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JUNE 8, 2023

In a recent open-access paper published in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology , researchers from the University of York report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid account for a larger fraction of real-world vehicle emissions than previous estimates have suggested. Cliff et al. —Cliff et al.

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AUGUST 15, 2021

A study by researchers at CU Boulder and Edinburgh Napier University finds that high-density, low-rise environments such as those found in Paris are the optimal urban form when looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over their whole life cycle. However, urban environmental design often neglects life cycle GHG emissions.

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MAY 27, 2020

Southwest Research Institute engineers have developed the next generation of clean diesel engine technology to reduce hazardous nitrogen oxides (NO x ) and carbon dioxide emissions while minimizing fuel consumption. g/hp-hr NO x emissions). SwRI developed the technology for the California Air Resources Board (CARB). and Rao, S.

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JANUARY 10, 2020

has received certifications from both the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) for its B6.7N natural gas engine. also meets 2021 EPA greenhouse gas emission (GHG) requirements. also meets 2021 EPA greenhouse gas emission (GHG) requirements. Cummins Westport Inc.

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JULY 14, 2021

An open-access paper on the study is published in the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling. Production of Li 2 CO 3 from brine-based resources had less life cycle GHG emissions and freshwater consumption per tonne of Li 2 CO 3 than Li 2 CO 3 from ore-based resources. 2021.105762. 2021.105762.

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Carbon Emissions Li-ion Batteries 397

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AUGUST 3, 2021

Komatsu and its mining customers Rio Tinto, BHP, Codelco and Boliden have formed the Komatsu Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Alliance. The formation of the alliance brings together mining leaders willing to share time, resources and information to deliver zero-emissions equipment solutions.

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Las Vegas Emissions Power Powered 435

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APRIL 10, 2023

New analysis has found increasing emissions of several ozone-depleting chemicals despite their production being banned for most uses under the Montreal Protocol—and a loophole in the rules is likely responsible. According to the researchers, emissions from these CFCs currently do not significantly threaten ozone recovery.

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Ozone Emissions Global Switzerland 353

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MAY 4, 2022

The trade associations Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) announced that 64% of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in the US in calendar year 2021 was renewable natural gas (RNG). gCO 2 e/MJ for calendar year 2021.

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AUGUST 3, 2022

Canada-based Aurora Hydrogen, a company developing emission-free hydrogen production technology, has raised $10 million in Series A funding led by Energy Innovation Capital. And, unlike electrolysis, the process does not require water as a feedstock, preserving another critical and scarce resource.

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MARCH 5, 2022

Light-duty vehicles, including sedans, SUVs, and pickup trucks, are currently responsible for 58% of US transportation sector emissions. In an open-access paper in Environmental Research Letters , they show that the proportional emissions benefit of electrification is approximately independent of vehicle class. Woody et al.

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AUGUST 23, 2021

There is no immediate concern for copper resources, but the average ore grade is declining as higher grade deposits become exhausted. The NWIS comprises mostly gas-fired generation and has a GHG emission factor of 620 g CO 2 -e kWh -1. Production in a lower emission region would significantly decrease the GHG emission intensity.

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Solar Hydrogen Emissions Production 459

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MARCH 22, 2023

On this basis, and of Pareto efficiency, Emissions Analytics argues, until battery-electric vehicles can reach certain performance characteristics, government and industry support should switch immediately from EVs to full hybrids to create maximum welfare. The test cycle was made up of five repeats of the EQUA cycle, totalling 741 km.

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Emissions Hybrid Kia Gasoline-Electric 395

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AUGUST 15, 2018

Southern California Gas Co. FXI) announced the addition of 11 new ultra-low emission natural gas trucks to the FXI fleet. Funding was received from the Prop 1B program administered by the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and the California Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Program (HVIP).

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Gas Emissions San Diego Kenworth 218

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

announced that an independent study on the Cummins Westport ISX12N 400 hp natural gas engine demonstrated that the engine meets and exceeds California Air Resources Board’s (“CARB”) optional Low NO x standard of 0.02 These higher emissions should be considered for health and environmental impact studies, the UC Riverside team said.

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Gas Emissions Engine California 207

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JULY 11, 2018

A “well-to-wheel” life cycle assessment (LCA) by a team from synthetic fuels producer Greyrock ( earlier post ), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has determined the potential reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutant emissions from the use of synthetic fuels directly converted from flare gas. 0.37, 42.4,

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Pollution Gas Emissions Fuel 258

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JULY 9, 2022

The California Air Resources Board will launch a new pilot program that aims to help small trucking fleets make the transition to zero-emission technologies. The pilot will provide $25 million to implement a range of innovative solutions to help small fleets make the transition to zero-emissions.

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Fleet Emissions Financing Dealers 334

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MAY 6, 2019

applied partially premixed combustion mode to a direct-injection natural gas engine based on a 3D model coupled with a dual-fuel chemical kinetic mechanism (n-heptane/natural gas). Owing to the advantages in emission reduction and reserves, natural gas engines are more and more concerned. —Li et al.

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Gas Emissions Engine China 207

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The Advanced Clean Trucks (ACT) rule requires the sale of at least 30% zero-emission trucks by 2030; the HDV Omnibus rule requires a 90% reduction in NO x emissions from Model Year 2027 engines; and the California Phase 2 greenhouse gas rule sets standards to improve the efficiency of tractor-trailers.

