Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 11, 2022

Did you know that the transportation sector is the largest contributor of greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the U.S.? But, reducing emissions from these vehicles—and knowing where to start—can be a challenge in itself. Our communities and planet can’t afford to wait—we need “today solutions” to cut GHG emissions from these vehicles.

Climate Change 86

Climate Change Renewable Climate Diesel 86

CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 26, 2024

The post Anti-Electrification Trucking Lobby Buys Consulting Study That Finds EV Trucking Expensive appeared first on CleanTechnica. Another day, another bad freight trucking electrification study, this one paid for by an anti-electrification trucking lobbying group.

Buy 111

Buy Climate Change Grid Carbon 111

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2020

The zero-emission bus purchase was supported by Federal Transit Administration (FTA) Low or No- Emission funding. Since then, LTD hired a Sustainability Program Manager and conducted carbon footprint analysis of its operations to measure the impacts and benefits of public transit on climate change.

Oregon 312

Oregon San Diego San Francisco Los Angeles 312

The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 9, 2024

Europe has, and will likely remain, far more aggressive with emissions-cutting measures than we are here in the United States. Strict climate-related regulations on the Old Continent mean that gas vehicles – even those that we consider relatively efficient here – are extremely expensive and difficult to find.

Toyota 85

Toyota Emissions Price Tax 85

Green Car Congress

JULY 16, 2021

Unitrans has pursued alternative fuels for nearly a decade, a strategy accelerated by the California Air Resources Board’s adoption of the Innovative Clean Transit regulation in 2018, which mandates the state’s public transit agencies to transition to 100% zero-emission bus fleets by 2040.

Davis 218

Davis California Buy Charging 218

Teslarati

APRIL 21, 2021

President Joe Biden is expected to pledge to halve the United States’ emission of greenhouse gases by 2030 on Thursday. Biden has spoken highly of EVs and their contribution to slicing greenhouse gas emissions, and new updates could be announced as early as Thursday. However, halving the U.S.

Climate 145

Climate Tax Credit Climate Change United States 145

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2018

The provincial government has put British Columbia on a path to require the sale of all new light-duty cars and trucks to be zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) by the year 2040. The government will introduce legislation next spring to phase in targets for the sale of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs). —Premier Horgan.

Emissions 236

Emissions Sale Vehicles Affordable 236

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2014

Five technology paths for very-low-NO x and GHG emissions from heavy-duty natural gas engines. The “Pathways to Near-Zero-Emission Natural Gas Heavy Duty Vehicles” report, authored by GNA on behalf of Southern California Gas Co. An 80% reduction of GHG emissions is targeted for 2050, relative to 1990 levels. Click to enlarge.

Climate 257

Climate Gas Emissions California 257

Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Simple, effective solutions that can help lessen the impact of climate change already exist. Rahman, a power expert and professor of electrical and computer engineering at Virginia Tech , is the former chair of the IEEE ad hoc committee on climate change.

Climate Change 88

Climate Change Climate Coal Grid 88

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2010

Increasing the reflectivity or albedo of roofs and pavements in urban areas could offset greenhouse gas emissions by a significant amount, according to an open access paper published last month in the IOP journal Environmental Research Letters. —Durwood Zaelke, President of the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development (IGSD).

Climate 223

Climate Emissions Climate Change Ozone 223

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

Using high-resolution emissions inventories, integrated atmospheric models, and health risk functions, we assess ship-related PM 2.5 Reducing ship sulfur emissions cuts these other global health related impacts, too, avoiding about one-third of the annual cardiovascular disease and lung cancer deaths from shipping air pollution.

Standards 170

Standards Climate Fuel Cleaner 170

EV Central

NOVEMBER 28, 2023

I think you should buy a Mazda MX-30 Electric … and I’ve not even been drinking. You know, the small SUV we panned at its July 2021 launch for its “poor value proposition” Our review , in short, suggested you’d be almost out of your mind to buy one. But that was when it was over $70,000 to drive away.

Mazda 105

Mazda Buy BYD Re-Charge 105

Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2021

Giving consumers point of sale rebates and tax incentives to buy American-made EVs, while ensuring that these vehicles are affordable for all families and manufactured by workers with good jobs. Climate science and clean energy. Electrifying the federal fleet, including that of the United States Postal Service.

