Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its final Report to Congress on Black Carbon , in response to an October 2009 request from Congress to advance efforts to understand the role of black carbon (BC) in climate change. —Report to Congress on Black Carbon. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2009

In testimony for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearing ( earlier post ) on the proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act ( earlier post ), Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson urged the EPA to include black carbon in the finding. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Mark Jacobson.

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FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Radiative forcing due to perpetual constant year 2000 emissions grouped by sector for 2020 (left) and 2100 (right) showing the contribution from each species. Cars, buses, and trucks release pollutants and greenhouse gases that promote warming, while emitting few aerosols that counteract it. From Unger et al., Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2009

This potential leap in destructiveness and pollution—mainly from an increase in wildfire frequency—is forecast by computer models calculating impacts of moderate global warming on western US wildfire patterns and atmospheric chemistry. Percent increase in organic carbon particles at the surface, from the present-day to the 2050s.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Global sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) emissions peaked in the early 1970s and decreased until 2000, with an increase in recent years due to increased emissions in China, international shipping, and developing countries in general, according to a new analysis appearing in the open access journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics. Credit: Smith et al.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

In particular, the study led by Drew Shindell found that methane emissions have a larger warming impact due to those interactions than accounted for in current carbon-trading schemes or in the Kyoto Protocol. Methane’s GWP may also change with time as air quality regulations alter the background state of tropospheric chemistry.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 4, 2011

However, these standards will not reduce CO 2 emissions, which is required to mitigate long-term climate change, the team notes. However, these standards will not reduce CO 2 emissions, which is required to mitigate long-term climate change, the team notes. Shindell et al. trillion avoided health damage and $US1.1-4.3

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2016

and Par Hawaii Refining that resolves alleged Clean Air Act violations and protects public health by reducing air pollution at six refineries. Strict internal leak definitions: 500 ppm for valves and 2000 ppm for pumps. Refineries also emit greenhouse gases that contribute to climate change, as well as fugitive VOCs.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Effects of changes in the average lifespan of ordinary passenger cars newly registered between 1990-2000 on total induced CO 2 emissions in 2000. They also found that extending the lifetime of a vehicle contributed to a moderate increase in emissions of criteria pollutants (NO x , HC, and CO) during the use phase of the vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2009

Creation of this database is a big step forward for researching long-term changes in air pollution and correlating these with climate change. The researchers compared the visibility data to available satellite data (2000-2007), and found it to be comparable as an indicator of aerosol concentration in the air.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

In addition to CO 2 , other compounds such as ozone (O 3 ) precursors (nitrogen oxides (NO x =NO+NO 2 ), carbon monoxide (CO), and volatile organic compounds (VOCs)) and aerosols such as black carbon (BC) and organic carbon (OC) are emitted by ships. 1 of the total ship emissions in 2007. —Lud et al.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions significantly by 2050. Stone et al.

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Electric Auto Association

MAY 3, 2021

We were especially excited about the 4-wheelers because they’re used on farms all over the state and the gas vehicles are very noisy and air polluting.” “I He decided to take personal action by joining Al Gore’s Climate Reality Leadership Corps. I’m still trying to keep farmers excited about it.” “In

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 17, 2009

But surprisingly, a subject Elizabeth didn’t know a lot about is Tonga’s frontline role as a victim of the climate change crisis. Today all 3000 inhabitants of the Carteret Islands have been relocated as they become the first climate change refugees. They were “placed.&#. Mine too of course.

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APRIL 29, 2009

Two possible futures: One in which no climate policies are implemented (red), and one with strong action to mitigate emissions (blue). The researchers, involving scientists from Germany, the United Kingdom and Switzerland, concluded that the limit is 1,000 billion tonnes of carbon dioxide between the years 2000 and 2050.

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JUNE 21, 2011

Per capita transport CO 2 emissions are decomposed into the product of two terms: per capita LDV use (horizontal axis, veh-km person -1 yr -1 ) and propulsion carbon intensity (vertical axis, g CO 2 veh-km -1 ). L/100 km) plug-in hybrid electric cars fueled on a mix of cellulosic biofuels and low-carbon grid electricity. Sager et al.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Issues like auto safety and pollution were the chief concerns. Such is the case with the Biden Administration’s attempted transition of the U.S. These issues are self-contained to the auto itself.”

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2009

The California ARB is in the process of redesigning its Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) program to affect the 2015+ model years, with a focus on reducing greenhouse gases as well as criteria pollutants, and with an emphasis on plug-in hybrid, electric and fuel cell vehicles. Earlier post.). Michael O’Brien.

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. INTRODUCTION. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J.

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AUGUST 14, 2009

But in a year that has seen both a worsening recession and state budget crisis, residents’ support for urgent action on climate change has slipped and a partisan divide on the issue has widened. But in the current economic climate their support has dropped a notch. Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of PPIC.

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