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Emissions by the Big Utilities: Where They Are, What They’re Aiming For

Legal Planet

Energy Mix (2019): [link]. Carbon Reduction Goals: Net-zero carbon monoxide and methane emissions by 2050. Carbon Reduction Goal: Net zero carbon by 2030. Energy Mix (2019): Con Ed’s investor report gives slightly different figures on pp. 4) Dominion Energy. Nuclear 17%. Natural Gas: 42%.

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Greenhouse gas emission impact from peatland fires underestimated by 200%-300%, shows new study

Frontiers

Deforestation fires in Brazil and Indonesia accounted for 3% and 7%, respectively, of the planet’s total greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in 2019 and 2020, finds a new study in Frontiers in Climate. In Brazil, a total of 11,088 km 2 of forest were destroyed from August 2019 to July 2020. Read original article ?

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DEP Invites Comments On Proposed Air Quality General Permit For Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares, Eliminates Public Comment Period On Individual Permits

PA Environment Daily

formal notice ) The general permit sets Best Available Technology requirements to meet emission limits for oxides of nitrogen (NOx) and carbon monoxide (CO). DEP’s latest Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory shows coal mining-related greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 totaled an estimated 11.91 million metric tons.

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DEP Publishes Final Air Quality General Permit For Installation Of Coal-Mine Methane Enclosed Flares

PA Environment Daily

formal notice ) The general permit sets Best Available Technology requirements to meet emission limits for oxides of nitrogen (NOx), carbon monoxide (CO) and other pollutants. DEP’s latest Pennsylvania Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory shows coal mining-related greenhouse gas emissions in 2019 totaled an estimated 11.91

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Fermentation turns greenhouse gases into useful chemicals

Physics World

Instead, the new study considered autotrophic production, using waste resources such as carbon oxides (carbon monoxide or carbon dioxide) from heavy industry, or syngas from biomass resources, as a starting point. Co-led by Ching Leang, Michael Jewett and Michael Köpke, the collaborative research team from LanzaTech Inc.,

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How Green Tech Helps Create Sustainable Mobility in Cities

Earthava

In the US alone, the transportation sector contributed 29% of greenhouse gas emissions in 2019. These biofuels also produce fewer air pollutants such as carbon monoxide, air toxics, and sulphur dioxide, among others. Promotes sustainable transport.

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Bike to Work!

Academy of Natural Sciences

Motor vehicle exhaust is one big source of ground-level ozone or smog, fine particulate matter, carbon monoxide and nitrogen dioxide. As of 2019, the Indego system has about 150 stations and 1,500 bikes available all over the city 365 days of the year. Don’t own a bicycle or nervous about investing in one?