Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 15, 2009

Say Hello to Guest Blogger Alexis Ringwald - with this first dispatch from the Climate Change Caravan in India. The Climate Caravan includes ten friends and a solar music band, along with three solar plug-in electric Reva cars. 140 km later, we pulled off at our first electric car charging point: an Indian Oil petrol station.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 12, 2010

In response to the ongoing discussion about the reliability of the UN IPCC and the climate reports, a group of 55 leading Dutch scientists working in the field of climate change, energy and the environment wrote an open letter. Errors in the IPCC climate change report are being seized by some to discredit climate science.

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OCTOBER 13, 2020

This aligns with the BMW Group’s goals in the areas of human rights and sustainability, which includes climate change and environmental protection. At the BMW Group there are more than 33,000 requirement specification documents containing more than 30 million individual requirements for vehicles, components and characteristics.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2015

The European Commission has adopted the European Energy Union package —a framework strategy for a resilient energy union with a forward-looking climate change policy. 94% percent of transport relies on oil products, of which 90% is imported. —Energy Union Framework Document. competitiveness.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

In his January 2015 inaugural address, California Governor Jerry Brown identified five key climate change strategy “pillars,” which recognize that several major areas of the California economy will need to reduce their emissions to meet California’s ambitious climate change goals. Source: 2030 Target Scoping Plan Discussion Draft.

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AUGUST 24, 2011

signed an agreement to enhance collaboration on ocean, coastal and climate science for the Arctic. The agreement provides a framework among the signatories to share high-quality data to enhance NOAA’s ability to monitor climate change and provide useful products and services that inform responsible energy exploration activities in the region.

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FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Incremental well-to-wheels GHG emissions from WCSB Oil Sands Crudes Compared to Well-to-Wheels GHG Emissions from Displacing Reference Crudes Click to enlarge. The document is posted on State’s Keystone project site , which it has run since the beginning of the Keystone XL Presidential permit process in 2008. million bpd in 2010 to 6.5

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JANUARY 13, 2012

Circle areas are proportional to values for (A and B) climate change, (C and D) human health (values for population over age 30), and (E and F) agriculture. Their potential climate impact was assessed by using published global warming potential (GWP) values for each pollutant affected. Source: Shindell et al. Click to enlarge.

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Plug in America

JANUARY 24, 2024

Electrifying transportation is critical to addressing the climate crisis and cutting tailpipe emissions, both of which disproportionately harm Indigenous, Black, and other communities of color. The shift to electric vehicles is a tremendous win for air quality, public health, energy security, jobs, and the planet.

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DECEMBER 7, 2009

billion barrels of oil over the lifetime of model year 2012-2016 vehicles, according to EPA analysis. Technical Support Document for the Findings. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. EPA’s proposed GHG standards for light-duty vehicles would reduce GHG emissions by nearly 950 million metric tons and conserve 1.8

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NOVEMBER 21, 2020

The draft amendments are for ships of 5,000 gross tonnage and above (the ships already subject to the requirement for data collection system for fuel oil consumption of ships) to have determined their required annual operational carbon intensity indicator (CII). This would enable the operational carbon intensity rating to be determined.

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Cars That Think

AUGUST 24, 2023

After he graduated from the Federal University of Technology in Owerri, Nigeria, his plan was to get a high-paying job at one of the multinational oil and gas companies based in the country. They put together documentation on how the minigrid worked, created a budget, and applied for a grant from the IEEE Foundation. “I

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Plug In India

MARCH 15, 2023

Team PluginIndia The Lithium mining FUD (Fear, Uncertainty, Doubt) created by some paid media organizations and random YouTube channels is so bad, that many people read headlines of such articles and assume that Lithium mining is the worst thing in the world and is worse than extracting and refining 10,000 liters of oil used by an average ICE car.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

As the US works to reduce dependence on foreign oil, promote clean energy and combat climate change, this report definitively documents why aluminum offers the most promise for cutting total automotive-related carbon emissions and energy use. Source: Sujit Das, ORNL. Click to enlarge. —Sujit Das.

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DECEMBER 7, 2015

California has not taken full advantage of opportunities to increase its in-state production of biofuel, despite state policies that encourage biofuel consumption, according to a policy paper by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at the UCLA and UC Berkeley law schools. —Ethan Elkind, a co-author of the report.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 3, 2009

“Pack Up Your Toxic, Fossil Fuel Factory With Its Climate-Changing Products & Get Out of Town By 2020!&# Consider this fair and legal warning, world’s largest and most polluting oil company - I’m giving you 10 years to pack up and hit the road. Greenius Rules. Uncertainty. How would that be for a change?

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APRIL 4, 2011

The many new and expanded strong policy initiatives and green targets in China’s 12 th Five year Plan, released on 5 March 2011, provide “ clear evidence ” that China’s low-carbon policies remain global best-in-class, according to a new report from DB Climate Change Advisors (DBCCA). in the prior 11 th Five Year Plan.

