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Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

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AUGUST 18, 2020

A new study led by researchers from Northwestern University projects that if electric vehicles replaced 25% of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution. Peters, D. Schnell, J. Kinney, P. Naik, V., & Horton, D.

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Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

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JUNE 24, 2019

Last month, the Committee on Climate Change published a report— Net Zero: The UK’s Contribution to Stopping Global Warming —which concluded that “net zero is necessary, feasible and cost effective.” This may include potentially considering sources much closer to where the metals are to be used.

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Study finds limited evidence that carbon tax rebates have increased public support for carbon pricing

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FEBRUARY 10, 2022

In a study published in Nature Climate Change , an international research team reports finding limited evidence that individual or household rebates have increased public support for carbon taxes in Canada and Switzerland. —Mildenberger et al. Background.

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UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

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FEBRUARY 18, 2020

As part of a larger £90 million (US$117 million) package of awards to cut carbon emissions in industry and homes, the UK is awarding £28 million (US$36.5 million) to five demonstration phase projects for low-carbon hydrogen production. Led by Environmental Resources Management Limited (ERM). HyNet – low carbon hydrogen plant.

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Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

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OCTOBER 27, 2019

Jacobson, professor of civil and environmental engineering at Stanford University, suggests that carbon capture technologies are inefficient and increase air pollution. All sorts of scenarios have been developed under the assumption that carbon capture actually reduces substantial amounts of carbon.

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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

Cars That Think

APRIL 21, 2022

Fortunately, we still have a narrow window of opportunity to alter the Earth’s climate path, and I believe we can do it. Climate change is a global societal crisis that is causing devastating consequences. Lives and businesses are being severely affected, and the cost of recovering after each event continues to mount.

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U of Toronto study finds US electrification of LDV fleet not a silver bullet for tackling climate change in vehicle sector

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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. The team estimated 2015–2050 LDV sectoral carbon budgets of 44–50 GtCO 2 between the SSPs. —Milovanoff et al. Milovanoff, A.,

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GTI quantifies opportunity to produce low-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) from wood wastes

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”. The RNG product with very low carbon intensity could be used for carbon emission reductions in the transportation, industrial, commercial, and residential energy sectors.

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Waste Carbon Gas Renewable

UGA study finds black carbon aerosols from GDI engines will worsen public health, climate; need for GPFs

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JANUARY 25, 2020

The gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine is one of the most prominent technologies car manufacturers adopted to achieve the fuel economy and carbon dioxide emission goals established in 2012 by the US Environmental Protection Agency. A strong absorber of solar radiation, black carbon exhibits significant climate warming properties.

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Climate Carbon Engine Fuel Economy

Garnaut Climate Change Review issues first of 8 update papers in 2011; reaffirms decision-making framework and need for mitigation efforts

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FEBRUARY 5, 2011

As commissioned by the Australian Government in 2010, the Garnaut Climate Change Review, led by Professor Ross Garnaut, has issued the first of a series of papers scheduled for this month and next updating the 2008 Climate Change Review. —2008 Climate Change Review. Earlier post.)

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Study finds carbon capture & storage could be financial opportunity for conventional ethanol plants

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APRIL 24, 2018

The analysis combines process engineering, spatial optimization, and lifecycle assessment to consider the technical, economic, and institutional feasibility of near-term carbon capture and sequestration (CCS). An open-access paper on the work is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). —Sean McCoy.

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Carbon CO2 Tax Credit Store

CEC determines Diablo Canyon needed to support grid reliability

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MARCH 1, 2023

The nuclear power plant supplies about 17% of California’s zero-carbon electricity and 9% of total electricity. An extension allows the state to rely less on natural gas and more on clean resources for the electricity grid. The CEC also approved a $1-billion investment plan for clean energy resources as required by SB 846.

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Grid Clean Cleaning California

California Governor signs new super-pollutants legislation into law; black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

signed SB 1383 , establishing the nation’s toughest restrictions on super pollutants including black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane. The law is in addition to California’s existing raft of climate legislation. Black carbon, for example, has a global warming potential 3200 times that of CO 2 on a 20-year time scale.

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Study finds culture influences response to climate change; consumption and reproduction

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JUNE 30, 2011

How people choose to consume resources and use contraception influences their responses to climate change, according to a new study by a team of psychologists. Carpool lanes decrease carbon dioxide emissions and lower costs of commuting. Some cultural factors are structural. Swim, Janet K.;

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Vanderbilt meeting concludes time to begin developing climate change adaptation strategies for transportation sector

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AUGUST 22, 2011

It is increasingly clear that climate change will have potentially large impacts on the nation’s highways, railroads, waterways, airports and pipelines. Contributing to these costs is the problem of the nation’s aging infrastructure, which needs $2.2 Assess the cost of impacts to key infrastructure components.

