Biden orders 100% ZEV acquisition for Federal fleet by 2035, ZEV LDVs by 2027
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 9, 2021
a climate- and sustainability-focused Federal workforce. a climate- and sustainability-focused Federal workforce.
Italy’s hard-right government may buy a stake in Stellantis
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 2, 2024
But now Italy says it is open to buying a stake in Stellantis, Reuters reports , using the same model France uses for its beloved Renault. Italy has some of the oldest, most polluting cars in Europe, with some of the lowest EV adoption rates in Europe. But to make that happen, something will need to happen.
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Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs
Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 7, 2018
pollution impacts in 2020 with and without the use of low-sulphur fuels. Ship air pollution effects are greatest in areas where heavily travelled ship routes exist in, and next to, densely populated communities. Roughly 14 million annual cases of childhood asthma are estimated to be related to global ship pollution using current fuels.
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Climate Activists Stage Protest at German Formula E Race
The Truth About Cars
APRIL 24, 2023
On Sunday, the Berlin E-Prix had to be delayed after a gaggle of climate activists attempted to glue themselves to the starting grid. The activists have been known as ‘the climate stickers’ (Klimakleber) due to their propensity to use adhesives to glue themselves to infrastructure to disrupt traffic flow in cities.
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Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change; The Fast Action Climate Agenda
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.
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Sensor Networks Help Fight Floods and Noise Pollution
Cars That Think
NOVEMBER 3, 2021
A challenge for New York City's efforts to reduce the negative impacts of street-level flooding and noise pollution has been how to measure these issues effectively. The underlying technologies of the SONYC and FloodNet sensors are transferable to other municipalities. The technology itself is location agnostic," said Mydlarz.
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New Jersey to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035
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. Despite the impending ban, New Jersey will not prohibit the ownership or use of gasoline-powered cars or force consumers to buy electric cars.
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CA targets off-road equipment for GHG reductions with $44M CORE voucher project
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 28, 2020
CORE also seeks to address climate concerns and cut emissions from a booming industry still reliant on heavy fossil-fuel-powered-equipment. Businesses interested in buying or leasing clean, heavy-duty, off-road equipment through CORE can receive point-of-sale vouchers of up to $500,000 per vehicle/piece of equipment.
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Proposed California Bill SB-233 Mandates Bidirectional Charging for EVs to Advance Grid and Climate Protection
Driivz
MAY 15, 2023
The bill, SB-233 , aims to advance grid resilience and protect the climate by using EVs as “batteries on wheels,” tapping their stored energy to balance electricity supply and demand rather than bringing high-polluting peak generators online. California has buying power behind its proposed V2G mandate to the EV industry.
CARB approves $28M investment in clean trucks, cars
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.
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T&E study: EVs can be cheaper for Uber drivers to run than latest diesels in many European capitals
Green Car Congress
JUNE 18, 2020
The economics of EVs—more expensive to buy but a lot cheaper to run—match perfectly with high-mileage, low-margin businesses like ride-hailing and taxis. Because of Uber drivers’ high mileage, the climate benefits of replacing a combustion car with an EV in this sector are even greater.
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EEA: Traffic pollution still harmful to health in many parts of Europe
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 27, 2012
Trend in emissions of air pollutants from transport in EEA-32: PM 2.5 , CO, SO x , NMVOC, NO x. Transport in Europe is still responsible for damaging levels of air pollutants and a quarter of EU greenhouse gas emissions, despite some progress in reducing the impacts from transport. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge. road fleet in 2010.
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Low-lying and other vulnerable countries calling for fast action on non-CO2 global warming pollutants
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Led by the tiny Pacific island of the Federated States of Micronesia, a growing group of low-lying islands and other vulnerable countries are calling for fast action on the approximately 50% of global warming that is caused by pollutants other than carbon dioxide (CO 2 ). The next round of UN climate negotiations begins in Cancun today.
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Black carbon is a much larger cause of climate change than previously assessed; about twice previous estimates, and 2/3 the effect of CO2
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 16, 2013
the distribution of black carbon in the atmosphere and determine its role in the climate system. Black carbon (BC) is the second largest man-made contributor to global warming and its influence on climate has been greatly underestimated, according to the first quantitative and comprehensive analysis of this pollutant’s climate impact.
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Government of British Columbia to introduce Zero Emission Vehicle legislation in spring; 100% ZEV sales by 2040
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 21, 2018
Increasing the provincial incentive program, administered by the New Car Dealers Association of BC, by $20 million this year to encourage more British Columbians to buy clean energy cars now. Horgan added that this initiative is the first major policy commitment of the government’s upcoming strategy to meet BC’s legislated climate goals.
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A Bamboo Carbon Filter for Diesels Could Reduce Emissions
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
Diesel cars are a popular choice for those looking to buy a used vehicle in Asia, Europe, and elsewhere. Although the pollutant emissions of a diesel engine are less than those of a gasoline one, it still emits carcinogens, nitrous oxides, and soot. Older models don’t even have the emission-control features that newer ones do. “The
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Report argues advanced HD natural gas vehicles foundational for California to hit air and climate goals; near zero-emission potential
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 28, 2014
California’s Climate Protection Strategies do not help meet NAAQS Standards. If the near zero technologies outlined in this paper are developed in the time frame described herein, they will dramatically enhance the state’s ability to meet air quality standards and climate protection objectives. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.
