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has reached agreement with trucking firms to lease or purchase more than 250 new heavy-duty trucks, fueled by its Redeem RNG (renewable natural gas). The ISX12N is certified by California Air Resources Board (CARB) to reduce smog-forming NO x emissions by 90% compared to the current engine standard. Clean Energy Fuels Corp.

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Almost one in seven of the world’s children, 300 million, live in areas with the most toxic levels of outdoor air pollution—six or more times higher than international guidelines set by the UN’s World Health Organization (WHO)— according to a new UNICEF report. No society can afford to ignore air pollution.

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signed SB 1383 , establishing the nation’s toughest restrictions on super pollutants including black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane. Sources of these super pollutants include petroleum-based transportation fuels, agriculture, waste disposal and synthetic gases used in refrigeration, air conditioning and aerosol products.

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SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released a draft Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy. The draft strategy describes proposed actions the State will take to move forward aggressively to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). Black Carbon. Fluorinated gases.

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DECEMBER 22, 2022

Virtual assembly planning saves material resources and makes innovative, flexible collaboration possible across locations. The environmental program also addresses the areas of resource and water efficiency as well as the protection and preservation of biodiversity. Audi will make its manufacturing processes even more flexible.

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The LCFS program is administered by the California Air Resources Board and seeks to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation fuels by 20% through 2030. SoCalGas also recently announced it will soon begin using renewable natural gas, a fuel produced from waste sources, at its fueling stations.

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Co-Optima researchers are focused on identifying and understanding fuel components known as blendstocks, which can be produced from a wide spectrum of common domestic resources. Source: DOE. Identified bio-based blendstocks that show potential to increase efficiency and reduce GHG emissions when used in multimode engines.

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The California Air Resources Board released a new draft of California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Strategy to significantly reduce the near-term climate impacts of these potent pollutants. Methane is the most abundant of the short-lived climate pollutants in California. Governor Edmund G.

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MAY 4, 2019

The FOA topics will advance DOE’s Bioenergy Technology Office’s (BETO) objectives to reduce the price of drop-in biofuels, lower the cost of biopower, and enable high-value products from biomass or waste resources. Smoke emissions from residential wood heaters are a significant national air pollution and health issue.

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In addition to greenhouse gas emissions, the report also assesses a number of other environmental impact categories, ranging from resource use, including cumulative energy consumption, mineral and metal resource depletion and water scarcity, to airborne pollutant emissions (like particulates and nitrogen oxides), and human- and eco-toxicity.

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Compared to a diesel engine vehicle, a gasoline-powered vehicle produces only a tenth as much nitrogen oxide (NO x ) pollution, a major component of air pollution. If run on pure methanol or ethanol derived from renewable sources such as agricultural waste or municipal trash, the net greenhouse gas emissions could even be zero.

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2015 Investment Plan Update for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program”. Furthermore, biofuels derived from waste?based 2014, there will be roughly $22 million dedicated to accelerating the transition from higher polluting vehicles to cleaner-burning natural gas vehicles. Background.

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It can be produced from many kind of non edible vegetable oils, animal fats, waste oils and consists of a mixture of paraffinic hydrocarbons in diesel boiling range, free of sulfur, oxygen and aromatics. That study showed a clear positive impact of the use of HVO/HCK blends (at different blending ratios) on pollutant emissions.

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Batteries that are more sustainable throughout their life cycle are key for the goals of the European Green Deal and contribute to the zero pollution ambition set in it. Since 2006, batteries and waste batteries have been regulated at EU level under the Batteries Directive (2006/66/EC). Background.

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They further agreed to reduce air pollutant emissions by aligning air pollutant emission standards for light- and heavy-duty vehicles and corresponding ultra low-sulfur fuel standards by 2018. Collaborating on cross-border transmission projects, including for renewable energy. Short-lived climate pollutants.

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APRIL 14, 2015

Further, its plans to limit coal-fired power plants due to pollution problems, means that oversupplied coal is available for conversion to alternative fuels. Renewable resources. However, logistical barriers exist, notably in biomass and waste collection. — Andrew Soare, Lux Research Senior Analyst.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

The report represents the first global, government-level consensus on sustainability indicators for bioenergy and is intended as a resource in helping countries assess and develop sustainable production and use of bioenergy for electricity, heat and transport. Harvest levels of wood resources. Earlier post.) Water quality.

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MAY 1, 2014

The California Air Resources Board announced that Ford Motor Company has agreed to fines totaling $2,960,000 for violations of air quality laws related to the sale of vehicles with non-compliant On-Board Diagnostic (OBD) systems in California. Officials estimate the money will support loans for about 90 clean-diesel vehicles.

