Green Car Congress

JANUARY 24, 2019

The SEAS is the world’s first desert ecosystem designed to produce fuel and food in saltwater. Deep decarbonization of energy-intensive industries has a ripple effect on food security and climate action. —Dr Thani bin Ahmed Al Zeyoudi, Minister of Climate Change and Environment.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 16, 2009

The dispute has contributed to a significant split among the primary bloc of developing countries, and has highlighted an increased focus on climate adaptation strategies, in addition to emissions reductions, during the talks. ºF) above pre-industrial temperatures.

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Cars That Think

JULY 14, 2022

This spurred Julie Angus to cofound the startup Open Ocean Robotics to design, build, and operate oceangoing uncrewed surface vehicle (USV) drones. The company designs and builds the drone’s hull, deck, and circuit boards. She is the company’s CEO. They can travel for months at a time collecting ocean and environmental data.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 23, 2009

The lighter shading shows the range for the 68% cumulative probability interval for climate sensitivity from the literature (2.0–4.9 Credit: Nature Reports CLimate Change. In a new paper in Nature Reports Climate Change , Steffen Kallbekken, Nathan Rive, Glen P. Nature Reports Climate Change doi: 10.1038/climate.2009.121.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2010

The AP1000 is a 1,117 to 1,154 MWe pressurized water reactor (PWR) nuclear power plant that is an extension of the older AP600 design. (It To meet our growing energy needs and prevent the worst consequences of climate change, we need to increase our supply of nuclear power and today’s announcement helps to move us down that path.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The proposed targets, required under SB 375 (2008, Steinberg), are designed to help coordinate land use and transportation planning. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Land use Policy. Earlier post.). increasing the number of people who take public transit.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2014

This will need to be supported by a modern and coherent infrastructure design and smarter pricing of infrastructure usage. All Member States will contribute to the overall EU reduction in 2030 with the targets spanning from 0% to -40% compared to 2005. —Ilkka Räsänen, Neste Oil’s Director, Public Affairs. 40% target.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. compared to 2005 levels.). designates an existing national laboratory as a nuclear waste reprocessing Center of Excellence.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The European Commission has sent a formal communication [ 1 ] to the European Council and European Parliament, laying out the Commission’s recommendations to Council and Parliament on positions that the European Union should take during international climate change negotiations later this year in Copenhagen. first time. [

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 28, 2012

This project will develop quantitative data on the combustion properties of current and emerging biodiesel fuels in order optimize biodiesel fuel performance in engine design and encourage broader use. Engineering the right fuel for sustainable transportation.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2015

The rules establish the first national standards to limit CO 2 emissions from fossil-fuel-fired power plants, with a target of a 32% reduction against a 2005 baseline by 2030. EPA said that in addition to its projected climate benefits, the CPP will result in the avoidance each year of : 1,500 to 3,600 premature deaths. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2011

Their invention impressed a panel of judges which included leading climate change expert Lord Oxburgh, UK Low Carbon Business Advisor Professor Julia King and Greenpeace Chief Scientist Doug Parr. Shell Springboard provides a financial boost to innovative, low-carbon business ideas from across the UK and was piloted in 2005.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2009

In the paper, he estimates biofuel emissions missed by a fossil-based cap as ranging from 89–177 TgCO 2 -equivalent in 2020, or roughly 5%–9% of a baseline level of 1,985 TgCO 2 e for US transportation sector direct CO 2 emissions in 2005. Note that even in 2005, 183–208 TgCO 2 e would have been missed under a cap set at the 2005 level.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2009

Geologic carbon sequestration is expected to play an important future role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and combating climate change. As part of these activities, numerous geomechanical and geochemical tests designed to evaluate the performance of the reservoir and containment rocks will be performed.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2009

The main focus was the further refinement of the Energy Efficiency Design Index (EEDI) for new ships, on the basis of experience gained through its trial application over the past six months. Shipping emissions could double or even triple by 2050 under Business as Usual scenarios according to the IMO analysis. “

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2011

Up to 77% of the world’s energy supply could be met by six key renewables by mid-century under the most optimistic scenario if backed by the right enabling public policies, according to a new report by more than 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2010

Vinay Patwardhan, the company’s director of group planning and development and a merchant ship captain, noted that the design and method of operation of large diesel engines is virtually unchanged from 100 years ago. Gundersen (2005) Transient Plasma Ignition. Combustion efficiency is only about 50 percent. Kenneth Koo. 2007.907901.

