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California Energy Commission approves $2.9B investment for zero-emission transportation infrastructure

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Last month, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved a complementary plan for $2.6 Created by Assembly Bill 118 in 2007 and reauthorized by Assembly Bill 8 in 2013, the Clean Transportation Program is one of the first transportation-focused funding efforts established to help advance the state’s climate change policies.

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California Energy Commission approves $95M plan for clean transportation investments; zero-emission infrastructure

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The Clean Transportation Program was created in 2007 by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez) to support the state’s climate change policies by developing and deploying alternative and renewable fuels and advanced transportation technologies.

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California Energy Commission approves $1.4B plan for zero-emission transportation infrastructure and manufacturing

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Created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750) in 2007 and reauthorized by Assembly Bill 8 (Perea, Chapter 401, Statutes of 2013), the Clean Transportation Program is one of the first transportation-focused funding efforts established to help advance the state’s climate change policies.

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DOE and Air Force issue RFI on Mil-Spec jet fuel production using coal-to-liquid technologies

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million in Air Force Research, Development, Test and Evaluation (RDT&E) funding for research that would reduce emissions and lower the costs of CTL fuel production technologies to enable CTL fuel to be a competitive alternative energy resource. Aviation Climate Change Coal-to-Liquids (CTL) Emissions Fuels'

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ITS-Davis director Dan Sperling to chair US Transportation Research Board

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Dan Sperling, director of the Institute of Transportation Studies at UC Davis, and member of the California Air Resources Board, has been appointed the 2015 chair of the Transportation Research Board’s Executive Committee, which provides independent scientific advice to the nation on transportation issues.

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IPCC Chairman To Head Climate and Energy Institute At Yale

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Speaking at the International Scientific Congress on Climate Change (ISCCC), which opened today in Copenhagen, Yale University president Richard Levin announced that the university’s new Yale Climate and Energy Institute (YCEI) will be led by Dr. Rajendra Pachauri, who has headed the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) since 2002.

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California Energy Commission awards more than $2.6M for natural gas vehicles

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The Energy Commission previously awarded approximately $29 million to help buyers afford new, alternative-fueled passenger vehicles, buses, and trucks. Eligible vehicles meet all the emission requirements of the Air Resources Board and are fully warranted by their manufacturers.

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