Green Cars News

MARCH 30, 2010

Tuesday 30 March 2010. Cap and trade has been a burning issue in the US ever since the Obama administration won office and in the European Union the Emission Trading Scheme is well established. The Green Piece Column. However, just how much do we really know about offsets, which are at the heart of cap and [.].

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Green Cars News

DECEMBER 7, 2009

With Barack Obama’s energy bill stalling in the Senate, US negotiators don’t really know what they can offer and Obama is playing his cards close to his chest, with a 14-20 per cent cut from 2005 carbon emission levels by 2020 seeming to be its best offer. The US and China are widely accepted as the two key players in negotiations.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

Final regulations will come into force in 2010 and will apply to vehicles of the 2011 and later model years. There are indications that the Obama Administration in the US is seeking to harmonize Federal fuel economy standards (CAFE) and California vehicle greenhouse gas emissions regulations (AB1493, Pavley). Earlier post.).

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 21, 2009

So you know how much I love seeing Congresswoman Harman call these very issues out in the powerful statement she released today with her reaction to the just concluded Copenhagen climate talks. I haven’t endorsed anyone else running for office in any race in 2010, but I’m endorsing you.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

According to evidence submitted by California during the waiver process, an EPA official said, automakers are currently already in compliance with the MY2009 Pavley requirement, and are tracking to compliance for 2010. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2010

Four main results stood out, according to the authors: All the policy scenarios modeled fail to meet the Obama administration’s goal of reducing total US GHG emissions 14% below 2005 levels by 2020. This result clearly illustrates, the authors wrote, that aggressive climate change policy need not bring the economy to a halt.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2012

Dr. Anastas, appointed to the EPA by President Obama, is known widely as the “Father of Green Chemistry” for his groundbreaking work on the design and manufacture of chemicals that are nonhazardous and environmentally benign. Since 2010, significant changes have been made to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) research enterprise.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

They include a battery-electric Transit Connect commercial van in 2010, a battery-electric Ford Focus passenger car in 201l, and the next-generation hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle in 2012. Ford recognizes the need for a comprehensive approach to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change concerns.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2009

The shortfall is projected to be $5 billion to $7 billion by September 2009 and an additional $8 billion to $10 billion in fiscal year 2010. billion of Federal highway, highway safety, and public transit investments in fiscal year 2010, which would be a 34 percent cut from this year’s $53 billion funding level. Secretary LaHood.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2014

US Transportation Secretary Anthony Foxx joined President Barack Obama to announce that $600 million will be made available to fund transportation projects across the country under a sixth round of the US Department of Transportation’s Transportation Investment Generating Economic Recovery ( TIGER ) competitive grant program. 2014 TIGER NOFA.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2010

President Barack Obama announced that the Federal Government will reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 28% by 2020. On 5 October 2009, President Obama signed Executive Order 13514 on Federal Sustainability, setting measurable environmental performance goals for Federal Agencies. billion on electricity and fuel in 2008 alone.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

While everyone agrees that Barack Obama has made a huge difference in the future of renewables, attendees were worried about the cap and trade provisions of the 2009 Energy Bill. Climate change projects had always had a stronger appeal to international investors than US investors. Will climate legislation provide funds? ”.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 19, 2009

More from Fortune Obama exclusive: Business needs to work with me 28 top companies: Theyre hiring! In addition, climate change demands that we harness new, renewable sources of energy. More Most Popular Most Read Most Commented Editors Picks Obama: How to get business going More Is it time to buy American Express?

