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JULY 29, 2009

This potential leap in destructiveness and pollution—mainly from an increase in wildfire frequency—is forecast by computer models calculating impacts of moderate global warming on western US wildfire patterns and atmospheric chemistry. Jennifer Logan. Their new work could help policymakers gauge how severe that penalty might become.

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MAY 17, 2012

Growth Energy, an ethanol industry trade group, petitioned the EPA in March 2009 to raise the limit on ethanol in gasoline from 10 to 15 percent. EPA’s decision was based largely on a DOE study of the effects of E15 on durability of catalytic converters, the primary pollution control system in a vehicle. Background. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 29, 2009

On 20 April, the opening day of the SAE 2009 World Congress, the AVL Technology Leadership Theater presented a forum on “Green Mobility—The Long View”. Prof Cervero acknowledges “ that it is easier to get the pollution, rather than the people, out of the car ” and is a big supporter of car sharing. by Bill Cooke. Earlier post.)].

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DECEMBER 3, 2013

As the greenhouse gas impacts (costs or benefits) are much smaller than the health benefits, the conversion of petroleum vehicles to CNG can be justified on the basis of local air pollution benefits alone, they concluded. g/m 3 in 2009. Motor vehicles were the major source of air pollution in Dhaka. Credit: ACS, Zia and Tanzila.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

The report for the Department for Transport is based on a survey module included in the Office for National Statistics’ Opinions (Omnibus) survey which has been carried out each August since 2006. The report found that in 2009, 58% of adults believe that “Individuals should try to limit their car use for the sake of the environment”.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Estimates based on 2009 energy production numbers placed renewable energy subsidies between 1.7¢ The US National Academy of Sciences estimates that fossil fuel subsidies cost the United States $120 billion in pollution and related health care costs every year. that year compared with having subsidy rates unchanged.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

The new report, jointly prepared by the ICCT, the Netherlands’ Organisation for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), and Germany’s Institut für Energie- und Umweltforschung Heidelberg (IFEU), unveils the increasing real-world efficiency gap using systematic statistical analysis.

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OCTOBER 5, 2016

China started giving state aid to alternative energy vehicles (AEV) makers in 2009 to promote the development of green vehicles to help tackle air pollution. The firm forecasts an immediate boom in demand for ternary Li-ion batteries—mainly used to power alternative energy vehicles—from 4.4GWh in 2015 to 10 GWh in 2016.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Using a variety of data including direct observations, computer-generated models, and estimates from countries’ energy statistics, the team created a global CO 2 budget—the amount of CO 2 produced and consumed—from 1959 to 2008. 2009) Trends in the sources and sinks of carbon dioxide. over the previous seven years.

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AUGUST 12, 2012

Economists view higher gasoline taxes as one solution to reducing gasoline consumption and thus air pollution, greenhouse gas emissions, and reliance on oil, while at the same time providing revenue to the government for highway repair and construction. The statistical significance of the interaction. price alone. Reinvestment Act.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

2009) Click to enlarge. Stone’s study looked at 11 major metropolitan regions (MSAs, Metropolitan Statistical Areas) in EPA Region V (the Midwest) over a 50-year period and assessed four different scenarios: Business-as-Usual Development Scenario (BAU). Article ASAP • doi: 10.1021/es8021655 • Publication Date (Web): 11 February 2009

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2010

Drawbacks include current mileage range for certain journeys, limited carrying capacity and sub-optimal car performance during the extremely cold weather conditions in December 2009 and January 2010. Using a control group of MINI Cooper and BMW 116i customers these statistics are reinforced, MINI Cooper drivers averaging 7.3

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NOVEMBER 5, 2012

In a 2009 paper describing the use of S3D—a flow solver for performing direct numerical simulation (DNS) of turbulent combustion that was developed at the Combustion Research Facility (CRF) at Sandia National Laboratories (CRF/Sandia)—in terascale direct numerical simulations of turbulent combustion, Chen et al. DME chemistry.

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JUNE 26, 2009

The Green Piece - Tuesday 23rd June 2009. Hard to argue with statistics like that, isn’t it? Ostensibly, the scrappage scheme has been presented as an incentive to buy less polluting cars and therefore reduce damage to the environment. Except people are arguing – and they’re arguing loudly.

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