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SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

The Volvo LIGHTS project will involve 16 partners, and transform freight operations at the facilities of two of the United States’ top trucking fleets. . The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has preliminarily awarded $44.8 million to SCAQMD for the Volvo LIGHTS (Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions) project.

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OCTOBER 1, 2020

The paper is published in the journal Nature Climate Change. A lot of people think that a large-scale shift to EVs will mostly solve our climate problems in the passenger vehicle sector. As a test market, they chose the United States, which is second only to China in terms of passenger vehicle sales. Milovanoff, A.,

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MARCH 5, 2022

Researchers at the University of Michigan and Ford Motor Company have conducted a cradle-to-grave life cycle GHG assessment of model year 2020 ICEV, HEV, and BEV sedans, sports utility vehicles (SUVs), and pickup trucks in the United States. This is an important study to inform and encourage climate action.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Sales of the VNR Electric in North America will begin in 2020. The Volvo LIGHTS project will involve 16 partners, and will transform freight operations at the facilities of two of the United States’ top trucking fleets. The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has preliminarily awarded $44.8

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2010

From 2005 through 2020, total US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are projected to rise by 4% under a “with measures” scenario (but without a cap-and-trade program and other complementary policies), from 7,109 Tg CO 2 Eq. from 2005 to 2020. The United States released previous Climate Action Reports in 1994, 1997, 2002, and 2006.

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MARCH 9, 2022

China was the only major economy to experience economic growth in both 2020 and 2021. The numbers make clear that the global economic recovery from the COVID-19 crisis has not been the sustainable recovery that IEA Executive Director Fatih Birol called for during the early stages of the pandemic in 2020.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2021

Upon completion of the project, Kinder Morgan’s Harvey, Louisiana facility will serve as the primary hub where Neste will store a variety of raw materials including, for example, the used cooking oil it collects from more than 40,000 restaurants across the United States. At Neste’s option, the facility can be further expanded.

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APRIL 10, 2023

But because they’re potent greenhouse gases, they still affect the climate. Combined, their emissions are equal to the CO 2 emissions in 2020 for a smaller developed country like Switzerland. That’s equivalent to about one percent of the total greenhouse gas emissions in the United States. Vollmer, M.K., Krummel, P.B.

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MAY 7, 2023

In an open-access paper published in PLOS Climate , the team reports that CVRP reduced aggregate statewide emissions of CO 2 , NO x , and SO 2. However, the results indicate that the CVRP has displaced emissions from vehicle tailpipes to electric generating units (EGUs), leading to a net increase in primary PM 2.5 Mejia-Duwan et al.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The results have important implications for Earth’s climate because methane is about 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide when it comes to warming the planet over a long period. Globally, coal mining is decreasing in the United States and Europe but increasing rapidly in other parts of the world, such as southeast Asia and India.

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

Blue Biofuels (BIOF) and the United States Department of Agriculture’s Agricultural Research Service (USDA ARS) are collaborating on optimizing the yields of Pennisetum hybridum , commonly known as king grass, a perennial grass biomass crop, that the Company is using as feedstock for its patented mechanocatalytic cellulose-to-sugar (CTS) process.

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MAY 29, 2012

The report—titled “The Role of China in Mitigating Climate Change” and published in the journal Energy Economics , compares the impact of a stringent emissions reduction policy with and without China’s participation. Without China, we miss that mark by about 1 °C. C change by the end of the century.

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SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

We need more aggressive cuts in emissions to get us anywhere near the pathways that limit the worst impacts of climate change. Bill Quirk – (916) 319-2020 – [link]. Low income and communities of color are and continue to be the most impacted by climate chaos. SB 100 (De Leon) – California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program.

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OCTOBER 7, 2020

Eric Wiebes, the Netherlands’ Minister of Economic Affairs and Climate Policy, sent a letter to the Dutch Parliament in March 2020 and advocated for an active international policy to reduce sustainable hydrogen costs and to create new international partnerships. —Sandor Gaastra, the Director General for Climate and Energy.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

per year on average during the 2005-2020 period to 2.3-2.8% per year on average between 2020 and 2025. The Administration said the United States will submit its 2025 target to the Framework Convention on Climate Change as an “Intended Nationally Determined Contribution” no later than the first quarter of 2015.

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MARCH 16, 2022

After launching Japan’s first series-produced all-electric light-duty eCanter truck in 2017, MFTBC introduced an improved model with advanced safety features for the Japanese market in 2020. The truck has being tested under severe conditions in both hot and cold climates, both domestically and abroad.

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OCTOBER 8, 2022

Previous ICAO negotiations have focused on offsetting emissions growth above a 2020 baseline. Furthermore, because ICAO itself has little implementation authority, the agreement empowers member states to take the lead in regulating emissions. gallon under the “Inflation Reduction Act”.

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JULY 13, 2021

TotalEnergies made a previously made a direct investment in Hyzon through its venture arm, TotalEnergies Ventures in 2020, to help fund the buildout of Hyzon’s manufacturing and engineering centers in the United States, Europe and China. The MoU strengthens the existing commercial relationship.

