Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 23, 2014

million additional cars on US roads are likely as a result of EPA inaction on finalizing the 2014 Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) rules, according to a new white paper issued by The Biotechnology Industry Organization (BIO). The United States is now projected to use 2 billion gallons more gasoline and 0.5

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2013

In its recently released Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990 – 2011 ( earlier post ), the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reported that methane (CH 4 ) emissions from the field production of natural gas have declined by 36% from 2007 to 2011 (from 83.1 Tg or million metric tons CO 2 equivalent.) Field production.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

For instance, electricity generated from coal or natural gas is associated with higher carbon emissions, while renewable sources like wind or solar energy contribute negligible carbon pollution. Notably, in 2020, renewable energy sources rose to become the second-most dominant source of electricity in the United States.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2013

The researchers quantitatively estimated the spatial distribution of anthropogenic methane sources in the United States by combining comprehensive atmospheric methane observations, extensive spatial datasets, and a high-resolution atmospheric transport model. respectively. The difference lies in the methodology. Miller, Steven C.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the already widely-discussed (albeit without much detail) “Clean Power Plan” proposal, which mandates a national average 30% cut in greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants from 2005 levels by 2030. EPA is only proposing goals for states with fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has issued the Mercury and Air Toxics Standards (MATS), the first national standards for power plant emissions of mercury and toxic air pollutants (also known as hazardous air pollutants, HAPs) such as arsenic, acid gas, nickel, selenium, and cyanide. fossil-fuel-fired power plants.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its third year of greenhouse gas data detailing greenhouse gas emissions and trends broken down by industrial sector, greenhouse gas, geographic region, and individual facility. Data for 2012 show that in the two years since reporting began, emissions from power plants have decreased 10%.

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Green Car Reports

JUNE 6, 2014

Every time a new environmental regulation is proposed in the United States, there''s a predictable chorus of doom-and-gloom predictions that it will kill jobs, cause manufacturers to move their operations out of the country, and destroy the economy. DON''T MISS: EPA''s Coal-Plant Emissions.'

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JANUARY 2, 2013

kWh—approximately 2–4 times current retail costs—for emission-free alternatives to fossil fuel electricity due to the cost of health impacts from fossil fuel electricity, according to a new analysis by a pair of researchers at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Energy and Climate Change Office, Region 9.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

Vega recently announced it had entered into the JVto build and operate a pilot manufacturing plant in Allendale, SC to produce Bio-Coal, among other torrefied products. The biomass is then compressed into briquettes called Bio-Coal to be sold to the end user. Finally, the biomass is torrefied to make Bio-Coal and other bio-products.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2014

The strategy builds on progress to date and takes steps to further cut methane emissions from landfills, coal mining, and agriculture, and oil and gas systems. In the spring of 2014, EPA will assess several potentially significant sources of methane and other emissions from the oil and gas sector.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2015

Four of the charges are the direct result of the massive coal ash spill from the Dan River steam station into the Dan River near Eden, North Carolina, in February 2014. Approximately 108 million tons of coal ash are currently held in coal ash basins owned and operated by the defendants in North Carolina.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

First, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2) rule to implement the long-term renewable fuels standard of 36 billion gallons by 2022 established by Congress and also issued the targets for 2010. The EPA also set the 2010 RFS volume standard at 12.95 President Obama.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the final Clean Power Plan (CPP). Under the CPP by 2030, emissions of sulfur dioxide from power plants also will be 90% lower compared to 2005 levels, and emissions of nitrogen oxides will be 72% lower, EPA said. Earlier post.). up to 1,700 heart attacks. 90,000 asthma attacks.

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FEBRUARY 20, 2015

The gas fields we studied for this paper produced about 20% of the natural gas in the United States, and more than half the shale gas, so this moves us closer to understanding methane leaks from US natural gas production. It is good news that our atmospheric measurements are close to the EPA estimates.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 7, 2009

Now the EPA is about to smack both of you upside the head – and these are only the opening smacks you both have coming. According the the WSJ, “Many business groups are opposed to EPA efforts to curb a gas as ubiquitous as carbon dioxide.&#. Did you think I was kidding? Good thing you wear those hardhats.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2011

The base results from a study by a team at the Center for Transportation Research, Argonne National Laboratory indicate that shale gas life-cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions are 6% lower than conventional natural gas, 23% lower than gasoline, and 33% lower than coal. However, the environmental impacts (e.g., —Burnham et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 15, 2014

Advances in technologies for extracting oil and gas from shale formations have dramatically increased production in the United States. If natural gas is abundant and less expensive, it will encourage greater natural gas consumption and less consumption of fuels such as coal, renewables and nuclear power.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2019

