2006, 2020, Pollution and Power

London’s £10 daily “T-charge” for most polluting vehicles now in effect; partnership with Turing Institute

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2017

London’s £10 daily “ T-Charge ” (toxicity), aimed at the oldest, most polluting vehicles on London roads, is now in effect. The T Charge applies mainly to diesel and gasoline vehicles registered before 2006. to drive in the zone if a vehicle is affected. Recent research has revealed 7.9

Pollution

Pollution London Charging Vehicles

EPA to reconsider particulate matter NAAQS

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2021

EPA is reconsidering the December 2020 decision because it says that available scientific evidence and technical information indicate that the current standards may not be adequate to protect public health and welfare, as required by the Clean Air Act. g/m 3 (in place since 2006). The current 24-hour standard is 35 ?g/m

EPA

EPA Standards Pollution 2020

Tsinghua University provincial-level lifecycle study finds fuel-cycle criteria pollutants of EVs in China could be up to 5x those of natural gas vehicles due to China’s coal-dominant power mix

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2013

Consumption-based power mixes and NG transmission distances by Chinese province in 2010. 2020),” which plans to achieve accumulated sales of 500,000 new-energy vehicles (including hybrids and EVs) by 2015, and 5 million by 2020. Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.] —Huo et al.

Coal

Coal Pollution China Gas

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

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

Under Assembly Bill 32 passed in 2006, California must reduce its emissions to 1990 levels (431 million metric tons) by 2020. 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.

2004

2004 2016 Emissions California

EPA proposes CO2 limits for future power plants; flexibilities for phasing in control technology; anticipates negligible impacts

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for CO 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new power plants. fired power plants meet an output?based According to the EPA, new natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plant units should be able to meet the proposed standard without add?on

EPA

EPA Power Powered Future

California ARB releases proposed new plan to cut 2030 GHG by 40% v. 1990; more stringent LCFS, more ZEVs

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2017

Assembly Bill 32, signed in 2006, set California’s initial goal to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and directed CARB to develop a climate change scoping plan—to be updated every five years—detailing specific measures needed to reach the target. Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Reduction Strategy.

California

California Cleaner Emissions Pollution

Obama Administration withdraws proposed rulemaking on strengthened ozone standards

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for wide-spread pollutants from numerous and diverse sources considered harmful to public health and the environment. Work is already underway to update a 2006 review of the science that will result in the reconsideration of the ozone standard in 2013.

Ozone

Ozone Obama Standards EPA

Volkswagen inaugurates 9.5 MW solar park at Chattanooga plant in US; key element of VW Group’s strategic sustainability targets

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2013

MW solar park at Chattanooga is owned and operated by Silicon Ranch; VW has signed a 20-year power purchase agreement. The power will be used directly in production; solar power will provide up to 12.5% of the electric power required in full-capacity operation and 100% of demand when the plant is not in production.

Solar

Solar Phoenix 2012 Power

IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2014

The extracted rock can be used directly as a power plant resource or it can be processed to produce shale oil, which in turn can be refined into gasoline, diesel or jet fuels. Estonia is also working to halve energy sector-related CO 2 emissions in 2020 from the 15.7 Different that shale oil—i.e., million tonnes emitted in 2007.

Estonia

Estonia Oil Cleaner Jordan

California-to-Canada Hydrogen Road Rally Starts 26 May

Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2009

Fuel cell technology is also being used to power transit buses and forklifts, and to produce electricity for industrial uses. California is a proponent of diversifying the fuels used to power transportation. These funds were used to support projects that reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by using alternative fuels.

California

California Hydrogen Canada San Diego

Georgia Tech study projects potential mixed impacts of climate change policies on air quality

Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2015

The GISS ModelE2 provides the initial and boundary conditions to a regional climate model for the years 2006?2010 The more aggressive CT2 begins in 2020 at $50 per ton and reaches $1,400 per ton in 2050. lb/MWh for NO x —similar to that of new combined cycle natural gas power plants. 2010 and 2048?2052.

Climate Change

Climate Change Georgia Climate Emissions

California ARB greenlights states GHG cap-and-trade program

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

The cap-and-trade program also works in concert with other measures, such as standards for cleaner vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable electricity and energy efficiency, and complements and supports California’s existing efforts to reduce smog-forming and toxic air pollutants. ARB Staff presentation on Cap-and-Trade Program.

California

California Climate Climate Change Gas-Electric

EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

Sales of battery-powered electric vehicles are 65% lower in the AEO2013 Reference case than the year before, with annual sales in 2035 estimated to be about 119,000. Reinstatement of the Clean Air Interstate Rule (CAIR) after the court’s announcement of intent to vacate the Cross-State Air Pollution Rule (CSAPR). than in AEO2012.

Fuel

Fuel Energy Sale 2013

Road Test: 2022 Acura RDX SH-AWD A-Spec Advance

Clean Fleet Report

JANUARY 15, 2022

The Acura RDX has been one of the best-selling compact premium SUVs since 2006, and has sold more than 50,000 every year since 2015. Turbo Power. Torque comes in at a low 1,600 rpm, getting power to the all-wheel drive system, which Acura calls SH-AWD, through a 10-speed automatic. Power, but not enough efficiency to hit 30 mpg.

Acura

Acura MPG Fuel Economy SUV

ARB releases proposed cap-and-trade regulation for comment; transportation fuels impacted in 2015

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The program is expected to reduce GHG emissions between 18 and 27 MMTCO 2 e in 2020. The program will cover the major sources of GHG emissions in the State, including refineries and power plants, industrial facilities, and transportation fuels. The basic components of the California cap-and-trade program include: Scope.

