Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2009

Washington Governor Chris Gregoire and legislative leaders have introduced a Green Jobs and Climate Action legislative package that proposes investments totaling $455 million in the next biennium for energy-reducing transportation projects, energy efficiency projects, green buildings and clean-energy technology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2018

pollution in the state. is especially burdensome in California and accounts for the greatest percentage of health impacts attributable to air pollution. This is the result of CARB’s programs that clean up cars and trucks, along with other programs including wood burning rules implemented by air districts. to predict PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2022

These programs make it possible for people to drive EVs without having to own one, and are based in rural and urban locations where having access to a car can be critical to economic independence. The first states included in the program are: Oregon, Washington State, North Carolina, Missouri and Michigan.

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Teslarati

APRIL 7, 2024

Along with using the sensors to gather data, the study examined registration data from the California Department of Motor Vehicles (DMV) to monitor the ratio of EVs on the road to gas cars. million units in 2023 , according to Cox Automotive data, with California , Washington, New Jersey, Connecticut and Texas making up the top five adopters.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2014

New NASA satellite images released this week demonstrate the reduction of air pollution across the US. Nitrogen dioxide is one of the six common pollutants regulated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect human health. It’s also a good proxy for the presence of air pollution in general.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has formally granted a California Air Resources Board (CARB) request for a waiver of preemption for its Advanced Clean Car (ACC) regulations. A hearing took place on 19 September 2012 in Washington DC and the comment period closed on 19 October 2012. Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2015

The US EPA and San Diego County Air Pollution Control District (SDAPCD), in cooperation with US Customs and Border Protection and the US General Services Administration have installed a new air pollution monitor at the San Ysidro Port of Entry. The monitor measures PM 2.5 fine particulate matter up to 2.5 vs. non-border commuters.

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Plug in America

MARCH 13, 2023

To have a little February fun, we asked you to channel your creativity and create valentines for your cars, and the responses from across the country warmed our hearts and made us chuckle. Many of you also mentioned how EVs are greener because they don’t pollute with tailpipe emissions.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 11, 2024

Chinese EV makers are looking to export electric vehicles by the tens of thousands around the globe, but they need a lot more car-carrying vessels to make that happen. China now has the world’s eighth-largest shipping fleet with 33 car-carrying ships, according to data from shipping consultants Veson Nautical and reported by Reuters.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2018

California can reduce carbon emissions by more than 70 million metric tons by 2030—akin to taking 15 million gasoline-powered cars off the road in one year—by adopting a higher target for its Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS), according to an analysis released by the UK-based research firm Cerulogy.

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Clean Fleet Report

JUNE 18, 2023

Washington, DC Transportation accounts for almost a third of all U.S. To evaluate how eco-friendly a car is, you should consider the environmental impacts of its three life stages: its creation, operation and disposal. Making a car creates a lot of pollution as raw materials have to be extracted, transported and manufactured.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 14, 2009

If you needed another reason why we should reduce fossil fuel-related pollution, then this may be it. According to a new study, pregnant women exposed to air pollutants tend to give birth to lower IQ babies. In urban areas motor vehicles are a major source of PAHs and harmful air pollution. air pollution intelligence PAH.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

A specific challenge would-be-conversions must face is that the NRC’s standards—both for atmospheric pollution and for the amount of radiological material a reactor can release—are much tighter than federal standards for coal plants. Only one nuclear power plant is currently under construction in the United States, in eastern Georgia.

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Baua Electric

JULY 28, 2023

WASHINGTON — 3 months later the EPA proposed its strictest-ever limits on tailpipe air pollution, NHTSA has defined gas financial system requirements for current light-duty automobiles and vehicles that will require a mean fleet gas financial system of 58 mpg by means of the 2032 mannequin yr.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 7, 2017

demonstrated a measurement approach to for urban air pollution mapping at 4–5 orders of magnitude greater spatial precision than possible with current central-site ambient monitoring. Air pollution varies very finely in space, and we can’t capture that variation with other existing measurement techniques. —Apte et al.

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Plug in America

JANUARY 28, 2022

PlugStar is also getting dealers trained and certified in the Spokane area in Eastern Washington in partnership with Avista. Consumers go onto one of these beacons and can see what incentives apply to the cars in the showroom, learn about charging, and learn about refueling an EV with electricity in simplified terms. .

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Plug in America

JANUARY 28, 2022

PlugStar is also getting dealers trained and certified in the Spokane area in Eastern Washington in partnership with Avista. Consumers go onto one of these beacons and can see what incentives apply to the cars in the showroom, learn about charging, and learn about refueling an EV with electricity in simplified terms. .

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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. Nearly half the state’s CO 2 emissions comes from cars, trucks and other transportation sources. Cap-and-trade.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 13, 2012

There’s a storm brewing in the USA– and its all over the national air quality standards for air pollution released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2009

As a result of their findings, published in the 30 October issue of the journal Science , the authors argue that assessments of multigas mitigation policies, as well as any separate efforts to mitigate warming from short-lived pollutants, should include gas-aerosol interactions. Similar reactions influence the creation of nitrate aerosols.

