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DECEMBER 21, 2011

Distance to 2015 target by individual manufacturers in 2010 (only manufacturers registering > 100 000 vehicles in Europe). The data also show that almost all manufacturers must reduce emissions to meet 2015 targets under European legislation for new passenger cars, based on average CO 2 emissions for each manufacturer. Source: EEA.

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JUNE 25, 2019

In 2012, less than one percent of all cars and light-duty trucks were produced with a non-hybrid stop/start system. Through 2015, cars had the greatest share of stop/start systems installed. After 2015, the greatest share of start/stop systems was installed on light-duty trucks, rising to 35.7% Source: U.S.

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AUGUST 5, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final updates to its 2012 volatile organic compounds (VOCs) performance standards for storage tanks used in crude oil and natural gas production and transmission. Storage tanks that emit 6 or more tons of VOCs a year must reduce emissions by 95%.

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EPA Oil Standards Gas 186

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

Components of the e-gas plant. Audi is celebrating progress on its e-gas plant under construction in Werlte, Germany with a topping-out ceremony. End products from the plant will be hydrogen and synthetic methane (Audi e-gas), to be used as fuel for vehicles such as the new Audi A3 Sportback TCNG. Click to enlarge.

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AUGUST 26, 2014

A recently released total fuel cycle analysis for maritime case studies shows that natural gas fuels reduce some air quality pollutants substantially, and reduce major greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions slightly, when compared to conventional petroleum-based marine fuels (low-sulfur and high-sulfur).

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Mariner Pollution Gas Emissions 291

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JUNE 26, 2015

LanzaTech’s gas fermentation technology ( earlier post ) is at the core of the new Horizon2020 Steelanol project (2015-2018), which seeks to produce bioethanol via an innovative gas fermentation process using exhaust gases emitted by the steel industry. million (US$16.3-million) Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JULY 19, 2011

With discussions of raising gas-mileage standards beyond the 34 mpg they'll reach in 2015, there's a lot of shrieking about how we'll all be driving subcompacts if the rules get any tougher. Consider the 2012 Chevrolet Impala, Chevy's rapidly aging full-sized four-door sedan.

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MPG 2012 Gas Chevrolet 96

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MARCH 6, 2012

China Yuchai International Limited’s main operating subsidiary, Guangxi Yuchai Machinery Company Limited (GYMCL) has inaugurated a new project to develop and produce a full portfolio of natural gas powered engines to complement its existing suite of diesel engines. China’s 12 th Five-Year Plan targets natural gas to make up 8.3%

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Gas China Engine 2009 199

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AUGUST 5, 2011

TMMC) in Woodstock, Ontario beginning in 2012. In July of last year, Tesla and Toyota Engineering and Manufacturing, America (TEMA) collaborated to convert 32 conventional gas-engine RAV4 compact SUVs into fully functional RAV4 EV prototypes. Toyota and Tesla Motors, Inc.

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Toyota 2012 Building Electric Vehicles 218

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FEBRUARY 5, 2013

(CWI) is supplying engines for two of the largest natural gas transit fleet orders in North America to date, with combined orders of more than 900 ISL G engines. In January, LA Metro announced its plans to order 550 New Flyer Xcelsior natural gas buses, powered with the Cummins Westport ISL G 8.9 The Cummins Westport ISL G, an 8.9-liter

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OCTOBER 6, 2017

US energy-related CO 2 emissions decreased by 89 million metric tons (MMmt), from 5,259 MMmt in 2015 to 5,170 MMmt in 2016. Among the findings of the EIA analysis: CO 2 emissions form natural gas surpassed those from coal in 2016. Natural gas CO 2 emissions have increased every year since 2009. from the 2015 level.

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2016 CO2 Emissions Transportation 150

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AUGUST 12, 2016

The first peer-reviewed study to directly quantify how emissions from oil and natural gas (O&NG) activities influence summertime tropospheric ozone (O 3 ) pollution in the Colorado Front Range confirms that chemical vapors from oil and gas activities are a significant contributor to the region’s chronic ozone problem. McDuffie et al.

