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UNEP study: small number of measures targeting black carbon and tropospheric ozone could yield immediate climate benefits

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Widespread implementation is achievable with existing technology but would require significant strategic investment and institutional arrangements, the study found. Black carbon and tropospheric ozone are harmful air pollutants that also contribute to climate change.

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Renault makes public its lifecycle study of Fluence ICE vs Fluence EV

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Nevertheless, Renault noted, the study is contrasting a new technology (EVs) with a well-developed one; “ environmental progresses are expected in a short term thank to key process improvement and massification of the production.”. Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (kg Ethene equivalent). Quantifies ores (steel, aluminum, copper.),

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CICERO-led study finds global warming effect of leaked hydrogen almost 12x stronger than CO2

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Unlike exhaust from burning coal and gas that contains CO 2 , burning hydrogen emits only water vapor and oxygen. Hydrogen is not a greenhouse gas, but its chemical reactions in the atmosphere affect greenhouse gases such as methane, ozone, and stratospheric water vapor. Sand et al. A global warming potential of 11.6

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Earth Day and the Importance of Green Energy

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In this celebration, we acknowledge the future of green technology is not only healthier for the planet and its residents, but more high-tech than more archaic, higher polluting options. However, Now we know that technology is not at odds with environmentalism; in fact, environmentally-friendly technology is created every day.

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Japan Researchers Use Liquefied DME to Extract Oil from Algae at Room Temperature at High Yield

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Researchers at Japan’s Central Research Institute of Electric Power Industry (CRIEPI), in a project funded by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), have successfully developed a method to extract oil from algae using liquefied dimethyl ether (DME) at room temperature in high yield.

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Test of Planet-Cooling Scheme Could Start in 2022

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Up there, 10 to 50 kilometers above the Earth’s surface, ozone molecules absorb the sun’s ultraviolet light, protecting life far below. Even less is understood about the potential risks to people and the environment—could the particles deplete the ozone layer, for example, or significantly alter the weather? What’s unique is.

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EPA says methane emissions from natural gas production have dropped 36% from 2007-2011

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The finding may have an impact on future regulation of fracking for natural gas production, as opponents of the technology have pointed to higher rates of methane leak as being an argument against it. In 2011, CH4 emissions from coal mining were 63.2 a global warming potential of 21. Tg CO 2 Eq., Tg CO 2 eq. since 1990, from 31.5

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