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Driivz

MARCH 1, 2022

In the US , the contribution is 28%, with light-duty vehicles – cars, SUVs, and small trucks – responsible for 59% of transportation emissions and 17% of all US emissions. EVs will be greener in Washington state, where almost half of electricity comes from hydropower, than in Wyoming, where electric generation is primarily fueled by coal.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 8, 2011

The White Paper was published by the US Coalition for Advanced Diesel Cars, a national organization focused on promoting technology neutral policies and the energy efficiency and environmental benefits of advanced clean diesel technology. Washington, DC’s current focus is electric vehicles (EVs) and electric technology.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 31, 2014

California, Georgia, Hawaii, Oregon, and Washington—have electric vehicle sales shares that are approximately 2–4 times the national average. As described in their white paper, “Evaluation of state-level US electric vehicle incentives”, the researchers found that some of the states with the largest electric vehicle incentives—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

The researchers acquired two cars from a rental agency and one from a private owner. The test plan covered a wide variety of topological, road and ambient conditions as well as traffic densities over three major urban areas along the West coast—San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 15, 2021

Businesses are powering back up, and cars […]. By Christian Roselund, Ali Rotatori, Ben Holland With the promise of vaccines curtailing the spread of COVID, states and economies are beginning to open up again, and we find ourselves getting back not only the good but also some of the negative aspects of pre-pandemic life.

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EV Adoption

MAY 25, 2021

More impressively, 4 of these states (California, New York, Washington, and Oregon) accounted for 50.8% So the net effect is that every day that passes, EVs are increasingly charged from energy sources that emit fewer carbon emissions and pollutants. And 15 states with renewable energy sources of 25% or more combined for 53.5%

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 7, 2009

What it should have said is: “Polluters & Global Warmers Caught In The Act and Stopped – New Clean, Green, Sustainable Economy Begins Booming!&#. We’re going to be plugging in our next cars and generating our own electricity from solar, wind and geothermal. Good thing you wear those hardhats.

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Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 18, 2009

There has never been a shortage of stories in the press denigrating plug-in electric cars. Because people naturally, logically believe electric cars are a good idea. It takes a sustained effort to sow confusion about the obvious benefits of electric cars. As electric cars seek a place in the market, expect more such stories.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 30, 2021

This article, by researchers at PARC and the University of Washington, is one possible answer. Most of the world’s hydrogen comes from deeply polluting methods. The basic idea is to add particles of sea salt to the atmosphere to brighten clouds and cool the planet.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 8, 2022

In a discussion hosted by the Washington Post last July, Bevirt declared, “Our initial price point would be comparable to the cost of a taxi or an Uber, but our target is to move quickly down to the cost of what it costs you to drive your own car. If I started a car service here in Washington, D.C.,

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Plug In Partners

JANUARY 11, 2008

E ven as the President of Honda says he doesn't think that Plug-ins make sense, a new car company in China announces their plans to build one and Hyundai says it is considering developing a plug-in hybrid car. Although the car won't reach the U.S. by 2020.

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Plug In Partners

JULY 7, 2006

The American economy is like a car without shock absorbers. But the next car bomb that successfully explodes at a major Saudi oil facility could send fuel pump prices above $5 or $6 per gallon. clip) There is more, however, that we in Washington state can do to help reduce oil use by a transportation system 97 percent dependent on oil.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 1, 2009

These include the National Center for Policy Analysis (NCPA) in Dallas, Texas, which received $75,000 (£45,500), and the Heritage Foundation in Washington DC, which received $50,000. Company records show that ExxonMobil handed over hundreds of thousands of pounds to such lobby groups in 2008.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Secondly, instead of wheels like a train or car, the pods are meant to float on air skis, similar to an air hockey table, or to employ magnetic levitation to eliminate friction. Hyperloop enthusiasts say that Hyperloop might be less expensive and faster than train or car travel, as well as less expensive and less polluting than air travel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is hosting its 16 th annual Presidential Green Chemistry Challenge Award ceremony tonight in Washington, DC. Oil-based alkyd paints have high levels of volatile organic compounds (VOCs) that become air pollutants as the paint dries. Academic: Bruce H.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2019

Catalytic converters have been used in the US since the 1970s as a way to clean up pollutants from vehicle exhaust. In the catalytic process, rare metals such as platinum, are used in a chemical reaction to convert carbon monoxide and other pollutants to non-toxic carbon dioxide, nitrogen, and water. —Yong Wang. Resources.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Thousands of Washington insiders and climate activists have had a hand in these legislative breakthroughs. All the things we don’t like about natural gas, whether it’s methane leaks or fracking or air pollution or CO 2 emissions, scale with how much gas we burn. C in this century.

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