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	Air & Climate Newsletter June 27, 2013

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Obama`s climate plan takes aim at coal plants
America is slowly moving toward cleaner sources of energy and using less of it overall. President Barack Obama`s plan to fight climate change will accelerate those trends. The plan aims to reduce power-plant emissions of carbon dioxide, increase America`s reliance on natural gas and renewables and make trucks, homes and businesses more efficient. Some parts of the plan will take months to work out and years to go into full effect. The most ambitious part of the plan seeks to rein in one of the biggest sources of carbon dioxide emissions: coal-fired power plants. Obama will direct the Environmental ...

Getting the carbon out of emissions
Original story at MIT News Many researchers around the world are seeking ways to “scrub” carbon dioxide (CO₂) from the emissions of fossil-fuel power plants as a way of curbing the gas that is considered most responsible for global climate change. But most such systems rely on complex plumbing to divert the steam used to drive the turbines that generate power in these plants, and such systems are not practical as retrofits to existing plants.Now, researchers at MIT have come up with a scrubbing system that requires no steam connection, can operate at lower temperatures, ...

Procal
Procal design and manufacture continuous emissions monitors suitable for applications that come under the European Large Combustion Plant and Waste Incineration Directives. These monitors are also used on US EPA approved sites. Certified under MCERTS for the measurement of NO, SO2, CO, CO2, H2O, and providing information as required for compliance with EN14181, Procal can offer systems that integrate oxygen and dust analysers leading to final results that are corrected for oxygen and on a dry basis.

Wide-ranging businesses support president Obama’s climate plan
A broad range of businesses and investors from across the country are offering strong support today for President Obama’s climate plan. The businesses ...
Black Carbon Emissions Cut 90% in California
In a first-of-its kind study examining the impact black carbon has on climate in California, researchers found the state`s efforts to reduce air pollution, ...
Ups-and-downs of Indian monsoon rainfall likely to increase under warming
“Increased variability – this rather technical term translates into potentially severe impacts on people who cannot afford additional loss,” ...
Cooling without climate warming: Environment MEPs recommend F-gas bans
Use of climate-unfriendly fluorinated gases should be banned in new air-conditioning appliances and refrigerators by 2020, according to a vote on draft ...
ClearSign Demonstrates Further 40% NOx Reduction, Sets New Record of 3 PPM
ClearSign Combustion Corporation (NASDAQ: CLIR) today announced that it has measured and documented a further 40% reduction in emissions of Nitrous Oxides ...
MEPs strike 95g/km deal with Irish Presidency for car CO2 emissions
The 95g CO2/km by 2020 reduction target for average car emissions was retained in a deal agreed by negotiators for Parliament and the Irish Presidency ...

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