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JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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APRIL 8, 2015

They used the EPA US 9-region national database (EPAUS9r) with the MARKet Allocation (MARKAL) energy system model to develop emissions scenarios and spectral nudging to downscale global climate to the regional scale over the US. The GISS ModelE2 provides the initial and boundary conditions to a regional climate model for the years 2006?

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Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it . Read further to know more about the climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. . Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. They still cause an impact on climate by the manufacturing of the car and not least the battery. Lithium-ion battery production.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2021

When emissions of aerosols dropped last spring, more of the Sun’s warmth reached the planet, especially in heavily industrialized nations, such as the United States and Russia, that normally pump high amounts of aerosols into the atmosphere. C) over much of the United States and Russia.

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JANUARY 30, 2020

This is an important development because there is little time available to reduce CO 2 emissions sufficiently to avoid the worst effects of climate change. In order to replace all fossil gasoline in the United States, assuming 66% resource availability and a 60% conversion efficiency, an additional 1.4 —Rob McGinnis.

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DECEMBER 12, 2021

The report underlines concerns about the stability of global energy markets in the wake of the COVID-19 pandemic and follows a decision by several countries including the United States, Japan and India to release strategic petroleum reserves to cool prices. Investment slumped by 30% in 2020.

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AUGUST 26, 2021

In December 2020, HyPoint was named a winner of NASA’s iTech Initiative, in which breakthrough technologies were ranked based on criteria that included technical viability, benefits to humanity, and commercialization potential. It will also feature up to 1,500 Wh kg -1 of energy density, enabling longer-distance journeys.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2020

Additionally, the new battery technology has an extended temperature range and can be used worldwide in both very cold and warm climates. The first BC202-EV body carrier will be delivered in April 2020 and the new generation YT203-EV terminal tractor will become available at the end of 2020. automotive standard.

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MARCH 31, 2015

The United States submitted its target to cut net greenhouse gas emissions to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). The US target will roughly double the pace of carbon pollution reduction in the United States from 1.2% per year on average during the 2005-2020 period to 2.3-2.8%

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MAY 12, 2020

Two new studies in AGU’s journal Geophysical Research Letters find nitrogen dioxide pollution over northern China, Western Europe and the US decreased by as much as 60% in early 2020 as compared to the same time last year. Right Panel: same as on the left panel, but for the period 1 January 2020 to 29 February 2020. Bauwens, M.,

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JANUARY 27, 2021

Timeline of estimated corn ethanol life cycle greenhouse gas emissions for 1990 through 2020 with projections out to 2022. 2021) “Carbon intensity of corn ethanol in the United States: state of the science” Environ. gCO 2 e/MJ (range of 37.6 —Scully et al. Scully et al. gCO 2 e/MJ, 7%). million vehicles on the road.

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JULY 4, 2022

In today’s context of the global energy crisis, skyrocketing fossil fuel prices, energy security challenges and ambitious climate commitments, I believe nuclear power has a unique opportunity to stage a comeback. There is increased support and interest in Canada, France, the United Kingdom and the United States for this promising technology.

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

The findings are outlined in three new papers published in Earth System Science Data , Environmental Research Letters , and Nature Climate Change. The decline of coal use in the European Union and United States is overshadowed by surging natural gas and oil use around the world, according to the researchers. over 2018 emissions.

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APRIL 14, 2021

Due to the strategic location of the Selby Terminal, Neste and its partners Avfuel and Signature Flight Support are now able to supply sustainable aviation fuel to a growing number of airports across the western United States. This is the latest collaboration between Neste and NuStar to bring sustainable aviation fuel into the US.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2020

This puts the US on track to meet its annual goals for GHG reduction under the Paris Climate Accord. If traffic remained reduced for one year, the reduction in VMT would allow California to meet half of its 2050 climate change target. the more COVID-19 cases and deaths a state had, the greater its reduction in traffic.

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JULY 23, 2019

This project will create the largest automated electric vehicle charging program of any port in the United States. Installation of the chargers is scheduled to begin in 2019, and deliveries of the converted vehicles are scheduled to begin later this year through October 2020.

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OCTOBER 7, 2009

The current proposals by developed countries on the table for the upcoming climate negotiations in Copenhagen to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions do not yet suffice to limit global warming to a rise of 2 °C (based on a long-term 450 ppm concentration of GHG), according to a new report by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL).

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

Although most countries have already revealed their opening emissions reduction proposals, UNFCCC Executive Secretary Yvo de Boer pointed out Thursday that “ we still await clarity from industrialized nations on the provision of large-scale finance to developing countries for immediate and long-term climate action. by Jack Rosebro.

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JUNE 9, 2011

The top graph depicts CTL in a no policy scenario; the bottom graph, for CTL in a world climate policy scenario. However, the viability of CTL becomes quite limited in regions with climate policy due to the high conversion cost and huge carbon footprint. In other regions, CTL could become economical by 2020 or 2025.

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