Green Car Congress

APRIL 2, 2009

The on-road transportation (ORT) and power generation (PG) sectors are major contributors to CO 2 emissions and a host of short-lived radiatively-active air pollutants, including tropospheric ozone and fine aerosol particles, that exert complex influences on global climate. database) from another global inventory for the year 1996.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2017

Unlike other studies of GHG benefits, which relied on forecasts of future ethanol production systems and expected impacts on the farm sector, this study reviewed how the industry and farm sectors performed over the past decade to assess the current GHG profile of corn-based ethanol. Source: USDA. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2009

The change in runoff inferred from streamflow records worldwide between 1948 and 2004, with bluish colors indicating more streamflow and reddish colors less. Graphic courtesy Journal of Climate, modified by UCAR.) The results will be published 15 May in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Climate. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 9, 2009

By comparison, meeting Japan’s standards for 2004-2015 requires a 1.9% annual increase to 2015; and meeting China’s 2004-2009 target requires a 5.3% Ford recognizes the need for a comprehensive approach to the reduction of greenhouse gas emissions to address climate change concerns. annual increase. Sue Cischke.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2009

Until now, the saturation of the carbon sink in the Southern Ocean has not been correctly simulated by the climate models used. The results revealed that, between 1987 and 2004, around 2.3 This is the first time that the impact of the ozone hole on the oceanic carbon cycle has been simulated in a global climate model.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2018

Beaten on cost by wind and PV for bulk electricity generation, and batteries and gas for flexibility, the future electricity system will reorganize around cheap renewables—coal gets squeezed out. Coal’s share in primary energy in 2017 fell to 27.6%, the lowest since 2004. Coal emerges as the biggest loser in the long run.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2009

They caution that its negative socio-economic impacts can only be avoided by limiting future atmospheric CO 2 levels. The report from the symposium summarizes the state of the science and priorities for future research, while the Monaco Declaration implores political leaders to launch urgent actions to limit the source of the problem.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2012

Black carbon is a key short-lived climate change forcer ( earlier post ) and motor vehicles are important sources of BC in the environment. 2004) A technology-based global inventory of black and organic carbon emissions from combustion. An earlier global BC emission inventory by Bond et al. Streets, D. Yarber, K. Nelson, S. Klimont, Z.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

Low emission, low temperature engine concepts of the future operate in regimes where combustion is poorly understood. Fuel sprays set the initial conditions for combustion in essentially all future transportation engines, the workshop noted. Wagner and Pannala. Click to enlarge. PreSICE report. Click to enlarge. Fuel spray processes.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

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. Vehicle technology.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2010

This project, carried out by a consortium led by AEA Technology and supported by Millbrook and Ricardo, was commissioned by DfT to provide evidence of the CO 2 outcomes from the current use of vans, reflecting varying operational and technological factors, and the potential for future emissions reductions. tonnes, and are described as vans.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2009

What we found is an astonishing volume of present and projected future greenhouse emissions due to the conversion of biocarbon to carbon dioxide and methane. megatonnes of CO 2 eq in 2004, 35.8 Tags: Climate Change Emissions Lifecycle analysis Oil sands. megatonnes. The bituminous sands industry reported emissions of 28.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

Emission reductions produced by the project are verified by an approved third party and registered with the Climate Action Reserve (Project ID CAR102 ). TCF acquired the 23,780-acre tract in 2004 for $18 million ($10 million California Coastal Conservancy, $3.5 Garcia River Forest. million The Nature Conservancy, $2.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

In September 2004 the California Air Resources Board (ARB) passed regulations to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) from new passenger vehicles starting in 2009. California is preserving its right to establish more stringent standards in the future. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2009

The research project was undertaken by researchers working at Euromed Management School Marseille, Queen’s University Belfast and IZT—Institute for Futures Studies and Technology Assessment in Berlin. Economic crisis, energy crisis, climate crisis and recent global developments have affected the automobile industry like few other sectors.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

