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). Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 14, 2018

The study, involving researchers from the University of East Anglia (UEA) and colleagues in China and the United States, investigated how complex supply chains are distributing energy-intensive industries and their CO 2 emissions throughout the global South. The paper is published in Nature Communications. —Prof Guan.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Notably, BYD owns the vertical supply chain for seamless integration and manufacturing control, including the production of semiconductors. In 2008, BYD launched the world’s first mass-produced plug-in hybrid at the Geneva Motor Show. The green dream has long been a priority for BYD and is the vision for the future.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2017

The green mobility objective proposes four different quantified targets to be achieved by 2030 and 2050, one for each of four key dimensions: climate change mitigation, climate change adaptation, air pollution, physical inactivity and noise pollution. from 2008–2012. from 2008–2012.

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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. WG III Summary for Policymakers. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 6, 2010

and the carbon intensity of the energy supply (carbon dioxide per unit of energy consumed) declined by 2.3%. between 2008 and 2009. The large decline in emissions was driven by the economic downturn, combined with an ongoing trend toward a less energy-intensive economy and a decrease in the carbon-intensity of the energy supply.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Greenhouse gas emissions in the US economy, 2008. Total US greenhouse gas emissions in 2008 were 2.2% below the 2007 total, according to the just-released report by the US Energy Information Administration, Emissions of Greenhouse Gases in the United States 2008. MMTCO 2 e in 2008—was largely the result of a 177.8-MMTCO

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DECEMBER 31, 2009

This policy will allow the fuel industry flexibility to determine when and where new infrastructure can be introduced most efficiently, such as use of electric vehicles or additional supplies of liquid low carbon fuels. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuels Policy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

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. ºF) above pre-industrial temperatures.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

The Water Disclosure Project will serve as a central clearinghouse for Ford and other participating companies to report on water usage, water risks and water management plans of company operations and their supply chains. “Water, like climate change, is set to be a key issue for the 21 st century. billion gallons.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2009

RUF Automobile GmbH unveiled the Stormster, an electric SUV based on the Porsche Cayenne, for the European Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, (COP 15). The lithium-ion battery pack is supplied by Li-Tec Battery GmbH. RUF introduced the first electric sports car (eRUF) from Germany in October 2008. The Stormster.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

and Endesa, Spain’s largest electricity supply company, are developing a Quick Charging network for electric vehicles. Endesa has pledged to develop a sustainable transport policy based on the EV as a key element in combating climate change, a cornerstone of its Sustainability Strategic Plan 2008-2012.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2009

For 2008, the EIA reported a 3.2% decrease in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuels in 2008. The STEO is a monthly forecast of energy supply, consumption, and prices that looks forward from 12 to 24 months (every January the outlook is extended through December of the following year).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. Environmental NGOs, as well as small UNFCCC member states that are projected to bear the brunt of climate change, immediately accused supporters of the plan of working to scuttle the Copenhagen talks before they began. by Jack Rosebro.

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

overall from 2008 to 2035. CO 2 emissions from the transportation sector are projected to remain at 33% of the total in 2035, but increase from 1,925 million metric tons in 2008 to 2,115 in 2035. Biofuels meet most of the growth in the liquid fuel supply. trillion cubic feet in 2008 to 23.3 per year, or 8.7% Source: EIA.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

When Ifeanyi Orajaka was an undergraduate engineering student in 2008, he had his career all mapped out. In 2008 only about half of Nigeria’s 152 million citizens had electricity, according to a Macrotrends report. Having these [stations] in place will help fight climate change.”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

If cap-and-trade in the United States were to become reality along the lines of proposals now before Congress, up to 2 billion of the new credits would be drawn from carbon offsets, potentially increasing the worldwide supply of such credits by a factor of seven. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2007: Mitigation.

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MAY 9, 2011

up to 45%) depending on the extent to which renewable technology costs fall and possible constraints on deployment of low-carbon alternatives, according to the newly released Renewable Energy Review by the UK Committee on Climate Change (CCC). aviation, industry).

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JULY 7, 2015

. … To date, however, there have been no multiyear, comparative measurements of ET in annual and perennial cropping systems that are rainfed; those that exist have examined cropping systems on poorly drained soils where crops have additional water supply by access to high water tables. —Hamilton et al.