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MARCH 7, 2018

The California Air Resource Board (CARB) is awarding $7 million to CALSTART to develop a Class 8 truck that will achieve a 90% reduction in NO x along with a 15-20% fuel efficiency improvement. At least 35% of these investments are made in disadvantaged and low-income communities. Zermeno, R., Zermeno, R.,

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JANUARY 21, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released the proposed scoping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030—the most ambitious target in North America. Achieve 50% Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) by 2030; doubling of energy efficiency savings by 2030. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 13, 2012

The approved awards were made through the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, created by Assembly Bill 118. will receive $1,211,370 to design and install a new system to pre-process solid food waste for use in two existing anaerobic digesters at a solid waste facility in Chino.

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Ranges of global technical potentials of renewable energy sources derived from studies analyzed in SRREN report. The authors reviewed more than 160 existing scientific scenarios on the possible penetration of renewables by 2050, alongside environmental and social implications; and then reviewed with four of these in-depth.

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from automobiles, environmental pollution, depletion of fossil fuels, etc. Disadvantages of fossil fuels Fossil fuels are a non-renewable source of energy which depletes and are not produced as fast as the rate of depletion. Biodiesel is a renewable source of energy produced from veritable oil, animal fat, etc.

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Research in several relevant areas is currently addressed by many different DOE Offices, including the Offices of Nuclear Energy (NE), Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy (EERE), Fossil Energy (FE), Electricity Delivery and Energy Reliability (OE), and Science (OS), along with the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA-E).

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Life Cycle Associates developed the original model for the California Air Resources Board (ARB) based on GREET version 1.8b. CA-GREET 2.0 – Tier 1: For conventionally produced first-generation fuels (Starch- and sugar-based ethanol, biodiesel, renewable diesel, CNG, LNG, CARBOB, and ULSD). Earlier post.).

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SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

As we make engines more efficient, less wasted heat exits the engine into the exhaust system where catalysts clean up the pollutant emissions. DOE’s Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy, Vehicle Technologies Program, funded this research. —Jim Parks, a member of the Energy and Transportation Science Division.

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The fully electric van—based on the Mercedes-Benz eSprinter—combines a variety of innovative solutions designed to improve the quality of life in cities; to conserve resources and protect the climate; and to better the health and safety of the driver and other road users. Solar energy from the vehicle roof.

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Menetrez of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) National Risk Management Research Laboratory, Air Pollution Prevention and Control Division. microorganisms, enzymes, chemicals), will determine the quantity and nature of waste produced.It Pollution control and remediation. —Menetrez 2012.

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Our customers expect us to help mitigate, if not eliminate, issues such as congestion and pollution. This has led to expanded use of renewable energy, a ‘zero waste’ mindset and other initiatives that have sharply reduced our energy intensity, resource consumption and greenhouse gas emissions worldwide.

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Much of the Co-Optima research is focused on blendstocks which can be produced from a wide spectrum of domestic resources including renewable, non-food, domestic biomass such as forestry and agricultural waste, as well as petroleum or natural gas.

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These resources are split into two categories: reimbursable, which are managed by BNDES; and non-reimbursable, managed by the Ministry of Environment. Projects that contribute to the reduction of greenhouse gases and local pollutants caused by urban transportation, as well as urban mobility enhancements in metropolitan regions.

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The paper is published in the journal Water Resources Research. This research provides the groundwork and initial estimates needed to better inform renewable energy decisions. Algae also digest nitrogen and phosphorous, which are common water pollutants. Water Resources Research. Wigmosta, Andre M. Coleman, Richard J.

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These vehicles are the green machines that will provide a critical part of the renewable and sustainable society that we need for the future. [ PHEVLERs Provide Value to the Drivers PHEVLERs use the Existing Energy Infrastructure PHEVLERs use Clean Fuels to Reduce Air Pollution. About the authors. Dr. Andrew A. He has a Ph.D.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2009

Hilarides Dairy is converting cow manure to produce bio-methane to fuel trucks and generators while minimizing pollution and diversifying energy sources. The diary earned a $600,000 grant from the California Air Resources Board’s Alternative Fuel Incentive Program, which subsidizes projects facilitating greater use of non-petroleum fuels.

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The extracted rock can be used directly as a power plant resource or it can be processed to produce shale oil, which in turn can be refined into gasoline, diesel or jet fuels. Waste heat is used to generate electricity, making Enefit shale oil plants net producers of electricity. Renewable energy is another solution.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2009

Catalytic hydrogenation—used to refine crude oil, synthesize ammonia, and now in multiple processes to produce bio-hydrocarbon fuels from renewable fats and oils—conventionally relies on transition-metal catalysts. Current catalysts and processes typically require high temperatures and pressures.

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APRIL 30, 2016

A new study by consultancy Roland Berger defines an integrated roadmap for European road transport decarbonization to 2030 and beyond; the current regulatory framework for vehicle emissions, carbon intensity of fuels and use of renewable fuels covers only up to 2020/2021. BEVs fueled with low carbon, renewable electricity (for PC).

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