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DOE selects 8 new advanced coal projects for funding by University Coal Research Program

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected eight new projects to further advanced coal research under the University Coal Research Program. The selected projects are intended to improve coal conversion and use and will help propel technologies for future advanced coal power systems. DOE Share: $300,000).

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Researchers describe the “where” and “when” of life cycle emissions from gasoline and ethanol in the US

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Researchers from the University of Minnesota have produced a spatially and temporally explicit life cycle inventory (LCI) of air pollutants from gasoline, ethanol derived from corn grain, and ethanol from corn stover for the contiguous US (the lower 48 states). The researchers included a sixth pollutant, ammonia (NH 3 ).

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from landfills, livestock operations, or coal mines (GWP = 25). Erosion control may reduce water pollution from non-point sources, a leading source of water pollution in US waterbodies. Transaction Costs.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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According to a report by the UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, the margin of error in measuring emissions by DOEs can be as high as: 10% for the cement and fertilizer industries; 60% for the oil, gas, and coal industries; and. 100% for some agricultural processes. CONCLUSION.

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Why the Next Microgrids Will Be Well Connected

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Ricardo Arduengo/The Honnold Foundation Puerto Rico’s government has committed to transitioning to 100 percent renewable energy by 2050 , with interim goals of 40 percent by 2025, the phaseout of coal-fired plants by 2028, and a 60 percent renewable system by 2040. percent to 2.8

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Researchers find Nissan LEAF creates less CO2 than Toyota Prius hybrid in west US and Texas, but more in N. Midwest

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the “carbon footprint” of electricity production and use), according to a new study by researchers at Carnegie Mellon University. Of course, GHG benefits must be balanced against other goals, including reduction of air pollution and oil dependency as well as economic factors. Among the findings were that: delayed charging (i.e.,

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States.

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