Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 23, 2017
Annual methanol consumption in China, 2000-16. About two-thirds of China’s methanol feedstock is produced from coal and the remainder from coking gas (a by-product of steel production) and natural gas. Source: EIA and Argus Media group, China Methanol to Energy Study , January 2017. Click to enlarge. Background.
Green Car Congress
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. Researchers classified the diseases into 214 disease groups. To estimate daily PM 2.5
Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2014
For the first time since UCS began the Automaker Rankings report in 2000, all eight major automakers reduced their average greenhouse gas (GHG) and smog-forming emissions compared to their fleet averages from 1998, the model year examined in the first report. Climate Change Coal Emissions Fuel Efficiency' Source: UCS. Click to enlarge.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 17, 2009
World production of fossil fuels—oil, coal, and natural gas—increased 2.9% With four times the population and a vast demand for economic development to raise standards of living, developing countries will see energy use rise further. Coal has led the growth in fossil fuel production. in 2008 to reach 27.4 in 2008 to reach 7.6
Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 3, 2014
Between 2000 and 2012, these included mandating the closure of many polluting sources, auditing companies that produced large amounts of toxic and hazardous materials, setting pollutant emissions standards, and promoting energy efficiency and pollution reduction. Particulate matter is released by coal-burning plants and other sources.
Green Car Congress
JULY 3, 2017
Only four countries have energy-efficiency standards for heavy trucks, compared with some 40 countries with passenger-vehicle standards. Road freight vehicles alone accounted for about 80% of the global net increase in diesel demand since 2000, and make up about half of global diesel demand today.
Green Car Congress
AUGUST 22, 2014
Other results include: a 66% reduction in benzene; a nearly 60% reduction in mercury from man-made sources such as coal-fired power plants; an 84% decrease of lead in outdoor air; the removal of an estimated 1.5 It consists of four key components: Source-specific and sector-based standards. National-level air toxics assessments.
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