Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2020

2017) in the book Algal Biofuels. In the pilot, the research team discovered that the DAF consistently removed around 95 percent of the algae from the water and greatly concentrated the algae, reducing phosphorus, nitrogen, and organic carbon concentrations by greater than 95, 65, and 50 percent, respectively. Figure from Tian et al.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2022

Compliance within the current ULEZ area is now at 94%, much higher than the 39% when ULEZ was first announced in 2017, and also higher than 85% the month before previous expansion, and compliance in outer London is already around 85%. The ULEZ is a very targeted scheme to get the most polluting vehicles off the road.

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Scrappage London Emissions Pollution 273

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

Canadian Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced developments on three new regulatory initiatives to further support Canada’s efforts to curb greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and to provide cleaner air through lower air pollutant emissions from cars and trucks. GHG regulations. billion and cumulative net benefits for Canadians of $4.7

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2022

Several organizations, encompassing companies, research labs, and academia, have formed the Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group. The newly formed organization will host a series of meetings of its members to exchange research results, insights, and ideas.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 20, 2018

China Energy was established in November 2017 by the merger of Shenhua Group, a world-class energy company, and China’s power giant China Guodian Corporation. As the leading global supplier of hydrogen to refineries to assist in producing cleaner burning transportation fuels, Air Products has rich experience in the hydrogen fueling industry.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2019

We show that initial control of the NO x precursor is ineffective at reducing NH 4 NO 3 aerosol in the SLV, while initial control of volatile organic compounds (VOC), which is not a direct precursor for either nitrate or ammonium, is effective due to its influence on oxidation cycles. A major component of the Salt Lake Valley and Denver PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2016

million of funding for its Zero Emission Research Opportunity (ZERO) ( FTA-2017-001-TRI ). Eligibility for future ZERO funding opportunities in fiscal years 2017-2020 will be limited to those nonprofit consortia selected under this fiscal year 2017 notice.

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Emissions Transportation 2017 Hydrogen 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2017

This update, jointly prepared by the ICCT and the Netherlands’ Organization for Applied Scientific Research (TNO), describes the increasing real-world efficiency gap using statistical analysis. Since September 2017, a new test procedure, the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), has to be followed for new vehicle types.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2018

In 2017, Global Bioenergies announced the production of ETBE purely from renewable resources. US organizations promoting the global use of ethanol will continue to work closely with the Japanese government as it implements its new policy and provide updated technical information about GHG reductions and other benefits of corn-based ethanol.

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Japan Carbon Gasoline Cleaner 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 17, 2009

The Clean Sky initiative will run until 31 December 2017. Clean Sky current membership incorporates 120 organizations from 16 countries, 86 industrial partners, including 20 SMEs, 15 research centers and 17 universities. This call is the first in what will be one of Europe’s biggest ever research projects, with €1.6 billion (US$2.2

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2017

Compared to gasoline or diesel methanol however offers much cleaner combustion, free of soot and emits no traces of sulphur or carcinogenic compounds which are formed in the combustion of liquid fossil fuels. The association was officially launched by the founding partners in Brussels on November 30, 2017. —Ómar Sigurbjörnsson.

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Iceland CO2 Gasoline Renewable 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The assessment will be completed in early 2017, and pending results of the assessment, specific HFC reduction measures may be revised accordingly. The State’s organic waste should be put to beneficial use, such as for soil amendments/compost, electrical generation, transportation fuel, and pipeline-injected renewable natural gas.

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Pollution California Emissions Climate 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2011

This assumed the federal government passes a 4% per year increase in fuel economy standards over 2017–2025 (equivalent of a federal 37 mpg average by 2025 and a 46 mpg new vehicle standard by 2025). Key findings of the study include: A cleaner, more efficient passenger vehicle fleet creates significant consumer savings.

