Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2009

The request was subsequently denied in December 2007. EPA also found that the California program meets legal requirements regarding the protectiveness of public health and welfare as well as technological feasibility. The CAFE program established by the EISA 2007 legislation specified a minimum 35 mpg in 2020.

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NOVEMBER 21, 2014

Production of renewable fuels has been growing rapidly in recent years, while at the same time, advances in vehicle fuel economy and other economic factors have pushed gasoline consumption far lower than what was expected when Congress passed the Renewable Fuel Standard in 2007. In the meantime, AFPM will seek legal intervention.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 5, 2014

The consumption scenarios are technically achievable but do not reflect significant barriers such as cost, regulation, legality, and consumer acceptance. Primary technical concerns with using intermediate-level blends of ethanol in the vehicle fleet include: Fuel economy. Source: ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) filed a legal challenge to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) with the US District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division. 594, the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA) §§ 201 et seq., 109-58, 119 Stat. 110-140, 121 Stat.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Developed countries would reach agreement with emerging economies such as Brazil, China, and India as to whether or not emerging economies should set emissions reduction targets. All agreements would be legally binding, and would be subject to independent verification. The relative valuation of potential emissions offsets (e.g.

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JUNE 1, 2009

This rate is substantially below the 15 to 17 million annual vehicle sales rates recorded from 1995 through 2007. GM also reaffirmed its commitment to improve the fuel efficiency of its vehicle fleet, meet or exceed new federal fuel economy and emissions regulations, and push ahead with advanced propulsion technology. The Chevy Volt.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

However, the slow pace of negotiations spurred UNFCCC delegates to publish a “roadmap to Copenhagen” in December 2007 at the 13 th Congress in Bali, in an effort to accelerate the progress of those negotiations. “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2009

The oil price shocks of the 1970s led the Brazilian government to address the strain high prices were placing on its fragile economy. Current Legal Requirement for Use of Anhydrous Ethanol in the United States. Previous assumptions held that ethanol’s lower energy content directly correlates with lower fuel economy for automobiles.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Harnessing Farms and Forests in the Low-Carbon Economy: How to Create, Measure, and Verify Greenhouse Gas Offsets, by Zack Willey and Bill Chameides, Nicholas Institute for Environmental Policy Solutions, 2007. How Credit Derivatives Brought the US Economy to the Brink of a Second Great Depression , by Brian J. REFERENCES.

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APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also directs the President to work with the relevant Federal agencies and California to harmonize, to the maximum extent possible, the federal fuel economy standards, any emission standards promulgated by EPA, and the California standards for light-duty vehicles. Transportation Efficiency. light duty vehicles—e.g.,

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

reforestation); Limiting deforestation by purchasing forested property and preserving the forests with legal and enforcement mechanisms; Setting aside croplands from agricultural production to rebuild carbon in the soil and vegetation; and. In an “economy-wide” cap-and-trade emissions program, energy sector emissions would likely be capped.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2019

The Index notes that the 2018 wildfires in California produced an estimated nine times more emissions than were reduced across the entire state’s economy the year prior, with wildfires contributing more than the commercial, residential or agriculture sectors did in 2017. From 2007 to 2017, emissions from landfills have increased by 1.0%

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

EPA, under the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 (EISA), is responsible for revising and implementing regulations to ensure that transportation fuel sold in the United States contains a minimum volume of renewable fuel. President Obama. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). Policy support – All departments and agencies.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

As for warranties , there is legal precedent that original auto warranties cannot be voided completely by modifications — only the part(s) affected by retrofit will have their warranties affected. CalCars converted Priuses into a PRIUS+ at the 2006 and 2007 Maker Faire s. See Conversions to Electrify Worlds 900+ Million Cars.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 3, 2009

Consider this fair and legal warning, world’s largest and most polluting oil company - I’m giving you 10 years to pack up and hit the road. I’m thinking he likes our carbon-based economy just the way it is. How about a new, green direction for our economy and city affairs? Greenius Rules.

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JULY 19, 2012

Very broadly, they found that an LCFS would buffer the economy against global oil price spikes, trim demand for petroleum, and lessen upward pressure on gas prices. The most conspicuous example of an overlapping policy, according to the report, is the national Renewable Fuel Standard, most recently updated in 2007 (RFS2).

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2009

In a statement describing their action, the two groups said: The LCFS contradicts the sound judgment of Congress when it passed the 2007 Energy Independence Security Act and singled out the importance of domestic ethanol for our nation’s environment, energy security, and economy.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The GridWise smart-grid trial in the Seattle area in 2007 found that consumers lowered their energy use by 10 percent and utilities were able to shave their peak demand by 15 percent. The high cost of fuel this past year seriously damaged our economy and society. After a brief reprieve gas is inching back up. per barrel. Video Web 2.0

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Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

Federal emissions and fuel economy regulations have been instrumental in encouraging (or coercing) automakers to produce EVs, and to make their legacy vehicles cleaner. Charged : The body of federal and state air pollution regulations encompasses both emissions and fuel economy standards, and generates an astounding number of acronyms.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

China and India recently announced plans to reduce the carbon intensity, or the amount of carbon-dioxide emissions per unit of gross domestic product, of their economies over the next decade. The Chinese can promise to do this because they’re modernizing their economy. The situation is the same for India.

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Electric Auto Association

MARCH 27, 2021

EPA legal prospects looking up The EPA’s authority to regulate greenhouse gases from vehicles is already on a solid legal footing. In 2007, the U.S. This comprehensive deal led to the enactment of the Obama Administration’s corporate average fuel economy standards.

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