Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2009

Existing US policies that stress energy efficiency and alternative fuels, together with higher energy prices, will curb energy consumption growth and shift the energy mix toward renewable fuels, according to the reference case for the Annual Energy Outlook 2010 ( AEO2010 ) released by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

Renewable 199

Renewable Oil 2010 Energy 199

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

News headlines vie for attention and it is easy for scientists to grab this attention by linking climate change to the latest extreme weather event or apocalyptic prediction. But in doing so, the public perception of climate change can be distorted. This message is more difficult to get heard. Vicky Pope, Met Office.

Climate Change 170

Climate Change Climate 2002 2008 170

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2011

Published in the journal Nature Climate Change , the new analysis shows fossil fuel emissions increased by 5.9% in 2010 and by 49% since 1990, the reference year for the Kyoto protocol. Raupach (2011) Rapid growth in CO 2 emissions after the 2008–2009 global financial crisis. Canadell and Michael R.

2010 239

2010 Carbon Global Emissions 239

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The MEPC also agreed the terms of reference for assessing the possible impacts on States, paying particular attention to the needs of developing countries, in particular Small Island Developing States (SIDS) and least developed countries (LDCs). The amendment procedures are set out in the treaty itself.

Environment 290

Environment Carbon 2008 2018 290

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

IPCC reference emissions scenarios, 2000—2100. The dispute has contributed to a significant split among the primary bloc of developing countries, and has highlighted an increased focus on climate adaptation strategies, in addition to emissions reductions, during the talks. Global 2ºC maximal warming limit as compared to past and.

Climate Change 218

Climate Change Tuvalu Climate BBC 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% Climate Change And The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.

Climate 236

Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 as a group, partly thanks to large emission reductions from economies in transition in the early nineties and more recent reductions due to the 2008-2009 recession, according to the report. Global CO 2. Source: JRC.

Global 281

Global Emissions Industrial Industry 281

Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2015

Evapotranspiration (ET) refers to the sum total of water lost while the plant is growing, either from evaporation through the plant stem itself (a process called “transpiration”), or from water evaporated off of the plant’s leaves or the ground. —Hamilton et al.

Water 150

Water Climate Change Climate Environment 150

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change. One question is who will be responsible for verifying changes in carbon, which raises questions about the role of a regulatory agency for accrediting claimed changes in carbon levels from an activity.

Carbon 255

Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions 255

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2012

53% say climate change is the world’s biggest problem. These include: simTD (Safe Intelligent Mobility – Testfield Germany)—a joint research project supported by the German government that began in 2008. —Barb Samardzich, vice president, Product Development, Ford of Europe. Earlier post.).

Environment 319

Environment Cost Of Ford Cars 319

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2009

World marketed energy consumption is projected to grow by 44% between 2006 and 2030, driven by strong long-term economic growth in the developing nations of the world, according to the reference case projection from the International Energy Outlook 2009 ( IEO2009 ) released today by the US Energy Information Administration (EIA).

2006 150

2006 Emissions Energy Oil-Sands 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2011

percent increase in emissions in 2010 was primarily driven by the rebound from the economic downturn experienced in 2008 and 2009. The Reference case in our latest energy outlook projects significantly slower emissions growth over the next decade, averaging 0.2 percent per year. —Acting EIA Administrator Howard Gruenspecht.

2010 268

2010 Carbon Emissions Energy 268

Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2009

The drive-trains that the consortium develops will become a reference for other national and international programs. In 2008 the EIB signed loans totaling €57.6 These 6 industrial groups proposed different projects, through their consortium, to the French environment agency (Ademe) at the end of June 2009.( Earlier post.)

Financing 150

Financing Emissions Fuel 2008 150

Cars That Think

MARCH 3, 2023

After graduating with a master’s degree in telecommunications and computer science in 2008 from the Wrocław University of Science and Technology , in Poland, Zakrzewska initially didn’t know what type of career to pursue. “I Ultimately she chose to pursue engineering and figured she could write about technology in her spare time.