A 2006 study by Wahr and Velicogna using the GRACE satellite indicated that Greenland lost roughly 684 cubic kilometers (164 cubic miles) of ice from April 2004 to April 2006—more than the volume of water in Lake Erie.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 12, 2009

This method of maintaining temperatures is equally suited for all kinds of vehicles and in all climate zones, although it is somewhat more effective at low temperatures. The original TEG development was a stand-alone underfloor solution developed since 2004 also as part of a project promoted by the US Department of Energy.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

While everyone agrees that Barack Obama has made a huge difference in the future of renewables, attendees were worried about the cap and trade provisions of the 2009 Energy Bill. billion in 2004 to $117 billion 2007 with the first three quarters of 2008 averaging 29% higher than 2007. Will climate legislation provide funds? ”.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2015

In 2011, Volvo announced it would build its own technological future based on two in-house developed strategies: a scalable vehicle architecture (SPA); and a new engine range consisting solely of four-cylinder gasoline and diesel engines (Volvo Engine Architecture, VEA4). The XC90 was the Nº 1 selling European luxury SUV in 2004.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

nk City Electric car www.thinkelectric.org Documentary about electric cars, hybrids, hydrogen and the future of transportation. Romm, 2004 "Out of Gas, The End of the Age of Oil", by David Goodstein, 2004 "Hubbert's Peak: The Impending World Oil Shortage", by Kenneth S. htm Advocates of the Th! htm Advocates of the Th!nk

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2015

The study can inform future efforts to model aircraft emissions changes as the aviation fleet gradually begins to transition toward low-aromatic, low-sulfur alternative jet fuels from bio-based or Fischer–Tropsch production pathways. Understanding these impacts is important for assessing the effects of aviation on air quality and climate.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2009

World-wide “peak oil” production is expected to occur from 2010 to 2025+ (by some experts estimate that we have already reached peak production since 2004). Future research will focus on determining the proposed reaction mechanism and corroborating the hypotheses. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuels. Dorner et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

In the US there is uncertainty over the future of the US Production Tax Credit for wind, but costs are now so low that the sector is more insulated than in the past. Global investment in renewable power and fuels (excluding large hydro-electric projects) was $270.2 billion set in 2011.

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JANUARY 24, 2011

In the fall of 2010, California accepted compliance with these federal GHG standards as meeting similar state standards as adopted in 2004, resulting in the first coordinated national program. The three agencies completed an interim technology assessment and have since funded additional research critical to future rulemaking.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2011

An Atmospheric River originating over the central Pacific on 16 February 2004. The project also resulted in the first physics-based coastal storm modeling system for analyzing severe storm impacts (predicting wave height and coastal erosion) under present-day scenarios and under various climate-change and sea-level-rise scenarios.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi presented a range of its ongoing work on electromobility and efficiency—from fuels and systems to full vehicles—under the “Future Performance Days 2015” banner. This gives Audi the flexibility to respond swiftly to future requirements in the marketplace. On the full vehicle side, Audi put forward the Audi Q7 e-tron 3.0

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Until then, we also recommend you look at the FAQ at the Climate Progress Blog and the FAQ by Hybrids-Plus , an after-market converter of hybrid cars, for answers to many questions! Power and Associates 2004 report ]. At the moment, only 2004-2007 Priuses , and to a limited extent, the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrids.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Several dozen prototypes on 15-passenger van since 2004; now in second generation development; no production plans. Volkswagen CEO says "Future belongs to electric cars," has gained German government support for development. Its not in todays Prius and we wouldnt expect that in the future. Expects production around 2014.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 5, 2009

Our relationship started about a month ago when we spent an evening together carpooling to a UCLA workshop on communication climate change that we both participated in. Public Policy Conference on Clean Air - 2004. Earth - Environment - Economic - Election - 2004. Climate Change: The State of Current Knowledge - 2005.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. But starting to raise immediate finance is more important than determining its exact future size.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

But in a year that has seen both a worsening recession and state budget crisis, residents’ support for urgent action on climate change has slipped and a partisan divide on the issue has widened. But in the current economic climate their support has dropped a notch. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Market Background Policy.

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