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2011

In April 2010, DOT and EPA established greenhouse gas emission and fuel economy standards for model year 2012-2016 light-duty cars and trucks. In the fall of 2010, California accepted compliance with these federal GHG standards as meeting similar state standards as adopted in 2004, resulting in the first coordinated national program.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2012

The Advanced Clean Cars package will help clean our air, help us fight climate change, and perhaps most important for average citizens, save thousands of dollars over the life of the vehicles. This marks a new chapter in the history of ARB. ”. This program will make the cleanest cars and the new technologies commonplace.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 29, 2022

With its potential for societal, economic, and personal upheaval, climate change calls for tools that give us humans orders-of-magnitude more capability. National Medal of Technology and Innovation from President Barack Obama [right] in 2016. Whether we’ll have the will and economic ability to make them is the question.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2009

In one of his first official acts in office in January, President Obama requested a final order for federal fuel economy standards for only model year 2011, with further consideration and analysis to occur prior to issuing rules for subsequent model years. mpg increase above MY 2010, corresponding to 326 gCO 2 /mi. mpg US, a 2.0

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 30, 2009

By 2012, we should have made some progress on this, just in time to re-elect Obama to his second term. Automakers unveiled more than a dozen production-ready, plug-in electric and hybrid electric vehicles at the Detroit auto show earlier this month, many of which will be on dealership lots between 2010 and 2012.

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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. is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

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. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

According to Nissan, the company plans to introduce its upcoming electric car in Oregon in late 2010. April 12, 2009 2:08 pm Link Obama’s “Social Democratic&# dream will be further unveiled after the failure of GM and Chrysler is certain and on the books. Portland is already an EV center and has been for 15 yrs.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2017

The modeling showed that averaged across all eleven metros, residential energy conservation mandates could reduce residential CO 2 emissions in 2030 by an average of 30% over and above 2010 levels. — Landis et al. The CPP is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from power plants. miles per gallon by the year 2027.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program, implemented under President Barack Obama in 2012, called for annual increases of 5% to the average fuel economy of new vehicles through the 2025 model year. They recognize that such a meager incremental improvement is insufficient to address the scourge of climate change.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 6, 2021

The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) program, implemented under President Barack Obama in 2012, called for annual increases of 5% to the average fuel economy of new vehicles through the 2025 model year. They recognize that such a meager incremental improvement is insufficient to address the scourge of climate change.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The announcement of the new awards comes a day after high-profile solar company Solyndra, which had received a $535-million Federal loan guarantee under the Obama Administration’s stimulus program, ceased operations, laid off its 1,110 workers and filed for bankruptcy. billion in private investment. — LA Times , 2 Sep 2011.

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Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

Under President Obama, the EPA set the first federal greenhouse gas standard for cars. President Biden has made it clear that he intends to strengthen environmental regulations across the board, and his administration is expected to reinstate the Obama-era emissions standards, and possibly go beyond them.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. The Cantwell-Collins plan is almost exactly what Mr. Obama proposed in the campaign and after first taking office–a 100 percent auction of permits and a large tax rebate to the public. Representatives Henry A.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The Obama Administration doesnt understand that. It isa fundamental change in direction for GM. " President Obamas auto task force doesnt see it that way. But GM says it wont get the money until the Obama administration is satisfied the company is financially viable. So I think its a safe bet for GM.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2010

Over the past year the United States has experienced rising unemployment, public frustration with Washington and a divisive health care debate, largely pushing climate change out of the news. Anthony Leiserowitz, director of the Yale Project on Climate Change.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 1, 2011

The entire 2nd half of 2010 found the Greenius in a Mystery Spot where the rules of nature no longer applied. I’ll be the first to admit it, I lost my mojo as 2010 wore on and it wasn’t pretty. Stop runaway climate change? Wow, March First already. Time do fly, don’t it? How you been?

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 4, 2011

When I quit the Democratic party last summer the last straw for me was their total FAIL to take a stand and do anything about climate change. I was a registered Democrat from the time I turned 18 in 1975 until the summer of 2010. They probably never were.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 4, 2011

When I quit the Democratic party last summer the last straw for me was their total FAIL to take a stand and do anything about climate change. I was a registered Democrat from the time I turned 18 in 1975 until the summer of 2010. They probably never were.

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