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Ozone Oil Gas Emissions 150

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FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Greater reliance on energy taxation is needed to strengthen efforts to tackle the principal source of both greenhouse gas emissions and air pollution, according to a new OECD report. In 2015, outside of road transport, 81% of emissions were untaxed, according to the report. In road transport, 97% of emissions are taxed.

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Climate Change Climate Tax Energy 170

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NOVEMBER 12, 2012

The global energy map is changing significantly, according to the 2012 edition of the Internal Energy Agency’s (IEA) World Energy Outlook ( WEO-2012 ). The WEO finds that the extraordinary growth in oil and natural gas output in the United States will mean a sea-change in global energy flows. — WEO-2012.

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Global 2012 Energy Oil 225

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NOVEMBER 3, 2010

The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) adopted by a vote of four to three greenhouse gas reduction regulations—called the most stringent in the US—that will reduce global warming pollutants through a regional cap on greenhouse gas emissions. New Mexico Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Regulation.

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New Mexico Mexico Gas Climate Change 225

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AUGUST 11, 2014

(MHI), as part of the Strategic Innovation Program for Energy Conservation Technologies operated by the New Energy and Industrial Technology Development Organization (NEDO), has developed a 2-megawatt (MW) 16-cylinder high-speed gas engine achieving one of the worlds highest power generation efficiency ratings in a high-speed gas engine.

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Mitsubishi Gas Engine Exhaust 199

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SEPTEMBER 4, 2012

and Spectra Energy Corp executed a Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) jointly to develop the NEXUS Gas Transmission (NGT) system, a project that will move growing supplies of Ohio Utica shale gas to markets in the US Midwest, including Ohio and Michigan, and Ontario, Canada. Detroit-based DTE Energy, Enbridge Inc.

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Canada Energy Gas Ohio 231

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

The California Air Resources Board on Thursday adopted the final greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cap-and-trade regulation. The regulation becomes effective 1 January 2012; first auctions (for 2013 allowances) will be held in August and November, 2012. Compliance obligations for greenhouse gas emissions begins 1 January 2013.

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2012 California Climate Change Climate 218

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NOVEMBER 26, 2014

Americans buy more full-size pickup trucks than any other vehicle type, so boosting their gas mileage has a much greater impact than improvements in smaller and more efficient cars.

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Fuel Economy Economy 2015 Fuel 146

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MAY 8, 2017

A new study by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) estimates heavy fuel oil (HFO) use, HFO carriage, the use and carriage of other fuels, black carbon (BC) emissions, and emissions of other air and climate pollutants for the year 2015, with projections to 2020 and 2025. Click to enlarge. the ICCT team concluded.

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Oil Panama Emissions Fuel 283

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JULY 11, 2018

During the first three years of California’s 5-year-old cap-and-trade program, the bulk of the greenhouse gas reductions occurred out of state—i.e., California is a world leader in adopting ambitious greenhouse gas reduction targets and has the world’s fourth-largest carbon-trading program. Cushing et al. Cushing et al.

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San Francisco Pollution Climate Change Gas-Electric 186

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Through the swap, BASF aims to further expand its production of oil and gas via its wholly owned subsidiary Wintershall —Germany’s largest internationally active crude oil and natural gas producer—and to exit the gas trading and storage business. This is equivalent to a total of 2.4 billion barrel of oil equivalent.

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Gas Oil Production Russia 218

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APRIL 22, 2015

LanzaTech’s gas fermentation process uses proprietary microbes to capture and reuse carbon rich waste gases, reducing emissions and pollutants from industrial processes such as steel manufacturing, while making fuels and chemicals that displace those made from fossil resources. Earlier post.). —LanzaTech CEO Jennifer Holmgren.

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Corporation Waste Commercial China 150

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JANUARY 26, 2018

The state’s current target, set by Brown in 2012, is 1.5 As part of this effort, the Governor’s Office of Business and Economic Development will publish a Plug-in Charging Station Development Guidebook and update the 2015 Hydrogen Station Permitting Guidebook. Earlier post.) million ZEVs by 2025.

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California Hydrogen Fuel Charging 408

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MAY 26, 2022

The Candiac production facility was acquired by Johnson Matthey in 2015 and has been in operation since 2012. various applications, including electricity storage (residential and industrial), production of synthetic gas or methane (power-to-gas), mobility (hydrogen refuelling and e-fuels) and industrial use.

