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California Governor announces $120M settlement with NRG will fund electric car charging stations across California; new Executive Order to accelerate commercialization of ZEVs

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MARCH 23, 2012

stemming from claims reaching back to Dynegy and the California energy crisis in 2000 and 2001) that will mostly be applied to fund the construction of a statewide network of plug-in vehicle charging stations, including at least 200 public fast-charging stations and another 10,000 plug-in units at 1,000 locations across the state.

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California Commercial Charging San Diego

GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

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APRIL 4, 2011

A newly released GE study — Flare Gas Reduction: Recent Global Trends and Policy Considerations —estimates that 5% of the world’s natural gas production is wasted by burning or “flaring” unused gas each year, despite some progress on the flaring issue. It will help slow global warming while also saving scarce natural resources.

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Waste Gas Equatorial Guinea Gas-Electric

DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

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DECEMBER 20, 2013

In 2012, nearly 80% of total investment in the global fuel cell industry was made in US companies. This report was written and compiled by Sandra Curtin and Jennifer Gangi of Fuel Cells 2000, an activity of Breakthrough Technologies Institute in Washington, DC. For example, San Diego has installed 2.4

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Hydrogen Market Fuel 2012

Genomatica Develops Bio-manufacturing Process for Methyl Ethyl Ketone; Potential Product for Struggling Corn Ethanol Plants

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FEBRUARY 25, 2009

a sustainable chemical company, have developed a bio-manufacturing process for methyl ethyl ketone (MEK), a commonly used industrial solvent with a global market currently valued at more than $2 billion. Genomatica was founded in 2000 by research scientists from the University of California at San Diego.

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Manufacturer San Diego Production 2008

Reducing Black Carbon Emissions and Ground-Level Ozone Would Provide Immediate Benefit Against Climate Change

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AUGUST 21, 2009

The piece was co-authored by Scripps Institution of Oceanography at UC San Diego climate and atmospheric scientist V. A recent study reported that ozone’s damage to crop yields in 2000 resulted in an economic loss of $14-26 billion annually. Besides a danger to breathe, ozone lowers crop yields.

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Climate Change Ozone Climate Carbon

FedEx Converts 92 Delivery Trucks to Hybrids, Expanding Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50%

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JULY 21, 2009

The standard FedEx trucks used in the retrofit program were 2000 or 2001 models with 300,000 to 500,000 miles driven. The 92 retrofitted hybrid vehicles will be placed into service in California, primarily in the Los Angeles, San Diego and San Francisco metropolitan areas.

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Convert Fleet Hybrid Eaton

Nissan reveals Frontier Diesel Runner with 2.8L Cummins turbo diesel; leveraging ATLAS engine program

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FEBRUARY 6, 2014

By January 2013, the new ATLAS engine was delivering 350 ft-lb (475 N·m) at 2000 rpm and 210 hp (157 kW) at 3200-3600 rpm. The Frontier Diesel Runner Powered by Cummins was designed by Nissan Design America in San Diego, CA in conjunction with Nissan Global Design Center in Atsugi, Japan.

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Diesel Nissan Engine San Diego

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

ºF) above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, and that global GHG emissions would have to peak around 2020 and then sharply decline by 50% to 85% by the year 2050. AR4 also affirmed that warming would have to be held to no more than 2 ºC to 2.4 ºF) increase. Earlier post.)

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions

Achates OPGCI project targeting 50% fuel efficiency gains over downsized GDI engine at reduced cost

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DECEMBER 17, 2015

Dan Hancock, president, DMH Strategic Consulting, retired vice president, GM Powertrain Global Engineering, past president of SAE International, and a member of Achates’ Industry Advisory Board. Brake specific fuel consumption (BSFC) of 267 g/kWh was measured at the 2000 rpm-2bar BMEP global test point. Maximum BMEP of 20.3

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Downsizing Engine Fuel Gasoline

Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

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JUNE 22, 2009

According to the IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change) Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), global CO 2 concentration in the atmosphere should be stabilized below 450 ppm, Nissan noted. During FY2007 and FY2008, per-unit CO2 emission from all the Nissan plants was globally reduced by 10% (compared to 2005 level). Raleigh, N.C.

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Nissan 2010 CO2 Green

PPIC Survey Finds Californianss Support for Policies to Curb Warming Slips With Economy and Budget Crisis; Partisan Split Widens

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AUGUST 14, 2009

Solid majorities of Californians favor state policies to curb global warming, according to a survey by the Public Policy Institute of California (PPIC) with support from The William and Flora Hewlett Foundation. And one in three Republicans (34%) say global warming will never happen, an increase of 10 points since last year (24%).

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Economy Los Angeles Climate Change 2008

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California Governor announces $120M settlement with NRG will fund electric car charging stations across California; new Executive Order to accelerate commercialization of ZEVs

GE study finds 5% of worlds natural gas production wasted per year by flaring

DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

Genomatica Develops Bio-manufacturing Process for Methyl Ethyl Ketone; Potential Product for Struggling Corn Ethanol Plants

Reducing Black Carbon Emissions and Ground-Level Ozone Would Provide Immediate Benefit Against Climate Change

FedEx Converts 92 Delivery Trucks to Hybrids, Expanding Hybrid-Electric Fleet by 50%

Nissan reveals Frontier Diesel Runner with 2.8L Cummins turbo diesel; leveraging ATLAS engine program

Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

Achates OPGCI project targeting 50% fuel efficiency gains over downsized GDI engine at reduced cost

Nissan Updates on Nissan Green Program 2010; New Vehicle CO2 Needs to Be Reduced 90% by 2050

PPIC Survey Finds Californianss Support for Policies to Curb Warming Slips With Economy and Budget Crisis; Partisan Split Widens

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