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Status of Legal Challenges: Patents Related to the use of HFO1234YF in Auto Air Conditioning
One of the key challenges identified by Parties to the Montreal Protocol as part of the Dubai Pathway on Hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs) relates to concerns raised about intellectual property rights. Because a large number of patents on low global warming potential …
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Approaches to Structuring a High Ambient Temperature Exemption
As parties to the Montreal Protocol consider an amendment to phase down hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), one critical concern is whether suitable alternatives for air-conditioning applications are available and adequately demonstrated for cooling capacity and energy efficiency under conditions of high ambient …
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CCS projects see progress
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Leveraging Natural Gas to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions
Recent technological advances have unleashed a boom in U.S. natural gas production, with expanded supplies and substantially lower prices projected well into the future. Because combusting natural gas yields fewer greenhouse gas emissions than coal or petroleum, the expanded use …
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CO2 Enhanced Oil Recovery: A Critical Domestic Energy, Economic, and Environmental Opportunity
Introduction Amidst economic uncertainty, fiscal crisis and political division over energy policy, carbon dioxide enhanced oil recovery (CO2-EOR) offers a safe and commercially proven method of domestic oil production that can help the United States simultaneously address three urgent national …
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Greenhouse Gas Accounting Framework for Carbon Capture and Storage Projects
Greenhouse Gas Accounting Framework for Carbon Capture and Storage Projects February 2012 Download the full report (PDF) Press Release Other Resources: Climate Techbook: Carbon Capture and Storage Factsheet Foreword Meeting the global challenge to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions …