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New emissions certification test for cars could be improved, study concludes
A test currently under development for certifying levels of vehicle emissions may not adequately represent real world driving conditions, a new study suggests. The authors measured emissions during the new Worldwide Light-Duty Test Cycle (WLTC) compared with those in existing driving cycles and highlighted areas where the test could be potentially improved. In the EU, tailpipe emissions from new ...
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Don`t weaken vans limits, says T&E after car industry `exaggeration`
T&E says its latest figures monitoring the efforts of car makers to reduce carbon dioxide emissions from new cars show the industry exaggerated the difficulty of reducing emissions when the latest CO2 reduction target was agreed in 2008. Toyota has almost reached the target six years early, with other car makers not far behind. T&E says the figures are a warning to MEPs and ministers that ...
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Hydromantis and Mohawk College implement a carbon footprint model to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions at wastewater treatment plants
Hydromantis Environmental Software Solutions, Inc. (Hydromantis) and Mohawk College (Mohawk) announced today the development of a Carbon Footprint Model for Wastewater Treatment to be made available for GPS-X, the global wastewater industry’s leading dynamic process simulator. “This was an impressive partnership that allowed our students, Andrew Blackbourn and Zahraa Khalil, to work ...
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Climate Models Project Increase in U.S. Wildfire Risk
Scientists using NASA satellite data and climate models have projected drier conditions likely will cause increased fire activity across the United States in coming decades. Other findings about U.S. wildfires, including their amount of carbon emissions and how the length and strength of fire seasons are expected to change under future climate conditions, were also presented Tuesday at the ...
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Is it time to restrict demand for air travel?
International aviation traffic has been growing rapidly over recent decades and is forecast to expand significantly in the future. A recent study has concluded that future greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from aviation could compromise climate change targets unless demand for flights is restricted. In 2005, the aviation industry is estimated to have contributed between 3 to 8 per cent of the ...
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New York Mandates Global Warming Stickers on Cars, Trucks
ALBANY, New York, August 7, 2007 (ENS) - Governor Eliot Spitzer Friday signed legislation requiring that automobile manufacturers affix 'global warming index' stickers to new cars and passenger trucks beginning in the 2010 model year. The stickers will detail carbon dioxide and other greenhouse gases emitted by operating the vehicle. New York is the second state in the nation, after California, ...
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Forest fires increase mercury emissions
Mercury is a global pollutant arising from many sources, including biomass burning (BMB), which includes both wildfires and intentional fires to clear land. A recent study estimates that mercury emissions from BMB make up 8 per cent of total global mercury emissions. Mercury emissions from BMB have received growing attention. Forests in particular act as mercury sinks because atmospheric ...
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Wildfires Spew Carbon Emissions Into the Atmosphere
BOULDER, Colorado, November 1, 2007 (ENS) - Severe wildfires can contribute as much as vehicles to carbon emissions in some U.S. states, although the amount is highly variable, according to a study based on satellite data. New research published in the journal 'Carbon Balance and Management' quantifies these emissions and suggests fires will complicate emissions monitoring and modelling efforts. ...
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Intelex partners with AMEE to curb GHG emissions
In its continuing commitment to deliver the highest standard of environment management solutions, Intelex Technologies Inc. is proud to announce a new partnership with AMEE, a global leader in calculating the carbon footprints of organizations and individuals. As part of its alliance agreement with AMEE, Intelex, a global leader in Environment, Health and Safety and Quality (EHSQ) software ...
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California sues EPA for rejecting tailpipe emissions law
The California government today filed a lawsuit against the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency for 'wrongfully and illegally' blocking the state's tailpipe greenhouse gas emissions standards. Fifteen other states joined the California lawsuit, and in addition, five nonprofit groups today filed suit challenging the EPA's decision. The waiver, allowing California to enact and enforce ...
