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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

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Fortunately, we still have a narrow window of opportunity to alter the Earth’s climate path, and I believe we can do it. Climate change is a global societal crisis that is causing devastating consequences. Deforestation is contributing to climate change. We need to address the crisis now in a sustainable way.

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ArcelorMittal Tubarão, Brazil first ResponsibleSteel steelmaking site in Latin America

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The initiative involves more than 40 members and associates, consisting of steel chain companies and civil society organizations around the world. Climate Change and Greenhouse Gas Emissions. Noise, Emissions, Effluents and Waste. Water Stewardship. ArcelorMittal Tubarão. Occupational Health and Safety.

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EPA issues final actions to cut methane emissions from municipal solid waste landfills

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) to reduce emissions of methane-rich landfill gas from new, modified and reconstructed municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, updating standards that were issued in 1996. Currently, methane’s effect on climate change are also of concern.

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ARPA-E awarding $39M to 16 projects to grow the domestic critical minerals supply chain

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First, an electric potential will be applied to water to simultaneously produce acidity and alkalinity. Olivine is a CO 2 -reactive waste product that can be returned as tailings after capture carbon from the air. Re-Mining Red Mud Waste for CO 2 Capture and Storage and Critical Element Recovery (RMCCS-CER) ($1,000,000).

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Government of Alberta awarding $10M to SBI Bioenergy for production of drop-in hydrocarbon fuels; funds from carbon levy

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SBI BioEnergy also received support from other organizations in Alberta’s innovation chain. It uses no water or chemicals and generates no waste. SBI BioEnergy feedstocks include off-grade canola oil, waste cooking oil, animal fat from rendering plants and “tall oil,” a natural byproduct from wood pulp operations.

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Neste-led project verified 50% methane emission reduction at palm oil mills using belt filter press

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The project took place in palm oil mills in Indonesia and Malaysia, and was conducted in collaboration with a palm oil company KLK, a Dutch sustainable trade organization IDH, and an international certification system ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification). The field work was conducted by Meo Carbon Solutions.

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Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

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Anthropogenic climate change confronts humanity with a challenge: How can we keep warm now as we try to prevent our world from overheating in the future? A Small Country with Large Heating Needs Big problems demand big solutions, and there is perhaps no bigger 21st-century problem than climate change.

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