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MARCH 24, 2017

On the first day of a two-day board meeting—the second day of which (Friday 24 March) will consider the Advanced Clean Cars Midterm Review—the California Air Resources Board (ARB) took a number of climate and air quality actions.

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JUNE 14, 2021

By utilizing this technology, port operators like our own Toyota Logistics Services (TLS) can utilize a zero-emissions and scalable solution for CO2 reductions, which will contribute to cleaner air at the port and the surrounding communities where TLS operates. This is an important milestone in Toyota’s drive toward carbon neutrality.

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JULY 12, 2018

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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JANUARY 21, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released the proposed scoping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030—the most ambitious target in North America. For the past decade, California has been reducing emissions through a series of actions, innovative solutions and advances in technology.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Coltura is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the switch from gasoline and diesel to cleaner alternatives. Such reasons include advantages to the electrical grid such as load balancing and energy storage, increased jobs and economic development, reduced stormwater pollution and consumer savings. The paper by Matthew N.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) released its initial draft plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030—the most ambitious target in North America. Managing farm and rangelands, forests and wetlands so they can store carbon. Source: 2030 Target Scoping Plan Discussion Draft. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 5, 2015

Brown also called for reductions in the release of methane, black carbon and other potent pollutants across industries, along with managing farms, rangelands, forests and wetlands so they can store carbon. Under laws that you have enacted, we are on track to meet our 2020 goal of one-third of our electricity from renewable energy.

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APRIL 30, 2015

California Governor Edmund G. issued an executive order (B-30-15) to establish a California greenhouse gas reduction target of 40% below 1990 levels by 2030—the most aggressive GHG reduction target enacted by any government in North America to reduce GHG emissions over the next decade and a half.

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MAY 18, 2017

The Volkswagen Group will pay $225 million, including $66 million to California, for harm resulting from the sale of its 3.0-liter In addition, VW will contribute to California’s ZEV market by introducing two new ZEV models, plus the electric e-Golf, or its replacement, by 2019. The company will also introduce a second SUV by 2020.

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AUGUST 9, 2018

As the state adds more variable renewable energy to the grid, these resources—electric vehicles, distributed energy resources and community choice aggregators—represent a challenge to the traditional energy management system but also provide opportunities for us to manage a more efficient and cleaner grid. Electric Vehicles.

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MAY 20, 2010

The California Air Resources Board approved changes to an existing $28 million financial assistance program this week that will significantly help more California independent truckers qualify for the purchase of a cleaner-running vehicle. VIP is part of the state’s overall plan to cut toxic diesel emissions 85 percent by 2020.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

The US EPA issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI). The eventual CTI rulemaking will establish new, more stringent emission standards for NO x and other pollutants for highway heavy-duty engines. EPA intends to publish a proposed rule in early 2020.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

At its meeting in Sacramento yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) endorsed the state’s cap-and-trade regulation. By the end of the program in 2020 there will be a 15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to today, reaching the same level of emissions as the state experienced in 1990, as required under AB 32.

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DECEMBER 11, 2019

Applicants may request funding to upgrade or replace diesel-powered buses, trucks, marine engines, locomotives and nonroad equipment with newer, cleaner technologies. EPA anticipates releasing a separate Tribal DERA grant funding opportunity in early 2020. Background. Background.

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FEBRUARY 4, 2010

The California Air Resources Board launched a $20 million funding assistance program designed to spur the purchase of hybrid trucks and buses that reduce smog-forming pollution and address climate change. Hybrid vehicle technology can reduce truck and bus emissions by 20 to 50 percent, including gases that contribute to global warming.

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OCTOBER 21, 2011

The California Air Resources Board on Thursday adopted the final greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions cap-and-trade regulation. The program also complements and supports California’s existing efforts to reduce smog-forming and toxic air pollutants and improve energy efficiency in homes and businesses. Earlier post.)

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

The California Air Resources Board directed its staff to take steps to provide further locomotive and rail yard emission reductions beyond those achieved by existing US Environmental Protection Agency and state regulations and agreements. California leads the nation with the most extensive efforts to reduce locomotive and rail yard emissions.

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APRIL 23, 2009

The California Energy Commission has adopted the state’s first transportation Investment Plan. The Alternative and Renewable Fuels Vehicle Technology Program was established by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) and is an essential element of the California's climate change and energy policies.

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DECEMBER 18, 2010

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has amended its diesel rules to offer businesses a variety of options to comply with the regulations to reduce soot from diesel engines. With the amended regulations in place, diesel particulate matter emissions will be reduced from today’s levels by 50% by 2014 and 70% by 2020, according to ARB.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The California Air Resources Board released the draft proposed first update to the AB 32 Scoping Plan, which guides development and implementation of California’s greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. The 2013 Scoping Plan update lays out the remaining steps to the 2020 limits set by AB 32. Transportation.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released the results of California’s first quarterly auction under the cap-and-trade program. The auction was a success and an important milestone for California as a leader in the global clean tech market. One allowance permits the release of one metric ton of carbon dioxide.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

Data from the report illustrate that California now must reduce emissions by an average of 4.9% each year from 2020 to 2030 to cut emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, as mandated by SB 32. While 2020 may see a similar emissions drop, the state has never cut emissions more than 2.6%

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

The California Air Resources Board released its proposed greenhouse gas cap-and-trade regulation. The release begins a public comment period culminating in a 16 December public hearing in Sacramento, California, at which the Board will consider adopting the proposed program. Allowance Distribution and Trading.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

In the larger proposal, EPA and NHTSA are seeking public comment on a wide range of regulatory options, including their preferred alternative that freezes the standards at the MY 2020 level (specifically, the “footprint” or “size-based” target curves for passenger cars and light trucks) through 2026. —DOT Secretary Elaine L.

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JULY 9, 2009

In a 2007 study, Winebrake and James Corbett from the University of Delaware (who is a co-author of the current study) concluded that pollution from marine shipping causes approximately 60,000 premature cardiopulmonary and lung cancer deaths around the world each year. S (5,000 ppm) as early as 2020. Earlier post.) Earlier post.).

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APRIL 29, 2023

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) adopted the Advanced Clean Fleets rule ( earlier post ), which will require a phased-in transition to zero-emission medium-and-heavy duty vehicles. California communities that sit near trucking corridors and warehouse locations with heavy truck traffic have some of the worst air in the nation.

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MAY 9, 2013

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted the 2013-2014 Investment Plan Update to support the development and use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. Buyers must agree to register and operate the vehicles in California at least 90 percent of the time for three years. $7 million ZEVs on the state’s roads.

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MARCH 22, 2024

These rules set progressively lower limits on tailpipe pollution on vehicles manufactured between 2027 and 2032. In fact, to address smog and pollution in many U.S. In fact, to address smog and pollution in many U.S. EPA has been regulating vehicle pollution for over 50 years. EPA standards aren’t new.

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. California. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). —Andrew Wheeler.

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APRIL 1, 2020

Under the rule, new vehicles will continue to be required to meet the Clean Air Act’s strict criteria pollutant standards. These standards will become more stringent for each model year from 2021 to 2026, relative to the MY 2020 standards. The final rule increases the stringency of CAFE and CO 2 emissions standards by 1.5%

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AUGUST 3, 2018

In summary, the preferred alternative of the proposed rulemaking would freeze the requirements at the MY 2020 level through MY 2026. And, perhaps most controversially, the Administration is proposing torpedoing California’s ability to set its own standards. California will fight this stupidity in every conceivable way possible.

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Waxman of California and Edward J. INTRODUCTION. Representatives Henry A.

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