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California Energy Commission awards Sierra Northern Railway team nearly $4M to demonstrate hydrogen switching locomotive; H2RAM

Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2021

The California Energy Commission has awarded GTI and Sierra Northern Railway nearly $4,000,000 to fund the design, integration, and demonstration of a hydrogen fuel cell switching locomotive to support the Hydrogen Fuel Cell Demonstrations in Rail and Marine Applications at Ports (H2RAM) initiative. —Ted Barnes, Director of R&D at GTI.

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Sierra Hydrogen California Energy

Audi working with Sierra Wireless for LTE-based connected vehicle system

Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2012

Audi is using Sierra Wireless AirPrime embedded wireless modules to help develop and test an LTE-connected infotainment system. ( —Didier Dutronc, Senior Vice President, Embedded M2M Solutions for Sierra Wireless. LTE = Long Term Evolution for higher speed wireless communication.)

Sierra

Sierra Audi Connect Connected

NASA selects four university teams for aviation projects; eliminating emissions and autonomy research

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2021

The team aims to deliver trustworthy autonomy tools to help Advanced Air Mobility aircraft fly safely through complex airspace, typical of dense urban environments. This is the fifth time a set of teams have been selected to participate in ULI.

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Universal Emissions Georgia Florida

New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Data compiled by Euromonitor for European research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) shows a surge in the number of Uber drivers (officially registered as private hire vehicles - PHV) in the past few years. Evolution of taxi drivers, PHV drivers (England), and Uber drivers (London) compared to taxi and PHV CO 2 emissions (UK).

Pollution

Pollution Taxi London San Francisco

Internet of Things gets major distance boost from IBM and Semtech

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2013

a leading supplier of analog and mixed-signal semiconductors, announced a significant advancement in wireless technology, combining IBM software and Semtech hardware to create a system capable of transmitting data up to a distance of 15 km (9 miles), depending on the environment, with significantly improved ease-of-use.

Environment

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Volkswagen to use Sierra Wireless for next-gen connected vehicles

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 10, 2017

Volkswagen has selected Sierra Wireless AirPrime AR Series modules and the Legato platform for its next generation of connected cars. Sierra Wireless’ integrated 4G technology will reach the market beginning in 2018 in several Volkswagen models worldwide.

Sierra

Sierra Connect Connected Vehicles

New US Poll Finds 74% of Likely Voters Favor 60 MPG Fuel Economy Standard by 2025

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2010

Environment America, the Natural Resources Defense Council, the Sierra Club and the Union of Concerned Scientists sponsored the poll. If Obama refused to implement a 60 mpg standard, 13% would view him more favorably, while 25% would view him less favorably. Overall, 51% of respondents view Obama favorably, 44% unfavorably.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy MPG Standards Economy

12 Environmental Organizations Urge Closing of Potential Tar Sands Loophole in EU Draft Fuel Quality Directive

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2010

While such reporting will inevitably be incomplete in the beginning, they said, it needs to start now in order to create the necessary transparency for future reviews of the law.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Fuel Canada Sierra

BP agrees to add more than $400M in pollution controls at Whiting Refinery and pay $8M Clean Air Act penalty

Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2012

Moreno, Assistant Attorney General for the Environment and Natural Resources Division of the DOJ. This settlement secures a significant penalty, requires state-of-the-art controls, and is a fair and just resolution that will address BP’s violations. —Ignacia S.

Pollution

Pollution Clean Cleaning Indiana

52% of GM facilities worldwide are landfill-free

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2010

Plastic caps and shipping aids from the Fort Wayne facility are converted into radiator shrouds for the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups built at the plant. — Mike Robinson, vice president of Environment, Energy and Safety Policy at GM. GM has generated more than $2.5

GM

GM Waste Convert Sierra

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

Climate

Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions

13 environmental groups urge USPS to select plug-ins for next-generation delivery vehicles

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 22, 2017

On a three-week rotating basis, the vehicles will be used over the next six months during normal delivery operations in these diverse weather environments. Environment America. Sierra Club. Testing sites include Flint and Utica, MI; Falls Church and Leesburg, VA; and Tempe and Tucson, AZ. Electric Auto Association.

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Plug-in Plug Vehicles Fleet

Researchers demonstrate method for imaging individual PM sub-micron particles in flight

Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2012

Using intense coherent X-ray pulses from the Linac Coherent Light Source free-electron laser at Stanford, an international team of researchers has demonstrated a new in situ fractal method for imaging individual sub-micron particles to nanometer resolution in their native environment. Sierra, et al. Resources. Hampton, A. Starodub, R.

Sierra

Sierra Universal Light Environment

President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Expanding established propulsion systems into a volume manufacturing environment. Cascade Sierra Solutions. Potential locations in IN : Anderson, Morristown, Greenfield, or Indianapolis Fargo, ND. UQM Technologies, Inc. Muncie, IN Holly, MI. Develop, validate, and deploy 400 advanced battery electric delivery trucks (12,100 lbs.

Grant

Grant Lithium Ion Obama St. Louis

Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Home Page Todays Paper Video Most Popular Times Topics Search All NYTimes.com Energy & Environment World U.S. The other byproduct of such conversion is HEAT ( see below for more discussion, as well as other factors that affect energy conversion efficiency), usually dissipated into the environment.

Grid

Grid Green Electric Cars Cars

Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

JUNE 4, 2011

There was a nice selection of books, especially guides to the flora and fauna of the High Sierras. I pulled an old issue of Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club) from July/August 1997. We also found magazines ( Utne Reader anyone?) CDs and Blueray DVD movies and documentaries.

Al Gore

Al Gore Gore Sierra Congress

Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Creative Greenius

JUNE 4, 2011

There was a nice selection of books, especially guides to the flora and fauna of the High Sierras. I pulled an old issue of Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club) from July/August 1997. We also found magazines ( Utne Reader anyone?) CDs and Blueray DVD movies and documentaries.

Al Gore

Al Gore Gore Sierra Congress

Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 13, 2023

With the issue of what people will be allowed to drive in the future becoming yet another hot-button political issue, there’s little chance of the bill making it through Congress. This winter, residents in the Sierra Nevada mountains lost power for days due to heavy snow storms.

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California Emissions Gas EPA

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California Energy Commission awards Sierra Northern Railway team nearly $4M to demonstrate hydrogen switching locomotive; H2RAM

Audi working with Sierra Wireless for LTE-based connected vehicle system

NASA selects four university teams for aviation projects; eliminating emissions and autonomy research

New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

Internet of Things gets major distance boost from IBM and Semtech

Volkswagen to use Sierra Wireless for next-gen connected vehicles

New US Poll Finds 74% of Likely Voters Favor 60 MPG Fuel Economy Standard by 2025

12 Environmental Organizations Urge Closing of Potential Tar Sands Loophole in EU Draft Fuel Quality Directive

BP agrees to add more than $400M in pollution controls at Whiting Refinery and pay $8M Clean Air Act penalty

52% of GM facilities worldwide are landfill-free

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

13 environmental groups urge USPS to select plug-ins for next-generation delivery vehicles

Researchers demonstrate method for imaging individual PM sub-micron particles in flight

President Obama Announces 48 Projects to Receive $2.4B in Grants for Next-Generation of Batteries and Electric Vehicles; To be Combined with $2.4B in Industry Cost-Share

Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Traveling Through Time, Exploring the String Theory and Hugging the Giant Sequoias

Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

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