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CARB releases 2022 draft Scoping Plan update

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MAY 11, 2022

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the draft 2022 Climate Change Scoping Plan —the third update to the state’s initial 2008 Scoping Plan. It achieves this goal by building on and accelerating regulations, incentives, and carbon pricing that have been in place for a decade and a half.

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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

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JANUARY 12, 2023

Now I want to be clear: I am inspired by the Administration’s commitment to phasing out carbon emissions. We do have a climate crisis that needs to be addressed. Ultimately, to manage climate change, the world needs to stop emitting greenhouse gases from vehicles and power plants. —Shaffer et al.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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MARCH 6, 2010

If a cap-and-trade program includes offsets, regulated entities have the opportunity to purchase the “emission credits” generated by carbon offset projects to help them meet their compliance obligations. In this way, offsets would complement the more traditional emissions trading that can occur between two covered sources.

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MIT study finds air quality co-benefits of US carbon policies can significantly offset costs, depending upon the policy

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AUGUST 25, 2014

The human health benefits associated with improvements in air quality related to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions improvements can offset 26–1,050% of the cost of US carbon policies, depending upon the type of policy, according to a new study by a team from MIT. Carbon-reduction policies significantly improve air quality.

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Study suggests economic stagnation no excuse for inaction on climate

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JULY 7, 2013

Results from a new study by researchers from the Universities of Bristol and Cambridge in the UK has suggest that the social cost of carbon dioxide is higher in a low economic growth world. A paper on the study was published in the journal Nature Climate Change. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1935.

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CO2 Solutions’ enzymatic carbon capture technology performance exceeds targets in oil sands project

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APRIL 13, 2014

an innovator in the field of enzyme-enabled carbon capture technology, announced that it has exceeded the second set of technical performance milestones for its oil sands project. CO 2 Solutions’ technology platform uses carbonic anhydrase to accelerate the capture of CO 2 with energy-efficient solvents. CO 2 Solutions’ process.

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UK government launches first Hydrogen Strategy

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AUGUST 17, 2021

The UK government has launched a Hydrogen Strategy intended to create a thriving low-carbon hydrogen sector—blue and green—in the UK over the next decade and beyond. The investment will help industries to develop low carbon alternatives for industrial fuels, including hydrogen, which will be key to meeting climate commitments.

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Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

Under this scenario, the estimated total health and climate change costs associated with passenger vehicle fleet pollution drops from to $37 billion annually to $15.7 —Bonnie Holmes-Gen, senior director of Air Quality and Climate Change with the American Lung Association in California. billion by 2050.

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Climate Cost Of Rhode Island Transportation

California agencies release report charting path to 100% clean electricity; need to triple grid capacity by 2045

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MARCH 16, 2021

The California Energy Commission (CEC), California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) and California Air Resources Board (CARB) released the first joint agency report and a summary document examining how the state’s electricity system can become carbon-free by 2045. California’s electricity mix is already more than 60% carbon-free.

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Clean Cleaning Grid California

ADB Study Finds Annual Economic Losses in Southeast Asia from Climate Change Could be More Than Twice the Global Average

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APRIL 27, 2009

The mean cost of cost of climate change for the four countries—Indonesia, Philippines, Thailand, and Viet Nam—under a “business-as-usual” scenario and if market and non-market impacts and catastrophic risks are all considered could be equivalent to losing 6.7%

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RWTH Aachen team finds DMM promising sustainable fuel

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JUNE 28, 2021

Oxymethylene ethers (OME n ) are particularly promising as they can not only be produced from carbon dioxide and renewable hydrogen. OME n can be produced from renewable syngas via biomass gasification, or from renewable hydrogen and carbon dioxide, potentially achieving carbon neutrality over their entire life cycle.

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Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings

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MARCH 19, 2013

A report published by Cambridge Econometrics and Ricardo-AEA concludes that overall, the cost of technologies required to meet proposed European 2020 CO 2 regulations for vehicles (95 g/km for cars and 147 g/km for vans) will be more than offset by the resultant fuel savings. —“An Economic Assessment of Low Carbon Vehicles”.

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Study finds shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty

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JULY 13, 2019

Efforts to shift away from fossil fuels and replace oil and coal with renewable energy sources can help reduce carbon emissions but do so at the expense of increased inequality, according to a new study by researchers at Portland State University (PSU) and Vanderbilt University. —Julius McGee. —Julius McGee. 2019.05.024.

