Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has awarded $20 million in grants to accelerate California’s transition to zero-emission off-road equipment in the freight, agriculture and waterborne mass transit sectors. Other projects include: Battery-electric switcher locomotive at the Port of Los Angeles (Cost: $3.8

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MARCH 13, 2019

The project, led by the South Coast Air Quality Management District, is funded by the California Climate Investments program to reduce key criteria pollutants, greenhouse gases (GHGs) and petroleum usage.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2019

Toyota, Kenworth, the Port of Los Angeles and the California Air Resources Board (CARB) unveiled the first of Toyota and Kenworth’s jointly developed fuel cell electric heavy-duty trucks during a special event held at the Port of Los Angeles. weighted tons of nox, ROG and PM 10.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2018

Scientists from Emory University, NASA’s Jet Propulsion Laboratory and the California Air Resources Board teamed to analyze satellite data to determine the 15-year trend of PM 2.5 LA=Los Angeles basin, CV=Central Valley, OC=Organic Carbon, EC=Elemental Carbon. pollution in the state. to predict PM 2.5 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2017

million grant through California Climate Investments (CCI), a statewide program designed to spend billions of cap-and-trade dollars to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, strengthen the economy, and improve public health—particularly in disadvantaged communities. The program is funded in part by a $1.7-million —Mayor Garcetti.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 31, 2021

The program awarded approximately $18 million to eligible under-resourced communities and set aside and awarded $2 million specifically to Native American tribal governments. The total amount of funds awarded for mobility projects is $20 million.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2018

Based on analytical work performed by CALSTART—the executive secretariat of the Pledge—the California Air Resources Board has adopted this targeted application approach, known as the “beachhead” strategy, to advance these technologies in California. Tubbs; Oslo Governing Mayor Raymond Johansen.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2015

UCLA and Lawrence Livermore researchers have found that most climate models overestimate the increase in global precipitation due to climate change. The team found global precipitation increase per degree of global warming at the end of the 21 st century may be about 40% smaller than what the models, on average, currently predict.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2022

Led by the South Coast Air Quality Management District (South Coast AQMD) and jointly financed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and the California Energy Commission (CEC), the JETSI project will help significantly advance market penetration of zero?emission emission heavy?duty

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) is designing the Sustainable Transportation Equity Project Program, and will hold its second program design workgroup in Los Angeles later this month. The Low Carbon Transportation program is part of California Climate Investments.

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Teslarati

JUNE 4, 2023

The Ford Drive EV leasing program launched in California last week, specifically in San Diego, San Francisco, and Los Angeles. Ford already kicked off the first Mach-E deliveries in the EV leasing program in Los Angels last week. The EV leasing program offers flexible access to Mustang Mach-E models.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

President Obama today established a Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience to advise the Administration on how the Federal Government can respond to the needs of communities nationwide that are dealing with the impacts of climate change. The Task Force members include state, local and tribal leaders from across the country.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 24, 2021

The program awarded approximately $18 million to eligible under-resourced communities and set aside and awarded $2 million specifically to Native American tribal governments. The total amount of funds awarded for mobility projects is $20 million. Ride-on-demand services.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

In a recent vote, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) authorized Southern California Edison (SCE) to procure between 1,400 and 1,800 megawatts (MW) of electrical capacity in the Los Angeles basin. Among the requirements of the decision is that at least 50 MW must be procured from energy storage resources.

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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

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

A fleet of plug-in electric vehicles sits ready to roll at Los Angeles Air Force Base in El Segundo, California. (US The Air Force unveiled the Department of Defense’s first non-tactical vehicle fleet composed entirely of plug-in electric vehicles at Los Angeles Air Force Base today. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 25, 2015

Following a competitive proposal process, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has offered $1.6 million to the City of Los Angeles to set up a pilot carsharing program for electric vehicles in disadvantaged communities. The funding for the project comes from fees collected under the state’s climate change law, AB 32.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

As a former top corporate subject matter expert, I took a very deep made myself a environmental resource for others in my reincarnation as The Creative Greenius and author of this blog. The first Bolt displayed at the annual National Drive Electric Event in 2016 in Los Angeles. But I needed to see and feel the car for myself.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

