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Québec is the first Canadian partner to adopt its regulation, officially placing it on the starting line on 1 January 2012 next to California, which adopted its regulation on 20 October 2011. Québec joined the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) in April 2008. —California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary D.

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The proposal, set out by Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne, is in line with advice from the independent Committee on Climate Change and sets a fourth carbon budget of 1950 MtCO 2 e for the period; this level would represent a 50% reduction from 1990 levels. 2008 – 2012. Click to enlarge.

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At the 21 st UN Conference on Climate Change (COP21) in Paris this week, Nissan announced the development of a Vehicle-to-Grid (V2G) system which will allow drivers to operate as individual energy hubs with the ability to store, use or return electricity to the grid.

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JANUARY 16, 2012

Credit: Marston (2012), Photo credit: Daniel Stein/Istockphoto.com.Click to enlarge. Our results will have a significant impact on our understanding of the oxidizing capacity of the atmosphere and have wide ranging implications for pollution and climate change. —Marston (2012). Welz et al. Carl Percival. Welz et al.

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The collaborative efforts have included a number of calls: In 2008-2009, the initial UK-China energy calls were launched, in partnership with MoST; topics included renewable energy technologies and cleaner fossil fuels; In 2009, RCUK funded four innovation-focused projects through the RCUK Science Bridges initiative. million (US$9.4

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APRIL 16, 2012

From 2008 to 2009, CO 2 emissions from the transportation end-use sector declined 4%, due largely to decreased economic activity in 2009 and an associated decline in the demand for transportation. 2012 US Greenhouse Gas Inventory Report.

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The increase from 2012 to 2013 was due to an increase in the carbon intensity of fuels consumed to generate electricity due to an increase in coal consumption, with decreased natural gas consumption, according to the report. From 2012 to 2013, CO 2 emissions from the transportation end-use sector increased by 1.0 MMT in 2012.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The goal of 33% renewable electricity was also a major measure in the Scoping Plan, adopted by the Board in December 2008, toward fulfilling AB 32, the requirements of California’s climate change legislation.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% Climate Change And The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The UK government’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) approved the field development plan put forward by Statoil and its co-venturers for the Mariner heavy oil field. —UK Energy and Climate Change Secretary Edward Davey. Location of the Mariner field. Click to enlarge. equity in the Bressay field.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

This is an important step in the fight against climate change. footprint) and the number of vehicles it sells in the 2011 model year 2012 and later model years. The fleet average GHG emission standards would become progressively more stringent with each new model year from 2012-2016. Minister Prentice.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

Endesa has pledged to develop a sustainable transport policy based on the EV as a key element in combating climate change, a cornerstone of its Sustainability Strategic Plan 2008-2012.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have. reduction of greenhouse gas emissions by 2012 as a group, partly thanks to large emission reductions from economies in transition in the early nineties and more recent reductions due to the 2008-2009 recession, according to the report. Global CO 2. Source: JRC.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The proposed targets, required under SB 375 (2008, Steinberg), are designed to help coordinate land use and transportation planning. San Joaquin Valley (includes eight planning organizations): placeholder of 5% and 10%, to be revisited in 2012. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Land use Policy. Earlier post.).

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DECEMBER 15, 2009

overall from 2008 to 2035. CO 2 emissions from the transportation sector are projected to remain at 33% of the total in 2035, but increase from 1,925 million metric tons in 2008 to 2,115 in 2035. It does include the revised handling of fuel economy standards to reflect the proposal for light-duty vehicles in model years 2012-2016.

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JANUARY 14, 2010

Last year, the UK’s Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) published its Renewable Energy Strategy (RES) for 2010-2020. As of 2008, renewables represented approximately 2% of the UK’s energy mix.

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The gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine is one of the most prominent technologies car manufacturers adopted to achieve the fuel economy and carbon dioxide emission goals established in 2012 by the US Environmental Protection Agency. in model year 2008 to 51% in model year 2018. The EPA projects 93% of vehicles in the U.S.

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The survey was carried out between July and August 2012. 53% say climate change is the world’s biggest problem. These include: simTD (Safe Intelligent Mobility – Testfield Germany)—a joint research project supported by the German government that began in 2008. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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MAY 8, 2014

The 2014 database covers the period from 2008 to 2013, with the majority of values for the years 2011 and 2012. The 2011 version of the database contains data for 2010 or earlier, and the 2014 version for 2012 or earlier. year comparisons do not necessarily represent trends, in particular when changes are limited.

