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APRIL 13, 2014

Decomposition of the decadal change in total global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion by four driving factors; population, income (GDP) per capita, energy intensity of GDP and carbon intensity of energy. The global economic crisis 2007/2008 only temporarily reduced emissions. Electricity produced from low?carbon

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NOVEMBER 22, 2022

From then on, electric cars will drive the streets of Britain. British Prime Minister Boris Johnson said on Monday that the installation of electric car chargers for new buildings in England will be mandatory from 2022. It is part of the “green revolution” and the transition of the UK economy to clean energy.

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MAY 30, 2012

Greenhouse gas emissions increased in the EU in 2010 as a result of both economic recovery in many countries after the 2009 recession and a colder winter, according to the latest greenhouse gas inventory published by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The gas represented 82% of total EU GHG emissions.

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APRIL 18, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the 16 th annual US greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory. This downward trend was attributed to a decrease in fuel and electricity consumption across all US economic sectors. CO 2 from the domestic operation of commercial aircraft decreased by 18% (24.0 from the previous year.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

Three UK Government Departments are working with 13 industrial partners from the utility, gas, infrastructure and global car manufacturing sectors on a project to ensure the UK is well-positioned for the commercial roll-out of hydrogen fuel cell electric vehicles. —Business Minister Mark Prisk.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

SLCPs may account for an estimated 40% of global warming, increasing the impacts of climate change. The major sources of methane in California are livestock (~30% of the state’s methane emissions), followed by landfills and oil and gas production. —“Revised Proposed Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy”.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. The Foundation provided us with $44,521.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2009

ARB Staff’s analysis shows ZEVs will need to reach 100% of new vehicle sales between 2040 and 2050, with commercial markets for ZEVs launching in the 2015 to 2020 timeframe, to meet the 80% GHG reduction target set by the Governor. Later in 2010, staff will propose formal regulatory changes to the ZEV program. Source: ARB.

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MARCH 24, 2017

The plan, California’s Short-lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy, maps out the route to more rapid greenhouse gas reductions by clamping down on these super pollutants. Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) make up about 12% of GHG emissions, but strong actions to reduce them could help reduce global warming by as much as 40%.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

Up to 77% of the world’s energy supply could be met by six key renewables by mid-century under the most optimistic scenario if backed by the right enabling public policies, according to a new report by more than 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Source: SRREN. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

A pilot project by We Energies, Alstom and The Electric Power Research Institute (EPRI) testing an Alstom advanced chilled ammonia process ( earlier post ) has demonstrated more than 90% capture of carbon dioxide from the flue stream of a coal-fueled power plant in Wisconsin (the Pleasant Prairie Carbon Capture Pilot Plant ).

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Solar’s competition is really fossil fuel, or in other words, the established way electricity is being generated. With subsidies long in place for nuclear, coal and gas in the US along with the cheap cost of production for coal and natural gas, solar is essentially competing with that $0.10/kWh We need a better paradigm.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Write For GO About Advertise Contact Login Explore GO Media: News & Opinion Family & Lifestyle Business & Technology Gas 2.0 Caroline Reichert, a spokeswoman for the Germany energy company RWE , said leading automotive and energy companies have reached an agreement for a standardized plug for electric cars. as stated.

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JULY 5, 2011

trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. These trends, which are diametrically opposed to declared greenhouse gas mitigation goals and targets, are by no means limited to emerging economies.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2009

The Energy Commission is seeking to fund projects that develop the commercialization of advanced medium- and heavy-duty vehicle technologies. Natural gas. Tags: Biomethane Electric (Battery) Fuels Heavy-duty. The Energy Commission reserves the right to increase this total amount to $17 million without issuing a new solicitation.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2010

The critical need for government leadership in the emergence of electric vehicles dominated a recent Green Fleet Management discussion in Toronto, hosted by Fleet Challenge Ontario. In an interview published in Maclean’s, a Canadian news magazine, the chairman and CEO of General Electric said, “ Government should be a catalyst for change.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). Test compatibility of tools in commercial scheduler/optimizers to enable supply, storage and load adjustments on a microgrid.

