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VERBIO launches first cellulosic RNG plant in the USA

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The plant in Nevada (Iowa) is our first plant in the USA. Then we will process up to 100,000 tons of corn stover into renewable natural gas (RNG) every year and make it available for the market as a climate-friendly, renewable biofuel. Until summer 2022, we will achieve full-scale production.

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Internal Combustion Cars: To Buy, Or Not To Buy

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Contrary to Shakespeare’s existential question, to buy or not to buy an internal combustion car is a very simple question with an even simpler answer. In the comments section of this and other websites I see often the discussion about what to do when there is no good fully battery-electric vehicle (BEV) available for […].

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Study projects thermoelectric power in Europe and US vulnerable to climate change due to lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures

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A study published in Nature Climate Change suggests that thermoelectric power plants (i.e., nuclear and fossil-fueled generating units) in Europe and the United States are vulnerable to climate change due to the combined impacts of lower summer river flows and higher river water temperatures. Source: van Vliet et al.

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MUCHACHAS study finds aging of organic aerosols is caused by OH radicals; climate models need to be updated

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An international team of researchers has discovered that chemical aging determines to a major extent the concentration and the characteristics of organic aerosol particles, which have a significant effect on climate. To date, this aspect has not been accounted for in regional and global climate models.

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Global Carbon Budget 2022: Global fossil CO2 emissions expected to grow 1.0% in 2022

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—Glen Peters, a Research Director at the CICERO Center for International Climate Research. to 3.2%], primarily due to an increase in international aviation, but oil use remains below 2019 levels and have not fully recovered from the COVID19 pandemic in 2020. Turmoil in energy markets. Projections are for a 3.5%

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Visteon opens high-tech testing lab in Bulgaria | Autocar Professional

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The lab uses state-of-the-art equipment specifically sourced from Germany, Austria, the USA, and Asia. This equipment is fully compliant with the rigorous standards established by international standardization organizations ISO and IEC.

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Volkswagen raises EV forecast for 2025 to 1.5M vehicles from ID. family; 1M by 2023

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The main sales markets in 2019 were China, Norway, Germany, the USA and the United Kingdom. electric cars in 2025 shows that people want climate-friendly individual mobility—and we are making it affordable for millions of people. family are well underway in China and the USA. With the market launch of the ID.3

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