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SEPTEMBER 6, 2023

Water covers 72 percent of the Earth’s surface, its volumes host 80 percent of biodiversity and play a pivotal role in global phenomena, such as climate change. The adventure of the startup began at the University of Sapienza in Rome , where Professor Chiara Petrioli is in charge of a research laboratory. “We

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JANUARY 24, 2019

The Sustainable Bioenergy Research Consortium (SBRC), a non-profit entity established by Masdar Institute that is part of Khalifa University of Science and Technology, announced the world’s first commercial flight using locally produced sustainable fuel on an Etihad Airways Boeing 787 powered by GE’s GEnx-1B engines. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Addressing climate change requires not only a clean electrical grid, but also a clean fuel to reduce emissions from industrial heat, long-haul heavy transportation, and long-duration energy storage. Ravi Prasher is an Adjunct Professor at the University of California, Berkeley. Green H2” has also captured scientists’ attention.

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AUGUST 5, 2023

These great masses store enough water to raise global sea level by 65 meters should they melt entirely. Although neither ice sheet is expected to melt completely anytime soon, their incredible scale makes even small changes consequential for the future of our planet. Thomas Teisberg, an electrical engineering Ph.D.

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JUNE 6, 2016

The companies and organizations driving the initiative include ABBI, Arizona State University, Audi, CGEE, Copersucar, DSM, DuPont, GranBio, the International Energy Agency (IEA), SkyNRG, Joule Unlimited, LanzaTech, LCFC, Novozymes, Pannonia, Poet, Red Rock Biofuels, RSB, SE4ALL and Yale University.

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APRIL 24, 2018

Proposed modifications to the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard and recent revisions to existing federal tax credits create a substantial near-term opportunity to permanently sequester biogenic CO 2. The role for CO 2 removal envisioned in stringent climate change mitigation scenarios cannot be overstated. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 25, 2014

The home, located on the West Village campus of the University of California, Davis, is capable of producing more energy on-site from renewable sources than it consumes annually, including enough energy to power a Honda Fit EV for daily commuting. The home is also three times more water-efficient than a typical US home.

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JANUARY 19, 2010

Terrestrial bioenergy feedstock crops such as switchgrass, canola and corn have lower environmental lifecycle impacts than algae in energy use, greenhouse gas emissions, and water regardless of cultivation location, according to a new lifecycle assessment by researchers at the University of Virginia. 0.4 ± 0.05. 1.8 ± 0.58. 3.3 ± 0.86.

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MARCH 16, 2012

eutrophication; ET = ecological toxicity; FEC = fossil energy consumption; WU = water use; LO = land occupation; “The rest” includes acidification; smog formation; ozone layer depletion; and human health effects. Environmental impacts of gasoline and E85. Error bar shows regional variations for E85. GW = global warming; Eut. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

Orange arrows show the additional processes represented in the coupled carbon-nitrogen land model, differentiated here between rapid internal cycling (solid arrows), and slower fluxes between land pools, the atmosphere, and ground water (dashed arrows). Tags: Climate Change Climate models. Source: Thornton et al.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2013

MIT researchers have found a new family of highly active catalyst materials that provides the best performance yet in the oxygen evolution reaction (OER) in electrochemical water-splitting—a key requirement for energy storage and delivery systems such as advanced fuel cells and lithium-air batteries. Earlier post.) —Grimaud et al.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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MARCH 13, 2012

This research is a collaborative project between CSIRO, NSW Department of Primary Industries, University of Adelaide, the Australian Centre for Plant Functional Genomics and the ARC Centre of Excellence in Plant Energy Biology. The results are published in the journal Nature Biotechnology. Dr. Rana Munns. Matthew Gilliham.

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JULY 9, 2012

Industrial innovation will be supported through close-to-market activities such as piloting, demonstration, standardization and technology transfer. million) pilot call will select a total of five ERA Chairs, to be hosted by universities or other eligible research institutions in less developed regions in five different EU countries.

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APRIL 17, 2010

Areas of consideration include breakthroughs in climate change, water resource management, energy distribution & storage, clean energy, energy efficiency/use. Water Resource Management : watershed, sewage, conservation, desalination. Water and Sanitation : water access, water quality, sewage/wastewater, watershed.

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FEBRUARY 6, 2009

Sea-level change in response to the collapse of the WAIS computed by using (A) a standard eustatic sea-level theory and (B) the new model. (C) The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change has estimated that a collapse of the WAIS would raise sea levels around the world by about 16.5 Source: Mitrovica et al.

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MARCH 22, 2010

Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change. One question is who will be responsible for verifying changes in carbon, which raises questions about the role of a regulatory agency for accrediting claimed changes in carbon levels from an activity.

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APRIL 27, 2012

This would increase the annual carbon emission to somewhere between 380 and 920 Mt CO 2 e by 2020 depending on water management practices and the extent of plantations. Slightly more than half of the GHG emissions for these biofuels in the EPA’s analysis came from land use change. —Miettinen et al. Earlier post.).

