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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

Green Car Congress

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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Calif. ARB releases GHG scoping plan update; more ZEVs, “LEV IV”, MD and HD regulations; ZEV for trucks; more LCFS

Green Car Congress

The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings. —Draft Scoping Plan Update. Transportation, Land Use, and Housing.

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Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

Plugs and Cars

The automakers, including Toyota, that are not interested in rushing to market with plug-in cars never tired of suggesting that conventional gasoline-only hybrids are cleaner than plug-ins. UPDATE: Felix Kramer of Calcars informs me that the vacuum bottle is standard on 2004-2008 Prius.) To take one example, batteries.

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12 Days of Giveaways

My Energi

‘We’re dreaming of a Green Christmas’, so we are launching a seasonal campaign encouraging Lincolnshire residents to go green and shop local. Established in 2004, Forw4rd is located in Cleethorpes. The company’s ethos is a simple one – finding customers the right holiday at the right price.

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My Energi

‘We’re dreaming of a Green Christmas’, so we are launching a seasonal campaign encouraging Lincolnshire residents to go green and shop local. Established in 2004, Forw4rd is located in Cleethorpes. The company’s ethos is a simple one – finding customers the right holiday at the right price.

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Will CARB’s New Rules Damage EV Startups?

Revenge of the Electric Car

The company launched last month at Green Motors in Berkeley, California. Sherwood and Guzyk say that if the board adopts the new rules at its January 22 and 23 meeting, it likely will force them to shutter their business, which just had its grand opening last month at Green Motors on San Pablo Avenue. Photograph by Chris Duffey.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

Green Car Congress

Stronger protection reduces the risk of opportunistic behavior by the licensee (Merges, 1998; Arora and Merges, 2004) and reinforces the licensor’s bargaining power, which enables him to appropriate a larger share of the total surplus generated by the licensing deal. Obstacles to Licensing.