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WHO report urges greater attention to improved land use, rapid transit, cycling and walking to achieve health co-benefits from transport GHG emissions mitigation

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The report reviewed more than 300 studies on health outcomes from different types of land transport systems in a “scoping exercise” designed to identify those mitigation measures most closely associated with specific health co-benefits or risks. However, diesel engines typically emit higher concentrations of small particulates.

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Mayor of London proposes $1.4B cycling plan for the city; “Crossrail for the bike”

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Above all, it will fulfill my aim of making London’s air cleaner. The budget for TfL’s safer junction review has been more than quintupled, from £19 million (US$29 million) to £100 million (US$150 million), and the money will be focused on fewer sites. Transport Committee says £913M inadequate.

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GSI/UNEP conference report finds fossil-fuel subsidy reform complex and challenges sobering; ~1% of global GDP spent on fossil-fuel subsidies

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Following that announcement, G-20 Leaders agreed to national plans to implement subsidy reform (June 2010) and have asked international organizations to review and assess members’ progress against their commitments (November 2010), according to the conference report. Earlier post.) Recent international political developments.

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July/August '06 - Activists Promote the Film, Ford Retreats on Hybrids

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Reviews of the movie by the score have been fueled by $75 per barrel oil and the fear of $4 per gallon gas. The audiences universally want to know what they can do, given the unavailablility of plug-in cars on the market. Cars have gotten cleaner, but there are more of them. see www.pluginamerica.com) 1.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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The other goal, of course, is the system’s ultimate purpose: to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by channeling funds into cleaner technologies. and (b) Could emissions credits based on faulty assumptions or inadequate review be revoked? United Nations Climate Change Conference Copenhagen 2009. Donovan (3 March 2010).

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EPA honors winners of the 20th Annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge; advanced biofuels

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Chen of Colorado State University; Soltex; and Hybrid Coating Technologies. The overall process reduces the carbon footprint relative to gasoline by 60–80% according to peer-reviewed published work from Georgia Tech. Chen of Colorado State University, for Academic. Sustainable Production of Ethanol and Green Crude.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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Blog Archive ▼ 2009 (52) ▼ April (6) Waxman-Markey and REDD BlogRoll Review: Space Beams, Leaded Batteries, an. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric.

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