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Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

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The data shows a slight increase in overall emissions from the previous year, and a slight decline in emissions from transportation, which is the state’s main source of both GHGs and air pollutants. Per capita GHG emissions in California have dropped from a 2001 peak of 14.0 Source: California Air Resources Board (ARB).

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CRC study finds some adverse results from use of mid-level ethanol blends in MY 2001-2009 engines; DOE and ethanol industry say study significantly flawed

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In response, the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the Renewable Fuels Association charged that the study was fundamentally flawed. Growth Energy, an ethanol industry trade group, petitioned the EPA in March 2009 to raise the limit on ethanol in gasoline from 10 to 15 percent. Background. This testing included more than $14.5

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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

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The state’s latest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows that California emitted 429 million metric tons of climate pollutants in 2016—a drop of 12 million metric tons, or three percent, from 2015. They fell 23% from a peak of 14 metric tons per person (roughly equal to driving 34,000 miles) in 2001 to 10.8

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Empa and partners exploring DME as fuel with new heavy-duty test engine

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The engine block is derived from a Cursor 11 commercial vehicle engine manufactured by FPT Industrial and has already served us for five years in various research projects. This leads to a significantly more compact and cost efficient exhaust gas aftertreatment system, even for future extremely strict pollutant emission limits.

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Motiv Power Systems delivering 7 electric walk-in vans to USPS as part of CARB program; deployment in Central Valley

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Most of the immediate project benefits will accrue in the San Joaquin Valley, an economically disadvantaged area with some of the highest pollution burdens in the country, as evidenced by CalEnviroScreen scores within the worst five percent in the state.

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Berkeley Lab releases 8th edition of databook on China’s energy and environment; finding the “missing” energy consumption

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The main story in China, said Fridley, is the continued dominance of coal and the continued dominance of industry. Industry consumes two-thirds of China’s energy, compared to less than 30% in the United States. The other part of the story is China’s dramatic jump in renewable energy production.

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Study shows bamboo ethanol in China technically and economically feasible, cost-competitive with gasoline

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Currently, almost half of China’s oil consumption is imported, and with the projection that demand for fossil fuel oil will reach 250 million tons by 2030, it is crucial for the country to consider biomass alternatives as part of their renewable energy plan. million tons in 2008.

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