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EPA: US GHG emissions in 2017 down 0.3% from 2016

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from 2016, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory. The decrease in total greenhouse gas emissions between 2016 and 2017 was driven in part by a decrease in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. In 2017, total gross U.S. greenhouse gas emissions were 6,472.3

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Canada aligns with US on light-duty vehicle GHGs, Tier 3 regulations and heavy-duty vehicle fuel efficiency

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The final Regulations Amending the Passenger Automobile and Light Truck Greenhouse Gas Emission Regulations for model year 2017 and beyond will be published in the Canada Gazette, Part II, on 8 October. Canada Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy Regulations'

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Provider ZF unearths Tesla, Nio, Lucid are sizzling for unutilized applied sciences

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FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany — Holger Klein, CEO of ZF Friedrichshafen, mentioned younger automobile manufacturers akin to Tesla, Nio, Xpeng and Lucid are pushing the used German provider another way than conventional automakers. ZF confirmed the tech thought in 2016 on the Geneva auto display. “Speed is king.”

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New report suggests bioenergy crops are not a risk to food production

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Reliable information about the actual local effects is essential, but has been lacking in food-biofuel-climate debates. —lead author Keith Kline of ORNL’s Climate Change Science Institute. Crops such as sugarcane, for example, can be eaten or converted into ethanol fuel for automobile engines. Kline et al. Osseweijer, P.,

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Government of Canada Releases Draft Regulations to Reduce Greenhouse Gas Emissions from New Light-Duty Vehicles; Outcome Aligned With US

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Canada and the US are working towards a common North American approach to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by introducing aligned and progressively tighter regulatory requirements over the 2011-2016 model years. This is an important step in the fight against climate change. Earlier post.) Minister Prentice.

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California ARB Pulls the Plug on Cool Cars Regulation

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Instead, the Board will pursue a performance-based approach as part of its vehicle climate change program to reduce CO 2 from air conditioning and provide cooler car interiors for California motorists. The cool cars regulation was early action item under AB 32 and adopted by the Air Resources Board (ARB) in June 2009.

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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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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. Purple depicts the highest concentrations while white depicts the lowest. Click to enlarge.

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