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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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Factors such as size, population density, available fuels, types of businesses, climate, all play a role in both total and per capita emissions, the EIA noted. California consistently imports about 30% of its electricity and natural gas is the dominant fuel for the electricity that it generates internally. Climate Change Emissions'

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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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University of Delaware. Rationally Designed Lithium Ion Batteries Towards Displacing Internal Combustion Engines. Advancing Climate and Innovation Goals of Memphis and Shelby County: Electrification of key fleet vehicles to capture cost savings and climate benefits. University of Maryland. Group14 Technologies Inc.

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Study: new international agreements needed to ensure sustainable supply of minerals and metals for low-carbon energy tech

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A study by an international team of researchers warns that the global transition to global low-carbon energy technology could be at risk unless new international agreements and governance mechanisms are put in place to ensure a sustainable supply of rare minerals and metals. Their paper is published in Science.

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NSF Awards Rutgers $7.6M for Sustainable Energy Development, Graduate Education

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The development of biofuels and synfuels will require strategies adaptable to locations worldwide with diverse climates and geopolitical structures, ” said Eric Lam, the grant’s principal investigator and director of the Rutgers Biotechnology Center for Agriculture and the Environment. The grant is valued at up to $3.2

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Requiring Lower Sulfur Marine Fuels Could Reduce Emissions-Related Deaths by Up to 50% Annually By 2012

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They applied the global climate model ECHAM5/MESSy1-MADE to geospatial emissions inventories to determine worldwide concentrations of particular matter (PM 2.5 ) from oceangoing vessels. Climate change, acidification, visibility, eutrophication, and other environmental effects are closely related to the type of fuel used in ships.

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Commercial Shipping Emits Almost Half As Much Particulate Pollution as Total Released by World’s Cars

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Earlier research by one of the study’s co-authors, James Corbett, of the University of Delaware, linked particle pollution to premature deaths among coastal populations. Globally, fuel sulfur content is regulated under the International Convention for the Prevention of Pollution from Ships. But particulate.

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DOE awarding $72M to 27 projects to develop and advance carbon capture technologies, including direct air capture

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If successful, the development of DAC materials suitable for a more diverse climate spectrum will expand the currently limited development of DAC technology towards a scenario of global deployment. RTI International plans to develop two different novel materials, metal organic frameworks (i.e.,

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