Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2011

The FY 2011-2012 plan focused primarily on five areas of interest: sustainable communities; behavior and technology adoption; health and air pollution exposures; air pollution science; and greenhouse gas targets. These regulations have led to considerable improvements in air quality throughout California.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 28, 2023

A drought in Mongolia has led to food shortages, prompting the nomads to migrate to the Ger district in the capital of Ulaanbaatar, one of the world’s most polluted cities. During the past few years, children living in the polluted district have lung functions that are 40 percent lower than those living in rural areas, according to UNICEF.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2018

Countries seeking to meet Paris Agreement targets on CO 2 emissions must get a grip on the amount of pollution produced at city level, according to a new open-access study published in S cience Advances by an international team of researchers from Europe and China. —Prof Guan.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MARCH 5, 2023

While Volkswagen Group plans to go all electric by 2033 in the EU, some German drivers and BMW would like to keep their tailpipe polluters. After agreeing to the EU regulation to ban internal combustion light vehicles by 2035, the FDP, the smallest member of the German governing coalition, is walking back its agreement to […]

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 1, 2023

As I shared in the March column, my goal as IEEE president is to work with all members—particularly students, young professionals, and affinity group members—to make IEEE a more successful and resilient global technical organization. I also want the organization to be globally recognized as a force for change.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2022

An international team of researchers has shed light on one way new particles are forming in the upper troposphere. There are no factories or farms, and planes are thought to make up most of the pollutants in this area. The group uncovered that the ammonia is convected upward during events such as the Asian monsoon.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

Although independent reporting on these subsidies has increased, global efforts to move forward with subsidy reform have been hindered by a variety of causes, leaving international pledges unfulfilled. of the GDP for 2011–12, according to the International Institute for Sustainable Development’s Global Subsidies Initiative ( GSI ).

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 16, 2021

The leaders of the world have just returned from the UN's latest climate change summit, COP26 , in which the countries that have signed on to the Paris Agreement upped their commitments to fight climate change. IEEE Spectrum : What role does Silver Lining play in climate research or advocacy? In 2015, the U.S.

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Clean Fleet Report

APRIL 19, 2023

Improving Air Quality Air pollution has been linked to numerous health conditions that lead to increased medical costs. Additionally, vehicle pollution is one of the largest contributors to climate change. That makes them much better for the environment than traditional internal combustion engine (ICE) vehicles.

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Baua Electric

MAY 14, 2024

InfluenceMap routinely ranks automakers and auto industry associations based on how much they lobby to stop climate policy goals. These rankings don’t just show automakers’ EV plans, but also show how much each automaker is doing to try to stop governments from protecting the populace from pollution.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Persistent organic pollutants are chemicals of substantial international concern. Friedman’s work will provide a foundation for ongoing work in Selin’s research group at MIT, in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island and the Harvard School of Public Health.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2016

The Marine Environment Protection Committee (MEPC) of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has approved mandatory requirements for ships to record and report their fuel consumption. IMO said that the move sends a clear signal about its commitment to climate change mitigation.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 26, 2016

.” He always was so ahead of the curve… Like I say, I live in Torrance, home of the exploding Exxon Mobil refinery where our Air Quality Management District just gave the refinery operators exemptions to exceed pollution limits while they restart the aging climate wrecker back up. .

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2017

Thirteen companies have signed up to launch the GIA, under the auspices of the GloMEEP Project, a Global Environment Facility (GEF)-United Nations Development Program (UNDP)-International Maritime Organization (IMO) project aimed at supporting developing countries in the implementation of energy efficiency measures for shipping.

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The Truth About Cars

MARCH 21, 2024

First, some background from the New York Times : The rule increasingly limits the amount of pollution allowed from tailpipes over time so that, by 2032, more than half the new cars sold in the United States would most likely be zero-emissions vehicles in order for carmakers to meet the standards. It very much is not. It's just not.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2011

During the flexible price period, an overall cap will be placed on Australia’s annual greenhouse gas emissions from all sources of pollution covered by the carbon price. The price ceiling will be set at A$20 above the expected international price and will rise by 5% in real terms each year. the trading scheme.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Leading international efforts for GHG emission reductions and adaptation. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. billion in FY 2014 budget); Assessing climate-change impacts in the United States; Launching a climate data initiative; and.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2018

Studies have shown that inner-city traffic is subject to increasing changes, brought on by developments in terms of growing population, air pollution as well as climate change. Voith Turbo, a Group Division of Voith, is a specialist for intelligent drive solutions, systems and comprehensive services.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2013

To apply for a share of the £75 million APC fund, bidders must form a group which includes at least one vehicle manufacturer, an SME and at least one supply chain company. The APC will channel £1-billion (US$1.6 billion) investment from government and industry to fund the development of new technologies over the next 10 years.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 21, 2009

