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MAY 10, 2022

In early 2023, the battery-electric Class 8 trucks will be deployed in QCD’s Southern California fleet operations delivering products to restaurants and coffee shops throughout Riverside and San Bernardino Counties. The remaining trucks of the order will be deployed throughout 2022 and early 2023.

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JUNE 27, 2019

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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APRIL 25, 2021

California Governor Gavin Newsom has directed the Department of Conservation’s Geologic Energy Management (CalGEM) Division to initiate regulatory action to end the issuance of new permits for hydraulic fracturing (“fracking”) by January 2024. California’s production of oil has been steadily dropping since 1985. gCO 2 e/MJ in 2019.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

Prior to this modification, California utilities were guided by a California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) decision established in 2010 that exempted light-duty vehicle charging station providers from being regulated as a utility but did not explicitly exempt medium- and heavy-duty charging station providers.

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2022

California lawmakers passed Senate Bill 846 , which authorizes the extension of operating the Diablo Canyon Nuclear power plant (DCPP) beyond the current expiration dates (of 2024 for Unit 1 and 2025 for Unit 2), to up to five additional years (no later than 2029 and 2030, respectively), under specified conditions.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2020

As part of California’s AB 32 climate change program, Executive Order B-48-18 administratively created a goal of 5 million zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) on California roads by 2030. of the 2030 goal, notes a new report from the California Center for Jobs & the Economy. Graph: California Center for Jobs & the Economy.

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DECEMBER 2, 2022

The Blue Ribbon Commission on Lithium Extraction in California (Lithium Valley Commission) submitted its report of findings and recommendations to the state Legislature. Known Geothermal Resource Areas (KGRA)in Imperial County, California. Source: California Energy Commission staff.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2021

A report from the State Auditor of California finds that California may not successfully meet its upcoming greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goal of 40% by 2030, which will require the State to reduce GHG emissions by nearly 40% over the next decade. Source: State Auditor Report Number: 2020-114. emission vehicles. earlier post.).

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AUGUST 28, 2020

The California Air Resources Board approved a new regulation designed to reduce pollution further from ocean-going vessels while docked at California’s busiest ports. Tankers docking at the Port of Los Angeles and the Port of Long Beach must also comply starting in 2025, while tankers in Northern California have until 2027.

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AUGUST 29, 2018

The California Assembly has passed Senate Bill 100 —a bill to move California to 100% renewable and zero-carbon energy by 2045. The bill also establishes state policy that RPS-eligible and zero-carbon resources supply 100% of all retail sales of electricity to California end-use customers no later than 31 December 2045.

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JANUARY 22, 2019

The study, conducted by Future Fuel Strategies , reviewed, assessed and compared nearly 100 different peer-reviewed vehicle emission studies. In addition to the Urban Air Initiative-sponsored study, the consultants have written two different technical papers, one of which is already in peer review.

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APRIL 1, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is granting two waivers of preemption regarding four California Air Resource Board (CARB) regulations related to California’s heavy-duty vehicle and engine emission standards. In this instance, CARB requested two waivers for regulations relating to heavy duty vehicles and engines.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

Proterra has been selected by the California Department of General Services as a vendor to supply Proterra battery-electric buses and Proterra charging systems for the statewide contract. The deadline to submit proposals for awards is 16 January 2020. The deadline to submit proposals for awards is 16 January 2020.

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MAY 8, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released , for public review, a concept paper to initiate discussion on the development of a Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy. Short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs) include methane, tropospheric ozone, black carbon, and fluorinated gases.

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JUNE 29, 2012

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is holding a public workshop on 12 July 2012 to discuss the lifecycle assessment of crude oil production within the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. ARB staff will present for public review v1.0 ARB staff will present for public review v1.0 El-Houjeiri and Adam R.

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APRIL 1, 2022

A preliminary review of all voucher requests is now under way. The 24-hour initial submission period has now passed, and all requests will be funded based on timestamp without the need for a randomization process. Subsequent requests are first-come, first-served except for the Public School Bus Set-Aside for Small and Medium Air Districts.

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OCTOBER 4, 2018

Electrify America announced its next $200-million investment in Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) infrastructure as well as education and awareness in California which is outlined in its Cycle 2 California ZEV Investment Plan submitted to the California Air Resources Board (CARB). Santa Cruz-Watsonville. Santa Rosa.

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APRIL 25, 2023

Community partners include California Air Resources Board, California Energy Commission, Southern California Association of Governments, and Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee.

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APRIL 30, 2020

Berkeley Law’s Center for Law, Energy and the Environment (CLEE) released a new report “ Legal Grounds: Law and Policy Options to Facilitate a Phase-Out of Fossil Fuel Production in California.”. The report analyzes steps California leaders could pursue on state- and privately-owned lands to achieve this reduction.

