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Roskill: CO2 emissions from lithium production set to triple by 2025

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Note: Emissions are classed as the CO 2 emissions (from all fuel sources). Roskill’s new Sustainability Monitor, and subsequent White Paper, analyze the energy consumption and CO 2 emissions of the lithium supply chain. CO 2 emissions from the production of refined lithium. Source: Roskill.

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MIT Energy Initiative Publishes Report on Reducing CO2 Emissions from Existing Coal Plants

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Consideration should be given to including a component for research on CO2 capture from natural gas power plants. Bilateral approaches on climate change should be encouraged and supported as a matter of US policy. Symposium participants were provided three commissioned white papers on key issues in advance.

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Volvo Car Corporation challenges EU’s goals and tactics on cutting CO2 emissions; CEO says electrified vehicles will struggle to pass 1% market share by 2020

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Jacoby also raised concerns about the viability of the European Commission’s White Paper on Transport, which states that greenhouse gas emissions in the transport sector will have to be cut by at least 60% by 2050 to achieve the EU’s climate change goals.

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GM Quantifies CO2 and Fuel Consumption Reductions Via E-REVs And PHEVs, As Compared To Conventional Hybrids

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FCEV” refers to all fuel cell vehicles, including E-REVs and fuel cell hybrids. The paper was presented by authors Ed Tate and Peter Savagian at last month’s SAE 2009 World Congress in Detroit. Charge-sustaining fuel economy for all vehicles is assumed to be 36 miles per US gallon. Adapted from Tate et al.

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New carbon strategy to cut UK emissions by 14 per cent

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Therefore decarbonising this sector has to be front and centre of efforts to meet our obligations and commitments to tackle climate change. This includes the requirement for the vehicle to have maximum tailpipe emissions of 75g CO2/km. Transport currently makes up 21 per cent of all UK domestic carbon emissions.

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European Commission outlines comprehensive Transport 2050 plan to increase mobility while cutting transport CO2 emissions 60%; phasing out conventionally-fueled (non-hybrid) cars in cities by 2050

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The European Commission has adopted a comprehensive strategy (Transport 2050) for a transport system that it says will increase mobility, remove major barriers in key areas and fuel growth and employment. Achieving this will require a transformation in Europe’s current transport system, the white paper notes.

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It’s Time To Go To The Mattresses

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We already gave the Killer Coal Family a chance to stop disrespecting us and make things right - but what did those climate-changing con artists do instead? But don’t just take my word for it: Just last week our Climate Consigliere , Doc Jimmy Hansen laid it all out for us. Coal emissions must be phased out rapidly.

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