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The New Zealand government has passed the ‘Zero Carbon Bill’ amendment to the current Climate Change Response Act 2002, which will see the country become nearly carbon neutral by 2050.The purpose of the amendment, which will ensure all climate legislation is under one act, is to provide a framework ...
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Cinar offers technical services to a large number of industries, i.e., boilers, cement and lime, steel, using mineral interactive computational (MI-CFD) tools, focusing on: increasing the efficiency of combustion units, use of alternative fuels, assistance with permitting and, where appropriate, imp...
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Carbon isn’t the only greenhouse gas (GHG). Methane is a potent GHG, with 1 tonne equivalent to 28–36 tonnes of carbon dioxide (CO2) if looked at over 100 years. The new methane tracker from the International Energy Agency (IEA) provides a rich source of data about harmful methane (CH4) emissi...
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As of 1 September 2017, new car models have had to pass new and more reliable emissions tests before they hit European roads, under new European Commission (EC) requirements. New cars produced by manufactures will now have to pass emissions tests in ‘real driving conditions’ as well as an improved l...
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National Statistics on the UK’s Greenhouse Gas (GHG) emissions for 1990-2015 will be published on 7th February 2017. Every year, BEIS applies methodological improvements to the way those emissions are estimated. The guidance published on 13th January 2017 sets out the main methodology chan...
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In UK, the Environmental Audit Committee reports that the uptake of ultra low emission vehicles (ULEV) is too low to meet the UK’s climate change targets. Air quality targets for 2010 will not be met before 2020, by which time 9% of all new cars should be ULEV. In the first half of 201...
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Four major cost factors to consider when purchasing valves are described as initial purchase price, monitoring costs, repair/rebuild costs, and replacement costs. Each of these factors is reviewed and poor performance in any area can escalate overall costs and lead to fugitive emissions which will i...
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A review is presented on BTEX absorption in glycols, national and international environmental laws in force, sampling and analysis methods of BTEX in gas and glycol streams, and calculation tools for forecasting the exhaust emission levels of these pollutants. Current technologies for BTEX exhaust e...
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Work carried out by the Petroleum Environmental Research Forum to meet legislative requirements for emissions is described. Research in 12 areas includes emission monitoring, dispersion modelling, VOc and NOx emission control, risk assessment and refinery stream specifications. Process streams and p...
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