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Standards California Fuel Economy Transportation 218

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Cars being pushed by diesel trains during a return trip had air that was generally cleaner than that next to busy city streets. The organization is also moving to locomotives with improved emissions standards and to electrified service on key routes, which will eliminate the diesel emissions altogether. 2017.02.015.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

Convening industry leaders and other stakeholders by spring 2017 as part of a shared vision for a competitive and clean North American automotive sector. They also agreed to continue to work together and through the International Maritime Organization to support implementation of a North American Emission Control Area that includes Mexico.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2017

The report found that shipping within the Arctic as defined by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) consumed an estimated 436,000 tonnes of fuel and emitted 193 tonnes of black carbon in 2015. HFO and distillate), which would require a complete shift to cleaner fuels (e.g., —Comer et al.

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Oil Panama Emissions Fuel 283

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

Making the transition to cleaner, lower polluting near-zero and zero-emission vehicles is a critical component to addressing California’s clean air and climate challenges. With the announcement of Energy Commission funding for additional stations, California is slated to have 51 public hydrogen refueling facilities on line by 2017.

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

Kirsch joined Electric Car Insider in 2017 as the Managing Tour Director, now Vice President of Business Development, for the Electric Car Guest Drive national tour. Terri has worked closely with numerous EVA chapters to educate utility company customers on what it’s like to drive electric with over 100 EV events around the nation.

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Cars That Think

APRIL 21, 2022

About 7 million people every year die from diseases caused by air pollution, such as chronic obstructive pulmonary disease, lung cancer, and acute respiratory infections, according to the World Health Organization. Let’s pledge—and act now—to create a cleaner, greener planet. Let’s treat every day as Earth Day. If not now, when?

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Climate Change Climate Engine Pollution 95

Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

LanzaTech’s first commercial facility will be online at the end of 2017 in China, producing fuel-grade ethanol from captured steelmaking off-gas. LanzaTech’s gas fermentation technology uses carbon-containing gases as both a nutrient and energy source for micro-organisms that, in turn, produce fuels and chemicals.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 16, 2023

In September 2017 , Hurricane Maria devastated Puerto Rico. Coauthor Massol-Deyá is executive director of the organization.) During and after Maria, Casa Pueblo continued to operate a solar-based microgrid it had installed in 2017. Maria destroyed infrastructure and crops and initially claimed 64 lives.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2017

Both rail and bus emissions decreased during this time, due in part to the state’s efforts to transition to cleaner fuels and to electrify public transportation. In the first quarter of 2017, ZEVs accounted for nearly 5% of the state’s auto sales. The state needs to increase renewable generation by 24% between 2017 to 2020.

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California Light Emissions Climate 150

Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2022

A new systematic review by The Lancet found that “people living in e-waste exposed regions had significantly elevated levels of heavy metals and persistent organic pollutants,” and it advocated for “novel cost-effective methods for safe recycling operations … to ensure the health and safety of vulnerable populations.”

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Waste Al Gore Gore Mercury 142

Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2013

LEV III includes the most stringent PM mass limit in the world—1 mg/mile, starting in 2025; EPA has a 3 mg/mile PM limit starting in 2017. Both Federal and state governments should play a greater role in accelerating the retirement or retrofitting of older, dirtier diesel engines and the introduction of cleaner diesel replacements.

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EPA Diesel Gasoline Emissions 210

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

Since its launch in 2011, the regulation has generated a multitude of unique approaches for cleaner fuels. To date, seven Metropolitan Planning Organizations have adopted Sustainable Community Strategies. “… the light-duty vehicle segment will need to become largely electrified by 2050 in order to meet California’s emission reduction goals.”

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Transportation Emissions California Ozone 273

Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

Federal emissions and fuel economy regulations have been instrumental in encouraging (or coercing) automakers to produce EVs, and to make their legacy vehicles cleaner. The traditional pollutants [are] nitrogen oxides, volatile organics, and particulates. Q&A with former EPA exec Margo Oge.

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