Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

EPA in 2007, the Supreme Court determined that greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, are air pollutants under the Clean Air Act and EPA must determine if they threaten public health and welfare. Background. In the decision in Massachusetts v. In 2012, EPA issued a proposed standard for EGUs. Earlier post.)

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Blink Charging

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

In 2022, the United States experienced a significant increase in electric vehicle sales, driven by a growing awareness of environmental concerns advancements in EV batteries and vehicle technology. Thorough planning helps communities anticipate impacts on equity, the grid, air pollution, and greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

As part of a broad effort to expand the use of nuclear power in the United States and reduce carbon pollution, US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu announced today Department’s first conditional commitment for a front-end nuclear facility. Existing reactors will need additional sources of enriched uranium soon.

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JANUARY 23, 2012

million barrels per day in 2007 to 5.5 The United States is projected to become a net exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2016, a net pipeline exporter in 2025, and an overall net exporter of natural gas in 2021. quadrillion Btu in 2007, grows from 98.2 million barrels per day in 2010. quadrillion Btu in 2035.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2012

The 2007 Energy Independence and Security Act (EISA) set a goal of increasing US biofuel production more than three-fold from 40 to 136 billion liters of ethanol per year by 2022. They also noted that research shows that increased farming could lead to more polluted freshwater and accelerate global climate change. Cleveland, Sasha C.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2009

EPA’s final findings respond to the 2007 US Supreme Court decision that GHGs fit within the Clean Air Act definition of air pollutants. EPA also finds that GHG emissions from on-road vehicles contribute to that threat. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2009

The new design increases total driving distance and optimizes the use of electric power to achieve 35% pollution reduction and a 20% increase in fuel efficiency, compared to comparable gasoline motorcycle engines. Wuxi Angell sold 50,000 and 70,000 electric bikes in 2006 and 2007 respectively.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2016

With 412,000 units sold since the launch of the first Cascadia in 2007 the Cascadia is the best-selling Class 8 truck in the NAFTA region. The multi-year program will further increase the fuel economy of medium- and heavy-duty vehicles while decreasing carbon pollution. The optional Detroit Assurance 4.0

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2009

In April 2007, the Supreme Court concluded in Massachusetts v. The Agency has also received public comments seeking the addition of GHGs to the pollutants covered by the new source performance standard (NSPS) for several industrial sectors under section 111 of the CAA. The Committee began an investigation. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 2, 2012

Bromine then reacts with a gaseous form of mercury, turning it into a pollutant that falls to Earth’s surface. Despite ozone’s beneficial role blocking harmful radiation in the stratosphere, ground-level ozone is a harmful pollutant. Bromine also can remove ozone from the lowest layer of the atmosphere, the troposphere.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

Since 2007, roughly 80% of spending on consumption subsidies occurred in countries that are net exporters of fossil fuels. The US National Academy of Sciences estimates that fossil fuel subsidies cost the United States $120 billion in pollution and related health care costs every year.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2015

This study builds on the 2007 Environmental Assessment of Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles by EPRI and NRDC ( earlier post ), which showed that plug-in hybrid electric vehicles could contribute to reductions in national greenhouse gas emissions, while also leading to improved air quality. levels throughout the United States.

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APRIL 12, 2011

Significant progress has been made in reducing emissions of criteria pollutant emissions from locomotive engines below the Low-Emitting Locomotive level (4.0 g NO x /bhp-hr and 0.1 g/bhp-hr PM), or below. g NO x /bhp-hr and 0.1 g PM/bhp-hr) that potential projects that can only meet this level will not be considered.

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JANUARY 3, 2014

million tonnes emitted in 2007. Estonia’s latest technological breakthrough could catalyse a new approach to exploring the vast global reserves of this fossil fuel frequently perceived as a significant pollutant, the IEA article suggests. Estonia is also working to halve energy sector-related CO 2 emissions in 2020 from the 15.7

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AUGUST 2, 2018

In 2012, the agencies projected fuel prices would rise significantly, and the United States would continue to rely heavily upon imports of oil, subjecting the country to heightened risk of price shocks.28 This means that improving fuel economy is subject to diminishing returns.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2009

In a 2007 study, Winebrake and James Corbett from the University of Delaware (who is a co-author of the current study) concluded that pollution from marine shipping causes approximately 60,000 premature cardiopulmonary and lung cancer deaths around the world each year. case and ~43,500 for the 0.1% Earlier post.) Winebrake et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2012

This funding is intended to help industry bring advanced fuel cell technologies into emerging markets and provide airlines and airports with new choices for ground support operations that cut energy costs, air pollution, and petroleum use.

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JUNE 17, 2009

Climate change is already having visible impacts in the United States, and the choices we make now will determine the severity of its impacts in the future, according to the final release of the report “Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States”. Global Climate Change Impacts in the United States.