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JANUARY 12, 2018

The California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) approved 15 pilot projects aimed at helping to accelerate electric vehicle adoption, with a focus on disadvantaged communities. These investments are the first of their kind. —Commissioner Carla J.

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AUGUST 2, 2023

The recent awards include: EnergIIZE West Sacramento California Energy Commission: $3.3 million (Conditionally awarded pending final approval); Mobile Source Air Pollution Reduction Review Committee: $1.6 Nikola has now received $58.2 million Sacramento Metro AQMD: $7 million South Coast AQMD: $4.4

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MARCH 15, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has received Volkswagen’s (VW) first 30-month Zero Emission Vehicle (ZEV) Investment Plan. ARB is initiating its review of the Plan and is inviting public comment on whether the Plan meets the terms and goals of the 2.0-liter ARB may approve, partially approve or disapprove the Plan. Background.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

A status review of California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) ( earlier post ) for the period of 2011 and the first quarter of 2012 by Dr. Sonia Yeh at the Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis and Julie Witcover found that regulated parties in the LCFS—i.e.,

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JANUARY 17, 2017

The workshop will review the SAE J2954 light duty document, the anticipated timeline for standardization to commercialization, and the status of technology projects. The workshop is the day before the SAE 2017 Hybrid & Electric Vehicle Technologies Symposium , also in San Diego.

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JULY 28, 2017

Following more than 18 months of review and public comment, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) approved amendments to the state’s cap-and-trade program that improve its implementation and the state’s effort to curb greenhouse gas emissions. California is on track to achieve its 2020 goal.

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DECEMBER 28, 2013

The California Independent System Operator Corporation (ISO) has released a blueprint for integrating electric vehicles (EVs) into the grid: “ California Vehicle-Grid Integration Roadmap: Enabling Vehicle-based Grid Services ”. In 2012, California Governor Jerry Brown issued an executive order setting a target of 1.5

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JULY 12, 2013

The Liquefied to Compressed Natural Gas (LCNG) stations are located at two of Ryder’s maintenance and fueling facilities in Orange, California and Fontana, California—two key facilities serving the Southern California region. The two facilities are part of a larger project which will displace more than 1.5

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SEPTEMBER 1, 2010

Map of California air basins and PM 2.5 Approximately 9,000 people in California are estimated to die prematurely each year as a result of exposure to fine particle pollution, according to a new report issued by the California Air Resources Board (ARB). monitoring network. Source: ARB. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 10, 2020

This will result in the entire West Coast—from California to British Columbia—having a ZEV mandate. Washington originally adopted the California emissions standards in 2005—but without the ZEV mandate. Expands the types of vehicles required to meet California standards to include medium-duty vehicles.

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DECEMBER 14, 2012

Its adoption now makes it possible to link the Québec and California systems. Discussions with our counterparts in California are extremely positive. I am confident that we will see a full linkage of the Québec and California markets during spring 2013 in anticipation of the first joint auction planned for August, 2013.

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JUNE 26, 2012

The Supreme Court of the US has denied review of the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals’s 2011 decision (Case (09-17765) in Pacific Merchant Shipping Assn. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). The regulation is being implemented in two steps.

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JUNE 13, 2018

The California ARB has released the draft summary of its proposed Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation ( earlier post ) for review and comments. The regulation applies to all California public transit agencies that own, operate, lease, or rent affected buses, or contract out their operation with another entity.

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JANUARY 30, 2018

A newly released analysis produced by Beacon Economics for the nonprofit, nonpartisan think-tank Next 10 has found that California’s zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) market is on track to meet or exceed a target of 1.5 million ZEVs on California’s roads by 2025. As of October 2017, 337,483 ZEVs have been sold in California.

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JULY 2, 2021

General Motors has agreed to form a strategic investment and commercial collaboration with Controlled Thermal Resources (CTR) to secure sustainably produced lithium from the CTR’s Hell’s Kitchen Lithium and Power development, located in the Salton Sea Geothermal Field in California.

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APRIL 27, 2017

The California Assembly is considering a bill ( AB-378 ) that would integrate air quality performance into the state’s greenhouse-gas (GHG) cap-and- trade program. Assembly Bill 378 was proposed by by Assemblywoman Cristina Garcia, who heads the Assembly’s Committee on Natural Resources. CNR passed the proposal on Monday.

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APRIL 15, 2009

The staff of the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released the final external peer review documents regarding the proposed Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) regulation. The four peer reviewers were: Linsey Marr, Virginia Tech. These included: Greenhouse gas modeling. Land use change modeling. Economic impacts analysis.

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JANUARY 19, 2017

ARB has now released the Midterm Review of Advanced Clean Cars Program —an extensive evaluation of the California passenger vehicle market and technology. The report indicates that existing programs in California will add at least 1 million zero-emission vehicles on its roads and highways by 2025.

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