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Elements in Emission Trading Contrary to Shariah Rules
Elements in Emission Trading Contrary to Shariah Rules
Hands-On Microfluidics Simulation Workshop.
The NNIN/C at the University of Michigan will be hosting a free Workshop
entitled ” Comsol Hands-on Workshop on Microfluidic Devices “.
In this Workshop, we will focus on COMSOL’s Microfluidics Module
which encompasses easy-to-use tools for the study of microfluidic
devices. Important applications include simulations of lab-on-a-chip
devices, digital microfluidics, electrokinetic and magnetokinetic
devices, inkjets, and micro-pumps.
The EU Emissions Trading Scheme and the UK Climate Change Act: a UK Perspective
The European Union Emissions Trading Scheme (EU ETS), the largest emissions cap-and-trade scheme in the world, commenced on January 1, 2005. In addition, the United Kingdom's Climate Change Act 2008 has established the world's first legally binding emissions-reduction target, which requires at least an 80% reduction on 1990 emissions levels in the United Kingdom by 2050. The following article gives a brief overview of the EU ETS and of some of the steps being taken to reach the 80% reduction target under the Climate Change Act 2008.
Carbon Capture and Storage - Identified challenges to implementation
Carbon capture and storage (CCS) is interesting as a case study of a CO2 mitigation technology that maintains considerable political and fiscal support even though its long-term economic viability is dependent on high carbon prices and even though its implementation will in many cases require that U.S. states and Canadian provinces enact new legislation and regulations. This article considers the current legislative debate in the U.S. and examines the ways in which the absence of federal climate change legislation in the U.S. and Canada affects both the price of carbon and the implementation of carbon abatement technologies. It also identifies regulatory gaps that must be addressed before CCS can be widely implemented.
SAFETY ISSUES IN BIOFUEL
getting fuel from plants seems like a great proposition originally. It reduces dependence on foreign oil, and it doesn't produce the greenhouse gases that cause global warming â€" at least that's what advocates claim. But biofuels are not without their critics.
Some recent research suggests bio fuels could have a greater environmental impact â€" biodiversity loss, destruction of farmland, and the energy necessary to produce them, for example than burning fossil fuels, reports The Guardian, a British daily.
Topic 23: Implication of the offshore industry toward "zero harmful discharge"
Current situation in the North Sea, impacts of dissolved subtances to the environment, new legislation and how the industry will be prepare to the new challenge. What is the current situation in your own country?
Determination of Representative Volume Element (RVE) based on Microstructure
Estimating the response of polycrystalline materials using sets of weighted statistical volume elements
Siddiq M. Qidwai, David M. Turner, Stephen R. Niezgoda, Alexis C. Lewis, Andrew B. Geltmacher, David J. Rowenhorst, Surya R. Kalidindi
Acta Materialia, 60, 5284–5299, 2012; http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.actamat.2012.06.026
Topic 22: THE ROLE OF SAFETY IN VIEW OF WORLD ENERGY FORECAST: STRIKING A FUTURE BALANCE
In the age at which we live, no doubt energy controls the world. Loads of effort and assistance has gone into the development of technologies to meet the world's demand for energy and in the light of this we should ask ourselves this question "Is this uprise going to compromise the safety standards on ground?". Man all through history has been known to always find a way at all cost to solve problems even though most point to economical reasons.
