Study finds GHG emissions from corn ethanol now 46% lower than gasoline
A new study by a team from Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&E) has found that greenhouse gas emissions from corn ethanol are 46% lower than those from gasoline a decrease in emissions from the estimated 39% done by previous modeling.
The report, led by David MacIntosh, Chief Science Officer of Environmental Health & Engineering, Inc. (EH&E) and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard’s T.H. Chan School of Public Health, and consulted by dozens of experts in academia, updates ethanol’s carbon intensity score to reflect how continuous improvements in technology and practices have driven further emissions reductions in the lifecycle of ethanol and will lead to net zero renewable fuel in the future.
Deaths, diseases attributed to air pollution in India led to 1.4% GDP loss in 2019: Study
The findings in the paper highlight that while the disease burden due to household air pollution is reducing in India, the same has increased due to ambient outdoor air pollution. Updated: December 22, 2020 11:18:39 pm
The findings reported in the paper are part of the Global Burden of Disease Study 2019.(Representational)
As many as 1.7 million deaths in India 18 per cent of the total deaths in the country were attributable to air pollution in 2019. The economic impact of this health loss due to lost productivity was huge, resulting in 1.4 per cent loss in the country’s GDP in 2019, which is equivalent to Rs 260,000 crore (US$ 36.8 billion), a new study has said.
Regional Notebook: Dec. 5, 2020
Published: 12/7/2020 3:07:32 PM
Virtual shopping competition starts Dec. 13
SPRINGFIELD Rachel’s Table, the food access program of the Jewish Federation of Western Massachusetts, is teaming up with Onedeeds, a product-based donation platform, to create Foodraiser 2020, a virtual shopping competition that anyone can participate in to feed those in need.
Foodraiser 2020, for individuals, lasts from Dec. 13 to Dec. 18, and for teams of teenagers, on Dec. 20, from 6 to 8 p.m. According to a Rachel’s Table press release, all food will be sent directly to Providence Ministries of Springfield, the Amherst Survival Center and the Franklin County Community Meals Program.