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The launch of Power2Drive South America Exhibition and Conference 2024 – Charged EVs

Baua Electric

Renewable energies, energy storage and e-mobility play a central role in achieving climate protection targets. Electric vehicle trend picks up in Brazil The world of mobility is part of a system of tightly knit sectors: The key to powering our mobile lives is the smart combination of photovoltaics (PV), storage and e-mobility.

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Volkswagen brand intends to almost halve environmental impact of production by 2025 vs. 2010 baseline

Green Car Congress

The approach adopted means that the plants which form part of Volkswagen’s global production network systematically exchange information on their respective success stories and adopt the most appropriate measures from each other. To date, we have given equal weighting of 20 percent to each of our environmental indicators.

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Volkswagen’s ID.3 debuts for the European market

Green Car Congress

However, should CO 2 emissions be unavoidable along the supply chain, these will be compensated by investments in climate protection projects. Volkswagen is also working on a secondary usage concept for high-voltage batteries as part of stationary operation. In this way, dealerships will be able to handover the ID.3

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Survey: 4 ºC Temperature Rise Likely To Trigger At Least One Tipping Element

Green Car Congress

Noting that “expert elicitations” are sometimes criticized for presenting information that is not backed by new data, the authors nevertheless assert that expert surveys can be useful tools in the context of risk analysis. ” Tipping Elements: Survey Results.

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Discussion Paper Suggests Mechanisms for Addressing Biofuel GHG Emissions Under Cap-and-Trade Schemes; Avoiding the Renewability Shortcut and Moving Toward Carbon Management for All Transportation Fuels

Green Car Congress

DeCicco proposes a three-part approach: Require refiners to submit allowances sufficient to cover the conventional fuel equivalent carbon content for the energy value of all transportation fuel distributed, regardless of fuel type, except to the extent it is rated as demonstrating lower net uncapped direct GHG emissions. DeCicco (2009).

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Lillian Light Is No Lightweight - The Environmental Lioness of the South Bay is Fired Up, Ready To Go!

Creative Greenius

I wanted to be part of EPN and I gave her my membership fee on the spot. Part of our mission is to hold public forums. And our public forums have been very, very good and very informative. Mayors’ Climate Protection Agreement. And our public forums have been very very good and very informative.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

Sensitive information was treated appropriately by the auction administrator.”. Information from the auction to be revealed to the public. If allowed as part of an emissions reduction program, offsets have the potential to provide various benefits. Market monitoring and oversight (to ensure against auction manipulation).

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