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NOVEMBER 13, 2009

Polyitaconic acid is a water-soluble polymer with a 2 million metric ton per year market potential as a replacement for petrochemical dispersants, detergents, and super-absorbents. The self-contained process uses minimal water and no acids or chemical additives. University of Minnesota (St. BIOFUELS DEVELOPMENT ANALYSIS.

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Anastas is currently on public service leave from Yale University, where he holds the Theresa and H. Since 2010, significant changes have been made to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) research enterprise. Safe and Sustainable Water Resources (SSWR).

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AUGUST 19, 2023

The US Department of Energy (DOE) awarded nearly $34 million to 19 industry- and university-led research projects that will advance technology solutions to make clean hydrogen a more available and affordable fuel for electricity generation, industrial decarbonization, and transportation. Earlier post.)

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 11, 2015

I gave the Carson City Manager what has now become my standard reply. I’ve earned great money for over 30 years using nothing but my brain and wits for clients like Hewlett Packard, Sony Playstation, 20th Century Fox, Universal,Studios, GTE Imagitrek DOW Chemical, Tyco Toys, Playmates Toys, Tangle Toys and NBA2K.

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OCTOBER 30, 2014

A study published earlier this year in the journal Nature Climate Change that cast doubt on whether biofuels produced from corn residue could meet federal mandates for cellulosic biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60% compared to gasoline ( earlier post ) has drawn critical response published as correspondence in the same journal.

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JULY 9, 2009

In a 2007 study, Winebrake and James Corbett from the University of Delaware (who is a co-author of the current study) concluded that pollution from marine shipping causes approximately 60,000 premature cardiopulmonary and lung cancer deaths around the world each year. case and ~43,500 for the 0.1% S, premature deaths are reduced by ~41,200.

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

However, a new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University assessing the overall life cycle emissions associated with CO 2 -EOR sequestration under a number of different scenarios has concluded that “ without displacement of a carbon intensive energy source, CO 2 -EOR systems will result in net carbon emissions. Of the $21.6

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APRIL 3, 2009

The utility of guidelines for sustainable biofuel production and certification programs may be reduced if they are based only on product life-cycle and farming standards, as these cannot address the difficult issue of indirect land use resulting from growing demand. However very few studies include water use impacts.

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JULY 2, 2013

In contrast to arguments that peak conventional oil production is imminent due to physical resource scarcity, a team from Stanford University and UC Santa Cruz has examined the alternative possibility of reduced oil use due to improved efficiency and oil substitution. From the perspective of oil scarcity, the eventual winner is immaterial.

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MARCH 3, 2015

FCTO is encouraging teaming between universities, National Laboratories, and industry. The National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) handbook 44 requires that hydrogen fuel be dispensed with an error of no greater than 1.5% Subtopics include Microbial Biomass Conversion.

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DECEMBER 17, 2014

Inslee has also asked the Department of Ecology to draft a clean fuel standard rule and to solicit review and comments from legislators, stakeholders and the public. An economic analysis performed for the Office of Financial Management shows a clean fuel standard could be designed in a way that has no significant economic effects.

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MAY 25, 2013

A team from Stanford University and the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has developed a new open-source lifecycle analysis (LCA) tool for modeling the greenhouse gas emissions of oil and gas production using characteristics of specific fields and associated production pathways. it produces 40 bbl of water per bbl oil).

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APRIL 21, 2014

Error bars are ± one standard deviation. Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change.

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APRIL 21, 2009

According to Peter Bruce, a chemist at the University of St Andrews, UK, “As far as I know, this is the fastest yet for this material.&# When the team tested the newly-coated cathode, they discovered it could be charged and discharged in as little as 9 seconds. About Gas 2.0 on It’s On! About Gas 2.0 on It’s On!

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FEBRUARY 23, 2016

Researchers at the University of Texas at Arlington have demonstrated a new solar process for the one-step, gas-phase conversion of CO 2 and H 2 O to C 5+ liquid hydrocarbons and O 2 by operating the photocatalytic reaction at elevated temperatures and pressures.

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JULY 17, 2015

Since it can refuel from a standard household outlet and from a gasoline station, it needs no new infrastructure. He was formerly with the University of Wisconsin and Rockwell International, and holds a Ph.D. He was formerly with the University of Wisconsin and Rockwell International, and holds a Ph.D. Table of Contents.

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AUGUST 29, 2011

Other environmental concerns have pushed ahead of climate change on a global average basis. Three out of four global consumers rated air pollution (77%) and water pollution (75%) as top concerns, both increasing six percentage points compared to 2009. Source: Nielsen. Click to enlarge. Source: Nielsen. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 9, 2013

Standardized values (Z scores) of (A) visible reflectance spectroscopy (VRS) chlorophyll a inferences from the five lakes proximate to major oil sands operations as indicators of lake primary production; (B) total PAH concentrations and (C) total DBT concentrations from all six study sites. Source: Kurek et al. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 29, 2022

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation the United States has ever seen, including significant investments in clean energy and consumer incentives to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption. How the IRA will help tackle climate change.

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