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California ARB Seeks Further Reductions of Diesel Emissions at State Rail Yards

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Source: Staff presentation. Implementation dates would be staggered to coincide with the development and commercial production of these advanced technologies. Union Pacific operates in 23 states west of Chicago, while BNSF Railway is present in 28. NO x helps create ground-level ozone, or smog. ARB Staff Presentation.

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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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In 2014, Volkswagen of America announced that starting with the launch of the zero-tailpipe emissions battery-electric 2015 e-Golf ( earlier post ), it would invest in projects to offset the carbon emissions created from the e-Golf on a full lifecycle basis: production, distribution and up to approximately 36,000 miles (57,936 km) of driving.

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The government assisted the shift by giving sugar companies subsidized loans to build ethanol plants, as well as guaranteeing prices for their ethanol products. Both production and consumption of ethanol were basically flat for much of the mid-1980s to the mid-1990s. 40 CFR § 80.27 Pursuant to 40 CFR § 80.27(a)(2):

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Abt life-cycle analysis of different Li-ion chemistries for PHEVs and EVs identifies opportunities for improving environmental profile of batteries

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Generic process flow diagram for lithium-ion batteries for vehicles (color coded to present LCI data sources). 1 Primary energy consumed during the materials processing, component, and product manufacture was combined to protect proprietary data submitted by manufacturer. Source: “Application of LCA to Nanoscale Technology”.

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