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AUGUST 9, 2009

Actual and projected greenhouse gas emissions for passenger vehicles by region/country through 2022. Cischke cited the recent agreement on one national standard for fuel economy and greenhouse gas emissions regulations as an example of how the government, the auto industry and the environmental community can work together toward common goals.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The California Air Resources Board released the draft proposed first update to the AB 32 Scoping Plan, which guides development and implementation of California’s greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. The Air Resources Board is required to update the Scoping Plan every five years.

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OCTOBER 2, 2013

The Scoping Plan describes the comprehensive range of efforts California must take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and meet the state’s long-term goals to combat climate change. This creates demand for more electrical generation. AB 32 requires the Scoping Plan to be updated every five years.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

The California Air Resources Board released its proposed greenhouse gas cap-and-trade regulation. During the public comment period, ARB staff will continue to meet with stakeholders to refine the regulation and develop proposed changes to present at the Board hearing. Linkage to Other Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Systems.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

Ed Feo is a partner with the law firm of Milbank, Tweed, Hadley & McCloy and was voted one of the “Five Most Influential People in Renewable Energy” in 2008 by Euromoney / Institutional Investor. Dr. Paul addressed a positive change—the days of increasing US oil consumption may be over. “ Billion in 2008). Billion vs. $28.3

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Revenge of the Electric Car

NOVEMBER 19, 2009

A coalition of car makers, battery suppliers and electricity providers has come together to ask for federal help for EVs. More details at: Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use. UPDATE:Group Seeks US Tax Credits To Spur Electric Car Use. by Judith Burns for Dow Jones. November 16, 2009: 06:01 PM ET.

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JUNE 8, 2015

In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The projects will advance the manufacture of electric vehicles and vehicle batteries; add vehicle charging stations; and encourage the use of biofuels. The eight projects are: Electric Vehicle manufacturing. $1 Each electric truck that replaces a diesel model can save an estimated 75 tons of CO2 a year. Earlier post.)

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MAY 20, 2009

in 2008 to 5,802 million metric tons of carbon dioxide (MMTCO 2 ), down from 5,967 MMTCO 2 in 2007, according to preliminary estimates released by the Energy Information Administration (EIA). This is the largest annual decline in energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since EIA began annual reporting on greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2010

A report issued today by the National Research Council recommends that the US set a measurable domestic greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions budget in the range of 170 to 200 gigatons of CO 2 -equivalent (eq) for the period 2012 through 2050. Fri, Chair, Panel on Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change. Source: NRC.

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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. lower than 2008 and 2003, respectively. Noel Perry, businessman and founder of Next 10. lower and 8.3%

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FEBRUARY 23, 2011

Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles are a significant component of California’s transportation sector, accounting for a combined 16% of the state’s petroleum consumption and greenhouse gas emissions within the transportation sector; however, these vehicles represent less than 4% of the in-state vehicle population. Natural Gas ($8 Million).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. report titled, “The Comeback of the Electric Car? and Chrysler. .’s

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

GM has announced plans for public sales in 2010, and almost every carmaker now says it will sell PHEVs or highway-speed battery electric vehicles (BEVs) sometime after 2010. In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. No announced plans.

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APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. The World's First Clean Motocross Race On Electric. Intelligent Charging Infrastructure for New Electr. Here we go again.or

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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. Reductions in Emissions. According to Tol, the impact of a tax hike of this magnitude could reduce world GDP 12.9%

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APRIL 10, 2010

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. They are looking at cutting the nation’s greenhouse gas output by targeting, in separate ways, three major sources of emissions: electric utilities, transportation and industry. greenhouse gas emissions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Volt is, and always has been, more than than an electric car. It isa fundamental change in direction for GM. GM will leapfrog Toyota and Honda by providing an electric car to the masses by the end of next year. Wired Home Subscribe Sections Cars 2.0 The Obama Administration doesnt understand that. It is 12 years later.

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