http://www.inveslogic.com/tags/pollution Blog Articles Tagged with 'pollution' at http://www.inveslogic.com en http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1119592?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution The European Parliament adopted a resolution calling on the European Commission to allocate at least 40% of EU transport infrastructure appropriations to the railways and prioritize freight to reduce the need for road transport.Members of Parliament ... Sat, 06 Sep 2008 10:47:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1119592?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1119453?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set new emissions standards for spark injected (SI) small engines (e.g., gasoline-powered lawn equipment) and SI marine engines. The regulations will take effect in 2010 for a full range of gasoline-po... Fri, 05 Sep 2008 10:52:18 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1119453?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1118970?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution Cavotec MSL has won an order from Taiwan s CSBC Corporation to supply four Alternative Marine Power (AMP) systems for installation on four new-build container vessels.AMP, or cold-ironing , involves vessels turning off their engines while in p... Thu, 04 Sep 2008 16:12:25 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1118970?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1117694?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution By Jack RosebroBlueprint of Toyota propulsion and fuel technology development, 2008-2030+. Click to enlarge.Concurrent with the release of its annual financial report, Toyota has published Sustainability Report 2008: Towards a New Future for People... Tue, 02 Sep 2008 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1117694?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1116169?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution James Dearden, Lehigh University, reviews the WSJ article San Francisco Ponders: Could Bike Lanes Cause Pollution? in the Micro Weekly Review ( Easily Integrate These Wall Street Journal Articles in Your Class ). San Francisco Ponders: Could Bike ... Thu, 28 Aug 2008 08:20:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1116169?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1115849?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution John and I are always getting getting grief for making inappropriate jokes about semi-serious issues. Now it's your turn. An offical spouse of Env-Econ called me on my way in to work this morning with a tip toward the following story. She thoug... Wed, 27 Aug 2008 09:15:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1115849?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1115243?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution The state of New York is leading a group of twelve states, the District of Columbia, and the City of New York in a suit that challenges the EPAs refusal to require new or renovated oil refineries to install technologies that control greenhouse gas em... Tue, 26 Aug 2008 06:22:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1115243?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1115056?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution Retail sales of gasoline in Minnesota in July 2008 declined 9% compared to sales in July 2007, according to figures from the Minnesota Department of Commerce. As gasoline sales declined, the amount of ethanol-based E85 sold during the same period inc... Mon, 25 Aug 2008 15:39:48 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1115056?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1115065?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution China Daily. Some temporary measures implemented to reduce pollution in Beijing during the Olympic Games will become permanent in a bid to address continuing environmental challenges.The removal and treatment of heavy-polluting vehicles will be accel... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:07:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1115065?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1115066?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution Modes of sanitation for the global population. Click to enlarge. Data: SIWI.The World Water Week in Stockholm concluded with 2,400 scientists, leaders from governments and civil society declaring that slow progress on sanitation will cause the world ... Sun, 24 Aug 2008 09:00:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1115066?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1114931?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution Even if all industrialized countries were to reduce emissions to zero by 2050, without any action by developing countries to reduce absolute emissions, the world will not be able to prevent 2 C of global average warming, a level considered dangerous... Sat, 23 Aug 2008 08:10:20 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1114931?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1115077?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution EPA intended PM2.5 designations. Click to enlarge.The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced intended designations (e.g., attainment, nonattainment) for the 24 hour PM2.5 (Particulate Matter) standard, revised in 2006 (earlier post), for ... Fri, 22 Aug 2008 11:39:22 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1115077?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1113867?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution University of Cincinnati (UC) researchers have found that more than 30% of American public schools are within 400 meters (0.25 mile) of major highways that consistently serve as main truck and traffic routes. Research has shown that proximity to such... Mon, 18 Aug 2008 13:21:21 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1113867?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1113734?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution In this paper, the authors calculate the contribution of competing components (production, pollution controls) to overall industrial emissions, i.e.,The Central and Eastern European countries significantly reduced their carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 12:07:05 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1113734?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1113894?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution China Daily. Statistics from the China Association of Automobile Manufacturers (CAAM) showed that July sales of sedans, multipurpose vehicles and sport utility vehicles in China climbed 6.79% from a year earlier, the smallest monthly gain and the fir... Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:35:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1113894?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1112883?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution During second summer semester I tried my version of Anderson and Stafford's* pollution trading game in two sections of the intro micro course. After reviewing the McCain and Obama websites and, noticing that both favor cap-and-trade for climate chang... Tue, 12 Aug 2008 08:14:00 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1112883?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1112495?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution via Grist, we hear that environmentalists have given in Environmental groups dropped their opposition to two different coal-fired power plant expansion projects in Wisconsin and Texas this week after the utilities agreed to a range of concessions de... Mon, 11 Aug 2008 09:56:40 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1112495?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1112640?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution SciAm. Calera, a California start-up, is developing a process to capture about 90% of CO2 from power plant flue gas to use in the production of cement. It s a twist that could make a polluting substance into a way to reduce greenhouse gases. Cement... Sun, 10 Aug 2008 12:00:01 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/green-car-congress/1112640?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1112501?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution The mist in the air that we see in those places, including here, is not a feature of pollution primarily but a feature of evaporation and humidity. Arne Ljungqvist, chairman of the International Olympic Committee's medical commissionLater in the st... Thu, 07 Aug 2008 07:43:44 -0400 http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1112501?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution http://www.inveslogic.com/sectors/directory/environmental-economics/1112502?rsstype=tag&tag=pollution I'm heading down to Wilmington, NC later today for Camp Resources XV:Camp Resources is a summer workshop which provides an opportunity todiscuss research underway on resource and environmental economics. Thefocus of the workshop is on graduate studen... 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