Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2010

Population growth, limits to arable land and fresh water, and climate change have “ profound implications ” for the ability of agriculture to meet this century’s demands for food, feed, fiber, and fuel while reducing the environmental impact of their production. Resources. ” —Federoff et al.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2015

Evapotranspiration (ET) refers to the sum total of water lost while the plant is growing, either from evaporation through the plant stem itself (a process called “transpiration”), or from water evaporated off of the plant’s leaves or the ground. —Hamilton et al.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2011

The meeting was held in June at Vanderbilt University and was sponsored by the Vanderbilt Center for Transportation Research (VECTOR), Vanderbilt Institute for Energy and Environment (VIEE) and the University of Memphis’ Intermodal Freight Transportation Institute.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 24, 2010

On Monday I wrote about how some of my friends on the Hermosa Beach City Council had ignored citizen requests that they stop using disposable Arrowhead plastic water bottles as their source of drinking water at City Council meetings.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

Ford Motor Company is the first automaker and one of several companies taking a leadership position in joining the Water Disclosure Project , which will establish a water disclosure protocol for companies around the world and promote conservation and stewardship. For the past decade, Ford has made it a priority to conserve water.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2021

But a new study led by Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland warns that introducing salt into the environment—whether it's for de-icing roads, fertilizing farmland or other purposes—releases toxic chemical cocktails that create a serious and growing global threat to our freshwater supply and human health.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 27, 2009

Representation of damage from climate change avoided by adaptation, and damage not be adapted to (‘residual damage’) over the longer term. The amount of money on the table at Copenhagen is one of the key factors that will determine whether we achieve a climate change agreement. Source: “Assessing the costs.”

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. Source: Climate Change Compendium. Losses of tropical and temperate mountain glaciers affecting perhaps 20-25% of the human population in terms of drinking water, irrigation and hydro-power. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners have launched a new initiative that aims to reduce pollution levels, improve resource efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs in cities across the world. Up to 80% of the world population is expected to reside in cities by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2009

The European Commission has published a white paper—“ Adapting to climate change: Towards a European framework for action ”—outlining the framework of a two-phase strategic approach to help the EU cope with the impacts of climate change. European Commissioner for the Environment Stavros Dimas.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 13, 2021

Can software save the world from climate change and other environmental threats? We’re not going to know the answer to that question for a very long time, but a venture capital firm is betting that companies that develop business management software for addressing climate change can be profitable while they are trying.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2019

The model, which incorporates data from more than 30 peer-reviewed studies, shows that at present, the cheapest energy storage mechanism is pumped-storage hydroelectricity, where water is pumped to a higher elevation with spare energy, then released to harvest the energy when needed. 2018.12.008.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2022

Recently, metal nanoparticles have been attracting attention as a critical catalyst for hydrogen fuel cells and water electrolysis systems to produce hydrogen. In addition, they are prepared using organic substances harmful to the environment and humans. Metal nanoparticles are mainly prepared through complex chemical reactions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2009

Europe must dramatically cut its water consumption and use water more efficiently if it is to avoid the worst impacts of water shortage, the European Environment Agency ( EEA ) warns in a new report, “Water resources across Europe—confronting water scarcity and drought”. “

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2017

Toyota established the annual program in 2000 in commemoration of Toyota’s receipt of the Global 500 Award in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); this year marks the program’s 18 th year. This year’s theme will be “Biodiversity Conservation” or “Climate Change”. Climate Change. Organization.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. KPMG International is hosting the event, in cooperation with the UN Global Compact (UNGC), the World Business Council for Sustainable Development (WBCSD) and the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). Source: KPMG.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2009

Through a recent modeling experiment, a team of NASA-funded researchers have found that future concentrations of carbon dioxide and ozone in the atmosphere and of nitrogen in the soil are likely to have an important but overlooked effect on the cycling of water from sky to land to waterways. Credit: NASA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2010

trillion by 2050, according to a new report, “An Initial Estimate of the Cost of Lost Climate Services Due to Changes in the Arctic Cryosphere”, released by the Pew Environment Group. Scott Highleyman, international Arctic director for the Pew Environment Group.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2011

The review is the latest product of WHO’s Health in the Green Economy initiative, which is considering available evidence on health impacts from climate mitigation strategies for key economic sectors, as reviewed by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change. million deaths annually are due to physical inactivity.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

