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Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

of the human-made climate impact; two-thirds of this impact are caused by emissions other than CO 2 , according to a new study by researchers in Europe and the US. This new study is based on a thorough review of a decade of research on aviation emissions. Aviation accounts for 3.5% —Marianne Tronstad Lund, co-author.

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CARB and truck and engine manufacturers announce partnership to meet climate and emission reduction goals

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JULY 7, 2023

The terms of the Clean Truck Partnership include: CARB will align with EPA’s 2027 regulations for NO x emissions. CARB also will modify elements of the 2024 NO x emission regulations for which manufacturers will provide offsets as necessary to maintain California’s emission targets. Isuzu Technical Center of America, Inc.;

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UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

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JUNE 26, 2022

The rapidly growing space industry may have a greater climate effect than the aviation industry and undo repair to the protective ozone layer if left unregulated, according to a new study led by UCL and published in the journal Earth’s Future as an open-access paper. The space industry is one of the world’s fastest growing sectors.

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Deutsche Post now automatically offsetting all CO2 emissions from mail transport

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JANUARY 4, 2022

Starting immediately, Deutsche Post is offsetting any unavoidable CO 2 emissions due to mail transport with investments in internationally recognized and certified climate protection projects at no extra charge. For the last ten years, DHL has transported all parcels for private customers with its climate-friendly “GoGreen” service.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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MIT team finds aviation emissions’ impacts on air quality larger than on climate

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NOVEMBER 11, 2019

Researchers at MIT have determined that growth in aviation causes twice as much damage to air quality as to the climate. Aviation emissions are an increasingly significant contributor to anthropogenic climate change. Aviation emissions are an increasingly significant contributor to anthropogenic climate change.

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DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

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JANUARY 28, 2019

Fewer soot particles in the exhaust stream of aircraft reduces the formation of ice crystals and therefore the climate impact of the resulting contrail cirrus. The results are published in an open-access paper in the Nature Partner Journal (npj) Climate and Atmospheric Science. —Ulrike Burkhardt.

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Polestar announces goal of climate-neutral car by 2030

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APRIL 8, 2021

Polestar, the premium electric performance car brand founded by Volvo Cars and Geely Holding, has set a goal of creating the first climate-neutral car by 2030. The Polestar 0 project will drive a ‘design towards zero’ focus by eliminating emissions rather than offsetting by planting trees. Offsetting is a cop-out.

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Fossil fuel emissions hit record high in 2024, raising climate target concerns

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NOVEMBER 13, 2024

Global fossil fuel emissions have surged to an unprecedented level in 2024, according to a new report from the Global Carbon Project. The post Fossil fuel emissions hit record high in 2024, raising climate target concerns appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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SEC removes emissions requirements from climate rules draft

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FEBRUARY 26, 2024

Securities and Exchange Commission (SEC) has edited out some of its stricter emissions requirements from corporate climate risk rules. The disclosure requirement was included with the SEC’s initial draft of the corporate climate risk rules, which were published in March 2022. A spokesperson from the SEC noted that the U.S.

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Green NCAP LCA study shows detrimental climate and energy impact of increasing vehicle weight, including EVs

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2023

The results of the Life Cycle Assessment (LCA) of greenhouse gas emissions and primary energy demand of the cars tested by Green NCAP in 2022 show that the current and continuous trend towards larger and heavier cars, significantly increases the negative impact on climate and energy demand.

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Volkswagen investing in climate protection projects to compensate for unavoidable CO2 emissions

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

Volkswagen is investing in climate protection projects to compensate for unavoidable CO 2. The first project, Katingan Mentaya , a forest protection project on the Indonesian island of Borneo, compensates for the currently still unavoidable CO 2 emissions from the supply chain, production and delivery of the new Volkswagen e-vehicle ID.3,

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Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

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JULY 20, 2021

The researchers used predictive population models coupled with advanced mapping techniques to estimate the climate damage wild pigs are causing across five continents. Since soil contains nearly three times as much carbon than in the atmosphere, even a small fraction of carbon emitted from soil has the potential to accelerate climate change.

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EPA: US GHG emissions up 6% in 2021 from 2020

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APRIL 14, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 30 th annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks (GHG Inventory), which presents a national-level overview of annual greenhouse gas emissions from 1990 to 2021. In 2021, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,340.2 GHG emissions by economic sector.

