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Pricing can cut CO2 emissions from electric generators
Apr 28, 2008 |
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Levying a price on carbon dioxide released by electric generators could considerably reduce greenhouse gas emissions — even before the deployment of any environmentally friendly technology — according to scientists in Pennsylvania. ...
EPA says sulfur dioxide emissions are down
Nov 17, 2007 |
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U.S. officials say efforts to decrease sulfur dioxide emissions from power companies have resulted in a 40 percent reduction since 1990.
Carbon dioxide emissions associated with UK consumption increase
Jul 04, 2008 |
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Researchers have discovered that carbon dioxide emissions associated with UK consumption increased by 115 million tonnes (18 per cent), between 1992 and 2004.
Researchers define challenging carbon-emissions targets for U.S. auto industry
Jan 28, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- U.S. automakers must achieve an eightfold reduction in automobile-related carbon emissions to help stabilize the amount of heat-trapping carbon dioxide gas in the atmosphere by 2050, according ...
Don't count on long-term success in climate policy, warns paper in Decision Analysis
Jul 01, 2008 |
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Long-term climate change policy in the U.S. and abroad is likely to change very slowly, warns a researcher who calls for stronger short-term goals to reduce carbon emissions, according to a study published in Decision An ...
Study: Next decade 'crucial' on warming
Jan 29, 2007 |
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Climate effects from global warming will be irreversible in 10 years with "serious reductions in carbon emissions," British researchers have concluded.
UM Professor: Consumers 'key part of solution' to global warming
Oct 16, 2009 |
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(PhysOrg.com) -- Consumers can have a major impact on the world’s efforts to reduce global warming, a major report has concluded.
Small bioelectricity plants dirtier than large ones, says study
May 13, 2008 |
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Small-scale community based bio-power plants produce higher levels of emissions per unit of electrical output than large facilities, according to new research presented at a major sustainable energy conference today.
Improving China's acid rain control strategy
Oct 14, 2009 |
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Scientists are reporting the first evidence that China's sharp focus on reducing widespread damage to soil by acid rain by restricting sulfur dioxide air pollution may have an unexpected consequence: Gains ...
China to surpass U.S. emissions levels
Nov 07, 2006 |
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The International Energy Agency says China will surpass the United States in carbon dioxide emissions by 2009, about a decade ahead of previous predictions.
Carnegie Mellon researchers call for reducing carbon emissions
Jun 14, 2007 |
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Carnegie Mellon University engineering researchers Christopher L. Weber and Scott H. Matthews argue that rising U.S. trade with countries like China has major consequences for the future of global climate policy. In a June ...
Germany calls for binding climate deal in 2010
Nov 19, 2009 |
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(AP) -- German Chancellor Angela Merkel called Thursday for all countries to fix binding climate change targets next year at the latest, acknowledging that no such deal is likely at global talks in Copenhagen next month.
Don't blame cities for climate change, see them as solutions
Sep 26, 2008 |
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Cities are being unfairly blamed for most of humanity's greenhouse gas emissions and this threatens efforts to tackle climate change, warns a study in the October 2008 issue of the journal Environment and Urbanization.
Reducing CO2 through technology and smart growth
Feb 11, 2009 |
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A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change, published February 10, 2009 online by Environmental Science and Technology, shows that "smart growth" combined with the use of hybrid vehicl ...
Boiler modifications cut mercury emissions
Oct 04, 2005 |
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Lehigh University researchers in Bethlehem, Pa., have developed a cost-effective technique for reducing mercury emissions from coal-fired power plants.