Success in reducing emissions, promoting zero-emission vehicles and saving energy at facilities has made Nissan the highest-performing automotive company tracked by the Carbon Disclosure Project, which works with thousands of companies to tackle climate change.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2011

Published in the journal Nature Climate Change , the new analysis shows fossil fuel emissions increased by 5.9% Global CO 2 emissions since 2000 are tracking the high end of the projections used by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, which far exceed two degrees warming by 2100. parts per million.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2011

The five-year research agenda will involve about 250 scientists from institutes under the department of space, ministry of earth sciences and ministry of environment and forests at an estimated cost of US$45 million.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2011

A new study led by Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology has found that the expansion of sugarcane crop in Brazil in areas previously occupied by other Brazilian crops cools the local climate. The study is published in the second issue of Nature Climate Change. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1067.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2013

Selected projects will be intended to support program goals to determine the (1) likelihood of methane hydrates as a potential energy resource and (2) their role in the natural environment. A frequently quoted estimate of the global methane hydrate resource is 20,000 trillion cubic meters, or about 700,000 trillion cubic feet.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2018

Aerosol impacts on cloud processes via this pathway are known as aerosol indirect effects, referred to as aerosol-cloud interaction in the most recent Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change report. Aerosol impacts are a key uncertainty in understanding the current and future climate as well as extreme weather.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

And so it is that I resigned from my position as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for CBS EcoMedia effective the first of this month and I will now be devoting my full time to working on climate change response with the South Bay 350 Climate Action Group, the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and 350.org.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2015

The researchers found that when sorghum plants were kept in a low-humidity environment, CO 2 not only protected them against drought but also promoted a systemic adjustment in their metabolism that led their seeds to accumulate 60% more protein. —Marcos Silveira Buckeridge. 15.01054.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 26, 2016

To their great credit, our members of Congress, Representatives Maxine Waters and Ted Lieu have been stronger than anyone on this issue, but even they aren’t saying the obvious – that we need to #breakfree from fossil fuels – and an exploding refinery owned by lying racketeers is as good a place to #breakfree as any.

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Los Angeles Renewable Long Beach Climate Change 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute. Most accepted carbon transactions in the world today occur based on standards that originated from the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2019

—Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment. Salt-tolerant halophyte plants that thrive in desert conditions and do not require fresh water or arable land to grow are nurtured there. The UAE is proud to be a pioneer in this domain.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

We’ve always planned on retiring and spending the rest of our lives right here, but these days we’re worried about what climate change is already doing – and about the far more serious consequences headed our way. We’re already getting used to the fires, smoke and related air hazards here in the L.A.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The climate change benefit is estimated for 2050 and human health and crop benefits are for 2030 and beyond. Black carbon and tropospheric ozone are harmful air pollutants that also contribute to climate change. Global benefits from full implementation of the identified measures in 2030 compared to the reference scenario.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

The Yangtze River Basin Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Report, released in Beijing, not only describes the impact of climate change but also offers specific adaptation strategies for the Yangtze. Summary of the First-ever Yangtze River Basin Climate Change Vulnerability and Adaptation Report.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

That year was the height of counterculture in the United States, it witnessed the death of Jimi Hendrix, the last Beatles album, and Simon & Garfunkel’s ‘Bridge Over Troubled Water’ War raged in Vietnam and students across the US overwhelmingly opposed it. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 17, 2010

The X PRIZE Foundation (XPF) is expanding its vision to address worldwide challenges in the areas of Energy & Environment; Exploration of the Oceans and Space; Life Sciences; and Education & Global Development with $100 million in prizes over the next 10 years. Energy & Environment. pH, temperature, current), mapping (e.g.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2012

A complete overhaul of global environmental governance is urgently needed if the challenges of global sustainability are to be met for seven billion people, according to a wide-ranging Foresight Process conducted by the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP). New Insights on Water-Land Interactions: Shift in the Management Paradigm?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

This is an increase 100 times faster than any change in acidity experienced in the marine environment over the last 20 million years, giving little time for evolutionary adaptation within biological systems, the report says. Carbonate ion concentrations are now lower than at any other time during the last 800,000 years.

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