Researchers at Carnegie Mellon’s College of Engineering have found that with an emissions-based incentive towards electrification, ridesourcing companies such as Uber and Lyft would electrify more and cut their emissions by amounts ranging from 10% in New York to 22% in Los Angeles. —Bruchon et al. Bruchon, Jeremy J. 0c05141.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Today’s 38-port charger project is located in Ontario, near Los Angeles and home to many warehouses and logistics operations to service the nearby ports. These goods then move on drayage trucks between the ports and California’s Inland Empire, the valley just east of Los Angeles.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2019

As a result of policies and investments from the Energy Commission and Air Resources Board, the State of California has helped zero-emission hydrogen vehicles get an early boost. —Joel Ewanick, Founder & CEO of FirstElement Fuel Inc. —California Energy Commission Vice Chair, Janea A.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

An aerial methane survey conducted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), California Energy Commission (CEC) and NASA has found that just 10% of the point sources were responsible for 60% of the total methane emissions detected. Los Angeles and Ventura Counties were next on the list. Duren, R.M., Thorpe, A.K.,

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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. —Cappa et al. Earlier post.).

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MAY 13, 2011

Illustration of the steps in an iterative risk management approach for addressing climate change. From: America’s Climate Choices. This trend cannot be explained by natural factors such as internal climate variability or changes in incoming energy from the sun. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2018

The Loop-powered, long-haul trucks will work in demanding road operations, towing up to 80,000 pounds of freight throughout the San Diego and Los Angeles regions. —Ben Nyland, President and CEO of Loop Energy.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2018

The inset shows ozone trends in Beijing (red) and Los Angeles (blue). Note that ozone in Beijing today is comparable to Los Angeles in the 1990s. For China, sites in 74 major cities with continuous observations from 2013?2017 2017 are included. Xiao Lu, Jiayun Hong, Lin Zhang, Owen R. Cooper, Martin G.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 4, 2024

450-kilometre corridor between Los Angeles and Las Vegas The new charging corridor with more than 100 chargers and modern amenities alongside Interstate I-15 aims to accelerate the rollout of carbon-neutral freight transportation with three initial charging locations in Colton, Barstow and Baker, California.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2016

AB 32 requires the California Air Resources Board (ARB) to convene an environmental justice advisory committee to advise it in developing the Scoping Plan and any other pertinent matter in implementing AB 32. The California Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32); Stats.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2019

Air quality in the US may be linked with increased mortality and reduced life expectancy according to new research from Imperial College London and the Center for Air, Climate and Energy Solutions at Carnegie Mellon University. was largest around Los Angeles and in some southern states, such as Arkansas, Oklahoma and Alabama.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2017

A study by the University of California, Riverside College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) found that a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Agency (Metro) bus equipped with an ultra-low emission natural gas engine performs significantly cleaner than its certification standards across all duty cycles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 22, 2017

Secondary organic aerosol is a major component of atmospheric fine particles, which negatively affect the human body and the earth’s climate. The study is published in Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). SOA production depends on both precursor concentrations (e.g., —Allen Robinson. Presto, Timothy D. Gordon, Greg T.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2012

The study makes uses new simulations from the Coupled Model Intercomparison Project Five, to be assessed in Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change Assessment Report Five (AR 5) due out next fall, to estimate seasonal changes in precipitation, evaporation, water runoff and soil moisture in the near future, 2021-2040.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

and the Port of Los Angeles are launching the Green Omni Terminal Demonstration Project, a full-scale, real-time demonstration of zero and near-zero emission technologies at a working marine terminal. million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for reducing greenhouse gases and other pollutants.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced up to $205 million in grants for projects designed to accelerate the adoption of clean freight technologies and reduce air pollution caused by the movement of goods throughout the state. Zero-Emission Freight “Shore to Store” Project: The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) will receive $41.1

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

The program, created by Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007), provides approximately $100 million annually to encourage the development and use of new vehicle technologies and alternative and renewable fuels to help attain the state's climate change policies. Earlier post.) Electricore Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 20, 2016

This rally puts the network to the test and gives us a fun opportunity to highlight that hydrogen-powered cars are essential to meeting our climate goals and a crucial tool in the state’s effort to clean up our air—especially in the Central Valley. —ARB Chair Mary Nichols.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2019

delivered the first all-electric mobile surgical instrument lab (eMSIL) to University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) Health Center. Winnebago Industries, Inc. The eMSIL is powered by an all-electric EPIC F-53 33-foot chassis from Motiv Power Systems.

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