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Porsche launches carbon offsetting program for US drivers

Green Car Congress

(PCNA) has launched Porsche Impact , an online tool that links individual CO 2 emissions to specific climate projects. Porsche Impact is a web-based emissions calculator that allows Porsche owners to assess and compensate for CO 2 emissions, based on mileage and average fuel consumption.

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Porsche launches carbon offset program in US

Green Car Congress

Impact is a new program from Porsche Digital that enables owners to calculate emissions individually per car and then offset them by supporting environmentally friendly projects in the US and worldwide. Porsche customers can choose from four different internationally certified projects to support. How much does it cost?

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UNEP: export of used cars to developing world creating significant environmental problems

Green Car Congress

The fast-growing global vehicle fleet is a major contributor to air pollution and climate change; globally, the transport sector is responsible for nearly a quarter of energy-related global greenhouse gas emissions. Most vehicles were between 16 and 20 years old, and most fell below EURO4 European Union vehicles emission standards.

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Comedy CAFE Clowns Crack Me Up

Creative Greenius

They were offering classic comedy takes in their ultra lame response to our tough California greenhouse gas emission laws that will now be going into effect here, and soon thereafter nationwide, once the new smart President takes office. How about if we give it to you in those big denomination Zimbabwe dollars? Now that’s funny!

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BNEF: producing battery materials in the DRC could lower supply-chain emissions and add value to the country’s cobalt

Green Car Congress

The Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC) can leverage its abundant cobalt resources and hydroelectric power to become a low-cost and low-emissions producer of lithium-ion battery cathode precursor materials, according to a new study on a unified African supply chain by BloombergNEF (BNEF).

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