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

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All of the strategies propose direct greenhouse gas reductions at oil refineries to improve air quality in California, particularly in disadvantaged communities historically located adjacent to these large stationary sources of emissions. Managing farm and rangelands, forests and wetlands so they can store carbon.

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Deutsche Bank CCA report highlights Chinese global leadership toward a low-carbon economy; 12th Five-Year Plan

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While the 12 th Five Year Plan document has not been publicly disclosed, it appears to DBCCA that the Plan will continue to place significant emphasis on green development, and that China is accelerating its path toward decarbonizing and cleaning up its power and industrial infrastructure. —DBCCA.

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Debunking the ‘Electric car is a coal car’ argument!

Plug In India

In this article, we will document some important facts that debunk this statement with facts and sources. It's has been proven again and again that fuelling an electric car/scooter with electricity produced from coal power plants is still cleaner, cheaper and more efficient than using petrol or diesel. They are worse than petrol cars."

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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The other goal, of course, is the system’s ultimate purpose: to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by channeling funds into cleaner technologies. One is to operate successfully as a market, with a steady supply of carbon offsets and varying prices to ensure that profits can be made. 100% for some agricultural processes. CONCLUSION.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

PriusPlus documentation process : CalCars Open Source documentation. PiPrius : Open Source documentation and kits. They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. 2008.03.20 - New rechargeit.blogspot.com about PHEVs.

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European Commission outlines comprehensive Transport 2050 plan to increase mobility while cutting transport CO2 emissions 60%; phasing out conventionally-fueled (non-hybrid) cars in cities by 2050

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The proposals are also intended to reduce Europe’s dependence on imported oil and cut carbon emissions in transport by 60% by 2050. We can break the transport system’s dependence on oil without sacrificing its efficiency and compromising mobility. Curbing mobility is not an option; neither is business as usual.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

Catalytic converters, along with so-called leak-proof emissions systems, are the primary reason why today’s cars are so much cleaner than those of several decades ago. Consequently, gasoline-power vehicles pollute the most when the engine is first turned on in the morning after being off for many hours.

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