article thumbnail

Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

Green Car Congress

Toyota established the annual program in 2000 in commemoration of Toyota’s receipt of the Global 500 Award in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); this year marks the program’s 18 th year. Joint biodiversity conservation activities with cocoa farmers in Ghana. Car Free Day Japan. Biodiversity Conservation.

Grant 150
article thumbnail

EPA report to Congress finds a strong scientific and technical foundation for mitigating black carbon emissions

Green Car Congress

Based on recent emissions inventories (2000 for global and 2005 for the United States), the majority of global BC emissions come from Asia, Latin America, and Africa. Reducing current emissions of BC may help slow the near-term rate of climate change, particularly in regions such as the Arctic. Earlier post.).

Congress 252