Power 89

Power Powered Denmark Poland 89

Green Car Congress

APRIL 27, 2012

Despite increasing awareness of climate change in that period, the rate of peat destruction was higher in this last 3 year period than ever before. which found that from 2008-2011 69% of palm oil conversion occurred at the expense of peat, even despite the introduction of a moratorium in 2011. GCB Bioenergy. doi: 10.1111/j.1757-1707.2012.01172.x.

Oil-Sands 314

Oil-Sands Oil Emissions Climate 314

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

Financing 150

Financing Renewable Stimulus Package Energy 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2009

FCEV” refers to all fuel cell vehicles, including E-REVs and fuel cell hybrids. Electrification” is defined in the paper as referring to the relative increase in the electrical content and magnitude of a vehicle’s motive power as compared to the amount of energy that is derived from petroleum-based energy sources. SAE 2008-01-0458 ).

PHEV 150

PHEV CO2 Hybrid Fuel 150

Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The Exxon/Mobil refinery in Torrance and the Chevron refinery in El Segundo are both located in the South Bay and are each a big part of the carbon-based economy that causes the majority of climate change - although you’ll never get either of these corporations to admit this truth or take responsibility for it.

Los Angeles 199

Los Angeles Climate Change Climate Obama 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

In February 2008, GRF became one of the first forests—and the largest—to receive verification as a source of greenhouse gas reductions under the protocols of the Climate Action Reserve , adopted by the California Air Resources Board in 2007. global warming potential for a reference period of 100 years (GWP).

Carbon 150

Carbon Personal Store Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2010

The exact value of the reference budget is uncertain, but regardless, illustrates a clear need for a major departure from business-as-usual. The report, Limiting the Magnitude of Future Climate Change is one of three released by the NRC, the operating arm of the National Academy of Sciences and National Academy of Engineering.

Climate Change 199

Climate Change Carbon Climate Emissions 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. Bringezu (eds), Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use.

Conversion 150

Conversion Water Emissions 2009 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Incremental well-to-wheels GHG emissions from WCSB Oil Sands Crudes Compared to Well-to-Wheels GHG Emissions from Displacing Reference Crudes Click to enlarge. The document is posted on State’s Keystone project site , which it has run since the beginning of the Keystone XL Presidential permit process in 2008. MMTCO 2 e annually.

Oil-Sands 220

Oil-Sands Nebraska Oil Montana 220

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2009

This is an important parameter in the GTAP model and has a significant effect on the final ILUC (indirect land use change) results. Dinneen said that ARB effectively guessed at what this value should be because there was no good empirical data or reference to guide the agency’s use of this elasticity. Yield Improvements.

Carbon 225

Carbon California Standards Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

the combined effect of technology uptake and consumer led changes in market segmentation, but with no mandatory emissions standards in place) the emissions reductions to 2020 in Australia would average around 1.8% per year over the 2008–2020 period. What is the appropriate reference (base) year? Scenarios for discussion.

Light 210

Light Standards 2015 Australia 210

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Revenues, which have grown by about 45% annually during the past five years, reached $4 billion in 2008. He was paid about $265,000 in 2008, and he lives in a BYD-owned apartment complex with other engineers. Each of BYDs business units - batteries, mobile-phone components, and autos - was profitable in 2008, albeit on a small scale.

BYD 62

BYD 2009 Companies Electric Cars 62

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. Batteries not ready.

Plug-in 45

Plug-in Plug Hybrid PHEV 45

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Since President Trump’s election, California has essentially carved out its own climate change policy, focusing on reducing the state’s greenhouse gas emissions. Bush administration denied California’s waiver in 2008 and California challenged that decision, but the case was never decided. The George W.

Fuel Economy 170

Fuel Economy Standards California EPA 170

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. Lomborg says.

Climate Change 244

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. As Senators Graham, Kerry and Lieberman try to resuscitate the climate change bill by introducing a revised bill in mid-to-late April, twenty-three U.S. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J.

Gas 244

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244