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IEA: global carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly

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MARCH 3, 2021

The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 triggered the largest annual drop in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since the Second World War, according to IEA data, but the overall decline of about 6% masks wide variations depending on the region and the time of year. Many economies are now seeing emissions climbing above pre-crisis levels.

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Volkswagen Group continues switch to low-emission logistics with order for four more LNG ships

Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2021

Volkswagen is the first automaker to transport most of its new vehicles overseas using low-emission LNG ships. The further decarbonization of shipping will result in substantial CO 2 reductions, with the use of liquid natural gas enabling Volkswagen to cut the ships’ CO 2 emissions by up to 25% percent (tank-to-wake).

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The climate policy puzzle: New research shows what really cuts emissions

Innovation News Network

AUGUST 23, 2024

An analysis of thousands of climate policy measures worldwide has revealed that only a fraction are effective in reducing emissions. The post The climate policy puzzle: New research shows what really cuts emissions appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Unravelling the role of nitrogen emissions in climate and environment

Innovation News Network

JULY 26, 2024

Discover the dual impact of nitrogen emissions on climate cooling and environmental harm, and the urgent need for emission reductions. The post Unravelling the role of nitrogen emissions in climate and environment appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Polestar quadruples number of partners working on climate-neutral Polestar 0 car project

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2022

Polestar is welcoming twelve new partners to the Polestar 0 project to develop a climate-neutral car. The transport sector is the fastest-growing greenhouse gas (GHG) emitting sector, expected to reach a share of more than 30% of total GHG emissions in the future, according to the United Nation’s Environment Programme. Earlier post.)

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T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

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MAY 28, 2021

CO 2 emissions from private jets in Europe increased by nearly a third (31%) between 2005 and 2019, rising faster than commercial aviation emissions, according to a new report from environmental campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E). The report, Private jets: can the super-rich supercharge zero emission aviation?

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Study finds global emissions of several banned ozone-destroying CFCs are increasing

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APRIL 10, 2023

New analysis has found increasing emissions of several ozone-depleting chemicals despite their production being banned for most uses under the Montreal Protocol—and a loophole in the rules is likely responsible. According to the researchers, emissions from these CFCs currently do not significantly threaten ozone recovery.

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Report finds says “negative emissions technologies” need to play a large role in mitigating climate change

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2018

To achieve goals for climate and economic growth, “negative emissions technologies” (NETs) that remove and sequester carbon dioxide from the air will need to play a significant role in mitigating climate change, according to a new report from the National Academies of Sciences, Engineering, and Medicine.

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Transforming carbon emissions into climate-friendly plastics

Innovation News Network

DECEMBER 16, 2022

The post Transforming carbon emissions into climate-friendly plastics appeared first on Innovation News Network. A research project coordinated by VTT examines the use of carbon dioxide in the manufacture of different types of plastic products.

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UCS: ride-hailing trips can produce nearly 70% greater emissions compared to private car trips

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

A new report by the Union of Concerned Scientists (UCS) finds that the rising use of ride-hailing services is increasing carbon emissions, with ride-hailing trips producing nearly 70% greater emissions compared to the trips they are replacing. Error bars for bus and rail emissions represent variability among cities. Source: UCS.

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ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

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JANUARY 29, 2020

The results of a new analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) show that, when combined with a trend toward higher methane leakage and combustion slip, there is no climate benefit from using liquefied natural gas (LNG) as a marine fuel—regardless of the engine technology. First, it contains very little sulfur.

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ARPA-E selects SwRI to create more effective burner to reduce methane emissions

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MARCH 8, 2022

million project is funded by the US Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency–Energy (ARPA-E) Reducing Emissions of Methane Every Day of the Year (REMEDY) program. The plan seeks to reduce methane emissions and promote American innovation and manufacturing of new technologies to achieve climate goals.

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UGA study finds black carbon aerosols from GDI engines will worsen public health, climate; need for GPFs

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JANUARY 25, 2020

The gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine is one of the most prominent technologies car manufacturers adopted to achieve the fuel economy and carbon dioxide emission goals established in 2012 by the US Environmental Protection Agency. A strong absorber of solar radiation, black carbon exhibits significant climate warming properties.

