2012, Climate, Information and Ozone

Study suggests cap and trade programs do not provide sufficient incentives for energy technology innovation; implications for climate policy

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MARCH 19, 2012

Taylor 2012. Policies incentivizing the private sector to push to develop innovative “clean” technologies are likely to play a key role in achieving climate stabilization. Respectively, Title IV of the 1990 Clean Air Act and the Ozone Transport Commission/NO x Budget Program.). —Taylor 2012. Click to enlarge.

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Climate Energy Clean Cleaning

International study identifies 14 key measures to reduce methane and black carbon emissions; reduction in projected global mean warming of ~0.5 °C by 2050

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Circle areas are proportional to values for (A and B) climate change, (C and D) human health (values for population over age 30), and (E and F) agriculture. Methane is both a potent greenhouse gas and an important precursor to ground-level ozone. Ozone, a key component of smog and also a greenhouse gas, damages crops and human health.

Carbon

Carbon Ozone Emissions International

EPA proposes retaining current NAAQS for particulate matter

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APRIL 15, 2020

The current annual standard has been in place since 2012. EPA is proposing that the current secondary standards are adequate to protect against PM-related visibility impairment, climate effects, and effects on materials. EPA is proposing to retain the current annual standard, with its level of 12.0 ?g/m Average PM 2.5

EPA

EPA Standards Ozone Pollution

UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

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NOVEMBER 13, 2017

Two maps compare total annual sulfur dioxide amounts for India and China during 2005 (left) and 2016 based on Ozone Monitoring Instrument measurements. Illustration: Chris McLinden, Environment and Climate Change Canada. The country opened its largest coal-fired power plant in 2012 and has yet to implement emission controls like China.

India

India 2007 Emissions Aura

Calif. ARB releases GHG scoping plan update; more ZEVs, “LEV IV”, MD and HD regulations; ZEV for trucks; more LCFS

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings. million zero emission vehicles on its roads by 2025.

Transportation

Transportation Emissions California Ozone

Critical review finds actual measurement data on segments of natural gas lifecycle sparse or lacking

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JULY 8, 2014

National and state regulators primarily use generic emission inventories to assess the climate, air quality, and health impacts of natural gas systems. Air emissions from the natural gas life cycle include greenhouse gases, ozone precursors (volatile organic compounds and nitrogen oxides), air toxics, and particulates. Moore et al.

Gas

Gas Oil-Sands Emissions Oil

ARB posts discussion draft of new proposed mobile-source emissions reduction strategy through 2030; Advanced Clean Cars 2 regulation

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OCTOBER 2, 2015

ARB staff developed this strategy using a multi-pollutant scenario planning tool ( Vision 2.0 ) that quantifies changes in ozone and PM 2.5 is the next generation of ARB’s first Vision scenario planning tool used for ARB’s D raft Vision for Clean Air: A Framework for Air Quality and Climate Planning published in 2012.

Clean

Clean Cleaning Emissions Cleaner

Researchers describe the “where” and “when” of life cycle emissions from gasoline and ethanol in the US

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OCTOBER 11, 2012

Life cycle inventories have typically been presented at global, national, or regional levels—sufficient for understanding global processes such as climate change and fossil fuel depletion, but insufficient for the analysis of local processes such as air pollution, according to the researchers. —Tessum et al. Christopher W.

Gasoline

Gasoline Emissions Gasoline-Electric Pollution

ARB releases proposed cap-and-trade regulation for comment; transportation fuels impacted in 2015

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

The design of the California cap-and-trade program allows linkage with programs established by partner jurisdictions in the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) to create a regional market system. The initial cap level in 2012 will be set at the level of emissions expected in 2012 from sources covered at the start of the program.

2015

2015 Transportation Fuel Emissions

EPA proposes new standards to reduce methane and VOCs emissions from oil and gas industry

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AUGUST 18, 2015

Sources already subject to the 2012 NSPS requirements for VOC reductions that also would be covered by the proposed 2015 methane requirements would not have to install additional controls, because the controls to reduce VOCs reduce both pollutants. EPA required green completions for hydraulically fractured natural gas wells in its 2012 rules.

EPA

EPA Oil Gas Industrial

Berkeley study identifies diesel as main source of vehicular secondary organic aerosols

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OCTOBER 23, 2012

Organic aerosol (OA) in the atmosphere is detrimental to human health and represents a highly uncertain forcing of climate change. The use of petroleum-derived fuels is an important source of reactive gas-phase organic carbon that provides key precursors to the formation of secondary OA (SOA) and tropospheric ozone. Worton, Arthur W.

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Diesel Los Angeles Exhaust Gasoline

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Study suggests cap and trade programs do not provide sufficient incentives for energy technology innovation; implications for climate policy

International study identifies 14 key measures to reduce methane and black carbon emissions; reduction in projected global mean warming of ~0.5 °C by 2050

EPA proposes retaining current NAAQS for particulate matter

UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

Calif. ARB releases GHG scoping plan update; more ZEVs, “LEV IV”, MD and HD regulations; ZEV for trucks; more LCFS

Critical review finds actual measurement data on segments of natural gas lifecycle sparse or lacking

ARB posts discussion draft of new proposed mobile-source emissions reduction strategy through 2030; Advanced Clean Cars 2 regulation

Researchers describe the “where” and “when” of life cycle emissions from gasoline and ethanol in the US

ARB releases proposed cap-and-trade regulation for comment; transportation fuels impacted in 2015

EPA proposes new standards to reduce methane and VOCs emissions from oil and gas industry

Berkeley study identifies diesel as main source of vehicular secondary organic aerosols

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