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Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

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coal, oil, natural gas, and biomass). —first author Jordan Schnell, a postdoc with the Ubben Program for Climate and Carbon Science in the Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern. —Jordan Schnell. Schnell, Vaishali Naik, Larry W. Horowitz, Fabien Paulot, Paul Ginoux, Ming Zhao, Daniel E.

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Report finds Coal-to-Liquids and Oil Shale pose significant financial and environmental risks to investors

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Ceres recently released a new report concluding that coal-to-liquid (CTL) and oil shale technologies face significant environmental and financial obstacles—from water constraints, to technological uncertainties to regulatory and market risks—that pose substantial financial risks for investors involved in such projects.

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Fusion Fuel Green partners with CCC to develop green hydrogen demonstrator plants in Middle East

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Territories that were largely desert in the middle of the 20th century are now thriving oil economies. It is this vision that has triggered a slew of recent green hydrogen investment deals in Abu Dhabi, Dubai, Egypt, Jordan, Morocco, Oman and Saudi Arabia. Many more will follow. However, the cost is one very large fly in the ointment.

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Study Finds that US Subsidies for Fossil Fuels Are Almost 2.5x Those for Renewables

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billion—are attributable to corn-based ethanol, the climate effects of which are disputed. billion went to traditional sources—such as coal and oil—and $2.3 Adenike Adeyeye, James Barrett, Jordan Diamond, Lisa Goldman, John Pendergrass, and Daniel Schramm (2009) Estimating US Government Subsidies to Energy Sources: 2002-2008.

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International study identifies 14 key measures to reduce methane and black carbon emissions; reduction in projected global mean warming of ~0.5 °C by 2050

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Circle areas are proportional to values for (A and B) climate change, (C and D) human health (values for population over age 30), and (E and F) agriculture. Their potential climate impact was assessed by using published global warming potential (GWP) values for each pollutant affected. Source: Shindell et al. Click to enlarge.

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Extreme E – Greenland Glacier – Legacy Programme

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This is causing havoc amongst the huge number of species in our world’s oceans that have adapted and become climatized to certain temperatures over thousands / millions of years. Many asked, is it a good idea to bring lots of people to an area already delicate and feeling the effects of climate change?