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Tenneco exploring synthetic fuels for climate-neutral mobility; NAMOSYN project

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JULY 23, 2021

Tenneco is putting its 100-plus years of powertrain expertise in improving vehicle fuel efficiency and reducing emissions to work to explore synthetic fuels (e-fuels) as a viable near-term solution to further maximize the efficiency and minimize the carbon footprint of internal combustion engines (ICE).

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ArcelorMittal publishes concept for global low-carbon emissions physical steel standard

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JUNE 22, 2022

ArcelorMittal published a concept for a low-carbon emissions steel standard to help incentivize the decarbonization of steelmaking globally and support the creation of market demand for physical steel products which would be classified as lower, and ultimately near-zero, carbon emissions steel. Dual scoring system.

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3.8% drop in EU’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019; transport emissions rise

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JUNE 1, 2021

Total greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU) decreased by 3.8% The large decline in emissions, achieved before the COVID-19 crisis, was mainly due to reduced coal use for power generation. The large decline in emissions, achieved before the COVID-19 crisis, was mainly due to reduced coal use for power generation.

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ICCT study finds LH2-powered combustion aircraft can play an important role in meeting aviations 2050 climate goals

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FEBRUARY 7, 2022

A new study from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has found that although liquid-hydrogen- (LH 2 )-combustion aircraft do not perform as well as their jet fuel counterparts, they can still play an important role in meeting aviation’s 2050 climate goals. —Mukhopadhaya and Rutherford (2022).

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Lessons from China’s Growing Adoption of Zero-Emission Trucks

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2024

Getting more zero-emission trucks on the road is an important transportation shift that is needed to reduce air pollution, protect public health and curb climate-harming emissions. continued] The post Lessons from China’s Growing Adoption of Zero-Emission Trucks appeared first on CleanTechnica. Some jurisdictions have.

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Why the 2035 Zero-Emission Car Target is Crucial

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OCTOBER 5, 2024

Why is it important for the climate, the economy and jobs in Europe? Maintaining the ambition of the EU car CO2 standards, including the 2035 100% zero emission target is. continued] The post Why the 2035 Zero-Emission Car Target is Crucial appeared first on CleanTechnica.

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EPA and DOE to provide more than $1B to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas sector

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JULY 2, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and US Department of Energy (DOE) are partnering to provide more than $1 billion in funding to help reduce methane emissions from the oil and gas sector through the creation of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program. Includes flexibilities and exemptions.

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ICCT: aviation emissions increasing 70% faster than UN projections

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

A new International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) 2 -emissions-commercial-aviation-2018">report finds that aviation emissions are increasing 70% faster than UN projections that already point to a tripling of CO 2 by 2050. In other words, the climate challenge for aviation is worse than expected. That equals 2.4%

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FHWA proposes rulemaking for states and municipalities to track and reduce GHG emissions

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JULY 8, 2022

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ( NPRM ) for states and municipalities to track and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. BIL also includes $7.2 The proposed rule is expected to publish in the Federal Register next week.

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CICERO team finds global temperature will respond slowly to emissions cuts

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JULY 9, 2020

Although large emissions cuts are urgently needed to achieve global climate goals, it may take decades before we can measure the effect of the reductions on global temperature evolution, according to a new study by researchers at Norway’s CICERO Center for International Climate Research. Fuglestvedt and Marianne T.

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Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

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JANUARY 26, 2023

Researchers from the University of Birmingham have designed a novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces that could reduce CO 2 emissions from the steelmaking industry by nearly 90%. billion in 5 years while reducing overall UK emissions by 2.9%. If implemented in the UK alone, the system could deliver cost savings of £1.28

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Study finds climate impact of hydropower varies widely

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NOVEMBER 14, 2019

earlier post ), a new study by a team at Environmental Defense Fund finds that the climate impact of hydropower facilities varies widely throughout the world and over time, with some facilities emitting more greenhouse gases than those burning fossil fuels. They also estimated emissions caused by flooding the reservoir.

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ITF: worldwide transport activity to double by 2050, emissions to rise 16% compared to 2015

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MAY 19, 2021

According to the ITF Transport Outlook 2021 , the biennial flagship report of the International Transport Forum, a sister organization of the OECD, global transport activity will more than double by 2050, and traffic emissions will rise by 16% compared to 2015 even if existing commitments to decarbonize transport are fully implemented.