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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 per year, whereas to hit the 2030 target we need a more than 3% improvement per year from 2012. 2012 is therefore a very important year. litres of gasoline equivalent per 100km.

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MAY 30, 2012

This can be partially explained by the fact that there was a sharp 7.3% (or -365 million tonnes) decrease of emissions between 2008 and 2009. Among the greenhouse gases reported to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) accounted for the largest increase in emissions in 2010.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

The regulation will cover 360 businesses representing 600 facilities and is divided into two broad phases: an initial phase beginning in 2012 that will include all major industrial sources along with utilities; and, a second phase that starts in 2015 and brings in distributors of transportation fuels, natural gas and other fuels.

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These emissions were highest in 2007, prior to the recession, and have not returned to those levels, although they have increased since 2012. The natural gas share of electricity generation grew from approximately 11% in 1990 to 29% in 2012, and to 31% in 2015.

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JANUARY 18, 2012

UKH2Mobility will deliver its evaluation of the potential of hydrogen as a transport fuel by the end of 2012. The Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking (FCH-JU) is a public-private partnership established on 14 October 2008 until 2013.

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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. Fluorinated Gases.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Increases in carbon dioxide concentration along with global surface temperatures are showing a decline in agricultural yields due to climate change. [ 1 ] This along with melting glaciers and shifts in climate zones do not bode well for climate change stabilization without drastic efforts in greenhouse gas abatement.

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SLCPs may account for an estimated 40% of global warming, increasing the impacts of climate change. This aligns with the federal government’s current goal of reducing methane emissions from oil and gas operations by 40–45% below 2012 levels by 2025. —“Revised Proposed Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy”.

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From 1983 to 2012, Larson served as a general partner and technical advisor to the Woodside Fund , a venture-capital firm in Redwood City, Calif. China Green Energy Council in 2008. The nonprofit, based in Silicon Valley, promotes collaboration between the two countries to help develop technology to combat climate change.

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DECEMBER 6, 2017

Monitoring of CO 2 emissions from new vans started in 2012. decrease from 2012 levels. Oil consumption by the transport sector will need to fall by more than two-thirds to meet the objective of reducing consumption by 70% by 2050 compared with 2008 levels. In 2016, average emissions decreased by 1.5 g CO 2 /km, a 9.2%

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APRIL 27, 2012

Despite increasing awareness of climate change in that period, the rate of peat destruction was higher in this last 3 year period than ever before. which found that from 2008-2011 69% of palm oil conversion occurred at the expense of peat, even despite the introduction of a moratorium in 2011. Miettinen, J., Hooijer, A.,

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APRIL 10, 2009

A new study by the French institute Enerdata, commissioned by the European Federation for Transport & Environment (T&E), suggests that the European CO 2 standards for new vehicles due to come into effect in 2012 will lead not only to a European savings on oil (mainly via lower oil import volumes) but also to slightly lower global oil prices.

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California’s vehicle GHG standards—authorized by AB 1493 (Pavley) in 2002, first approved in 2004, and extended in 2012—are delivering fuel consumption and CO 2 reductions. As a result of ARB’s 2012 ZEV program and Governor Brown’s Executive Order B-16-12, California expects to have more than 1.5 Systems Efficiencies.

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DECEMBER 21, 2009

As also announced in the 2008 Budget, the 20 pence per liter (US$1.21 Tags: Climate Change Electric (Battery) Emissions Europe Fuels Policy. Other elements of the PBR to support lower-carbon transportation include: The PBR 2009 confirms that—as announced at Budget 2009—fuel duty will increase by one penny per liter (US$0.06

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FEBRUARY 26, 2010

That’s where government comes in.only the government can help influence [change] by having a price for carbon and technical incentives. ”. Mr. Immelt’s point is that the spike in oil prices to $147/barrel in 2008 is not enough on its own to get automakers to make electric vehicles.

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The Scoping Plan describes the comprehensive range of efforts California must take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and meet the state’s long-term goals to combat climate change. AB 32 requires the Scoping Plan to be updated every five years. Recommended transportation actions beyond 2020. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 10, 2013

During 2008, the CAISIO spent a total of $113 million to acquire ancillary services, the “fast-response” products that the system operator uses to respond to sudden changes in the output of variable generation. Earlier in 2012, the microgrid included: 30 MW natural gas cogen plant. MW of fuel cells in operation.

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Starting in 2012, the program will cover electricity generation, including imports, and large industrial sources and processes with annual GHG emissions at or above 25,000 MTCO 2 e. The initial cap level in 2012 will be set at the level of emissions expected in 2012 from sources covered at the start of the program.

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