Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

Haagen-Smit Clean Air Awards are given annually to individuals who have made significant lifetime contributions toward improving air quality and climate change science, technology and policy, furthering the protection of public health. Dr. Kirk R. Smith, professor of global environmental health, University of California Berkeley.

Climate Change 150

Climate Change Pollution Climate Ozone 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2012

The Colorado River Basin encompasses much of the American West, covering parts of seven US states and two states in Mexico. Population growth in the Southwest is putting added pressure on regional water resources. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1787. —Richard Seager, lead author.

Colorado 247

Colorado Las Vegas Climate Change Los Angeles 247

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

This is due to wind and solar projects generating only when natural resources are available while oil, coal, and gas plants can potentially produce around the clock. Most notably, Vietnam, South Africa, Mexico and Morocco led the rankings with a combined investment of $16 billion in 2018. thousand terawatt-hours in 2018, up from 6.4

Coal 243

Coal Clean Cleaning Financing 243

Plug in America

MAY 13, 2022

These standards are created by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), but have since also been adopted by 17 other states, including Nevada, Oregon, Virginia and, most recently, New Mexico. These standards are a huge opportunity to transition to electric vehicles, reduce emissions, improve air quality, and slow climate change.

Clean 40

Clean Cleaning Climate Change Cars 40

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Baker Fellow in Energy and Resource Economics and senior director of the Center for Energy Studies at the Baker Institute. Most accepted carbon transactions in the world today occur based on standards that originated from the Clean Development Mechanism of the Kyoto Protocol to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change.

Store 170

Store Carbon Texas United States 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

—Leo Johnson, Partner, Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC. —Jonathan Grant, director, sustainability and climate change, PwC. The pace of reducing global carbon intensity has been slow despite growing international focus on climate change. nuclear war, radical climate change before 2050).

Climate Change 261

Climate Change Climate Saudi Arabia Economy 261

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 22, 2015

One of the really interesting things with these grasses is that the climate in which they have found themselves has changed a lot over the last several hundred thousand years. As glaciers and climate change occurred, their populations were pushed south. Interest in developing genomic resources for P. Tom Juenger.

Austin 150

Austin Grant South Dakota North America 150

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

That’s three times the amount estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction. This multi-site experiment clearly establishes streams and rivers as important sources of nitrous oxide.

New Hampshire 199

New Hampshire Global Climate Change Ozone 199

Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2010

while the US GDP is projected to grow by 40%, according to the fifth National Communication on US climate change actions submitted by the US Department of State to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. The United States released previous Climate Action Reports in 1994, 1997, 2002, and 2006.

Climate 199

Climate 2020 Emissions Climate Change 199

Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2010

The Water Disclosure Project extends this approach to managing the world’s shrinking water resources, which has become a critical global environmental and quality of life issue. “Water, like climate change, is set to be a key issue for the 21 st century.

Water 322

Water Ford Climate Change 2000 322

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Global benefits from full implementation of measures for reduction of short-lived climate pollutants in 2030 compared to the reference scenario. The climate change benefit is estimated for a given year (2050) and human health and crop benefits are. for 2030 and beyond. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

Climate 210

Climate Pollution Clean Cleaning 210

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2010

At its meeting in Sacramento yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) endorsed the state’s cap-and-trade regulation. A Memorandum of Understanding has already been signed with Chiapas, Mexico, and Acre, Brazil, at the Governor’s Global Climate Summit 3 to establish these offset programs.

California 218

California Climate Climate Change Gas-Electric 218

Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

Half of the consumers surveyed are in favor of candidates who support approval of the Keystone XL pipeline to transport oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast, and 46% say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who supports expanded offshore oil development in the Gulf of Mexico. 14% say the technology is already over-regulated.

Austin 191

Austin Renewable Gas Climate Change 191

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2013

However, CNG conversion was apparently detrimental from a climate change perspective, as CH 4 emissions increased. Local emissions reductions because of CNG conversion of vehicles have been analyzed in other megacities (Rio De Janeiro, Mexico City, New Delhi), while the GHG benefits of such conversion for Delhi has also been studied.

Conversion 281

Conversion Climate Bangladesh Vehicles 281

Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has submitted its final Report to Congress on Black Carbon , in response to an October 2009 request from Congress to advance efforts to understand the role of black carbon (BC) in climate change. Earlier post.). Report to Congress on Black Carbon.

Congress 252

Congress EPA Carbon Emissions 252

Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2011

trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. The reports estimates that incremental green investment of about 3% of world gross product (WGP) (about $1.9

Global 338

Global Energy Green Coal 338

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2010

In the wake of the ongoing Deepwater Horizon incident in the Gulf of Mexico, UK Energy Secretary Chris Huhne said that the UK Government will increase its inspection of drilling rigs and monitoring of offshore compliance and has asked a new oil industry group to report back on its findings on the UK’s ability to prevent and respond to oil spills.

Mexico 199

Mexico Oil Water Gas 199

Driivz

MARCH 31, 2021

With the increasing threat of climate change, renewable energy has slowly but surely regained is prominence. Leaders in solar power generation are China, United States, India, Mexico, and Japan. Ultimately, charging electric vehicles with renewable energy creates a “one-two punch” against climate change.

Renewable 71

Renewable Energy Power Powered 71

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

Also certain fields in the Gulf of Mexico and the Middle East have comparable GHG emissions. —“The and has offices in Bangkok, Beijing, Calgary, Dubai, Johannesburg, Mexico City, Moscow, Mumbai, Oslo, Paris, Rio de Janeiro, San Francisco, Tokyo and Washington, DC. The Role of Canadian Oil Sands in US Oil Supply”.