Climate 268

Climate Clean Cleaning Congress 268

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2022

A new University of Michigan study finds that making the switch to all-electric mail-delivery vehicles would lead to far greater reductions in greenhouse gas emissions than previously estimated by the US Postal Service (USPS). An all-electric fleet would reduce lifetime greenhouse gas emissions by 14.7 Earlier post.). Woody et al.

District of Columbia 435

District of Columbia Fleet Gas-Electric Gasoline-Electric 435

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. The report projects that transportation-related CO 2 emissions will drop 1.5% US Fifth Climate Action Report.

Climate 199

Climate 2020 Emissions Climate Change 199

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2022

In fact, GML has been supplying bus bodies for various EV makers such as BYD and CRRC to several markets including Malaysia, Singapore, Australia since 2015, and we expect more countries to catch up with the transition to EV as an increasing number of climate change mitigation commitments have been announced by governments around the globe.

International 445

International Malaysia California Singapore 445

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2020

California’s Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) provides incentives to purchase the cleanest medium- and heavy-duty trucks, and Clean Cars 4 All incentivizes lower-income California drivers to scrap their older, high-polluting cars and replace them with zero-emission, plug-in hybrid or hybrid vehicles.

Clean 345

Clean Cleaning Cars California 345

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2013

Schematic overview of the primary black-carbon emission sources and the processes that control. the distribution of black carbon in the atmosphere and determine its role in the climate system. Accounting for all of the ways black carbon can affect climate, it is believed to have a warming effect of about 1.1 Source: Bond et al.

Climate Change 286

Climate Change Climate Carbon CO2 286

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2013

Energy-related CO 2 emissions buy state, 2010. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a new report, State-Level Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2010. The report shows a significant variation of energy-related carbon dioxide emissions across states on both an absolute and a per capita basis.

2010 236

2010 Emissions California Transportation 236

Drive Electric

JUNE 19, 2023

Table 1: Chapter 9 Energy and Industry Table 2: Chapter 11 Transport Table 3: Climate Change Commission Recommendations Table 4: Drive Electrics Summary Recommendations Part B: Detailed response Introduction New Zealand is on the cusp of the biggest transformation in transport in over a century.

Climate Change 52

Climate Change Climate New Zealand Emissions 52

Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2021

The project will enable at least 44 buses in Ride On Montgomery County’s transit fleet to transition from diesel to electric, advancing the County’s goal to reach net zero carbon emissions by 2035, reducing lifetime emissions by more than 155,000 tons, while delivering resilience to climate events and power outages.

Maryland 381

Maryland Charging USA Fleet 381

EV Central

APRIL 18, 2023

The federal government has confirmed it will introduce a mandatory fuel emission standard to encourage the take-up of electric vehicles. Car industry lobbyists, the Federal Chamber of Automotive Industries (FCAI), were recently exposed as having a secret emissions plan that would slow EV uptake.

Standards 74

Standards Emissions Fuel Australia 74

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2013

Impact pathway approach for modeling policy interventions in (a) air quality and (b) climate impacts. However, CNG conversion was apparently detrimental from a climate change perspective, as CH 4 emissions increased. vehicle emissions standards, phasing out of leaded petrol, etc.), Credit: ACS, Zia and Tanzila.

Conversion 281

Conversion Climate Bangladesh Vehicles 281

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 12, 2023

As previously reported, the Biden administration is plotting to advance some of the most aggressive vehicle emission proposals the United States has yet seen. The agency claimed that tougher emissions regulations would both save consumers money and serve to spur EV adoption at an accelerated pace. "By From NYT : The E.P.A.

EPA 83

EPA Light Emissions Vehicles 83

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2020

The new $44-million voucher project is designed to accelerate deployment of zero-emission off-road freight equipment used at goods-movement hubs, including ports, distribution centers, airports, and rail freight yards by bringing the cost of purchasing such equipment down.

