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International study identifies 14 key measures to reduce methane and black carbon emissions; reduction in projected global mean warming of ~0.5 °C by 2050

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A study by an international team of researchers, led by Drew Shindell of NASA’s Goddard Institute for Space Studies (GISS) in New York City, has identified 14 measures targeting methane and black carbon (BC) emissions that could reduce projected global mean warming ~0.5°C All 14 would curb the release of either black carbon or methane.

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Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

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—first author Jordan Schnell, a postdoc with the Ubben Program for Climate and Carbon Science in the Institute for Sustainability and Energy at Northwestern. —Jordan Schnell. The research was supported by the Ubben Program for Carbon and Climate Science and the National Science Foundation (grant number CBET-1848683).

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Study Finds that US Subsidies for Fossil Fuels Are Almost 2.5x Those for Renewables

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These figures raise the pressing question of whether scarce government funds might be better allocated to move the United States towards a low-carbon economy. billion went to carbon capture and storage, which is designed to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from coal-fired power plants. Adeyeye et al. Of the fossil fuel subsidies, $70.2

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Acetylene as dual fuel with diesel

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Acetylene (C 2 H 2 ) is the simplest alkyne, featuring a triple carbon bond between the two carbon atoms. Jordan Journal of Mechanical and Industrial Engineering. Lower heating value of stoich. mix (kJ/kg). Source: Lakshmanan and G. Nagarajan (2009). Energy doi: 0.1016/j.energy.2011.03.061. 2011.03.061. Lakshmanan and G.

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California “gasoline superuser” bill advances; focusing ZEV incentives on reducing gasoline use

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—Assemblymember Jordan Cunningham (R-Central Coast). Light duty vehicles cause 28% of California’s total carbon emissions and pollute the air near freeways and busy roads. If your goal is to reduce emissions, incentivizing people that drive the most and use the most gas is an efficient way to accomplish that goal.

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NuScale Power receives US NRC design approval for small modular reactor

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NuScale has signed agreements with entities in the US, Canada, Romania, the Czech Republic, and Jordan. NuScale’s scalable design—a power plant can house up to 12 individual power modules—offers the benefits of carbon-free energy and reduces the financial commitments associated with gigawatt-sized nuclear facilities.

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IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

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The research concentrates on two aspects: maximizing the production of liquid fuel and reducing the carbon intensity of oil shale-based power and heat generation. There are also significant reserves in Jordan, Morocco, Sweden, Syria and Turkey.

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