Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2013

Variable valve timing is desirable for demonstrated improvements in fuel-efficiency, torque, and emissions; however, LaunchPoint says, currently available variable valve timing mechanisms are either too costly or far less effective and robust than desired. Valves of this type can be applied to a wide variety of internal combustion engines.

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Engine 2001 Design Emissions 236

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 20, 2009

has agreed to spend more than $161 million on pollution controls, enhanced maintenance and monitoring, and improved internal management practices to resolve Clean Air Act violations at its Texas City, Texas refinery. BP Products North America Inc. The company will also pay a $12 million civil penalty.

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Texas Ozone Diesel Parts 150

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

A team at the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has released a paper assessing technical barriers to the use of higher blends of ethanol. Tailpipe emissions of CO 2 from the combustion of ethanol and gasoline are similar on an energy basis—i.e., Effects on emissions. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Gasoline Exhaust Water Fuel 230

Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2009

RenDiesel, the renewable synthetic diesel to be produced at the facility, meets all applicable fuels standards, is compatible with existing engines and pipelines and burns cleanly, with emissions of particulates and other regulated pollutants significantly lower than the emissions from the combustion of CARB ultra-low sulfur diesel.

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California Power Powered Building 170

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%

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Climate Climate Change 2009 Emissions 236

Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

In 2001 she terminated our grass lawns and replaced them with drought tolerant plants because of her concerns for water use. So not only is climate change-driven drought cutting our fresh water supply, but the way we use water here also adds to our greenhouse gas emissions. org’s October 24 Day of International Climate Action.

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Climate Change Los Angeles Climate Water 170

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2014

Divergence of real-world CO 2 emissions from manufacturers’ type-approval CO 2 emissions for various on-road data sources, including an average estimate for private and company cars as well as all data sources. In total, these sources furnish fuel consumption and CO 2 emission data from more than half a million vehicles.

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Fuel Economy Europe Economy Fuel 327

Plug in America

DECEMBER 17, 2020

No pollution, well-to-wheels. “I haven’t paid for electricity for my house or my EV since 2001,” he says. The World Health Organization estimates that some seven million people die every year from polluted air. ” Those criteria pollutants matter a hell of a lot, too, as the WHO notes. Goodbye guilt.

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Gore Solar Al Gore Gas-Electric 80

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Heres our three-paragaph summary and a link to the first of several postings on the subject at CalCars-News : July 2007 EPRI-NRDC Definitive Study: PHEVs Will Reduce Emissions If Broadly Adopted The EPRI-NRDC studies finally give an environmental stamp of approval to PHEVs. Three more points: Both reports match up well with previous studies.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61