2008, Cleaner, Manufacturer and Pollution

Study concludes environmental regulations drove steep declines in US factory pollution even with increased production

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AUGUST 10, 2018

The federal Clean Air Act and associated environmental regulations have driven steep declines in air pollution emissions over the past several decades, even as US manufacturers increased production, according to a study by two University of California, Berkeley, economists. —Joseph Shapiro, co-author.

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Pollution Production Los Angeles 2008

Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Auto manufacturing capacity continues to grow, and annual output could reach the 100 million mark by 2016. Automobiles are major contributors to air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions. trillion pkm in 2008. China consolidated its lead, manufacturing 17.3 million EVs and a fleet of 3.5

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Global Auto Production Hybrid

Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

Fuel properties affect a number of combustion and engine properties, including ignition delay; knocking tendency; flame speeds; pollutant emissions; sooting tendency and particle size distributions; and density, viscosity and heating value. The components can be combined to model a large variety of new or existing fuel blends.

Fuel

Fuel Design Engine Emissions

Calif. ARB releases GHG scoping plan update; more ZEVs, “LEV IV”, MD and HD regulations; ZEV for trucks; more LCFS

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The update identifies eight key sectors for ongoing action: Energy; Transportation, fuels, land use and infrastructure; Agriculture; Water; Waste management; Natural lands; Short-Lived Climate Pollutants (such as methane and black carbon); and Green Buildings. Transportation. Transportation, Land Use, and Housing.

Transportation

Transportation Emissions California Ozone

Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 15, 2009

The report found that strict new emissions laws are having a strong effect on the availability of cleaner cars, but wealth, motoring taxes, fuel prices and consumer attitudes, which vary wildly from country to country across Europe, have much more of an effect on how clean a car is chosen.&#. League table results: Ranking 2008.

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CARB hits Bombardier with $783K fine for selling uncertified ATVs; $196K to clean up diesel school buses

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OCTOBER 26, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that Bombardier, a Canada-based company that designs, manufactures and sells recreational vehicles, power sports engines and other motorized equipment, has been fined $783,000 for importing and delivering illegal vehicles in violation of state law.

Clean

Clean Cleaning Pollution Diesel

Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

The largest one-year emissions drop California has ever achieved was at the height of the Great Recession in 2009, when climate pollution fell 6.1%. On the horizon is the Advanced Clean Fleet standard that is set to be voted on by CARB in late 2021, which will set standards for fleet electrification to align with the manufacturing targets.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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MARCH 22, 2010

The measurement of reductions is relatively straightforward, based on readings from meters installed at regulated power stations and manufacturing facilities. The other goal, of course, is the system’s ultimate purpose: to reduce greenhouse-gas emissions by channeling funds into cleaner technologies. CONCLUSION.

Carbon

Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions

Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

Plugs and Cars

OCTOBER 27, 2007

Cold starts mean more pollution. The catalytic converter that keeps the ICE from being a gross polluter in conventional cars and hybrids however, isn't kept warm by the continual embrace of an ever-churning engine in a hybrid with all-electric range. Thus the PHEV test drive for journalists. But they need to manage expectations.

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Plug-in Plug Prius Highlander

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Warranty: In performing some of these modifications you may void your warranty with the vehicles manufacturer. They use cheap, clean, and domestic electricity for short trips and daily commutes, displacing or eliminating oil consumption and CO2 pollution. PHEV - These vehicles combine the advantages of both HEV and EV vehicles.

PHEV

PHEV Prius Gasoline-Electric Plug-in

EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

Wheeler adduced four reasons to support that argument: price, safety, environmental impact and incentivizing the purchase of new, cleaner, safer cars. For Model Year 2016 (the most recent data available), domestic passenger vehicle manufacturers paid more than $77 million dollars for noncompliance with DOT’s CAFE standards.

Fuel Economy

Fuel Economy Standards California EPA

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. The first auction for allowances was held on September 25, 2008.

Gas

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

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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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Renergie was formed for the initial purpose of raising capital to develop, construct, own and operate a decentralized network of ten modular-designed small advanced biofuel manufacturing facilities (SABMFs) in the parishes of the State of Louisiana which were devastated by hurricanes Katrina and Rita. ]. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions

Bill aims to boost natural gas vehicles

Green Cars News

JULY 11, 2009

Speaking at a Press conference Menendez highlighted the problems of 2008 as an indicator of the problems that wild fluctuations in oil prices can cause, as well as the obvious problems that pollutants from dirty fuels cause for the environment.

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Study concludes environmental regulations drove steep declines in US factory pollution even with increased production

Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

Reaction Design introduces model fuel library resulting from work of Model Fuels Consortium

Calif. ARB releases GHG scoping plan update; more ZEVs, “LEV IV”, MD and HD regulations; ZEV for trucks; more LCFS

Carmakers are going green but British motorists are not

CARB hits Bombardier with $783K fine for selling uncertified ATVs; $196K to clean up diesel school buses

Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

Soot and Spin: Two Plug-in Paradoxes

Main Page - EAA-PHEV

EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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

Bill aims to boost natural gas vehicles

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