When our South Bay 350 Climate Action Group asked for Congresswoman Jane Harman’s help with our October 24, International Day of Climate Action we got it. The shortcomings at Copenhagen reinforce the truth that the most substantive leadership on the issue is coming from the state and local levels.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 19, 2021

But as Earth’s rising temperatures trigger a cascade of calamitous effects, and as humans pump more greenhouse gases into the air, a prominent group of scientists is urging the world to seriously consider the stratospheric option. He says the group hopes to launch the balloon in mid-2022. Research takes a long time. cancel the launch.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Although viewed as a potential target in the global effort to reduce climate change, atmospheric black carbon particles absorb significantly less sunlight than scientists have predicted, according to a new study by an international team of researchers, published in the journal Science. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2012

Researchers from the University of Minnesota have produced a spatially and temporally explicit life cycle inventory (LCI) of air pollutants from gasoline, ethanol derived from corn grain, and ethanol from corn stover for the contiguous US (the lower 48 states). The researchers included a sixth pollutant, ammonia (NH 3 ).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

This “fuel market rebound effect” can undermine climate change mitigation strategies, even to the point where efforts to reduce GHG emissions by increasing the supply of low-carbon fuels may actually result in increased GHG emissions. However, politics often stands in the way of good policy.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners have launched a new initiative that aims to reduce pollution levels, improve resource efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs in cities across the world. In such a rapidly urbanizing world, cities are increasingly becoming the focus of international sustainability efforts.

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Baua Electric

DECEMBER 31, 2023

Integrating these sources helps mitigate climate change, reduce air pollution, and protect ecosystems. Climate Change Mitigation: By displacing fossil fuel-based energy sources, renewable energy integration contributes to global efforts to mitigate climate change.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The draft requires states to establish goals for reducing global warming pollution from the transportation sector and requires large metropolitan planning organizations to submit transportation plans to meet those goals. Title III, Reducing Global Warming Pollution , (the cap-and-trade title), has eight subsections.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

Consequently, soot’s effect on climate change has not been adequately addressed in national and international global warming legislation. Soot’s contribution, however, could be reduced by 90% years with aggressive national and international policies. ”. Decreasing soot could have a rapid effect, Jacobson said.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 6, 2024

But the rising cost of upgrading diesel to new emission norms and the government’s view on diesel being a dirty, polluting fuel along with some states banning usage of the same has compelled some diesel buyers to opt for hybrids. The penetration of EVs at present is around two percent, whereas for hybrids it is about 1.75

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

“ One Agreement, Two Steps ” Expectations for Copenhagen quickly became complicated after Danish Prime Minister Lars Løkke Rasmussen boarded an overnight flight to Singapore to address an impromptu breakfast forum on climate change at the Asia Pacific Economic Co-operation (APEC) summit on 15 November. by Jack Rosebro.

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

We’ve always planned on retiring and spending the rest of our lives right here, but these days we’re worried about what climate change is already doing – and about the far more serious consequences headed our way. We’re already getting used to the fires, smoke and related air hazards here in the L.A.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change. One question is who will be responsible for verifying changes in carbon, which raises questions about the role of a regulatory agency for accrediting claimed changes in carbon levels from an activity.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2009

The ocean absorbs CO 2 from the atmosphere at a rate of more than 20 million tons per day, thus removing one-fourth of the anthropogenic CO 2 emitted to the atmosphere each year and reducing the climate-change impacts of this greenhouse gas. However, when CO 2 dissolves in seawater, it forms carbonic acid. Monaco Declaration.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 29, 2010

In the medium-term, hybrid systems, those using internal combustion engines and regenerative electric systems such as the Toyota Prius, offer significant savings and will help the evolution to a purely electric drivetrain. These can be split into two distinct groups, fuel cell vehicles (FCV) and BEV.As Myth Busting.

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Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2009

The Ecologistas en Accion , one of the country’s most important green groups, is claiming that the scrappage scheme is bad business. According to the group, driving a car is not only bad for the environment but it is also bad for administrations expecting to reap financial rewards.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2013

While technologies for low carbon buses such as hybridization offer the prospect of significant reductions in fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions compared to conventionally powered vehicles, the improvement in terms of regulated emissions (criteria pollutants) may not be as great, according to a new report by Ricardo. 13/125301.6).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2009

The authors point out their study looked at only two criteria, kilometers travelled and greenhouse gas offsets, but did not examine the performance of electricity and ethanol for other policy-relevant criteria such as water consumption, air pollution or economic costs. “We Elliott Campbell. Campbell et al. Campbell, D. Lobell, C.

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