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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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At the Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington, DC, 19-20 July, ministers reaffirmed their commitment to previously-announced targets for the deployment of electric vehicles, which the International Energy Agency (IEA) estimates will create global market momentum leading to at least 20 million electric vehicles on the road worldwide by 2020.

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NSF Awards Rutgers $7.6M for Sustainable Energy Development, Graduate Education

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has awarded Rutgers University two grants worth $6.4 million to fund graduate research in clean and sustainable energy resources using biotechnology and nanotechnology. The foundation also has awarded the university up to $1.25 Nanotechnology for clean energy generation and storage.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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Source: University of Leicester. Source: University of Leicester. Cooper, from the Cooperative Institute for Research in Environmental Sciences, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado, chairs the TOAR Steering Committee and has been working to develop the assessment since 2014. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge. Owen Cooper.

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Study measures the effect of regional change in clouds caused by ships’ emissions; masking GHG warming

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New research led by the University of Washington (UW) is the first to measure this phenomenon’s effect over years and at a regional scale. The new study uses observations from 2003 to 2015 in spring, the cloudiest season, over the shipping route between Europe and South Africa. Michael Diamond/University of Washington.

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Global billionaires unite in “Breakthrough energy coalition” to support development of zero-carbon energy

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While governments play the key role in large-scale funding commitments for basic and applied research, the coalition says in the “Principles” section of its website, current governmental funding levels for clean energy are insufficient to meet the challenge. University of California, Office of the Chief Investment Officer, US.

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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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Countries meeting in Durban, South Africa, managed to deliver an agreement after an extension to negotiations. Governments at the COP17 meeting decided to adopt some form of a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon. access the fund, boosting their efforts to establish their own clean energy futures and adapt to.

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