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Study finds heavy-petroleum fuels raising vanadium emissions; human emissions outpacing natural sources by factor of 1.7

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Vanadium is a trace metal found in many earth materials, including petroleum and coal. Excessive V in air and water has potential, but poorly documented, consequences for human health. Duke Professor Emeritus of Biogeochemistry at Duke’s Nicholas School of the Environment. —Schlesinger et al. —lead author William H.

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Air pollution regulations over last decade in Chinese city has halved health costs

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The study is the first to document the health and economic benefits of policies to reduce the burden of air pollution in a highly polluted area of China, and provides a model to measure how policies to improve air quality can protect human health. Results appear in an open access paper in the journal Environment International.

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Pollutant emitted by biomass burning found to cause DNA damage and lung cell death; the role of retene

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However, approximately 3 billion people in the world are exposed to air pollution from biomass burning, originating from using wood or coal as cooking fuel in simple stoves, home heating with open fires, deforestation, and agricultural practices. The results of this analysis were published in 2015 in the journal Atmospheric Environment.

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Open Letter by Netherlands Scientists on IPCC and Errors in 2007 Climate Change Report

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In response to the ongoing discussion about the reliability of the UN IPCC and the climate reports, a group of 55 leading Dutch scientists working in the field of climate change, energy and the environment wrote an open letter. The procedure for compiling reports and its quality control are governed by well documented principles. [

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DOE selects 10 projects for $5M in funding to conduct advanced turbine technology research

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 10 university projects to conduct advanced turbine technology research under the Office of Fossil Energy’s University Turbine Systems Research (UTSR) Program. Texas A&M University. Purdue University. University of Texas at Austin.

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GSI/UNEP conference report finds fossil-fuel subsidy reform complex and challenges sobering; ~1% of global GDP spent on fossil-fuel subsidies

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The two-day conference, “Increasing the Momentum of Fossil-Fuel Subsidy Reform: Developments and Opportunities” brought together country delegates and experts from international organizations, NGOs, universities and the industrial sector. Earlier post.) Opportunities for international collaboration.

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The EV Transition Explained: Reshaping Labor Markets

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2050 net-zero strategy document , which explains how America will get to net-zero greenhouse gas emissions by 2050. For instance, an in-depth study by Princeton University’s Andlinger Center for Energy and the Environment assessed different U.S. A Princeton University study estimates that somewhere between 777,000 to 5.1

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