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District of Columbia California DC Emissions 435

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

Global fossil CO 2 emissions are expected to grow 1.0% (with an uncertainty range of 0.1% Global fossil CO 2 emissions have now grown 0.6% CO 2 emissions from natural gas use have grown a sustained 2.2% CO 2 emissions from natural gas use have grown a sustained 2.2% The decline in 2020 of -5.2%

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Global Emissions Carbon Coal 221

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

New research from Chalmers University of Technology, Sweden, finds that the discharge water from ships’ exhaust gas treatment systems—i.e., scrubbers—is responsible for up to 9% of certain emissions of carcinogenic and environmentally harmful substances in the Baltic Sea—considerably more than was previously known.

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Exhaust Emissions Mariner Gas 170

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JUNE 16, 2021

Rio Tinto has partnered with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to study whether hydrogen can replace natural gas in alumina refineries to reduce emissions. Calcination is an energy-intensive process, for which the current predominant fuel is natural gas. Rio Tinto will conduct a $1.2-million

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Hydrogen Emissions Davis Carbon 312

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JANUARY 28, 2014

The California Air Resources Board announced nearly $1 million in penalties against 3 companies for late or inaccurate reporting of their greenhouse gas emissions for 2011. Utilities and industrial facilities emitting more than 10,000 metric tons of carbon dioxide annually are required to report their greenhouse gas emissions.

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Las Vegas California Emissions Chevron 246

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NOVEMBER 23, 2017

BP, Eni, ExxonMobil, Repsol, Shell, Statoil, Total and Wintershall committed to reduce further methane emissions from the natural gas assets they operate around the world. The energy companies also agreed to encourage others across the natural gas value chain—from production to the final consumer—to do the same.

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FEBRUARY 9, 2023

The report, which uses existing, open-source data to model the current trajectory for emissions stemming from the car industry, was carried out by global management consulting firm Kearney. … —Pathway Report Passenger vehicles currently account for 15% of all greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions globally.

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JUNE 23, 2023

They used the model and the data to estimate the life cycle air pollution, greenhouse gas, and traffic externality benefits and costs of serving rides based on Chicago TNC trip data from 2019 to 2022 with fully electric vehicles. A paper on their work is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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Fleet All-Electric Carbon Emissions 195

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JULY 22, 2019

Researchers at Hunan University have investigated the effects of compression ratio (CR), EGR and spark timing strategies on performance, combustion and NO x emissions of a heavy-duty natural gas engine fueled with 99% methane content. However, there are still some problems [that] need to be solved in natural gas engine.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

The approach provides real-time spatially resolved information for carbon dioxide emissions from a large-scale commercial engine, said research team leader Michael Lengden from the University of Strathclyde in the UK. Resources. Adequately capturing the exhaust from a commercial airplane engine requires imaging an area up to 1.8

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JANUARY 13, 2022

BASF has signed a joint development agreement with China BlueChemical Limited Company, a leading natural gas producer, and the chemical engineering company Wuhuan Engineering Co., to promote low-carbon development and utilization of marine gas resources. —Wang Weimin, Chairman of China BlueChemical Limited Company.

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

If current policy and technology trends continue, global energy consumption and energy-related carbon dioxide emissions will increase through 2050 as a result of population and economic growth. Oil and natural gas production will continue to grow, mainly to support increasing energy consumption in developing Asian economies.

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Global Energy Emissions Asia 259

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

a pioneer in natural gas decarbonization, recently raised $11.5 When renewable natural gas is used as the feedstock, C-Zero’s technology can even be carbon negative, effectively extracting carbon dioxide from the atmosphere and permanently storing it in the form of high-density solid carbon. Resources. C-Zero Inc., Srilatha, D.

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DECEMBER 5, 2021

In late November, the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) announced the start of development of the vast Jafurah unconventional gas field, the largest non-associated gas field in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. It will make Saudi Arabia one of the world’s largest natural gas producers.

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DECEMBER 13, 2017

has received certifications from both the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and Air Resources Board (ARB) in California for its 2018 L9N and B6.7N natural gas engines. G natural gas engines, the 2018 L9N and B6.7N In addition to ultra low emissions, the L9N and B6.7N Cummins Westport Inc. For 2018, the L9N and B6.7N

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2018 Gas Engine Emissions 186

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Power management company Eaton’s Vehicle Group has demonstrated cylinder deactivation (CDA) as an effective technology for meeting future global emissions requirements for diesel-engine powered commercial vehicles. New emissions regulations spearheaded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), U.S.

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MARCH 20, 2024

Stellantis and CARB (California Air Resources Board) partnered to reduce carbon emissions. “This agreement will avoid 10 to 12 million metric tons of greenhouse gas emissions over the lifetime of the agreement and will also allow our U.S.

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MAY 6, 2022

The internally funded advancement successfully reduced heavy-duty diesel engine nitrogen oxide (NO x ) emissions to meet the California Air Resources Board (CARB) 2027 standards. Today’s diesel engines use selective catalytic reduction (SCR) to abate NO x emissions. DEF—a 32.5 g/hp-hr standard. —Wheeler et al.

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Diesel Emissions Exhaust Engine 284

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JANUARY 5, 2018

(CWI) received certifications from both the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) for its 2018 ISX12N natural gas engine. The ISX12N also meets 2017 EPA greenhouse gas emission (GHG) requirements. Earlier post.)

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2018 Gas Engine Emissions 170

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AUGUST 2, 2020

Researchers from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel have found that considerable quantities of the greenhouse gas methane escape uncontrolled into the water from abandoned oil and gas wells in the North Sea. On the basis of investigations directly on the seafloor it was possible to determine the amount of escaping gas.

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