Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released its proposed Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) regulation ( earlier post ) and a Draft Environmental Analysis (Draft EA) for public comment. CARB will conduct a public hearing on 27 September in Sacramento to consider the proposed ICT Regulation.

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MAY 10, 2018

It was originally developed to support a return to 1990 levels of climate-changing gases by 2020, as required by AB 32, the 2006 landmark climate bill. They were required to make up for their shortfall by purchasing credits from clean fuel providers. million metric tons of climate-changing gases. That equals an over-compliance of 9.8

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Today we feature a 2006 BMW M5 that looks fairly clean. It has the seven-speed SMG transmission, is all original, and has never been wrecked. There are 86,500 miles on it. The clutch, flywheel, and slave cylinder have recently been replaced. The ad copy doesn't say much more so feast your eyes on some photos.

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OCTOBER 16, 2014

Under the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) National Clean Diesel Rebate program, public and private school bus fleet owners are eligible to apply for funding to replace school buses that have older, dirtier Diesel engines. Since 2008, the DERA program has funded mor than 500 clean diesel projects across the country.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 16, 2011

Data collected during a major 2010 state-federal atmospheric research project show that the first-in-the-nation regulation requiring ocean-going vessels to use clean fuel when near the California coast has been extremely effective in reducing sulfur dioxide pollution from ships, according to the California Air Resources Board (ARB).

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The Truth About Cars

OCTOBER 19, 2023

Today's UCOTD is a mostly clean-looking 2006 Acura RSX Type S that's based here in the Chicago area -- snap it up before I do. Oh, and the title is clean. The mileage is over 154K and the ask is $8,500. It looks to be in decent shape, though with obvious wear and tear, in the photos.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 31, 2013

Emergency response efforts are focused on ensuring the safety of the community members and the response workers, addressing community concerns and the clean-up process. The air quality does not likely present a human health risk, with the exception of the high pooling areas, where clean-up crews are working with safety equipment.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 3, 2024

Sometimes we share clean used cars that would make solid daily drivers. Today's 2006 Volvo XC90 is the latter case. And sometimes we share something that needs work but could be had cheap. Yes, I know XC90s aren't uncommon -- and usually, when I share something that needs a lot of work, it's a rarity.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2013

The reasons cited for air quality improvements include bigger ships carrying cargo more efficiently; newer ships with cleaner engines; the 1 Jan 2012 deadline for full implementation of the Clean Trucks Program; increasing use of shore power; and a new low-sulfur fuel rule for ships that started in August 2012.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2012

Microalgae production is one of Petrobras’ priority research projects, not just because of the yield potential, but also because the microalgae are active both in CO 2 capture and cleaning up water. Since 2006, Petrobras has invested more than R$3 billion (US$1.6 —Petrobras Biocombustível CEO, Miguel Rossetto.

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DECEMBER 12, 2020

They promote competitive sustainability and are necessary for green transport, clean energy and to achieve climate neutrality by 2050. Since 2006, batteries and waste batteries have been regulated at EU level under the Batteries Directive (2006/66/EC). Background.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has tentaively scheduled the first Advanced Clean Transit Advisory Committee meeting for 29 January 2016 in Sacramento. Transit agencies that chose to follow the diesel path option were required to demonstrate zero-emission buses, with 15% of new buses purchased to be zero-emission beginning in 2008.

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OCTOBER 27, 2014

The adjustment in EIA’s estimate of the average energy content per gallon of motor gasoline reflects changes in response to 1990 Clean Air Act (CAA) regulations that split the US gasoline market into three segments: conventional, oxygenated, and reformulated. Source: US Energy Information Administration, Monthly Energy Review.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2012

The first panel will examine how California can effectively invest the auction funds to meet the goals of Assembly Bill 32 (AB 32) including support of long-term, transformative efforts to improve public health and develop a clean energy economy. The Global Warming Solutions Act of 2006 (Chapter 488, Statutes of.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2010

Bosch’s analysis of Polk data shows the average percentage of registrations for cars with clean diesel engines were: Audi A3 TDI: 20%. Lars Ullrich, director of diesel systems marketing for Robert Bosch LLC, noted that car buyers chose clean diesel vehicles at higher rates than most market watchers expected. Polk & Co.,

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MAY 9, 2015

for upcoming workshops on the development of the Advanced Clean Transit (ACT) regulation. ARB staff Staff is evaluating four potential broad elements to the Advanced Clean Transit regulation: Require Zero Emission Bus Purchases. This work will be completed as part of development of the Advanced Clean Transit regulatory proposal.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2010

The Electric Vehicle Program is also part of our Open Ontario plan—one that will keep Ontario ahead of the curve in consumer choice and the use of clean, renewable energy”. Kathleen Wynne. The government envisions having one out of every 20 vehicles (5%) driven in Ontario to be electrically powered by 2020.

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OCTOBER 3, 2012

Both deployments were supported in part by grants from the US Department of Energy’s Clean Cities program. and has been working closely with manufacturers to develop and test HHV technology since 2006. The HHVs in Baltimore will be deployed immediately while the vehicles in Atlanta will be introduced before the end of 2012.

