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Mayor of London expanding Ultra Low Emission Zone London-wide; new £110M scrappage scheme

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Vehicles must meet strict emission standards to drive in the ULEZ area: Euro 4 for gasoline cars and vans (widely available since 2006). Successful scrappage applicants will receive a grant to scrap or—for the first time—retrofit their vehicle for certain vans and minibuses. Source: Transport for London. daily charge.

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California ARB staff holding public workshop to discuss preliminary recommendations for $100M in Prop 1B funding to reduce freight emissions

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The $1-billion Proposition 1B Goods Movement Emission Reduction Program, approved by California voters in 2006, is a partnership between ARB and local agencies (such as air districts and seaports) to quickly reduce air pollution emissions and health risk from freight movement along California’s trade corridors.

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California ARB Awarding $200M to Reduce Diesel Emissions from Trucks, Locomotives, Harborcraft

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The Los Angeles/Inland Empire, Central Valley, Bay Area and San Diego/Border regions received the funds from the Proposition 1B, approved by voters in 2006. Previous Proposition 1B funds in 2008 provided $246 million to local agencies putting more than 5,000 cleaner trucks on the state’s roads. million for harbor craft projects.

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California ARB Report Finds Fine Particle Air Pollution Responsible for 9,000 Premature Deaths in State Each Year; Based on US EPA Peer-Reviewed Study

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In 2006, voters approved Proposition 1B, a $1-billion bond initiative to transition to cleaner technologies and clean up emissions from school buses, heavy-duty trucks and diesel equipment.

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EPA Approves On-Road Testing for Hydrous Ethanol Blends

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has granted a testing exemption to Renergie, Inc. Renergie was formed in 2006 for the original purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a network of ten ethanol plants in the parishes of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. Earlier post.).

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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The other goal, of course, is the system’s ultimate purpose: to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by channeling funds into cleaner technologies. One is to operate successfully as a market, with a steady supply of carbon offsets and varying prices to ensure that profits can be made. Mr. Donovan is CEO of Renergie, Inc. Renergie”).

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Moreover, while an eventual treaty would be likely to include a cap-and-trade system, under which the world’s bigger polluters would buy allowances from cleaner corporations or utilities, it is unclear how—or even if—it would work. Vonortas (2006), “Determinants of Technology Licensing”, Managerial and Decision Economics , 27 (4), pp.