China's newest environmental disaster
Carmel Lobello SEP 26 2013
So much for China's change of heart when it comes to taking care of the environment.
Algae biofuel could cut CO2 emissions by 68% compared to petroleum
BIOENERGY NEWS SEP 23 2013
Algae-derived biofuel can reduce life cycle CO2 emissions by 50 to 70 per cent compared to petroleum fuels, according to a new peer-reviewed paper published in Bioresource Technology journal.
NREL/DOE Launch New Alternative Transportation Web Tools
NREL Release
Ways to reduce fleet petroleum use debut alongside a Web site makeover.
A breakdown of California's pollution sources
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http://www.endurobox.com/blog/california-carbon-tax-experiment-kyoto-protocol/
California has adopted a cap and trade approach to taxing carbon emissions, which sets an upper limit on allowable levels of carbon and permits the purchase of carbon credits to offset emissions.
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VMT in CA
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http://next10.org/sites/next10.huang.radicaldesigns.org/files/2013%20California%20Green%20Innovation%20Index%20031913.pdf
Total vehicle miles traveled (VMt) and VMt per capita declined slightly from 2007 to 2010 (-1% and -3.2%, respectively), though both increased compared to 2009 (Figure 34).
Greenhouse gas emissions from transportation dropped by a much wider margin, with a ten percent drop in per capita emissions between 2007 and 2010, and a continued
improvement since 2009 in both overall transportation emissions (-0.3%) and per capita transportation emissions (-1.1%).
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San Diego County: Towards a Reliable and Sustainable Public Transportation System
Taxonomy upgrade extras
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Franco Boscolo
San Diego County: Towards a Reliable and Sustainable Public Transportation System
Estimated Total Reactive Nitrogen deposition from the Atmosphere (Wet and Dry) 1860-2050
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Galloway et al., 2004
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Carbon Gases Emisions
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www.ipcc.ch
The main source of pollution comes from burning fossil fuels for our energy supply
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CO2 growth rate
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Despite the CO2 growth, the rate of CO2 for the last 10 years seem to been stable and not increasing as bad as in the 60's and 70's
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Annual Carbon Emissions By Region
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Massive increase of carbon emissions for the last 50 years. North America as number one polluter
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