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DeCicco: Transportation GHG reduction policy should focus upstream on fuel supply rather than downstream on choice of fuels in vehicles

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John DeCicco at the University of Michigan argues that to reduce transportation sector greenhouse gas emissions, the proper policy focus should be upstream in sectors that provide the fuel, rather than downstream on the choice of fuels in the automobile. In a new working paper, Prof.

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U-Mich researcher’s first-principles analysis challenges conventional carbon accounting for biofuels; implications for climate policy

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In a paper that could have a significant impact on climate policies for transportation fuels, Dr. John M. DeCicco of the Energy Institute at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor presents a rigorous first-principles analysis that undermines the common “biofuels recycle carbon” argument. Land-use change. DeCicco 2013.

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Let Us Now Murder AB 2145 Before It Kills Community Choice Power

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If you wanted to find out which AT&T Universe TV package came with HBO, it was a good place to be. ” He wants to change the law and slow things down. Senator Wright is a climate change denier and is “suspicious of renewable energy.” Always has been. ” So is Assemblyman Bradford.

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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Now in its twentieth year, the biennial report is produced by researchers at Yale and Columbia Universities in collaboration with the World Economic Forum. Switzerland’s top ranking reflects strong performance across most issues, especially air quality and climate protection. EPI and Global Sustainability Data.

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Hansen paper emphasizes importance of retention and expansion of nuclear power for health and climate reasons

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A new study by James Hansen and Pushker Kharecha from the NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Columbia University Earth Institute has found that global nuclear power has prevented an average of 1.84 Credit: ACS, Hansen et al. Click to enlarge. —Kharecha and Hansen.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J.

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