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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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Government of Canada to develop a national Zero-Emissions Vehicle strategy by 2018

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Under the Pan-Canadian Framework on Clean Growth and Climate Change , federal, provincial and territorial governments committed to work with industry and stakeholders to develop a Canada-wide ZEV strategy by 2018. ZEVs offer the potential to reduce greenhouse gas emissions significantly from the light-duty vehicle sector.

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155 businesses and industry groups send letter of support for California LCFS in current and possibly more stringent future forms

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Approved in 2009 and first implemented in 2011, the LCFS requires California fuel providers to reduce the carbon intensity of transportation fuels at least 10% by 2020, by phasing in less carbon-intensive fuel technologies.

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JATO: new car CO2 emissions rise for the first time in a decade in Europe; diesel down, gasoline up, SUVs up

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As a result, the market share of gasoline vehicles grew by 3 percentage points from 47% to 50% between 2016 and 2017. Alternative-Fueled-Vehicles only experienced a small increase in volume. Alternative-Fueled-Vehicles only experienced a small increase in volume. g/km in 2016 to 133.0 g/km to 104.5

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ICAO agrees to market-based measure to address aviation CO2

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These include technical and operational improvements and advances in the production and use of sustainable alternative fuels for aviation. As of 29 September 2016, 64 states, representing more than 83.8% outside of the international aviation sector—using the concept of “emissions units”.

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EPAs GHG Standards for Light-Duty Vehicles; Special Credits To Encourage PHEVs, BEVs and FCVs

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Yesterday, the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National High Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) jointly established increasingly stringent greenhouse gas emission standards under the Clean Air Act for 2012 through 2016 model-year vehicles and fuel economy standards under the Corporate Average Fuel Economy program, respectively.

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DOE to award $12.5M to improve efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks as part of new tech track for US-China initiative

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Alternative fuel combustion. In the 5 topics areas of the FOA, the proposed project will focus on cost-effective measures to improve the on-road freight efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks by greater than 50% (compared to the 2016 baseline truck) to reduce transportation’s fuel use and climate change impacts.

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