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Mariner Diesel Emissions Engine 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

Average fuel economy and new vehicles registrations, 2005 and 2008. Compared with 2005 levels, the potential for improving the fuel economy of all vehicle types within the 2030 time frame ranges from 30% to 50%. Source: Technology roadmap. Click to enlarge. This gap can be up to 20% and must be reduced to minimize actual fuel use.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2010

The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) is responsible for licensing, exploration and regulation of oil and gas developments on the UKCS. An explosion and resulting fire destroyed it on 6 July 1988, killing 167 men. Total insured loss was $3.4 More details can be found here. Resources.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2009

The ATP retort has lower water requirements than previous surface retort designs, and can also utilize fine particles, thus reducing shale waste. The temperature of retorting is a design characteristic, Brandt notes, with higher temperatures resulting in shorter retort residence times and somewhat higher oil output. Credit: ACS.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 25, 2009

The truth is we’re not exactly sure why this technology reduces drag but with the pressure of climate change we can’t afford to wait around to find out. If successful this technology could also have a major impact on the aerodynamic design and fuel consumptions of cars, boats and trains. The research, part of a three-year £1.1-million

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The Exxon/Mobil refinery in Torrance and the Chevron refinery in El Segundo are both located in the South Bay and are each a big part of the carbon-based economy that causes the majority of climate change - although you’ll never get either of these corporations to admit this truth or take responsibility for it.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2012

The latest GFEI research suggests that fuel economy in new light duty vehicles around the world improved between 2005 and 2008 from around 8.1 The Initiative’s new workplan for 2013-15 lays out the challenges which still remain on fuel economy, and outlines the Initiative’s planned response to those challenges.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2009

The net result in 2050 is a less than 1 percent increase from 2005 in GHG emissions from transportation, as the US population grows and travel increases. Such reductions would, however, involve considerable changes to current transportation systems and operations, travel behavior, land use patterns, and public policy and regulations.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2012

Based on available data, EPA believes that nearly all (95%) of the NGCC units built recently (since 2005) would meet the standard. According to the EPA, new natural gas combined cycle (NGCC) power plant units should be able to meet the proposed standard without add?on on controls.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2012

A climate mitigation policy that focuses on CO 2 emissions supports an increase in the fraction of diesel cars because passenger cars equipped with diesel engines emit on average 15% less CO 2 per kilometer than vehicles with gasoline engines with a similar power output.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Modification of EPACT 2005 Title XVII to create Section 1705.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Member states of the International Civil Aviation Organization (ICAO) adopted a resolution at its 37 th General Assembly on Friday to reduce the impact of aviation CO 2 emissions on climate change. Our commitment to cut emissions in half by 2050 compared to 2005 remains the global benchmark.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2010

The proposed greenhouse gas reduction targets are designed to help to produce sustainable strategies for growth and development for cities and regions over the next twenty-five years. The report is the first major milestone in implementation of SB 375, a law designed to improve how cities and counties plan for growth and development.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

And what’s working for the Greenius and Mrs. Greenius will work for the rest of America, even the little brain people who aren’t sure if climate change is man-made or not and probably even the Stepford brainwashed pod people who think Al Gore is a bad man. Here’s Something I Bet You Didn’t Know.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2011

The widely held belief that you need to cut mobility to fight climate change is simply not true. Facilitating walking and cycling should become an integral part of urban mobility and infrastructure design. Transport 2050 is a roadmap for a competitive transport sector that increases mobility and cuts emissions.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Audi Volkswagen-owned company exploring PHEVs Metroproject Quattro Sub-compact PHEV Concept Car shown October 2007; PHEV of A1 Sportback under consideration Bright Automotive For-profit spin off from Rocky Mountain Institute designing lightweight PHEVs, successor to RMIs 1990s "Hypercar" concept. See our frequent comments at our news archive.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 22, 2009

That’s why my Raise the Roof plan is designed to rapidly accelerate the installation of residential roof top solar by emulating the barn raisings of our ancestors, with neighbors helping neighbors get the jobs done, community by community.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Take for instance the grossly-oversized wheels: a more aerodynamic design would use smaller ones, to minimize turbulence around the opening. How will the pressures of climate change, limited fossil fuel resources and the mainstreaming of "green" consciousness reshape society? It’s called aerodynamics. Follow the money.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

This “Total Transportation System&# is designed to keep America running when the OPEC countries start admitting empty wells, a certainty the date of which is a CIA secret, determined from space technologies ahead of OPEC themselves! She is an avid runner and hiker, having grown up camping most summers in the Sierra Nevada.

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