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US emissions fall to lowest levels since 1994
2013-02-01 12:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: America's carbon dioxide emissions last year fell to their lowest levels since 1994, according to a new report. Carbon dioxide emissions fell by 13% in the past five years, because of new energy-saving technologies and a doubling in the take-up of renewable energy, the report compiled by Bloomberg New Energy Finance for the Business Council for Sustainable Energy (BCSE) said. The reduction in climate pollution even as Congress failed to act on climate change brings America more than halfway...
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Palm oil, paper, biofuels production on peatlands drive large GHG emissions
2013-01-31 23:44:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Degradation of peat swamps for oil palm and timber plantations is a substantially larger source of greenhouse gas emissions than previously believed, finds a new study published in the journal Nature. An international team of researchers tested the water chemistry of channels draining peatlands in Malaysia and Indonesia. They found high levels of "ancient" carbon, indicating that peat swamp degradation releases carbon that has been locked away for thousands of years. Much of the carbon eventually...
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Compact SCR Catalyst reduces NOx emissions from gas turbines.
2013-01-31 14:32:35| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
While specifically designed for gas turbines, Concat™ GT compact extruded ceramic SCR catalyst is suitable for use in new or retrofit applications. It provides honeycomb structure that results in up to 95% NOx reduction while lessening amount of catalyst required. Package size results in decreased pressure drop across catalyst and ammonia slip, providing turbine owners/operators and SCR system engineers flexibility in system design. This story is related to the following:Pollution Control Catalysts |
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India to meet domestic mitigation goal of reducing emissions by 2020: PM
2013-01-31 09:59:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Asian News International: Prime Minister Dr. Manmohan Singh on Thursday said India is committed to meeting its domestic mitigation goal of reducing the emissions intensity of our GDP by 20-25 percent by 2020. Addressing at the Inaugural Session of Delhi Sustainable Development Summit here, Dr. Singh said: "Our country is committed to meeting its domestic mitigation goal of reducing the emissions intensity of our GDP by 20-25 percent by year 2020 compared with 2005 levels. We have already taken several major steps on the...
Climate and Clean Air Coalition to work with oil and gas companies to reduce emissions
2013-01-30 17:30:20| Green Car Congress
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