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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

The coalition will focus efforts on reducing black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and methane. Such pollutants together account for approximately one-third of current global warming, have significant impacts on public health, the environment, and world food productivity. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 27, 2017

Percent reduction in visible solar energy due to ambient PM (plus a small contribution from ozone) (A), only dust PM deposition (B) deposition of all PM components (C), and atmospheric and deposited combined (D; note change in scale). The resulting calculations estimate the total loss of solar energy production in every part of the world.

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JANUARY 23, 2020

Despite reports that global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, HFC-23, were almost eliminated in 2017, an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has found atmospheric levels growing at record values. This is not the first time that HFC-23 reduction measures attracted controversy.

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JULY 11, 2013

Renault’s comparison of the carbon footprint of EV and ICE vehicles over production, operation and end of life. The study used the series production versions launched in 2011, with the assumption of operation for 150,000 km (93,205 miles). Photochemical Ozone Creation Potential (kg Ethene equivalent). Click to enlarge.

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MAY 16, 2012

Sharkey’s research team already has measured rates of isoprene emission from plants that are used by the Environmental Protection Agency to predict lower-atmosphere ozone levels. Ultimately, he hopes this innovative process would take in carbon dioxide and discharge bio-isoprene using only sunlight as an energy source.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

The decrease in CO 2 equivalent emissions of ODSs (ozone-depleting substances: CFCs, halons, HCFCs, and others) may be offset by the projected increase in their non-ozone depleting substitutes (HFCs) (lines designated as HFC scenarios). Climate and the Ozone Layer. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 14, 2009

Cutting HFCs, black carbon, tropospheric ozone, and methane can buy us about 40 years before we approach the dangerous threshold of 2°C warming. —co-author HFCs are powerful greenhouse gases originally developed as substitutes for ozone-depleting chemicals. Black Carbon. From Molina et al. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

A recent study by an international team calculated that shipping causes a net cooling of climate across all parametrizations of the indirect aerosol effect (IAE) and scenarios throughout the period 1900?2050. A recent study commissioned by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) estimated total emissions of 1046 Tg CO 2 yr ?1

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Although viewed as a potential target in the global effort to reduce climate change, atmospheric black carbon particles absorb significantly less sunlight than scientists have predicted, according to a new study by an international team of researchers, published in the journal Science. Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2016

Given the beneficial emissions and cost analysis, combined with China’s previous experience transitioning away from CFC-12, there are no vehicle-production barriers preventing a complete phase-out of HFC-134a in the China light-duty vehicle fleet during the five-year period between 2020 and 2024.

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JULY 29, 2010

Results of the study suggest that soot is second only to carbon dioxide in contributing to global warming. Because of that, soot’s contribution to global warming has been ignored completely in national and international global warming policy legislation, he said. Black carbon has an especially potent warming effect over the Arctic.

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

An international team of scientists who monitor the rapid changes in the Earth’s northern polar region say that the Arctic is entering a new state, one with warmer air and water temperatures, less summer sea ice and snow cover, and a changed ocean chemistry.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

In particular, the study led by Drew Shindell found that methane emissions have a larger warming impact due to those interactions than accounted for in current carbon-trading schemes or in the Kyoto Protocol. And hydroxyls drive long chains of reactions involving other common gases, including ozone. —Drew Shindell.

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AUGUST 31, 2016

Carbon, Incorporated of California will partner with LBNL to increase the speed of polymer additively manufactured components in a project titled “Multi-physics Modeling of Continuous Liquid Interface Production (CLIP) for Additive Manufacturing.”. Harper International Corp.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

In the Lower GHG Scenario, further reductions in carbon emissions result from adoption of policies that apply an increasing price on carbon emissions, resulting in faster deployment of low-emission generation technologies. —Ted Craver, chairman, president and CEO of Edison International.

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APRIL 1, 2009

Among the direct transportation-related provisions in the extensive package are a low-carbon fuel standard for all transportation fuels; financial support for large scale demonstrations of electric vehicles; and financial support for automakers retooling plants to make electric vehicles. Carbon Capture and Sequestration.