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MAY 5, 2011

A two-part study by scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory (Berkeley Lab) and Los Alamos National Laboratory provides a detailed scenario based on a novel combination of two computer models of how climate change could impact millions of tons of methane frozen in sediment beneath the Arctic Ocean.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

The array, which would be built in phases, has the potential to supply power roughly equivalent to the demand of four to five million UK households. Last year, the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published its Renewable Energy Strategy (RES) for 2010-2020.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2009

Biodiesel blends became mandatory in early 2008, quickly followed by a raise in blend levels from 2 to 3% in July of the same year and from 3 to 4% in 2009. billion liters (950 million gallons) per year, more than enough to supply the volume required by the 5% mandate. The increase to 5% was originally planned for 2013.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2022

During the Global Financial Crisis in 2008/9, the COVID19 pandemic, and now the Ukrainian War, economic stimulus packages were meant to put the world on a cleaner and greener path, but this is not at all evident in the CO 2 emissions data. due to increased electricity demand and constraints on coal supply, with coal to decline by 4.6%.

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APRIL 16, 2009

IBN researchers demonstrated their CO 2 reduction process with dry air from a balloon, as well as a compressed air supply. In December 2008, Zhang and his team reported the use of NHC catalysts to convert sugars into 5-hydroxymethylfurfural (HMF), a key intermediate compound that can be used to produce bio-derived hydrocarbon fuels.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

We’ve always planned on retiring and spending the rest of our lives right here, but these days we’re worried about what climate change is already doing – and about the far more serious consequences headed our way. We’re already getting used to the fires, smoke and related air hazards here in the L.A.

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APRIL 3, 2019

concluded in a 2008 paper published in Science that the emissions associated with ethanol production and combustion exceeded the emissions associated with producing and combusting an energy-equivalent quantity of gasoline. Quantifying the GHG profile of corn ethanol has been contentious since Searchinger et al.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

compete for a decreasing supply of allowances. Companies are not given a specific limit on their greenhouse gas emissions but must supply a sufficient number of allowances (each covering the equivalent of one ton of carbon dioxide) to cover their annual emissions. Covered entities must reduce emissions or. Click to enlarge.

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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 agreement requires a reduction in the production and supply of HFCs for developed countries, including the US, as follows: 10% reduction in 2019; 40% in 2024, 70% in 2029, 80% in 2034, and 85% in 2036.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2011

From 2008 to 2009, CO 2 emissions from the transportation end-use sector declined 4%. Almost all of the energy consumed for transportation was supplied by petroleum-based products, with more than half being related to gasoline consumption in automobiles and other highway vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2009

As fuel demand and concern over climate change continue to rise, biofuels production must be profitable and sustainable, with a reduced energy footprint to make a true impact. The permeation of water across the membrane occurs by adsorption of water onto the interior surface of the membrane.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 21, 2009

The Draft Environmental Impact Statement (DEIS) was published 5 December 2008. In December 2008 and January 2009, public comment meetings were held at 8 locations along the pipeline route to receive public comments on the DEIS. US State Department. Public comments on the DEIS were accepted until 30 January 2009.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Increases in carbon dioxide concentration along with global surface temperatures are showing a decline in agricultural yields due to climate change. [ 1 ] This along with melting glaciers and shifts in climate zones do not bode well for climate change stabilization without drastic efforts in greenhouse gas abatement.

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MARCH 27, 2017

These factors included a decline in the carbon intensity of the energy supply (CO 2 /British thermal units [Btu]) of 1.8%; and a 3.4% This decline occurred despite growth in real gross domestic product (GDP) of 2.6% as other factors more than offset the growth in GDP. Energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2015 were about 12% below 2005 levels.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 7, 2009

Change is but mere weeks away. It’s all coming eight years later than it should, but the Climate Change Calvary has now arrived and they’re riding hard and fast. In fact, you can bank on our country following the green lead that’s been set here in California. And again, if that bugs you - so much the better.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

This is a key component of the global climate system, linking the cycling of water with energy and carbon cycles. Climate change is expected to intensify the hydrological cycle and to alter evapotranspiration, with implications for ecosystem services and feedback to regional and global climate. —Jung et al.

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MARCH 1, 2009

Mountain snowpack in the Great basin and major water supply basins for California. Despite the recent rain and snow ,” the governor’s office warned, “ cumulative water deficit is so large that there is only a 15% chance that California will replenish its water supply this year. ”. Pierce (2008), When will Lake Mead go dry?,

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2011

There was also a slight increase in the carbon dioxide intensity of US energy supply (CO 2 per unit of energy) in 2010, which is in contrast to a drop of 2.4% percent increase in emissions in 2010 was primarily driven by the rebound from the economic downturn experienced in 2008 and 2009. percent per year.

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