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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%

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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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Business Aviation Coalition releases new sustainable aviation fuel guide; CAAFI new member

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The Coalition also reported that it has a new member: the Commercial Aviation Alternative Fuels Initiative ( CAAFI ). CAAFI, a coalition of airlines, aircraft and engine manufacturers, energy producers, researchers, international participants and US government agencies, has been working on SAF in 2006.

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California ARB releases proposed Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation; 100% ZEB purchasing by 2029

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Under California’s current Transit Fleet Rule, public transit agencies operating urban bus fleets were required to select either a diesel bus path or an alternative-fuel bus path and comply with retrofit, fuel purchase, fleet average, and reporting requirements.

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California Air Resources Board readopts Low Carbon Fuel Standard, adopts regulation on alternative diesel fuels

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The program requires that transportation fuels used in California meet a baseline target for carbon intensity which is reduced each year. The Board also adopted a regulation governing alternative diesel fuels ( ADF ). The LCFS applies to liquid and non-liquid fuels. Alternative Diesel Fuels. 95.61 [ 1 ].

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Honda adding 120 EV chargers to Torrance Campus; 50kW DC fast charger adjacent to campus

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In an effort to increase the use of alternative fuel vehicles by its associates for daily commuting, and to prepare for a new generation of plug-in vehicles set to arrive by 2018, Honda is adding 120 new electric vehicle (EV) chargers on the Torrance, CA headquarter campus of American Honda Motor Co.,

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Big Blue Bus investing $18.2M to upgrade bus fleet; Cummins-Westport Near-Zero NOx engines

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million in Federal Transit Administration (FTA) and California Proposition 1B Bond funds to replace fifty 40-foot New Flyer buses purchased between 2004 and 2006. In 2016, Big Blue Bus committed to obtaining a 100% electric, zero carbon fleet by 2030. In 2017, Gillig and Cummins announced a collaboration on electrified powertrains.

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Researchers say fuel market rebound effect can result in increased GHG emissions under RFS2; suggest taxes over mandates

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However, argues a team from the University of Minnesota in an open-access paper published in the journal Energy Policy , once the “fuel market rebound effect” is factored in, RFS2 actually increases GHG emissions when all fuel GHG intensity targets specified under the act are met. —Hill et al. 2016.07.035.

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