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OCTOBER 24, 2016

Honda’s second-generation fuel cell vehicle, the FCX Clarity, launched in July 2008. The first manufacturer to build and produce a dedicated fuel cell vehicle (FCX Clarity) on a production line specifically made for fuel cell vehicles (2008).

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

Rebounding from the global financial crisis of 2008-09 when emissions temporarily decreased, last year’s high growth was caused by both emerging and developed economies. Emissions from the trade of goods and services produced in emerging economies but consumed in the West increased from 2.5% Canadell and Michael R.

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MARCH 7, 2012

The Advanced Technology Vehicles Manufacturing Loan Program, first appropriated in the fall of 2008, was to provide about $25 billion in loans to companies making cars and components in US factories that increase fuel economy at least 25% above 2005 fuel economy levels. CEO Li lashed out at the DOE in a released statement.

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JULY 1, 2011

The April 2011 index values for the two primary contributing variables—fuel economy (EDI f ) and distance driven (EDI d )—stand at 0.88 The EDI is designed to estimates the average monthly impact on the environment by an individual US driver who has purchased a new vehicle that month. and 0.98, respectively.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 27, 2010

The economy may technically be “in recovery,&# but everyone I know has been spending less, cancelling services, delaying big purchases and taking another staycation. I’ve been writing about this program since 2008 , just a few months after Gov. Tags: environment. Arnold Schwarzenegger signed the bill.

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2016

Major automotive suppliers see national fuel economy standards as important for long-term planning and investment and don’t want to see them altered by US policymakers, according to a first-of-its-kind industry survey commissioned by CALSTART and conducted by Ricardo Energy & Environment.

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APRIL 22, 2021

Those policy options, when combined, could lead to a zero-carbon transportation system by 2045, while also improving equity, health and the economy. SB 375, passed in 2008, required each regional planning agency to submit a plan to reduce emissions, with a focus on reducing VMT. Transit-oriented development/densification.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2009

The 200 unit purchase is Azure’s largest revenue order to date and also the highest volume Balance Hybrid Electric order since the product launched in the summer of 2008. gasoline engine, can improve fuel economy by up to 40%, while reducing carbon emissions by up to 30% in city conditions. Purolator Courier Ltd.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2010

As one element of the agreement, Volvo will produce a truck prototype with 20% lower fuel consumption than the equivalent 2008 model. million tons (12%) before 2014, compared with 2008. The amount equals the total amount that is being emitted from Sweden in three months.

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MAY 12, 2024

And, we are confident of doing so as the external environment is also conducive for us to plan in this direction. While India always had the talent, it struggled to achieve the capex required for setting up manufacturing industries, thereby becoming a services economy. I strongly believe we are heading in that direction.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 19, 2024

With the United Automobile, Aerospace and Agricultural Implement Workers of America International Union (UAW) seeking to expand in the Southern United States, Republican governors have started to condemn the action on the grounds that it would be detrimental to the economy.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 10, 2009

While our nation’s economy teeters on the brink of a catastrophe caused by the same defiantly ignorant individuals who supported every bonehead policy of the President who spent a trillion dollars invading the wrong country, here’s what those same failures and losers have to contribute to the debate now.

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AUGUST 23, 2009

Based on a sample group of carriers, US airline passenger revenue fell 21% in July 2009 versus the same month in 2008—the ninth consecutive month in which passenger revenue has fallen from the prior year— according to a report from the Air Transport Association of America (ATA), the industry trade organization for the leading US airlines.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2010

The decrease in emissions follow the decrease in the global economy. Although the stimulus package from the Chinese government in 2008 was said to have a green focus, even construction of windmills is a relatively emission intensive activity, at least in the short run Peters said. China also has a large export sector. Resources.

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AUGUST 22, 2012

The US Department of Agriculture (USDA), through its Rural Development Biorefinery Assistance Program (Section 9003 of the 2008 Farm Bill), approved a $99-million, 80% loan guarantee to Chemtex International, Inc. The PROESA process delivers cost-effective sugars from non-food biomass for use in bioproducts. Source: Beta Renewables.

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AUGUST 22, 2017

With uncertainty at the federal level, California must maintain its success and leadership in equitably growing the clean energy economy. The California Green Innovation Index has tracked key economic and environmental indicators at the regional, state, national and international level since 2008. Transportation.

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JUNE 26, 2013

These changes allowed the fuel to atomize into finer droplets, which improved fuel ignition and combustion efficiency, resulting in increased fuel economy and cleaner exhaust emissions. In 2008, DENSO released a 2,000 bar model into the market. DENSO was the first to commercialize diesel common rail systems in 1995. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 23, 2011

In 2008, a report by UNEP called for the elimination of fossil-fuel subsidies, concluding that such subsidies often lead to increased levels of consumption and waste; place a heavy burden on government finances; can undermine private and public investment in the energy sector; and do not always end up helping the people who need them most.

