Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have produced a spatially and temporally explicit life cycle inventory (LCI) of air pollutants from gasoline, ethanol derived from corn grain, and ethanol from corn stover for the contiguous US (the lower 48 states). The researchers included a sixth pollutant, ammonia (NH 3 ).

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Gasoline Emissions Gasoline-Electric Pollution 236

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MAY 1, 2014

The study considered emissions of non-methane hydrocarbons (NMHC), CO, NO x , PM 2.5 , sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ), and ammonia (NH 3 ), as well as the lifecycle climate impact of CO 2 and non-CO 2 greenhouse gases (GHG) on a CO 2 -equivalent basis. Their study appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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London Climate Diesel Climate Change 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 28, 2010

On its tenth anniversary, the EEA’s TERM report presents an overview of transport’s impact on the environment, built on an analysis of 40 policy-relevant indicators. Among 32 EEA countries, only Germany and Sweden are on track to meet their 2010 indicative targets for biofuels use.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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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.

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Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions 255

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JANUARY 5, 2012

Since 2010, significant changes have been made to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) research enterprise. Interconnected issues such as environmental justice, global change, and endocrine disruption are rapidly becoming part of the environmental protection landscape.

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JANUARY 28, 2014

Compared to the 2010 “Business as Usual” scenario—which includes all adopted emission control measures for the South Coast—NO x levels must be reduced by 65% and by 75% to meet the 2023 and 2032 ozone standards, respectively. Background. grams per brake horsepower-hour (g/bhp-hr).

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Climate Gas Emissions California 257

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

Tom Cackette, Chief Deputy Executive Office of the California Air Resources Board, spent the bulk of his talk during the opening panel discussing the response to climate change, which he called “ the defining environmental challenge of this century. California’s current LEV II emission standards run through 2010. Tim Johnson.

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Gasoline Diesel Engine Emissions 150

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JUNE 10, 2011

The new report, part of the World Energy Outlook (WEO) 2011 series, examines the key factors that could result in a more prominent role for natural gas in the global energy mix, and the implications for other fuels, energy security and climate change. Source: IEA. Click to enlarge. MIT: The Future of Natural Gas. Earlier post.)

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

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. Cap and Trade 2010. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuels Policy. ARB Emissions Trading Program Overview.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Getting these models adopted beyond the academic setting presents a lot of challenges. Back to top Besides boosting grid capacity and building out wind and solar, what’s the most important thing that needs to happen to meet our emissions goals and start slowing climate change?

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JUNE 26, 2011

Combining the control of criteria pollutants and greenhouse gas emissions into a single coordinated package of standards is a new approach to ARB’s motor vehicle standards. ARB has held four public technical workshops on the proposed rulemaking since 2010; a fifth is scheduled for 19 July. These are: 2 March 2010.

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

We would welcome the opportunity to present to the Committee. Moving to zero emissions vehicles, as the cliche goes, is the low hanging fruit in New Zealand’s fight against climate change. In New Zealand air pollution contributes to the premature deaths of 27 deaths per 100,000 people. PO Box 3899, Auckland 1140.

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JANUARY 13, 2013

Comparison of Hg emissions in 2005 and 2010, by selected sector and region. Apart from contaminated sites, the mercury pollution detected today is often found in locations very far away from its original source. Present day anthropogenic emissions contribute to both current and future emissions to the air. Source: UNEP.

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Mercury Emissions 2013 Global 262

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. Staff presentation. This marks a new chapter in the history of ARB. ”. super ultra-low-emission vehicle (SULEV) levels by 2025.

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

As part of the work, they also presented what they called “ the most comprehensive chemical speciation of diesel fuel to date ” with more than 90% mass closure as part of an overall assessment of gasoline and diesel fuel.) We determine the relative importance of gasoline and diesel sources for SOA formation in, and downwind of, urban regions.

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APRIL 29, 2016

Surface-level ozone is one of the main pollutants that the national Air Quality Index measures in its effort to let the public know when breathing outside for long periods of time could be harmful. In 2010, a mountaintop sensor in Europe registered an ethane uptick. Credit: Lee Murray, NASA GISS/Columbia University. Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Other evidence also suggests that BC deposition in the Arctic is partly responsible for arctic climate change, the authors note. The team measured BC and other pollutants at stationary ground sites and from a mobile laboratory between 16 August and 17 September 2010. —Liggio et al.

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Gasoline Emissions Light Carbon 252

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. Committed to sales of 10,000 or more vehicles in late 2010, with increasing production in 2011. Aims to get Saturn Vue on road in 2010; no production goal.

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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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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. INTRODUCTION. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J.

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