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NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The governing boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach unanimously approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update , ushering in a new era of aggressive clean air strategies for moving cargo through the nation’s busiest container port complex.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 2, 2011

The Clean Air Act (CAA) requires EPA to set National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS) for wide-spread pollutants from numerous and diverse sources considered harmful to public health and the environment. The Clean Air Act established two types of national air quality standards. National Ambient Air Quality Standards (NAAQS).

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JUNE 28, 2012

The Chongqing Fast Charge Technology is an important piece of Microvast’s innovative CCT (Clean City Transit) Solution. Founded in 2006, Microvast, Inc. Our technology, evaluated and demonstrated over the last year in six prototype buses, is now ready for commercial operation in Chongqing. HT eBus Power Systems Co.,

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Saying that “ investment-grade climate change and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climate change.

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JUNE 2, 2010

Today is another milestone for clean diesel and clean air, as our nation’s farm tractors and construction machines will now have access to cleaner ultra-low sulfur diesel fuel. Since 2006, ULSD has been available nationwide and is a key part of the new generation of clean diesel commercial heavy-duty trucks and clean diesel cars.

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APRIL 14, 2010

Founded in 2006, General Compression, Inc. has made patent-pending advancements in the fields of isothermal compression and expansion to provide utility-scale storage for clean electricity sources such as wind and solar. General Compression raised more than $17 million in Series A financing in 2010.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2019

billion gallons of petroleum diesel have been displaced by clean, low-carbon alternatives. CARB developed the program to help support a return to 1990 levels of climate-changing gases by 2020, as required by AB 32, the 2006 landmark climate bill. To date almost 3.3 California reached that overall goal in 2016.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2012

Synthetic diesel is a sustainable, ultra-clean burning, high-cetane fuel that reduces carbon emissions up to 70 percent and significantly reduces particulates and NO x when combusted in existing diesel engines. In February, Dynamic Fuels, LLC, a 50/50 venture of Tyson Foods, Inc. —Doug Haugh, president of Mansfield Oil Company.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

in a year while not experiencing an economic downturn since California passed AB 32 in 2006. This sector represents an increased area of opportunity due to the Advanced Clean Trucks standard that was adopted by the Air Resources Board in July 2020, which will increase the sale of zero-emission trucks in coming years. lower and 8.3%

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APRIL 2, 2012

The Clean Air Act and EPA regulations require that manufacturers of gasoline and diesel fuels and fuel additives produced and commercially distributed for use in highway motor vehicles must register their gasoline and diesel fuels and fuel additives with EPA. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 25, 2019

Currently, the Valley is designated non-attainment for the following federal health-based standards for PM 2.5 : the 1997 24-hour (65 micrograms per cubic meter) and annual (15 ug/m 3 ) standards, and the 2006 24-hour (35 ug/m 3 ) and 2012 annual (12 ug/m 3 ) standards. The 2020 deadline is for both 1997 standards.).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2011

EPA’s 21 Jan decision raised the amount of ethanol permitted in gasoline used by cars and light trucks for model years 2001-2006 from 10 percent (E10) to 15 percent (E15). The lawsuit follows an ongoing legal challenge by the same organizations of EPA’s 13 Oct 2010 decision to allow the use of E15 in vehicles model year 2007 and newer.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2013

kWh—approximately 2–4 times current retail costs—for emission-free alternatives to fossil fuel electricity due to the cost of health impacts from fossil fuel electricity, according to a new analysis by a pair of researchers at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Energy and Climate Change Office, Region 9.

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MAY 10, 2012

However, as required by the Clean Air Act, automobile manufacturers began installing onboard refueling vapor recovery (ORVR) technologies in 1998, making gas stations’ systems increasingly redundant. Since 2006, all new automobiles and light trucks (pickups, vans and SUVs) are equipped with ORVR systems.

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DECEMBER 4, 2009

Sainsbury’s was an early adopter of Tanfield’s commercial electric vehicle technology and has used electric vans in its online shopping delivery fleet since 2006. We are absolutely committed to using zero emission vehicles where possible as they help keep inner city air clean.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2013

Maryland Governor Martin O’Malley released the state’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Act Plan with the goal of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions 25% by 2020 from a 2006 baseline. Key programs in the plan include: Maryland Clean Cars Program: This program directly regulates carbon dioxide emissions from motor vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Existing law exempts certain clean, alternative-fuel vehicles from these occupancy requirements, so that a vehicle with a sole occupant may use an HOV lane—if the vehicle displays a Clean Air Vehicle sticker. The state has implemented three clean air vehicle HOV sticker programs in recent years: White HOV stickers.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2012

The federal Clean Air Act requires the EPA every five years to review and, if warranted by advances in public health science, revise the national air quality standards for common air pollutants, including soot. EPA last revised the standards in 2006.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2010

Researchers from the Department of Energy’s Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL), the National Energy Technology Laboratory (NETL) and the Chinese Academy of Sciences (CAS) have formed the Clean Energy Partnership to accelerate the development and deployment of coal conversion, emissions capture and carbon storage technologies.

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