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Renewable Energy Portland Climate Change

GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2

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AUGUST 21, 2015

Stuart Licht at The George Washington University in Washington, DC has developed a low-cost, high-yield and scalable process for the electrolytic conversion of atmospheric CO 2 dissolved in molten carbonates into carbon nanofibers (CNFs.) Now, the team, which includes postdoctoral fellow Jiawen Ren, Ph.D.,

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Low Cost Carbon Li-ion Carbon Fiber

UK proposes Fourth Carbon Budget for 2023-2027; emissions to be cut by 50% from 1990 levels; indicative target of 60% reduction by 2030; >1% of GDP

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MAY 17, 2011

Source: Fourth Carbon Budget. The UK Government has proposed its Fourth Carbon Budget —a limit on the total amount of greenhouse gases to be emitted by the UK for the five-year period spanning 2023 to 2027. The report finds that the cost of meeting the fourth carbon budget and the 2030 indicative target would be less than 1% GDP.

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SoCalGas reduces CNG price by $0.26 per gallon at its fueling stations by using LCFS credits

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MARCH 27, 2019

Through a California Public Utilities Commission approved program, the utility is able to offer a reduced price by returning revenue generated from the sale of Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits to customers. per gallon in February, whereas the average cost of gasoline in California was $3.24

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World Bank/ICCT report provides guidance to reducing black carbon emissions from diesels in developing countries

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APRIL 14, 2014

Historical Trends in Black Carbon Emissions from Surface Transportation (teragrams of black carbon per year). The transportation sector accounted for approximately 19% of global black carbon emissions in the year 2000, according to the report. Source: Minjares et al. Click to enlarge. Source: Minjares et al., Click to enlarge.

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U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes

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FEBRUARY 24, 2016

A paper by a team from the University of Chicago and MIT suggests that technology-driven cost reductions in fossil fuels will lead to the continued use of fossil fuels—oil, gas, and coal—unless governments pass new taxes on carbon emissions. We need both a policy like a carbon tax and to put more R&D money into renewables.

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Chicago MIT Tax Carbon

Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

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MARCH 3, 2016

Researchers from George Washington University and Vanderbilt University have demonstrated the conversion of atmospheric CO 2 into carbon nanofibers (CNFs) and carbon nanotubes (CNTs) for use as high-performance anodes in both lithium-ion and sodium-ion batteries. —Stuart Licht. —Licht et al.

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Li-ion Carbon Convert Sodium

Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

However, it could be accomplished without impinging on environmentally sensitive areas in Brazil and while allowing for the expansion of other agricultural crops and human needs, the researchers report in a paper in the journal Nature Climate Change. million and 116 million hectares (144,788 to 447,879 square miles). Gigatons yr −1.

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California ARB releases discussion draft of plan to cut GHG by 40% by 2030

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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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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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DECEMBER 11, 2011

Governments at the COP17 meeting decided to adopt some form of a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon. markets all remain in action as effective tools to leverage global climate action and as models to inform. Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change (UNFCCC). existing climate change.

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KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

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FEBRUARY 15, 2012

KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. The KPMG research finds that the external environmental costs of 11 key industry sectors jumped 50% from US$566 to US$846 billion in 8 years (2002 to 2010), averaging a doubling of these costs every 14 years. Source: KPMG.

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IEA: carbon intensity of global energy supply has barely changed in last 20 years; “window of opportunity in transport”

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APRIL 18, 2013

In a fairly bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded that, despite a few bright spots such as the rapid expansion of renewable technologies and the growth of hybrid and EV sales, the progress is far below that required to achieve a 2 °C pathway—i.e., Source: IEA.

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IEA: governments must act to ensure sufficient supply of critical minerals to meet net-zero goals

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MAY 6, 2021

A typical electric car requires six times the mineral inputs of a conventional car, and an onshore wind plant requires nine times more mineral resources than a similarly sized gas-fired power plant. The rise of low-carbon power generation to meet climate goals also means a tripling of mineral demand from this sector by 2040.

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Biomass fuels: challenges and opportunities – ET Auto

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MAY 10, 2024

Leveraging biomass presents a potential avenue to contribute to the global objective of achieving a carbon-neutral human society. Lignocellulosic biomass, a renewable and abundant resource, holds great promise for sustainable production of valuable chemicals and fuels, currently derived mainly from oil.