Fine particulate air pollution is composed of tiny solids and liquids floating in the air that come from sources such as motor vehicles, coal-fired power plants, and wildfires. —Yaguang Wei, a doctoral candidate at Harvard Chan School and lead author.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2013

The United States has the potential to store a mean of 3,000 gigatonnes of carbon dioxide in geologic basins throughout the country, according to the first detailed national geologic carbon sequestration assessment released today by the US Geological Survey (USGS). Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). metric gigatons.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 12, 2023

The transition away from gasoline and diesel vehicles to electric vehicles (EVs) is going full throttle in the United States, and that includes the iconic yellow school bus. Roughly half a million school buses transport about 20 million students each school day in the United States, and nearly all those buses currently run on diesel.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2009

According to a statement from EPA Press Secretary Adora Andy: As directed by the US Supreme Court, EPA has prepared and sent to the White House for review a proposed finding as to whether man-made greenhouse-gas emissions endanger human health and welfare. In April 2007, the Supreme Court concluded in Massachusetts v.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

The headliner in this segment is the issuance of a Presidential Memorandum directing the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to work “ expeditiously ” to complete CO 2 emission standards for both new and existing power plants. The standards for new plants—already being developed by EPA—are to be done this fall.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2010

President Obama’s Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS), co-chaired by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the Department of Energy (DOE), delivered a series of recommendations to the president on overcoming the barriers to the widespread, cost-effective deployment of CCS within 10 years.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2014

Nitrogen dioxide is one of the six common pollutants regulated by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to protect human health. The gas is produced primarily during the combustion of gasoline in vehicle engines and coal in power plants. It’s also a good proxy for the presence of air pollution in general.

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Blink Charging

JUNE 13, 2023

And as utility providers switch from natural gas and coal to renewables, the “well to wheel” emissions of an electric vehicle will decrease even more. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set up two helpful interactive tools to help people determine total emissions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2009

Adding biomass to the coal in the CTL process (Coal and Biomass to Liquids, CBTL) can reduce the GHG emissions further, according to the study. The study used one feedstock of each type—bituminous coal and switchgrass—to evaluate the CTL/CBTL/BTL processes. Other coal and biomass feedstocks will be evaluated in a later study.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 8, 2017

The American Lung Association oversees the Clean Air Choice program throughout the United States promoting alternative renewable fuels such as biodiesel and E85, partnering with fleets to replace legacy diesel engines, and by supporting the clean-air advantages of electric and hybrid vehicles.

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Blink Charging

JUNE 13, 2023

And as utility providers switch from natural gas and coal to renewables, the “well to wheel” emissions of an electric vehicle will decrease even more. The United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has set up two helpful interactive tools to help people determine total emissions.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

coal-fired power plants) would either be required by the emissions cap. Methane (CH 4 ) emissions from landfills, livestock operations, or coal mines (GWP = 25). Example: if the United States were to cap emissions from specific domestic industries (e.g., Emission reductions from regulated sources (e.g., Transaction Costs.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2012

The United States becomes a net exporter of natural gas earlier than estimated a year ago. Because quickly rising natural gas production outpaces domestic consumption, the United States will become a net exporter of liquefied natural gas (LNG) in 2016 and a net exporter of total natural gas (including via pipelines) in 2020.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Jenkins has also helped push Congress to think more seriously about the power grid, releasing a report last year that showed that much of the 43 percent emissions reduction expected by 2030 would be squandered if the United States doesn’t double the pace of transmission upgrades. You need a bigger grid to supply that electricity.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 19, 2010

Overview of the bluegas catalytic coal methanation process. By adding a catalyst to the coal gasification system, GreatPoint Energy is able to reduce the operating temperature in the gasifier, while directly promoting the reactions that yield methane, (CH 4 ). Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 10, 2011

In the US, a combination of demand reduction and displacement of coal-fired power by gas-fired generation is the lowest cost way to reduce CO 2 emissions by up to 50%. At least for the near term, that would entail facilitating energy demand reduction and displacement of some coal generation with natural gas. Source: IEA.

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Plug In India

NOVEMBER 4, 2021

Even if electricity is produced from burning coal, the power plant is far away from population centers, transferred over power lines keeping any direct pollution away from the population. And the percentage of clean energy is growing every year as coal and gas plants are being replaced by renewable energy sources. In India 39.1%

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 14, 2011

Typically, HEI receives half of its core funds from the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and half from the worldwide motor vehicle industry. There is increased development and use of a number of fuels from unconventional sources such as tar sands, oil shale, and coal.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

A review of 20 years of technical literature on natural gas (NG) emissions in the United States and Canada comprising more than 200 papers has concluded that official inventories consistently underestimate actual CH 4 emissions due to leakage from the natural gas system. US, United States; Can, Canada; SC, South Central; Petrol.

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