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MAY 2, 2020

Greenhouse gas emissions reductions from road transportation were down across the United States from early March to early April 2020. (UC Fuel use dropped from 4.6 It also resulted in fuel-tax revenue reductions, which vary by state. UC Davis Road Ecology Center). billion gallons in early March to 1.3 billion per week.

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JUNE 23, 2022

That figure is down from 141 refineries in 2017, with 4 idle. Operable capacity for the refineries is 17,789,010 barrels per calendar day in 2022, down from 18,976,085 in 2020. The US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA) latest refinery capacity report (21 June 2022) listed 130 operable refineries in the US, with 5 idle.

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APRIL 30, 2017

signed into law SB1 , the Road Repair and Accountability Act of 2017. billion over the next decade through an increase in fuel taxes and vehicle fees—including on zero emission vehicles (ZEVs)—to fix roads, freeways and bridges in communities across California and put more dollars toward transit and safety.

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OCTOBER 11, 2021

billion in 2020 to 4.3 Fossil fuel combustion has driven an increase in outdoor air pollution that in 2019 killed 29.15 million people worldwide in 2017, the paper notes. —Philip Landrigan, director of Boston College’s Global Observatory on Pollution and Health. billion by 2100. Only AIDS causes more deaths.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

The report shows that projected global ZEV adoption from 2015 to 2039 (based on the BNEF 2017 forecast) may follow an s-curve, similar to that of smartphone adoption in the US from 2005 to 2015. As of October 2017, 337,483 ZEVs have been sold in California. million unit uptick in 5 years. ZEV sales increased 29.1%

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JULY 23, 2018

Global, economy-wide carbon pricing is assumed as climate policy in both scenarios after 2020 (100 US$ per tCO 2 held constant over time). Making conventional gasoline and diesel vehicles more expensive to run—through increased fuel or carbon taxes—is not enough to incentivize the majority of consumers to change.

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