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AUGUST 16, 2021

government established a Supersonic Transport Advisory Committee, which began discussions with international partners about building a supersonic airliner. Fourteen production aircraft were manufactured, but one was scrapped in 1994 and another crashed in 2000.). In 1956, nine years after Yeager's history-making flight, the U.K.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Ocean acidification caused by the absorption of carbon dioxide in seawater is already increasing along the California coast decades earlier than existing models predict. The growth in carbon dioxide emissions from energy and industry has exceeded even the most fossil-fuel intensive scenario developed by the IPCC at the end of the 1990s.

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OCTOBER 19, 2009

Here, RME show advantages for primary energy and GHG, but disadvantages in terms of acidification, eutrophication and ozone depletion. The life-cycle-wide emissions of nutrients depend critically on the application and losses of fertilizers during the agricultural production of biofuel feedstocks. World Transport Biofuel Production.

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

60% of ground-level ozone (O 3 ) precursors, 6% of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), and 22% of greenhouse gases (GHGs) emitted. Upstream processes involved in fuel production also contribute to overall environmental impacts. of all three fuels, but emits more black carbon (15 mg mi ?1 the contiguous US). 1 , corn ethanol: 10).

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MAY 2, 2016

The traffic/exhaust component consisted predominantly of externally mixed soot particles and soot internally mixed with secondary particles. In addition, silicates and Fe oxides/hydroxides internally mixed with chlorine and sulfur-containing particles were also assigned to the traffic/resuspension component. Hooftman et al.

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JANUARY 27, 2015

In their extensive analysis of the physical and chemical composition of the emissions, McDonald and colleagues found that the most abundant pollutants were carbon dioxide, carbon monoxide, NO, and NO 2. The ACES results are expected to play an important role in future risk reviews of diesel engines by international and US agencies.

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DECEMBER 25, 2011

Development of sustainable communities strategies can also provide an opportunity for associated criteria pollutant emission reductions that will be needed to attain air quality standards for ozone and particulate matter as well as reduce near-roadway exposures.

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JULY 2, 2014

At 2:56 AM PST today, NASA’s Orbiting Carbon Observatory 2 (OCO-2) was successfully launched into orbit from Space Complex 2 West at California’s Vandenberg Air Force Base, riding on a two-stage Delta II 7320-10 launch vehicle. by Jack Rosebro. This measurement is unique like a fingerprint, and can be used for identification.

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APRIL 30, 2010

The US, Canada, and Mexico have submitted a proposal to strengthen climate protection under the Montreal Protocol— the international treaty that phases out the production of a number of substances responsible for ozone depletion. The proposal targets the production and use of HFCs, a group of “super” greenhouse gases.

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APRIL 3, 2009

The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. SCOPE is part of the International Council for Science.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

The cap is enforced by requiring each source that operates under the cap to turn in one allowance or offset credit for every metric ton of carbon dioxide equivalent (MTCO 2 e) that it emits. California has been working with strategic partners in the forest and cement sectors to explore sectoral crediting approaches to international action.

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JUNE 30, 2013

In addition, a single-walled carbon nanotube (SWCNT) anode technology for possible future use in these batteries was assessed. 1 Primary energy consumed during the materials processing, component, and product manufacture was combined to protect proprietary data submitted by manufacturer. Life-cycle stages.

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MARCH 8, 2013

While last year it appeared that the auto industry as a whole would shift to R-1234yf, in September 2012, Daimler said that internal testing had identified safety (flammability) issues under certain conditions, and that it would not use R-1234yf in its products. BMW and Volkswagen followed suit.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

Take, for example, the tens of thousands of fossil-fueled ships that chug across the ocean, spewing plumes of pollutants that contribute to acid rain, ozone depletion, respiratory ailments, and global warming. Solving this problem required both out-of-the-box thinking and expertise in the production of small particles. That's where.

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