Green Car Congress
MARCH 23, 2013
The President’s Council of Advisors on Science and Technology (PCAST) released a letter to President Obama describing six key components the advisory group believes should be central to the Administration’s strategy for addressing climate change. Improving coordination and support for research efforts on climate change preparedness.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 25, 2013
Coal-powered synthetic natural gas (SNG) plants being planned in China would produce seven times more greenhouse gas emissions than conventional natural gas plants, and use up to 100 times the water as shale gas production, according to a new study by Duke University researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change.
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 14, 2012
The researchers used a mixed-integer linear programming model— SWITCH (a loose acronym for Solar, Wind, Hydro and Conventional generators and Transmission)—to analyze least-cost generation, storage, and transmission capacity expansion for western North America under various policy and cost scenarios. —Daniel Kammen.
Green Car Congress
JUNE 2, 2014
In 2020, EPA projects a 20% to 23% reduction of SO 2 ; 22% to 24% reduction of NO x ; and a 15% to 18% reduction of mercury, under the proposed Option 1 illustrative scenarios. mercury and hydrogen chloride), as well as ecosystem effects and visibility impairment. the remainder from other sources, including wind and solar.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 22, 2009
That figure does not include damages from climate change, harm to ecosystems, effects of some air pollutants such as mercury, and risks to national security, which the report examines but does not monetize. Estimated climate damages from natural gas were half that of coal, ranging from 0.05 Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 25, 2015
metals such as mercury, cadmium, lead and hexavalent chrome) that pose a known threat to health or the environment. Another example of this effort is Honda’s Russells Point, Ohio, transmission plant, which is the first auto plant in America to utilize on-site wind power for a substantial portion of its energy use.
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