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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

Green Car Congress

Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions significantly by 2050. Stone et al. 2009) Click to enlarge.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

A large coalition has formed around the issues of national security, combating climate change, saving on fuel costs and increasing business for American agriculture. Afterward several members of Congress went outside for test drives in a plug-in hybrid brought to Washington by Cal-Cars. but it has grown far beyond this point.