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Baker Awarded Environmental Air Quality Contract by PennDOT
Michael Baker Jr., Inc., a unit of Michael Baker Corporation (NYSE Amex:BKR), announced today that the Pennsylvania Department of Transportation (PennDOT) has awarded Baker a five-year, $9.9 million multi-year contract to perform air quality and climate emissions modeling services. The contract includes development and execution of regional air quality ...
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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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EPA Seeks Small Entity Participation on Upcoming Medium- and Heavy-Duty Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards
The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is inviting small businesses, governments, and not-for-profit organizations to participate as Small Entity Representatives (SERs) for a Small Business Advocacy Review (SBAR) Panel. This panel will focus on the agency’s proposed extension of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles’ greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards beyond model year 2018. ...
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Understanding the movement of mercury in the atmosphere
In order to reduce mercury pollution, we need to understand its movement in the global atmosphere. A UN report summarises current information on mercury transport in the atmosphere and indicates that intensive global monitoring is needed to inform and evaluate policy. As a result of EU policy1, European emissions of mercury have dropped considerably in recent decades, decreasing by about 60 per ...
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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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Over 50 per cent cut in GHGs needed by 2050 to limit warming by 2 °C
Although there is no safe level for increased temperatures caused by climate change, the Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change has concluded that we need to limit a temperature rise to no more than 2 °C (relative to pre-industrial 1900 levels) in order to avoid the irreversible effects of climate change. The total amount of CO2 emitted from fossil fuel sources and land use changes affect the ...
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EPA, DOT and California align timeframe for proposing standards for next generation of clean cars
The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT), the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the state of California today announced a single timeframe for proposing fuel economy and greenhouse gas standards for model year 2017-2025 cars and light-duty trucks. Proposing the new standards on the same timeframe - by September 1, 2011 - signals continued collaboration that could lead to an ...
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White House announces first ever oil savings standards for heavy duty trucks, buses/saving $50 billion in fuel costs and over 500 million barrels of oil
Today, President Obama will meet with industry officials to discuss the first-of-their-kind fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas pollution standards for work trucks, buses, and other heavy duty vehicles and to thank them for their leadership in finalizing a successful national program for these vehicles. This meeting marks the administration’s announcement of the standards, which will save ...
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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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Annual global warming inaction will cost US$3.8tr
If global warming continues unchecked, by 2100, New York City will feel like Las Vegas does today and San Francisco will have a climate comparable to that of today's New Orleans. In 2100, Boston will have average temperatures like those in Memphis, Tennessee today. These higher temperatures will be uncomfortable financially as well as physically, according to a report released Thursday by ...
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International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations issues call for abstracts for World Clean Air Congress
The International Union of Air Pollution Prevention and Environmental Protection Associations (IUAPPA) has issued the call for abstracts for the World Clean Air Congress, September 12-16, 2010, in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada.The 2010 Congress will bring together specialists from academia, industry, consulting, environmental advocacy groups, and government to present innovative ways to ...
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EREF-Funded Project Uses a Life-Cycle Analysis Model to Evaluate the Environmental Sustainability of Solid Waste Management Strategies
In the future, policies to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions that affect the type of energy used in the U.S., as well as the cost of energy and emissions, could significantly impact the strategic direction of solid waste management (SWM). SWM systems must proactively adapt to changing waste composition, policy requirements, and an evolving energy system to cost-effectively and sustainably ...
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Natural gas boom will not slow climate change
The recent natural gas boom due to the use of technologies such as fracking will not lead to a reduction of overall greenhouse gas emissions. Burning natural gas produces only half the CO2 emissions as coal per unit of energy. However, as natural gas becomes abundant and therefore cheap, it adds to the total energy supply and only partially replaces coal, a study published in the journal Nature ...
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Frost & Sullivan Selects Achates Power for New Product Innovation Award
SAN DIEGO, March 5, 2013 /PRNewswire/-- Achates Power, Inc.—a developer of radically improved internal combustion engines that increase fuel efficiency, reduce greenhouse gas emissions and are lower cost—today announced that it received the Frost & Sullivan 2013 North American New Product Innovation Award in the medium- and heavy-duty commercial vehicle engine market. Achates ...
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Estimating GHG emissions from the non-energy use of fossil fuels
The quality of official greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventories could be further improved if emissions from non-energy use of fossil fuels were accounted for in greater detail, according to new research. In the European Union, roughly six percent of fossil fuels are not consumed as an energy source but for so-called 'non-energy' purposes. Examples include the use of fossil fuels for the ...
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Administrator Lisa P. Jackson, opening statement before the house energy and commerce committee’s subcommittee on energy and power
As prepared for delivery – Mr. Chairman and members of the Committee, thank you for inviting me to testify about Chairman Upton’s draft bill to eliminate portions of the Clean Air Act, the landmark law that all American children and adults rely on to protect them from harmful air pollution. The bill appears to be part of a broader effort in this Congress to delay, weaken, or ...
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