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Hermosa Beach Sees The Light
Creative Greenius
JANUARY 18, 2015
The forces of darkness who support this dirty, climate wrecking, grotesquery of ugliness of a project might want to buy some of those E&B Blackout Curtains offered by the oil company as their mitigation. The people in this building work to destroy the climate, pollute the air and ruin the future for our children and their children.
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Tesla drivers have smoke blown in their faces | Opinion
EV Central
NOVEMBER 13, 2023
But first I wanted to talk about climate change deniers, and how remarkable it is that they still exist. A few years ago, climate change deniers were annoying, unscientific troll turds, the kind of people who choose their feelings over facts. Ladies and gentlemen, the climate cult will eventually be discredited.”
Point-Of-Sale Rebate Changes Will Help More Consumers Buy Electric Vehicles to Lower Their Carbon Footprint & Improve Air Quality in New York State
EV Obssesion
MAY 8, 2021
Supports Governor Cuomo’s Nation-Leading Goals in the Climate Leadership and Community Protection Act Governor Andrew M. The post Point-Of-Sale Rebate Changes Will Help More Consumers Buy Electric Vehicles to Lower Their Carbon Footprint & Improve Air Quality in New York State appeared first on EV Obsession.
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How EVs Are Helping Humanity & Saving Lives?
Get Electric Vehicle
FEBRUARY 27, 2024
EVS: How They Are Helping Us In developed countries like the US, transportation is the main cause of climate pollution. It is the need of the hour because to mitigate the worst effects of climate change, we have just ten years in our hands. fine particulate matter pollution).
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Guide to California EV Incentives
EV Life
APRIL 14, 2023
It’s no secret that motor vehicle emissions are one of the main sources of pollution in the state of California and one of the leading causes of climate change in the country. Californians collectively drive over a billion miles every day, releasing tons of greenhouse gases (GHG) and pollutants into the air.
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Dell’s Bold Idea: A Laptop You Can Actually Repair
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 17, 2022
Among people in advanced economies, 72 percent are concerned that global climate change will harm them , according to a Pew survey. Only 46 percent had confidence in efforts to reduce the effects of global climate change. And climate change isn’t the only problem worth worrying about. Still, progress should not be overlooked.
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Canada takes boldest stance on electric vehicles yet
Teslarati
DECEMBER 25, 2022
Canada recently released the first details of its flagship policy to achieve one of its most ambitious climate goals to date — by 2035, every new car sold in the country must be emissions-free. Renewed the program that provides Canadians up to CA$5,000, and businesses up to CA$10,000, toward the cost of buying or leasing a ZEV.
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Study finds pairing a PEV with a green electricity program increases buyer interest by 23%
Green Car Congress
JULY 9, 2013
Car buyers are more likely to buy a plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) if they know that the electricity used to charge it is from a renewable energy source, according to a study in the IOP journal Environmental Research Letters (ERL). —Jonn Axsen.
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236 CARB puts HVIP on hold after receiving voucher requests for entire $142M budget
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 2, 2019
The purpose of the Hybrid and Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Voucher Incentive Project (HVIP) is to advance early commercial technologies that are needed to meet California’s clean air and climate goals. In total, the program has helped more than 1,500 California fleets buy cleaner vehicles.
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A stack of lies you could drive a Toyota HiLux through | Opinion
EV Central
FEBRUARY 12, 2024
FCAI spokeshead Tony Weber came out swinging scary falsehoods, telling the very willing listeners at The Australian Financial Review that if we continued to buy utes and SUVs at our current rates until 2029, the poor, innocent car companies would face fines of up to $38 billion. Yes, BILLIONS. FCAI chief Tony Weber. Look, I get it.
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Well done, President Biden
Plug in America
FEBRUARY 3, 2021
The existential threat of climate change is finally getting the federal attention it requires. On January 27, President Biden issued a wide-ranging executive order that declared an all-of-government approach to fighting climate change, integrating it into actions across every agency and taking back global leadership.
California Energy Commission approves almost $700K for alt fuel projects
Green Car Congress
APRIL 11, 2013
For the current fiscal year, the program is slated to invest approximately $90 million to encourage the development and use of new technologies, and alternative and renewable fuels, to help the state meet its climate change goals. It is paid for through surcharges on vehicle and boat registrations, and smog check and license plate fees.
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Toyota’s greenwashing AI ‘eco-copilot’ is fake, but the prank makes a real point
Baua Electric
JANUARY 18, 2024
The team built an actual AI chatbot, which you can access yourself here , whose main goal is to push all sorts of EV myths and channel consumers seeking a cleaner option into buying one of Toyota’s gas-powered hybrids instead of an actual electric car.