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Québec Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and Parks, Pierre Arcand, announced the adoption of the Regulation respecting the cap-and-trade system for greenhouse gas emission allowances, which is based on the rules established by the Western Climate Initiative (WCI). —Minister Arcand.

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FEBRUARY 14, 2011

Shell has published an update to its 2008 Shell Energy Scenarios to 2050. In summary, Shell believes that the world is entering an era of volatile transitions as the effects of energy consumption on the environment become increasingly clear. Future generations may see 2008 as the turning point. Source: Shell. Click to enlarge.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The proposed revisions were based on scientific evidence about ozone and its effects on people and the environment, and resulted from a reconsideration of the primary and secondary ozone standards set at 0.075 ppm in 2008. Earlier post.) National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced developments on three new regulatory initiatives to further support Canada’s efforts to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to provide cleaner air through lower air pollutant emissions from cars and trucks. Canada Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy Regulations'

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

The research has so far focused on lower speed and load conditions that represent a major proportion of an engine’s operation in a real world environment. Project Sabre: A Close-Spaced Direct Injection 3-Cylinder Engine with Synergistic Technologies to achieve Low CO 2 Output (SAE 2008-01-0138). [2] 1] Coltman, D., Turner, J.W.G.,

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OCTOBER 22, 2014

Methane hydrate—natural gas trapped in an ice-like cage of water molecules—occurs in both terrestrial and marine environments. Council of Canadian Academies (2008). The US Department of Energy (DOE) is providing $41,270,609, with the remainder funded by industry and the research partners. Click to enlarge.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2011

Current fuel economy policy clearly demonstrates this fact. —“The Case for Technology Neutral Public Policy in Fuel Economy Debate”. Impact of different sales mix on new car average fuel economy. The average additional cost for a high efficiency ICE is about $2,000, against $8,000 for an electric vehicle.

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JANUARY 6, 2011

GE claims that among all of the current treatment methods, its solution is more reliable, cleaner for the environment and uses the residual energy at a higher efficiency rate. —Teng Daochun, chairman, Jiangsu Tianue Energy & Chemical Group Co. COG is a byproduct of the coking manufacturing process.

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MAY 5, 2024

How the Inflation Reduction Act helps American health, economy & manufacturing The Inflation Reduction Act included hundreds of billions of dollars of climate spending, much of which was allocated to EV tax credits, both for personal and commercial vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2009

Environment Canada released draft regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles beginning with the 2011 model year. The draft regulations announced by Environment Canada mark the first regulatory action taken by the federal government to reduce GHG emissions.”.

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MARCH 26, 2009

Fehrenbach said that the “ green economy ” also offered opportunities for overcoming the crisis. According to Fehrenbach, every third euro of sales generated by Bosch now comes from products that conserve resources and/or protect the environment. In 2008, the Bosch Group achieved sales of some € 45 billion (US$61 billion).

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JULY 24, 2011

Car fleet renewal schemes introduced in the US, France and Germany to stimulate consumer spending on cars in the wake of the 2008. positive results from targeted incentives based on fuel economy, even if these were. with experts at the International Transport Forum and the OECD Environment Directorate. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 9, 2009

Sue Cischke, Ford group vice president, Sustainability, Environment and Safety Engineering, pointed to the “ key role ” government policies such as fuel standards and greenhouse gas emission regulations, play in the development and support of Ford’s product and technology pathways. annual increase in average fuel economy through 2016.

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2011

The Government has committed to near-term targets of reducing economy wide emissions by at least 5% on 2000 emissions levels by 2020 (a bipartisan agreement in the absence of any action by other nations), and between 15% and 25% depending on the actions of other nations. per year over the 2008–2020 period. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 3, 2011

million ha (49,421 square miles) are expected to be planted by 2015—are “ anything but encouraging ”, according to Promode Kant from the Institute of Green Economy in India and Shuirong Wu of the Chinese Academy of Forestry. The results of massive plantings of Jatropha worldwide for use as a biofuel feedstock—some 12.8

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DECEMBER 16, 2009

Oil is a strategic commodity second to none—it underlies the global economy and even the American way of life. 2 ] Furthermore, our environment cannot continue to bear the brunt of carbon emissions stemming from our heavy use of oil. We can, and must, do more for the sake of national security and the environment.

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Investor support for climate action as expressed in such a statement has more than doubled since November 2008, when 150 investors with $9 trillion in assets under management first came together to urge government leaders to act on climate change. —2011 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change.

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MARCH 8, 2010

Economy-wide CO 2 prices of $30-60/t CO 2 are too weak on their own to motivate significant reductions in CO 2 emissions from transportation. The economy-wide CO 2 prices applied increase the cost of driving only marginally with respect to the business-as-usual case. million barrels per day, relative to 2008 levels.

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JULY 25, 2009

These 6 industrial groups proposed different projects, through their consortium, to the French environment agency (Ademe) at the end of June 2009.( In 2008 the EIB signed loans totaling €57.6 The EIB loan will come with competitive terms in two installments, the first one of €225 million (US$320 million) to be drawn by the end of July.

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