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Sustainable Transport Day in Brisbane

CleanTechnica EVs

After months of planning, emailing, ringing, and arranging the environmentally conscious community in my suburb (and beyond), we are hosting our first (and probably last) sustainable […]. Will it rain? Will we have a COVID lockdown? Will anybody come?

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Report Finds That Urgent Changes in Transport Financing Required to Enable More Sustainable Transportation Globally

Green Car Congress

Yet current transport patterns, based primarily on private motorised vehicles, generates many social, environmental and economic costs, accounting for more than half of global liquid fossil fuel consumption and nearly a quarter of the world's energy related carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions (IEA, 2009).

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California ARB adopts 3-year research plan; net negative CO2; racial equity

Green Car Congress

Although transportation planning efforts across the state have identified strategies intended to reduce VMT and thereby GHGs, real-world implementation of these strategies is not yielding the anticipated reductions, CARB said. Research includes the use of big data and emerging transportation technologies and travel patterns.

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Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill

Drive Electric

Transport and Infrastructure Committee. RE: Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. Drive Electric supports the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) and encourages New Zealand to be ambitious. Support for the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill .

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Honda Plans to Launch Hydrogen Vehicle Using FCEV Technology

Electric Vehicles India

The fuel cell technology reduces CO2 emissions achieving clean energy. Furthermore, Honda commits to using its expertise and resources to build a cleaner, greener future by utilizing FCEVs could be an essential part of a sustainable transportation future.

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UC Davis, ITDP study suggests global shift to public transport, NMT and away from cars could save $100T through 2050 and cut GHGs

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million early deaths associated with exposure to vehicle tailpipe emissions could be avoided annually by 2050 if governments require the strongest vehicle pollution controls and ultralow-sulfur fuels, according to a related analysis by the International Council on Clean Transportation included in the report. Further, an estimated 1.4

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Average CO2 emissions from new cars in the EU dropped by 3.7% last year

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Had weight not increased, the CO 2 reduction would have been 5%, claimed Transport & Environment (T&E), a European sustainable transport NGO. —Arne Richters, programme manager for clean cars at T&E. This report shows that cars are getting heavier again.

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