2015

2015 Transportation Fuel Emissions

Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This year’s Index finds that 2018 greenhouse gas emissions—the latest year for which data are available—rose overall for the first time since 2012, driven in part by increases in the power and commercial sectors. each year from 2020 to 2030 to cut emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, as mandated by SB 32.

California

California 2018 2019 2017

California greenhouse gas inventory shows state is tracking to achieve 2020 AB 32 target

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2015

California’s annual statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emission inventory is an important tool for establishing historical emission trends and tracking the state’s progress toward the goal set by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (AB 32). The law set a target of reducing emissions to 1990 levels by 2020.

California

California Gas 2020 2001

Congressionally-created Commission Recommends Mileage Tax Instead of Fuel Tax for Transportation Infrastructure Financing

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2009

From 1980 to 2006, the total number of miles traveled (VMT) by automobiles increased 97%; truck VMT increased 106%. The gas tax, which is not currently indexed to inflation, has lost 1/3 of its purchasing power since 1993, the last time the tax was increased. Paying our Way”.

Mileage Tax

Mileage Tax Fuel Tax Tax Financing

SAE New Energy Vehicle Forum: China’s focus on NEVs may have profound impact on future of transportation

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2013

With increasing pressure from air pollution, oil consumption and congestion, China is compelled to reinvent propulsion technologies. … With the 10 th 5-year Plan (“10-5”, 2002-2006), the government introduced the goal of developing and commercializing electric vehicles. Watt) by 2020. Watt) by 2020. l/100 km in 2020.

Transportation

Transportation Future Energy China

A closer look at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. The Green Piece

Green Cars News

DECEMBER 7, 2009

With these developing nations having relatively small carbon footprints and millions of people in deep poverty, they can argue the need to continue to pollute while they improve the lives of their citizens. However, this would only involve a 10 per cent reduction by 2020, which has widely been criticised. Who will pay?

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Green Carbon

Power Companies Driving Drunk With Power – If Only PG&E and SCE Didn’t Hate Rooftop Solar So Much We Might Meet Our AB 32 Emission Reductions.

Creative Greenius

MARCH 4, 2010

The cap has to do with what percent of rooftop solar customers get to participate in the “net metering&# program that actually gives them credit for the solar power they produce and feed back into the grid. That 20% goal was made into a law in 2006. It lifts the current “cap&# on rooftop solar from the crappy 2.5%

Solar

Solar Power Powered Climate Change

The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

The US electrical power industry alone “is influenced by a variety of decision-makers, including over 200 investor-owned utilities, 10 federal power authorities, over 2000 publicly-owned utilities, about 900 rural electric cooperatives, seven RTOs [ Regional Transmission Organizations ], 48 state regulatory bodies [e.g., 26, 2012.

Grid

Grid Iowa Wind Miles

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. I got beaten down a number of times."

Plug-in

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV

Support for global warming action slips

Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2009

Some 66 per cent support the 2006 California law requiring greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020 - but that’s down from 73 per cent in July 2008 and down from 78 per cent in 2007. It found that in a year with a worsening recession, residents’ support for urgent action on climate change has slipped.

Global

Global Climate Change Climate 2008

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. The European Union (EU) is committed to a 20% cut in emissions by 2020.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

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. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ”

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

PPIC Survey Finds Californianss Support for Policies to Curb Warming Slips With Economy and Budget Crisis; Partisan Split Widens

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

Most residents (66%) support the 2006 California law (AB 32) that requires greenhouse gas emissions to be reduced to 1990 levels by 2020. On the question of building more nuclear power plants, Californians are divided (46% favor, 48% oppose), as they were last year (44% favor, 50% oppose).

Economy

Economy Los Angeles Climate Change 2008

EV Driven

London’s £10 daily “T-charge” for most polluting vehicles now in effect; partnership with Turing Institute

EPA to reconsider particulate matter NAAQS

Tsinghua University provincial-level lifecycle study finds fuel-cycle criteria pollutants of EVs in China could be up to 5x those of natural gas vehicles due to China’s coal-dominant power mix

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

EPA proposes CO2 limits for future power plants; flexibilities for phasing in control technology; anticipates negligible impacts

California ARB releases proposed new plan to cut 2030 GHG by 40% v. 1990; more stringent LCFS, more ZEVs

Obama Administration withdraws proposed rulemaking on strengthened ozone standards

Volkswagen inaugurates 9.5 MW solar park at Chattanooga plant in US; key element of VW Group’s strategic sustainability targets

IEA: Estonia is pioneering technologies for more efficient and cleaner use of oil shale

California-to-Canada Hydrogen Road Rally Starts 26 May

Georgia Tech study projects potential mixed impacts of climate change policies on air quality

California ARB greenlights states GHG cap-and-trade program

EIA Energy Outlook 2013 reference case sees drop in fossil fuel consumption as use of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls; projects 20% higher sales of hybrids and PHEVs than AEO2012

Road Test: 2022 Acura RDX SH-AWD A-Spec Advance

ARB releases proposed cap-and-trade regulation for comment; transportation fuels impacted in 2015

Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

California greenhouse gas inventory shows state is tracking to achieve 2020 AB 32 target

Congressionally-created Commission Recommends Mileage Tax Instead of Fuel Tax for Transportation Infrastructure Financing

SAE New Energy Vehicle Forum: China’s focus on NEVs may have profound impact on future of transportation

A closer look at the Copenhagen Climate Change Summit. The Green Piece

Power Companies Driving Drunk With Power – If Only PG&E and SCE Didn’t Hate Rooftop Solar So Much We Might Meet Our AB 32 Emission Reductions.

The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Support for global warming action slips

Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

PPIC Survey Finds Californianss Support for Policies to Curb Warming Slips With Economy and Budget Crisis; Partisan Split Widens

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