Oil-Sands 186

Oil-Sands Oil 2010 Production 186

Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2017

Δ Clean Air and Global Climate Change. Examples of eliminations include: Energy Star; Targeted Airshed Grants; the Endocrine Disruptor Screening Program; and infrastructure assistance to Alaska Native Villages and the Mexico Border. (Health and Human Services faces the largest dollar cut: $12.7 billion, or 16.2%).

2018 170

2018 EPA 2017 Grant 170

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

Resulting improved strains of maize may, for example, produce larger yields, show resistance to disease, offer efficiencies in nitrogen use that would enable farmers to reduce applications of costly, polluting fertilizers, and tolerate changes in rainfall or temperature accompanying climate change. Schnable et al.

St. Louis 186

St. Louis Iowa Mexico Universal 186

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2011

This implies that if winter Arctic stratospheric temperatures drop just slightly in the future, for example as a result of climate change, then severe Arctic ozone loss may occur more frequently. —lead author Gloria Manney of NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology.

Ozone 186

Ozone 2011 Aura Davis 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

In September 2004 the California Air Resources Board (ARB) passed regulations to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) from new passenger vehicles starting in 2009. The Pavley II regulations, which start with the 2017 model year, will come to the Air Resources Board for consideration in 2010.

EPA 150

EPA Grant California Rhode Island 150

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2023

In addition to helping the nation meet ambitious carbon-neutral goals, the development and implementation of the proposed technology can help reduce the cost of and emissions from hydrogen production to mitigate the effects of climate change while creating new jobs and revitalizing our economy.

Hydrogen 150

Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Gas-Electric 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2010

The US, Canada, and Mexico have submitted a proposal to strengthen climate protection under the Montreal Protocol— the international treaty that phases out the production of a number of substances responsible for ozone depletion. Climate protection from the Montreal and Kyoto protocols. Durwood Zaelke. Madhava Sarma, Stephen O.

Ozone 170

Ozone Micronesia Climate Protection Climate 170

Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

Utility commissioners and their staffs are now dealing with “rising workloads with limited staff, limited resources, and growing gaps in internal expertise due to the increasingly specialized needs of today’s energy system,” states the Rocky Mountain Institute. Nichols projected on the screen, in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan.

Grid 95

Grid Iowa Wind Miles 95

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. As Senators Graham, Kerry and Lieberman try to resuscitate the climate change bill by introducing a revised bill in mid-to-late April, twenty-three U.S. Western Climate Initiative (WCI). Another six U.S.

Gas 244

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244

Green Car Congress

JUNE 21, 2011

suggest that meeting the 2050 climate targets will be feasible only with global implementation of robust policies to slow the growth rate of LDV VKT in low-income countries, and to reduce VKT in high-income countries. 2011) Reduce growth rate of light-duty vehicle travel to meet 2050 global climate goals. Sager et al.

Light 252

Light Vehicles Climate Emissions 252

Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2009

The first steps towards sustainable energy and resource management should aim for significant reductions on the demand side, with greater conservation and improved efficiency. This requires a spatial inventory of land resources and their potential competing uses at scales appropriate to crop production and nature conservation.

Conversion 150

Conversion Water Emissions 2009 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2011

UNEP released the first—the Emissions Gap Report —at last year’s international climate negotiations in Cancun, Mexico. There, policymakers asked UNEP to prepare a follow-up report that, not only updated emissions gap estimates, but which also provided ideas on how to bridge the gap. Bridging the Emissions Gap.

2020 210

2020 Emissions 2005 Carbon 210

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

And then you start to see how siting these resources trades off against other land use or conservation priorities, and who’s going to bear the impacts and gain benefits—such as local tax revenue and jobs versus seeing wind turbines all around your community. But wind turbines convert wind to power at the wind speed cubed.

Clean 89

Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions 89

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2010

Even on land, getting oil from tar sands depletes water and other resources and doubles oil’s carbon footprint. That’s too long to wait to improve energy security, protect our economy, and address climate change. With Drive Star, we have the motivation, the technology, and the resources to cut our oil use in half in ten years.

Oil 252

Oil Conversion 2020 Oil-Sands 252

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2015

Honda’s “Green Path” approach, announced during a media tour of its operations in Ohio, seeks: To reduce or eliminate the use of substances of concern (SOCs) and scarce natural resources such as rhodium, palladium and platinum in the design and production of its vehicles. SOCs are chemical (e.g., solvents) or materials (e.g., Earlier post.).

Honda 150

Honda Green North America Acura 150

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 12, 2011

The development of these genetic resources will enable scientists to identify genes that contribute to a number of traits that are essential to develop efficient biomass production including increased stress tolerance, water and nitrogen use efficiency and biomass production. Pacific Northwest National Laboratory. Gilbert, Jack.

Environment 239

Environment 2012 Climate North Carolina 239

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 4, 2022

Now, Frontex is refocusing its resources from shipboard patrols to aerial and remote sensing, according to its. Outbursts of violence, economic precarity, and perhaps even climate change will motivate migrants despite the technological barriers. percent to €543 million in 2021. requests for orientation on the latest technology.

Europe 140

Europe Libya Spain Legal 140

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

It offers the solution to several significant transitions we need: moving society from burning fossil fuels to substituting renewable resource fuels such as solar, wind and biofuels; and from using fossil materials as fuel to using them for other recyclable uses. It is much more than that.

PHEV 150

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

Grid 28

Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands 28