Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 6, 2017

Issues covered in the briefing include emissions, air pollution, noise and renewable energy and the impact of transport on ecosystems and biodiversity. Monitoring of CO 2 emissions from new vans started in 2012. decrease from 2012 levels. Air pollution. In 2016, average emissions decreased by 1.5 g CO 2 /km, a 9.2%

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2020

The current annual standard has been in place since 2012. EPA’s current secondary standards for particle pollution are identical to the primary standards for PM 2.5 concentrations in the US fell by 39% between 2000 and 2018 while average PM 10 concentrations fell by 31% during the same period. Average PM 2.5

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Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Opened in 1955, Autopia was originally sponsored by Richfield Oil (which later merged into ARCO), and then by Chevron from 2000 to 2012. Local air pollution can cause asthma in kids , and communities of color are adversely burdened by vehicle air pollution, a 2022 study found.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the Second Integrated Urban Air Toxics Report to Congress—the final of two reports required under the Clean Air Act (CAA) to inform Congress of progress in reducing public health risks from urban air toxics (also referred to as hazardous air pollutants or HAPs).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

million in 2011, and 2012 may bring an all-time high of 80 million or more vehicles, according to new research conducted by the Worldwatch Institute for its Vital Signs Online service. million in 2012, writes report author and Worldwatch Senior Researcher Michael Renner. Worldwide light-duty vehicle production. Source: Worldwatch.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2013

The collaborative study between government, non-government, university and community partners will collect both airborne and ground-based measurements to determine how air pollutants are transformed and transported across the landscape. Earlier post.). Evaluate high-resolution air quality models for use in the oil sands region.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 28, 2013

In 2012, the International Agency for Research on Cancer (IARC), which is part of the World Health Organization (WHO), classified diesel engine exhaust (DEE) as carcinogenic to humans (Group 1). Earlier post.). Our estimates suggest that stringent occupational and environmental standards for DEE should be set.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2012

The following year, in 1999, the 2000 Accord was the first certified Super Ultra-low Emission Vehicle (SULEV) gasoline vehicle. The low emissions standards that this Honda model meets are part of the state’s Advanced Clean Cars package of regulations, adopted in January 2012. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2015

They counted more than 500 electric passenger vehicles of all those types worldwide in the period from 2000 to 2013. Number of series-production electric vehicles by OEM, 2000-2013. However, from 2012, the study found an annual decline in newly introduced vehicles. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2011

In the fixed price stage, starting on 1 July 2012, the carbon price will start at A$23 (US$24.75) a tonne, rising at 2.5% During the flexible price period, an overall cap will be placed on Australia’s annual greenhouse gas emissions from all sources of pollution covered by the carbon price. a year in real terms. the trading scheme.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2014

Between 2000 and 2011, the number of producing gas wells in the US increased by 50%, reaching 514,637. Air monitoring during these operations can help ensure emissions management strategies are effective and exposure to air pollutants, including silica, are kept to a minimum. well production end-of-life. Branosky, E.; Stevens, A.;

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2012

Projected changes in summer mean usable capacity of power plants in the US and Europe for the SRES A2 emissions scenario for the 2040s (2031–2060) relative to the control period (1971–2000). This causes downstream thermal pollution affecting, for example, life cycles of aquatic organisms. Source: van Vliet et al. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2014

Engine: 2000 bar injection pressure. liter engine increase the maximum injection pressure by 25% to as much as 2000 bar. Up to a reference mass of 2380 kg, the complete vehicle has its emission characteristics tested on a chassis dynamometer, with the result being shown in pollutants per km. New injectors for the 3.0-liter

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

The O 3 precursors, SO 2 , and aerosol emissions have effects on atmospheric composition and climate and can affect human health and cause regional pollution and acidification. —Lud et al. —Lund et al. Environmental Science & Technology 46 (16), 8868-8877 doi: 10.1021/es301166e.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

The top set of recommendations call for: Replacing existing switch and medium horsepower locomotives with cleaner locomotives (2010-2013); Retrofitting switch and medium horsepower locomotive with particulate matter and oxides of nitrogen (NO x ) after-treatment devices (2012-2016); and. NO x helps create ground-level ozone, or smog.

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Diesel California Emissions 2007 170

Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2009

A bill under consideration in the California state legislature would require California’s Bureau of Automotive Repair (BAR) to include Class III (280 cc or greater) model-year 2000 and newer motorcycles in the state’s smog check program beginning 1 January 2012. The original HC standards ranged from 5.0 g/km to 14.0

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Motorcycles California 2006 2004 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2012

To answer the above question, we analyzed 1622 biofuels-related articles published between 2000 and 2009 across a range of social, environmental, and technical topics. Tobias (2012) Biofuels: Network Analysis of the Literature Reveals Key Environmental and Economic Unknowns. We also examined geographic trends. —Ridley et al.

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Industrial Industry Global Climate Change 239

Green Car Congress

JULY 1, 2015

Bar chart of 2000 to 2013 GHG emissions by category as defined in the Scoping Plan. The decline leveled off from 2009 to 2011 and increased by 2% in 2012, due in part to the closure of the San Onofre Nuclear Generating Station and a drop in hydropower generation. million metric tons in emissions compared with 2012.

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Electric Auto Association

MAY 3, 2021

We were especially excited about the 4-wheelers because they’re used on farms all over the state and the gas vehicles are very noisy and air polluting.” “I This has been especially true since he took delivery on his first Tesla in 2012. “I I’m still trying to keep farmers excited about it.” “In

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% ºC in 2050, as compared to 2000 temperatures.

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the US Department of Transportation (DOT) formally unveiled their joint proposal to set stronger fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards for Model Year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light trucks. for averaging, banking, and trading of credits established in the MY 2012-2016 program.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

The US electrical power industry alone “is influenced by a variety of decision-makers, including over 200 investor-owned utilities, 10 federal power authorities, over 2000 publicly-owned utilities, about 900 rural electric cooperatives, seven RTOs [ Regional Transmission Organizations ], 48 state regulatory bodies [e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. The cap-and-trade program will begin regulating emissions in January 2012.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

It will appear in Europe next year as the Opel Ampera and in Australia as the Holden Volt in 2012. The mines in Canada where the nickel & cadmium are mined is one of the most polluted places on Earth. Whats more, the General promises the Volt will be the foundation for a slew of cars to be sold worldwide.

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