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JANUARY 25, 2011

If the US military increases its use of alternative jet and naval fuels that can be produced from coal or various renewable resources, including seed oils, waste oils and algae, there will be no direct benefit to the nation’s armed forces, according to a new RAND Corporation study. ” —James Bartis, lead author.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Otherwise it will become impractical to constrain atmospheric carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas produced in burning fossil fuels, to a level that prevents the climate system from passing tipping points that lead to disastrous climate changes that spiral dynamically out of humanity’s contro l.”. Walk the walk why don’t you?

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AUGUST 12, 2016

Medium- and heavy-duty vehicles currently account for about 20% of GHG emissions and oil use in the US transportation sector, but are only about 5% of the vehicles on the road. —David Johnson, president and CEO of opposed-piston engine developer Achates Power. —Bill Van Amburg, senior vice president of CALSTART.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Thousands of Washington insiders and climate activists have had a hand in these legislative breakthroughs. presidential election, it seemed that we were entering one of those rare windows where you might see substantial policy action on climate and clean energy. C in this century. clean-tech legislation.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The agencies developed a comprehensive joint Technical Support Document (TSD) that provides a technical underpinning for each agency’s modeling and analysis used to support the proposed standards. Draft joint Technical Support Document (TSD). Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2011

The conference report summarizes the presentations and discussions of the two-day conference and includes a resource list of relevant documents and research reports. For example, at peak oil price in 2008, Indonesia was spending 40% of its budget on transport fuel—more than health, education and infrastructure development combined.

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APRIL 1, 2010

billion barrels of oil over the lifetime of the vehicles regulated. America needs a roadmap to reduced dependence on foreign oil and greenhouse gases, and only the federal government can play this role. Final joint technical support document. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuel Efficiency Policy. Conserve about 1.8

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2011

The proposals are also intended to reduce Europe’s dependence on imported oil and cut carbon emissions in transport by 60% by 2050. The widely held belief that you need to cut mobility to fight climate change is simply not true. “‘Growing out of oil’ will not be possible relying on a single technological solution.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

In the 15 months that have passed since I wrote the following, ALL the climate change news has gone from bad, to worse, to much worse than that. For the past three months I’ve been working night and day as the Chairman of the South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group. The truth is George W. Walk the walk why don’t you?

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JUNE 13, 2009

Farm machines burning oil, gasoline and diesel release nitrogen to the air. These environmental impacts are not fully documented, according to Tom Tomich, director of the Agricultural Sustainability Institute at UC Davis. Wastes from cattle, chickens and other livestock include nitrogen.

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MAY 7, 2009

CLEPA (the European umbrella membership organization representing the interests of the global automotive supply industry) and EUCAR (the European Council for Automotive R&D from the major European passenger car and commercial vehicle manufacturers) jointly prepared the document.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2011

According to the 2010 Low Carbon Fuels Policy Document, proposed recommendations are to use 2005 as baseline for reductions and to require 10% reductions within 10 years of implementation. bitumen mining or thermally enhanced oil recovery techniques) or emit higher levels of GHG emissions during the production process (e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Moreover, developers must show that the project would make no economic sense without CDM funds and that documentation exists to demonstrate that these factors were considered by the company’s board of directors in their decision to pursue CDM financing. Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change, Climate Change 2007: Mitigation.

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MARCH 30, 2012

Encouraging bio-manufacturing and its associated value chain development, and building upon its current expertise in producing conventional parts for automakers, may position the Great Lakes region at a global competitive advantage as oil prices climb, and the demand for more bio-based parts increases.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Two new reports—one on technology, the other on policy— released by the International Energy Agency (IEA) outline pathways to improve the fuel efficiency of combustion-engined road vehicles by 50% by the middle of the century, saving as much as four-fifths of current annual global oil consumption. Policy package.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

The discussions focused primarily on the issues of climate change and global energy security, but also covered global air quality-related emissions standards, improved fuel quality and specifications for renewable fuels. Reference documents - UNECE regulations for motor vehicles. Globalautoregs.com.

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Plugs and Cars

MARCH 30, 2011

The latest report by the American Public Transportation Association documents a 3.8 To continue to rely on petroleum is to accept as inevitable the immense political power of the world’s wealthiest corporations and the resultant pollution, climate change, and war. percent decline in ridership overall in the first nine months of 2009.

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APRIL 10, 2010

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. Western Climate Initiative (WCI). Representatives Henry A.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2009

At the same time, combustion technology itself is evolving rapidly in the face of concerns about oil and climate change. In a document posted on its website, MDI says that the researchers erred by comparing the AirPod to a smart (gasoline and electric), because the weights between the two are so different. Creutzig et al.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

And secondly, documents show a 300 kW fast-charging capacity for the charging station. City officials recently approved a permanent ban on new gas stations in a move that climate activists say is national first, and a crucial step towards curbing our reliance on fossil fuels. – February 26, via Electrek. Funding/IPOs.

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