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Canada Li-ion Lithium Ion Batteries 199

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APRIL 22, 2015

According to Edmunds.com, about 22% of people who have traded in their hybrids and EVs in 2015 bought a new SUV. Overall, only 45% of this year’s hybrid and EV trade-ins have gone toward the purchase of another alternative fuel vehicle, down from just above 60% in 2012. At today’s national average gas price of $2.27/gallon,

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SUV Hybrid Alternative Fuels 2015 150

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JULY 4, 2012

million tonnes per annum (MTPA) production train for its Australia Pacific LNG coal seam gas (CSG) to liquefied natural gas (LNG) project in Queensland, Australia. From this point we are committed to the development and construction of all infrastructure and facilities to ensure the first delivery of LNG in 2015.

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Australia Coal Gas 2011 225

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JANUARY 12, 2013

In February 2012, the China State Council approved its first national ambient air quality standard for PM 2.5 , which will come into effect by the end of 2015. In April 2012, the State Council approved the “Development Plan of Energy-Efficient and New-Energy Vehicles (2012?2020),” Credit: ACS, Huo et al. Earlier post.]

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Coal Pollution China Gas 231

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

The California Air Resources Board released its proposed greenhouse gas cap-and-trade regulation. A key part of ARB’s AB 32 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), the cap-and-trade program provides an overall limit on the emissions from sources responsible for 85% of California’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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2015 Transportation Fuel Emissions 210

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SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

Subaru has taken heed of customer complaints that its lineup wasn’t as efficient as those of its competitors, making its latest generation 2012 Impreza return an impressive 27/36 mpg city/highway gas mileage.

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Gas 2015 MPG 2012 92

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OCTOBER 4, 2009

In a news conference at the Japan National Press Club on Friday, Toyota Motor President Akio Toyoda said that the company plans to begin mass production of electric vehicles in the US in 2012, followed by US production of fuel cell vehicles in 2015. Toyoda positioned EVs for short-distance travel and fuel cell cars for longer ranges.

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2015 Toyota Commercial Fuel 315

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MAY 29, 2012

The focus is on the impacts on China’s energy system and GDP growth, and on global climate indicators such as greenhouse gas concentrations, radiative forcing, and global temperature change. The researchers argue for a global economy-wide greenhouse gas tax that spreads the burden of responsibility. we’re really being left behind.”.

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Climate Change MIT Climate Tax 324

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DECEMBER 3, 2009

PHEV/EV Models 2010-2012 by Battery Chemistry. 2012 will be the make or break year for the electric vehicle market. of the world’s fleet in 2015 will be driving at least part of the time on battery power only, according to the forecast. The report includes profiles of key players and market forecasts through 2015.

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Lithium Ion 2015 Li-ion Electric Vehicles 218

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APRIL 11, 2019

The study, based on data from 2010 to 2015, estimates that 64% of these new cases of asthma occur in urban areas. Findings from the study: An estimated 4 million children developed asthma each year from 2010 to 2015 due to exposure to NO 2 pollution, which primarily comes motor vehicle exhaust. —Susan Anenberg.

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JULY 9, 2012

The central government’s plan, posted on its website, is targeting the production of 500,000 plug-in hybrid and electric vehicles by 2015, with output to grow to 2 million units of those types by 2020. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. 2012 Chinese Auto Industry Development Report. L/100km (40 mpg US) or less.

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Auto Industry Industrial Industry 2015 334

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MAY 21, 2012

GreatPoint Energy and China Wanxiang Holdings have officially closed their investment and partnership agreement which was highlighted during an official signing ceremony between senior US and Chinese government officials in 2012. billion cubic meters) of annual natural gas output within two years. China Petroleum and Chemical Corp.

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Coal Gas Purchase Energy 225

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

In 2012, Governor Brown’s Executive Order B-16-2012 called for 1.5 million ZEVs to be on the road in California by 2025, as a means of helping the state reach its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals. However, there was no mention of larger, heavier-duty trucks and buses.

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San Marino Purchase California Emissions 186