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Fuel Auto Oil Conversion

Study Concludes Large Scale Use of Miscanthus Could Reduce Atmospheric CO2 Concentration by 162 ppmv by End of Century; Carbon Debt Payback in 30 Years

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MAY 22, 2010

They estimate payback of the Miscanthus carbon debt—the carbon emissions cost of displacing natural vegetation—in 30 years. Previous estimates for other liquid biofuels, such as corn ethanol, were estimated to take 167-420 years to pay back their carbon debt. Resources. Hughes et al. Hughes, A. Huntingford, J.

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DOE releases five-year strategic plan, 2014-2018; supporting “all of the above” energy strategy

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APRIL 8, 2014

Under that, the plan sketches out 3 strategic goals: Strategic Objective One: Advance the goals and objectives in the President’s Climate Action Plan by supporting prudent development, deployment, and efficient use of “all of the above” energy resources that also create new jobs and industries.

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2014 2018 Energy Climate Change

China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

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MARCH 16, 2024

However, according to the World Resources Institute , “EVs need to account for 75 percent to 95 percent of passenger vehicle sales by 2030 in order to meet international climate goals aimed at keeping global warming to 1.5 degrees C (2.7 degrees F).” Downsides to the forecasts But not all skies are sunny.

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Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

Leading UK scientists set out resource challenge of meeting EV targets by 2050

Study finds limited evidence that carbon tax rebates have increased public support for carbon pricing

UK awards £28M for 5 demonstration-phase low-carbon hydrogen production projects

Stanford study finds current carbon capture technology inefficient & increases air pollution

How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

U of Toronto study finds US electrification of LDV fleet not a silver bullet for tackling climate change in vehicle sector

GTI quantifies opportunity to produce low-carbon renewable natural gas (RNG) from wood wastes

UGA study finds black carbon aerosols from GDI engines will worsen public health, climate; need for GPFs

Garnaut Climate Change Review issues first of 8 update papers in 2011; reaffirms decision-making framework and need for mitigation efforts

Study finds carbon capture & storage could be financial opportunity for conventional ethanol plants

CEC determines Diablo Canyon needed to support grid reliability

California Governor signs new super-pollutants legislation into law; black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane

Study finds culture influences response to climate change; consumption and reproduction

Vanderbilt meeting concludes time to begin developing climate change adaptation strategies for transportation sector

CARB releases 2022 draft Scoping Plan update

NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

MIT study finds air quality co-benefits of US carbon policies can significantly offset costs, depending upon the policy

Study suggests economic stagnation no excuse for inaction on climate

CO2 Solutions’ enzymatic carbon capture technology performance exceeds targets in oil sands project

UK government launches first Hydrogen Strategy

Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs

California agencies release report charting path to 100% clean electricity; need to triple grid capacity by 2045

ADB Study Finds Annual Economic Losses in Southeast Asia from Climate Change Could be More Than Twice the Global Average

RWTH Aachen team finds DMM promising sustainable fuel

Study finds technology cost of achieving European 2020 LDV CO2 targets more than offset by resultant fuel savings

Study finds shifts to renewable energy can drive up energy poverty

GWU team develops low-cost, high-yield one-pot synthesis of carbon nanofibers from atmospheric CO2

UK proposes Fourth Carbon Budget for 2023-2027; emissions to be cut by 50% from 1990 levels; indicative target of 60% reduction by 2030; >1% of GDP

SoCalGas reduces CNG price by $0.26 per gallon at its fueling stations by using LCFS credits

World Bank/ICCT report provides guidance to reducing black carbon emissions from diesels in developing countries

U Chicago, MIT study suggests ongoing use of fossil fuels absent new carbon taxes

Researchers convert atmospheric CO2 to carbon nanofibers and nanotubes for use as anodes in Li-ion and Na-ion batteries

Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

California ARB releases discussion draft of plan to cut GHG by 40% by 2030

Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

KPMG study identifies 10 sustainability “megaforces” with accelerating impacts on business; imperative of sustainability changing the automotive business radically

IEA: carbon intensity of global energy supply has barely changed in last 20 years; “window of opportunity in transport”

IEA: governments must act to ensure sufficient supply of critical minerals to meet net-zero goals

Biomass fuels: challenges and opportunities – ET Auto

Study Concludes Large Scale Use of Miscanthus Could Reduce Atmospheric CO2 Concentration by 162 ppmv by End of Century; Carbon Debt Payback in 30 Years

DOE releases five-year strategic plan, 2014-2018; supporting “all of the above” energy strategy

China and Norway Lead the World’s EV Switchover

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