San Diego 186

San Diego Clean Cleaning Climate 186

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2020

JetBlue will offset carbon dioxide emissions from jet fuel for all domestic JetBlue flights beginning in July 2020, making it the first major US airline to take this measurable step toward reducing its contribution to global warming. billion pounds of CO 2 emissions in partnership with Carbonfund.org. When projects that reduce CO?

Carbon 150

Carbon 2020 Emissions San Francisco 150

Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The steps we take today to lower emissions will improve air quality and mitigate climate impacts for generations to come, all while increasing access to cleaner car choices,” said Governor Phil Murphy. The gas car ban is New Jersey’s first step toward zero-emissions vehicles. The rule will only apply to new car sales.

New Jersey 127

New Jersey Gas Rhode Island Sale 127

Creative Greenius

JUNE 17, 2014

You go to climate battle with the Ted Lieu you have, not the Ted Lieu you wished you had. Waxman has been our heroic climate champion for many years now and is retiring. And the issue that Ted grabbed and commanded and was using to transform himself into a climate legend was Community Choice Aggregation. And I get that.

Climate 316

Climate Mariner Clean Cleaning 316

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2019

The European Parliament and the Council have reached provisional agreement on a regulation setting, for the first time in the EU, strict CO 2 emission standards for trucks. Under the agreement, emissions from new trucks will have to be 15% lower by 2025 and 30% lower in 2030 compared to 2019 emissions. —Erik Jonnaert.

Standards 281

Standards CO2 Automobile Manufacturer Emissions 281

Cars That Think

JANUARY 23, 2023

With the combination of requiring all new light-duty vehicles sold in New York State be zero-emission by 2035, investments in electric vehicles charging stations , and state and federal EV rebates, “ you’re going to see that you have no more excuses ” for not buying an EV, according to New York Governor Kathy Hochul.

Buy 81

Buy GM Range Purchase 81

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2014

The funding opportunity is open to all US universities and colleges; a campus determines whether its performance in reducing carbon emissions will qualify based on new methodologies that Chevrolet developed through the Verified Carbon Standard. This represents approximately an annual emission reduction of about 5% per year.

Carbon 246

Carbon Energy Buy Chevrolet 246

Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

In a recent collaborative study led by the University of Maryland (UMD), researchers found that consumers tend to buy something less fuel efficient than they normally would for their second car after buying an eco-friendly vehicle. Then, I tend to buy a bigger second car. —James Archsmith.

Purchase 220

Purchase Fuel Economy Fuel Cash For Clunkers 220

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Current emissions of anthropogenic greenhouse gases (GHGs) have already committed the planet to an increase in average surface temperature by the end of the century that may be above the critical threshold for tipping elements of the climate system into abrupt change with potentially irreversible and unmanageable consequences, the authors write.

Climate Change 186

Climate Change Climate Pollution Ozone 186

Creative Greenius

MAY 21, 2014

I’m guessing Bloomfield thinks he’s buying a Ben Allen who would NOT be Waxman-like on the issues. Billy’s no doubt spreading his Benjamins (try not to visualize that) because he wants less regulation, more development and someone who won’t stand up for the climate against greenhouse gas emitters and polluters.

Chevron 290

Chevron Buy Climate Change California 290

EV Match

FEBRUARY 26, 2021

Ironically, Governor Abbott targeted renewable energy just as The New York Times was writing that Texas’ grid trouble is a sign of disruption to come as climate change induces more and more extreme weather events. Most of these states have created a system of zero-emission electricity credits (ZECs) to measure progress.

Clean 98

Clean Cleaning Standards Emissions 98

Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2022

A skyrocketing nickel price would have major repercussions on the climate ambitions of countries around the world, and will ultimately hamper the adoption of EVs. EV and battery companies in China may well step in and buy the commodity at lower prices.

Electric Vehicles 349

Electric Vehicles Russia Ukraine Vehicles 349

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2014

Washington Governor Jay Inslee announced a set of proposals to transition Washington to cleaner sources of energy and to meet greenhouse gas (GHG) emission limits adopted by the state Legislature in 2008. Each year, the number of available allowances will decline to ensure emissions are gradually reduced. Cap-and-trade.

Washington 220

Washington Cleaner Emissions Energy 220