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EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

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JUNE 30, 2021

The European Environment Agency (EEA) has published its provisional data about the CO 2 emissions of newly registered passenger cars and vans in Europe in 2020. For cars, the data show a 12% decrease in average cO 2 emissions, compared with 2019. Average van emissions decreased slightly, by about 1.5 %. g CO 2 /km, which is 2.3

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Innovating climate-positive housing for a sustainable future

Innovation News Network

SEPTEMBER 4, 2024

Adopting sustainable building materials is crucial for reducing carbon emissions, conserving resources, and improving health and well-being. The post Innovating climate-positive housing for a sustainable future appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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California Governor signs two bills to strengthen emission standard for trucks; Executive Order leverages $700B portfolio to strengthen climate resiliency

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

California Governor Gavin Newsom signed two bills to strengthen emission standards for trucks, semis and other high-pollution vehicles. Truck emissions. SB 44 by Senator Nancy Skinner (D-Berkeley) requires CARB to create a comprehensive plan for reducing greenhouse gas emissions from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles.

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Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

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AUGUST 18, 2020

A new study led by researchers from Northwestern University projects that if electric vehicles replaced 25% of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution. The open-access paper is published in AGU’s journal GeoHealth.

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Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

CARB and truck and engine manufacturers announce partnership to meet climate and emission reduction goals

UCL-led study finds climate impact caused by growing space industry needs urgent mitigation

Deutsche Post now automatically offsetting all CO2 emissions from mail transport

How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

MIT team finds aviation emissions’ impacts on air quality larger than on climate

DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

Polestar announces goal of climate-neutral car by 2030

Fossil fuel emissions hit record high in 2024, raising climate target concerns

SEC removes emissions requirements from climate rules draft

Green NCAP LCA study shows detrimental climate and energy impact of increasing vehicle weight, including EVs

Volkswagen investing in climate protection projects to compensate for unavoidable CO2 emissions

Study: annual climate impact of wild pigs could be greater than 1.1M cars

EPA: US GHG emissions up 6% in 2021 from 2020

IEA: global carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly

Volkswagen Group continues switch to low-emission logistics with order for four more LNG ships

The climate policy puzzle: New research shows what really cuts emissions

Unravelling the role of nitrogen emissions in climate and environment

Polestar quadruples number of partners working on climate-neutral Polestar 0 car project

T&E: Rising use of private jets sends CO2 emissions soaring

Study finds global emissions of several banned ozone-destroying CFCs are increasing

Report finds says “negative emissions technologies” need to play a large role in mitigating climate change

Transforming carbon emissions into climate-friendly plastics

UCS: ride-hailing trips can produce nearly 70% greater emissions compared to private car trips

ICCT life-cycle analysis finds no climate benefit in using LNG as marine fuel

ARPA-E selects SwRI to create more effective burner to reduce methane emissions

UGA study finds black carbon aerosols from GDI engines will worsen public health, climate; need for GPFs

Tenneco exploring synthetic fuels for climate-neutral mobility; NAMOSYN project

ArcelorMittal publishes concept for global low-carbon emissions physical steel standard

3.8% drop in EU’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019; transport emissions rise

ICCT study finds LH2-powered combustion aircraft can play an important role in meeting aviations 2050 climate goals

Lessons from China’s Growing Adoption of Zero-Emission Trucks

Why the 2035 Zero-Emission Car Target is Crucial

EPA and DOE to provide more than $1B to reduce methane emissions from oil and gas sector

ICCT: aviation emissions increasing 70% faster than UN projections

FHWA proposes rulemaking for states and municipalities to track and reduce GHG emissions

CICERO team finds global temperature will respond slowly to emissions cuts

Novel adaptation for existing blast furnaces could reduce steelmaking emissions by 88%; closed-loop carbon recycling

Study finds climate impact of hydropower varies widely

ITF: worldwide transport activity to double by 2050, emissions to rise 16% compared to 2015

EEA reports sharp decrease in CO2 emissions of new cars in Europe in 2020

Innovating climate-positive housing for a sustainable future

California Governor signs two bills to strengthen emission standard for trucks; Executive Order leverages $700B portfolio to strengthen climate resiliency

Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

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