be designed to capture up to 90% of its carbon dioxide for enhanced oil recovery and sequestration in an adjacent oil field. In 2007, GE and BP formed a global alliance to jointly develop and deploy technology for at least five IGCC power plants that could significantly reduce carbon dioxide emissions from electricity generation.

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Hydrogen California Energy Tampa

[PRESS RELEASE] POLITICAL PARTIES – LET’S BACK EV POLICIES TO SAVE NEW ZEALAND MONEY

Drive Electric

APRIL 5, 2023

By a margin of five to one, Kiwis say they are concerned about climate change and want the government to help people convert to less polluting vehicles. About Drive Electric Drive Electric is a not-for-profit membership organisation with one goal – Mainstreaming e-mobility to support New Zealand’s low-carbon future.

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DOE funding to boost carbon capture

Green Cars News

MAY 18, 2009

The deployment of carbon capture and storage has received a huge boost courtesy of $2.4billion from the US Department of Energy (DOE) as part of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. The second part will include innovative concepts for beneficial carbon dioxide (CO2) reuse such as algae production.

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Carbon Coal Mercury CO2

PCAST suggests 6 key components for climate change strategy to President Obama; adaptation and mitigation

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MARCH 23, 2013

Continue implementation of Clean Air Act requirements on criteria pollutants (such as SO 2 and NO x ) and hazardous air pollutants (such as mercury) to include creating new performance standards for CO2 emissions from existing stationary sources, which would follow the performance standards for new plants released in March 2012.

Climate Change

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Battery Recycling: A Crucial Step Toward Curbing Global Warming

Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 5, 2023

By implementing effective battery recycling programs on a global scale, on top of adopting electric vehicles, we can significantly reduce greenhouse gas emissions, conserve valuable resources and mitigate some of the factors contributing to air pollution and global warming events.

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Global Batteries Battery Pollution

In a first, the US will restrict existing coal-fired plants’ emissions

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APRIL 25, 2024

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will require existing coal-fired and new natural gas-fired power plants to control 90% of their carbon emissions or shut down. National Archives is licensed under CC-CC0 1.0 Coal plants that intend to stay online beyond 2039 will have to cut or capture 90% of their CO2 emissions by 2032.

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Coal Emissions EPA Solar

National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005

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OCTOBER 22, 2009

A new report from the National Research Council examines and, when possible, estimates, “hidden” costs of energy production and use—such as the damage air pollution imposes on human health—that are not reflected in market prices of coal, oil, other energy sources, or the electricity and gasoline produced from them. Click to enlarge.

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2005 Cost Of Energy Coal

CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

We also think that with more people realizing that global warming is our greatest challenge, and that evolving the transportation sector to zero-carbon via cellulosic ethanol plug-in hybrids plus electricity from renewable sources may be our best strategy, the discussions about payback are a narrow answer to big questions.

PHEV

PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. San Jose Mercury News ).

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Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

Ford Making Aggressive Push With EcoBoost and Technologies Such as Ti-VCT for Improved Fuel Economy; Roadmap for Future Generations of EcoBoost Highlights Role as Company Strategy as Well as Product

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

These systems will also need to deliver very low criteria pollutant levels (e.g., As an example of this “democratization of technology”, Ford plans to fit nearly 90% of the Ford, Lincoln and Mercury lineup with EPAS (Electric Power Assist Steering) by 2012. Click to enlarge.

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Fuel Economy Economy Ford Downsizing

EV Driven

EPA issues first National Standards for mercury and air toxics pollution from power plants

QUILL researchers showcasing ionic liquid-based processes for removing mercury from natural gas, capturing CO2

EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

Study from Thuringia shows 50% of harmful soot comes from local sources, 50% from long-distance transport

EPA SmartWay honors 44 freight carriers for exceptional supply chain efficiency

Duke study finds China’s synthetic natural gas plants will have heavy environmental toll; 2x vehicle GHG if used for fuel

DOE to Award $2.4B in Funding for Carbon Capture, Storage and Reuse Projects

California ARB and NOAA Collaborating in $20M Research on Interaction of Air Pollution and Climate Change; One Atmosphere Approach

US Awards $1B in Recovery Act Funding to FutureGen 2.0; Advanced Coal Repowering and CO2 Storage

EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

EPA proposes CO2 emission standards for new fossil fuel-fired power plants

Dell’s Bold Idea: A Laptop You Can Actually Repair

Obama Administration withdraws proposed rulemaking on strengthened ozone standards

GE Technology Selected for Hydrogen Energy IGCC Project in California

[PRESS RELEASE] POLITICAL PARTIES – LET’S BACK EV POLICIES TO SAVE NEW ZEALAND MONEY

DOE funding to boost carbon capture

PCAST suggests 6 key components for climate change strategy to President Obama; adaptation and mitigation

Battery Recycling: A Crucial Step Toward Curbing Global Warming

In a first, the US will restrict existing coal-fired plants’ emissions

National Academies Report Examines Hidden Cost of Energy Production and Use in US; Estimates $120B in 2005

CalCars and PHEVs Frequently Asked Questions

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Ford Making Aggressive Push With EcoBoost and Technologies Such as Ti-VCT for Improved Fuel Economy; Roadmap for Future Generations of EcoBoost Highlights Role as Company Strategy as Well as Product

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