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China is exporting so many EVs that it needs more ships – a lot more
Baua Electric
APRIL 11, 2024
Customers buying the ships include SAIC Motor, Chery, BYD, as well as shipping companies COSCO and China Merchants “on behalf of Chinese automakers,” reports Reuters. “After this armada has been delivered to China, the Chinese controlled car carrier fleet will jump from current 2.4% to 8.7%,” Veson analyst Andrea de Luca told Reuters.
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California to top a quarter-million electric vehicles sold sometime this month
Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 14, 2016
Today, anyone thinking about buying a car can check out more than 30 electric models. Transitioning to cars with no tailpipe pollution and incentivizing the infrastructure that supports them will help California meet climate change goals and federal clean air standards. Times have changed.
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Australia PM Gillard announces carbon pricing plan; transport fuels exempt, but lowered fuel tax credits to bring carbon price to some businesses
Green Car Congress
JULY 10, 2011
Under the scheme, around 500 of the largest emitters in Australia—facilities that have direct greenhouse gas emissions of 25,000 tonnes of CO 2 -equivalent per year or more (excluding emissions from transport fuels and some synthetic greenhouse gases)—will need to buy and surrender to the Government a permit for every tonne they produce.
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Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule
The Truth About Cars
MARCH 21, 2024
First, some background from the New York Times : The rule increasingly limits the amount of pollution allowed from tailpipes over time so that, by 2032, more than half the new cars sold in the United States would most likely be zero-emissions vehicles in order for carmakers to meet the standards. It very much is not. Fear is effective.
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Tesla Tax Credit: How Californians Can Save $15,000 with EV Credits and Rebates
EV Life
APRIL 7, 2023
Buying a new car is one of the most significant purchases you’ll likely make in your life, so you want to make sure you’re getting the best deal available. Qualified residents can receive grants of up to $5,000 in buy-down assistance and special financing, plus free vehicle charging and installation. Finance your Tesla for less.
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Tesla supplier Piedmont Lithium gets key North Carolina mining permit – ET Auto
Baua Electric
APRIL 16, 2024
The go-ahead for the 500-foot-deep mine comes despite widespread opposition from neighbors worried about water, noise pollution and other potential problems. illustrates broadening tension in the country, as resistance to living near a mine clashes with the potential of EVs to mitigate climate change.
UK DfT Report Finds That While a Majority of the Public Still Thinks Individuals Should Limit Car Use to Benefit Environment, Support for Measures Drops
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 29, 2010
It found that 65% of respondents spontaneously selected emissions from road transport as a cause of climate change. Most respondents said they think cars or aeroplanes are the transport modes mainly responsible for climate changing emissions. The vast majority of adults believed that the world and UK climate was being affected.
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How Corporations Can Help the U.S. Reach its EV Goals
Clean Fleet Report
SEPTEMBER 10, 2023
Many are beginning to convert their fleet vehicles, acknowledging their role in climate change. As an indirect source of corporate pollution, gas-powered commuter vehicles are an easy target for organizations trying to attain their emissions goals.
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New survey finds myths and misinformation about EVs are deeply embedded – Charged EVs
Baua Electric
FEBRUARY 7, 2024
Of the myths tested, the one with the most widespread buy-in was: “Mass adoption of EVs swaps one problem (pollution from oil and gas) with another (lithium and cobalt mining, dead batteries).” Unsurprisingly, respondents who say they’re concerned about climate change are less prone to believing the myths.
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Big Auto is begging governments to let them go bankrupt as Chinese EVs loom
Baua Electric
MARCH 23, 2024
This is not in dispute by any serious person – and any alternative scenario, where humans continue to pollute as much as we do today, will result in worse and worse results for humanity the longer we pollute as climate change becomes progressively worse. It is necessary that we stop burning fossil fuels, and fast. Namely: China.
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52 California Air Resources Board adopts GHG cap-and-trade program; first auctions slated for Aug/Nov 2012
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 21, 2011
The cap-and-trade joins a suite of other major climate program measures including standards for ultra-clean cars (Advanced Clean Cars, earlier post ), low-carbon fuels (Low Carbon Fuel Standard, earlier post ) and renewable electricity. —ARB Chairman Mary D. business-as-usual. Final regulation order. ARB staff presentation.
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California ARB greenlights states GHG cap-and-trade program
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 17, 2010
The cap-and-trade program also works in concert with other measures, such as standards for cleaner vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable electricity and energy efficiency, and complements and supports California’s existing efforts to reduce smog-forming and toxic air pollutants.
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218 Working paper argues new US energy efficiency regulations are ineffective at GHG reduction and incorrectly override consumer preference
Green Car Congress
JULY 14, 2012
The classic example of an externality is the release of air pollution as a byproduct of production of a marketable good. The air pollution harms human health, but abatement raises the firm’s production cost.
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A Dumbed Down Copenhagen For the Age of Stupid. It’s Time to Reach & Teach, Tell & Sell
Creative Greenius
NOVEMBER 16, 2009
With President Obama and the rest of the leaders of the world’s biggest polluting nations kicking the ball down the field on climate change and effectively pulling the rug out from under all of us who have been targeting the Copenhagen climate talks as the moment we must seize, our response must recognize the obvious.
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