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Greenstone blosters carbon accounting suite with launch of Green IT
Greenstone Carbon Management, the global specialist carbon solutions company, has announced today the launch of Green IT, an addition to its Acco2unt carbon accounting suite*. Green IT allows large organisations to accurately audit and rationalise their IT estate – such as desktop computers, servers, peripherals and data centre appliances - for energy efficiency and carbon emissions. It offers a ...
By Greenstone+
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Ecova Earns 2013 Accreditation from Carbon Disclosure Project to Help Companies Calculate Carbon Data
Ecova—the total energy and sustainability management company—today announced it has, for the second year in a row, earned accreditation from the Carbon Disclosure Project (CDP) as a Carbon Calculation partner. The accreditation reflects Ecova’s success in helping its customers accurately calculate and report greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions with the use of Ecova’s carbon ...
By ENGIE Impact
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COP26: Verifying Glasgow`s CO2 emissions using ADMS-Urban and measurements
Verification of carbon dioxide emissions is essential to achieving Net Zero and "keeping 1.5 alive". Researchers from CERC, Cambridge University, and ACOEM have collaborated on a project to verify CO2 emissions across greater Glasgow by combining measurements and CERC's ADMS-Urban air pollution dispersion model. The ongoing study, using available traffic data and emissions factors, suggests that ...
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Calgary’s Steeper Energy Canada Ltd. Reports Carbon Intensity of 15 kg CO2/GJ for Hydrofaction Oil
Calgary Alberta – August 19, 2015 – Steeper Energy Canada Ltd., a Danish-Canadian clean-fuel company, had (S&T)2 undertake an analysis on the carbon intensity of Hydrofaction™ Oil produced in northern Alberta and consumed in British Columbia. The modelling of GHG emissions for the production of Hydrofaction™ Oil produced at a Steeper Energy facility in Peace River, ...
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Super Group implements global carbon accounting solution to manage its environmental impact
Super Group today announced its implementation of Greenstone Carbon Management’s Acco2unt solution to measure, manage and reduce its environmental impact. This signals another significant step in Super Group’s drive to improve its environmental performance across its broad-based supply chain management business. The carbon accounting software enables Super Group to identify ...
By Greenstone+
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U.S. EPA awards U.C. Berkeley $1.5 million to evaluate air pollution in developing nations
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency today announced it is awarding the University of California, Berkeley, a $1.5 million grant for work to assess the impact of pollution from household and village-scale stoves on air quality in developing countries. The grant is part of $9 million awarded nationally to six universities to research cleaner technologies and fuels for cooking, lighting, and ...
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The ETA and the Green Party hope the scrappage scheme is scrapped
The Environmental Transport Association and the Green Party have voiced their concerns over the Government’s possible car scrappage scheme. The scheme, expected to be confirmed in this week’s Budget announcement, is likely to mean car-owners with old vehicles will be given a £2000 allowance to trade them in for scrap and buy newer vehicles. It is hoped this will cut carbon emissions through ...
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Including CO2 emissions from land use in mitigation policy
A comprehensive tax on carbon emissions would lower the cost of meeting environmental goals whilst discouraging deforestation, according to a recent study. There is concern that climate change mitigation strategies may not always consider emissions from land use or their interaction with emissions from industrial and fossil fuel sources. For example, focusing on industrial and fossil fuel ...
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Yale Awarded $1.5 Million EPA Grant for Research on Cleaner Emissions from Cookstoves
Yale University is one of only six recipients of EPA grant funding intended to advance research into cleaner technologies and fuels for cooking, lighting and heating homes. Yale will collaborate with researchers from the Universities of Minnesota, Georgia, and British Colombia, as well as North Carolina State and two Indian non-governmental organizations. The group will receive nearly $1.5 ...
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EPA Report: Automakers Surpassing Light-Duty Greenhouse Gas Standards
For the second consecutive model year, the automotive industry outperformed the national greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards by a wide margin. Overall industry compliance in model year 2013 was 12 grams/mile – or 1.4 miles per gallon – better than required by the 2013 standard. These were among the top findings released today in the Environmental Protection Agency’s ...
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