Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2020

Detailed high-resolution maps of urban change are crucial for studying greenhouse gas emissions, urban heat island effects, population exposure to extreme weather events and air pollution, land-use change dynamics, ecosystem carbon losses, urban sustainability and development pathways. Huang, Y.,

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Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2011

Mandatory measures to reduce emissions of greenhouse gases (GHGs) from international shipping were adopted by Parties to MARPOL Annex VI represented in the Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization ( IMO ), when it met for its 62 nd session from 11 to 15 July 2011 at IMO Headquarters in London.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2010

The NGO Transport & Environment (T&E) reports that developing countries, led by China, India, Brazil, South Africa and Saudi Arabia, have blocked what would have been the first global agreement to cut carbon emissions from ships.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

I can inform you about the discovery of the first oil/gas-condensate field in the new Kara sea oil province. The resource base estimate of just this oil trap is 338 bcm of gas and more than 100 million tonnes of oil [approximately 733 million barrels]. The first oil was extracted.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2014

If physical action is impossible, the system will isolate the well in a way that is harmless for the environment, and the rig will transfer to a safer location. Russian offshore harsh environment areas. The rig is equipped with two groups of blowout preventers and an enhanced subsea shut-in device. Source: North Atlantic Drilling.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2011

times as energy intensive to produce as conventional diesel, which restricts the current financial and environmental feasibility of algae production, according to a new life cycle analysis by a team from the Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment, University of Oxford. Energy Environ. —Shirvani et al. Inderwildi, Peter P.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 23, 2011

for the first quarter of 2011, according to data from the California Department of Oil, Gas & Geothermal Resources (DOGGR). Here, Chevron has reduced its steam:oil ratio (i.e., the steam required, represented by barrels of water, to produce one barrel of oil) from a peak of almost 8.5 in 1988 to just above 2.3 Source: Chevron.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2019

Saudi Arabia and Kuwait might, and should be encouraged to do so. Petro-states are compensated to transition smoothly to a sustainable economy, avoiding a last-ditch attempt to flood the world with cheap oil and gas. Governments might link low-carbon technology with foreign and security policy, as they did with oil and gas.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 10, 2022

Just last year, a half dozen precisely targeted malicious drones managed to slow oil production in Saudi Arabia for days, and more recently, several low-cost drones caused significant damage to oil tankers in the UAE. Another goal is to develop tools for testing these systems in augmented reality environments for urban settings.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2011

During this period, Nielsen’s Global Online Consumer Confidence Survey found heightened American consumer concern around the economy, rising gas prices, and debt. While 64% of consumers, globally, indicated they believe organic products are good for the environment, there is wide regional disparity of opinion.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 8, 2023

In July, for example, Saudi Arabia starting reducing how much oil it sends to the global economy by 1 million barrels each day. And consumers are suffering the consequences as gas prices rise, a development that threatens to undo some of the progress made on the inflation front across the economy. Today’s U.S.

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