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U Chicago study proposes market-based approach to fuel economy standards to deal with impacts of fuel price volatility

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Volatile gasoline prices have caused some regulators and carmakers alike to question the cost and effectiveness of current fuel economy standards, with some arguing they are too stringent and others saying they should be even stronger. The current standards do aim to provide the flexibility needed to account for unpredictable gasoline prices.

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NASEM announces provisional committee for new study on life cycle analyses of low-carbon fuels

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Low carbon fuel standards, such as the Federal Renewable Fuel Standard and the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard, are major US programs for reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from transportation fuels. These standards rely on life cycle assessment (LCA) as a tool to estimate fuel GHG emissions. Mr. Donald W.

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NIST, partners create new international standard to improve sustainable manufacturing

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A public-private team led by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has created a new international standard that can “map” the critically important environmental aspects of manufacturing processes, leading to significant improvements in sustainability while keeping a product’s life cycle low cost and efficient.

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Study finds limiting warming to 2 °C would require at least a $200/t carbon tax globally

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A study by University of Chicago economist Esteban Rossi-Hansberg, the Glen A. Lloyd Distinguished Service Professor in Economics, and José-Luis Cruz of Princeton University assesses the local social cost of carbon (LSCC) and how that cost aligns with the carbon reduction pledges countries made under the Paris Agreement.

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MIT Looks Ahead to Hydrogen’s Aviation Future

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Chicago O’Hare would demand the equivalent of 719 tonnes of liquid hydrogen per day. Chicago O’Hare, for instance, would demand the equivalent of 719 tonnes of liquid hydrogen per day. Universal Hydrogen is developing modular hydrogen capsules, which can each carry around 200 kilograms of liquid hydrogen.

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Turing Award Winner On His Pioneering Algorithms

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Jack Dongarra ’s dream job growing up was to teach science at a public high school in Chicago. “I After he graduated high school, there was only one university he wanted to attend: Chicago State. Chicago State accepted his application, and he decided to major in mathematics. He had found his passion. “I

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UB study finds link between ambient ozone exposure, artery wall thickness

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Long-term exposure to ambient ozone appears to accelerate arterial conditions that progress into cardiovascular disease and stroke, according to a new University at Buffalo study. Paul, Minnesota; Chicago; and Los Angeles. The study is unique in its focus on ozone exposure rather than particulate matter.

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