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JANUARY 3, 2013

Under the civil settlement, the Transocean defendants also must implement court-enforceable measures to improve the operational safety and emergency response capabilities at all their drilling rigs working in waters of the United States.

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MARCH 22, 2010

According to the market-analysis firm Point Carbon, if a cap-and-trade system is instituted in the United States, the demand for carbon credits could explode into a $2 to $3 trillion market. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2007: Mitigation. CONCLUSION. Donovan (February 19, 2010).

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

The United States becomes a net exporter of natural gas earlier than estimated a year ago. Because quickly rising natural gas production outpaces domestic consumption, the United States will become a net exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2016 and a net exporter of total natural gas (including via pipelines) in 2020.

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MARCH 6, 2010

Example: if the United States were to cap emissions from specific domestic industries (e.g., cement, paper), these industries would relocate to nations without emission caps and increase activity (and thus emissions) to compensate for the decreased productivity in the United States. Benefits to Developing Countries.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

This includes the estimates in the 2007 Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) Assessment, which were based on the best available evidence and analysis at that time. The report’s best estimate of direct climate influence by black carbon is about a factor of two higher than most previous work.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

One of the things that we’re going to be talking about today is investing in the kind of technology that will allow us to use coal, our most bountiful natural resource here in the United States, without polluting our planet. President Obama. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2).

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JANUARY 13, 2013

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that 1,960 tonnes of mercury arising from human activities are currently emitted annually into the atmosphere, generated mainly by artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)—the largest single anthropogenic source globally—and coal- or lignite-fired power plants.

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FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The non-profit BPC was founded in 2007 by former Senate Majority Leaders Howard Baker, Tom Daschle, Bob Dole and George Mitchell to be an organization focused on driving principled solutions through analysis, negotiation and dialogue. Partly for these reasons, most car warranties in the United States only cover usage of E0–E10.

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OCTOBER 4, 2011

In the absence of major technological innovations or policy changes, the United States is unlikely to meet cellulosic biofuel mandates under the current Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) by 2022, according to a new report from the National Research Council.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

However, the slow pace of negotiations spurred UNFCCC delegates to publish a “roadmap to Copenhagen” in December 2007 at the 13 th Congress in Bali, in an effort to accelerate the progress of those negotiations. That is what matters, and that matters to the whole world ” [ 7 ].

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Plug In Partners

FEBRUARY 1, 2006

The United States must move beyond a petroleum-based economy and develop new ways to power automobiles. The Administration will also step up the Nation's research in better batteries for use in hybrid and electric cars and in pollution-free cars that run on hydrogen. The 2007 Budget includes $30 million – a $6.7

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JUNE 26, 2010

The first two reports dealt with nuclear power (2003) and coal (2007). In the United States, for example, there is a substantial amount of low-hanging fruit available by displacing inefficient power generation with more efficient, lower CO 2 emitting gas plants. —Ernest Moniz.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Not to be outdone, on Tuesday the Norwegian electric car startup, Think, was in Portland being wooed by the state as one of 8 potential places to site their first car manufacturing facility in the United States. April 10, 2009 2:28 pm Link Nothing pollutes more than the tailpipe of a internal combustion engine car.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2009

For example, President Obama has issued the United States the challenge of having one million plug-in hybrids on the road by the end of 2015—a goal which many keynote speakers supported but also identified significant barriers to achieving. Appleyard, Planning Advisory Service Report Number 546/547, 2007, pp. Earlier post.)].

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 12, 2009

Tags: carbon producers toxic waste fossil fuels greenwashing environment coal-fired power plants climate change China global warming coal carbon mattresses Killer Coal pollution India.

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AUGUST 31, 2009

We’re also only 12 miles from the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach – the two largest stationary sources off air pollution and all their related greenhouse gases in L.A. I’ve been blogging on the environment since October of 2007. I now devote my full time to working on environmental and energy issues.

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APRIL 3, 2009

Low-input cultivation of perennial plants, e.g. from short-rotation forestry and grasslands, may be an effective source of cellulosic biomass and provide environmental benefits (reduced pollution and lower greenhouse gas emissions). 2007) may not be robust. ” In 2007/08, 0.9% while noting that the analysis “.has Turner et al.,

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Leonardo da Vinci stated it best when he said, “Simplicity is the highest form of sophistication.” The Ad Hoc Working Group on Long-term Cooperative Action (AWG-LCA) was established at the 2007 Bali COP. Scope of Technology to be Transferred Smaller is better. On-site blending pumps, in lieu of splash blending, are used for this test.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Heres our three-paragaph summary and a link to the first of several postings on the subject at CalCars-News : July 2007 EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted The EPRI-NRDC studies finally give an environmental stamp of approval to PHEVs. Three more points: Both reports match up well with previous studies.

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