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APRIL 16, 2015

Additionally, relatively cool winter conditions led to an increase in fuels for the residential and commercial sectors for heating. By sector, power plants were the largest source of emissions, accounting for 31% of total US greenhouse gas pollution. Climate Change Emissions' Transportation sector GHG emissions 1990-2013.

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MAY 10, 2011

Up to 77% of the world’s energy supply could be met by six key renewables by mid-century under the most optimistic scenario if backed by the right enabling public policies, according to a new report by more than 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Source: SRREN. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 13, 2011

The study also found that shows that water use for algae cultivation is much less if algae are grown in the US regions that have the sunniest and most humid climates: the Gulf Coast, the Southeastern Seaboard and the Great Lakes. imported in 2008 for transportation fuels, and it could be grown on land roughly the size of South Carolina.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2009

The ocean absorbs CO 2 from the atmosphere at a rate of more than 20 million tons per day, thus removing one-fourth of the anthropogenic CO 2 emitted to the atmosphere each year and reducing the climate-change impacts of this greenhouse gas. However, when CO 2 dissolves in seawater, it forms carbonic acid. 2007; Tyrrell et al.,

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Green Car Congress

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.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2009

The project began in early 2008 and will conclude later this year. The gas is first cooled to condense and remove moisture and residual pollutants before it enters the CO 2 absorber. Alstom has committed to have a commercial offering for a carbon capture technology available by 2015. Testing at the pilot facility, using a 1.7-megawatt

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OCTOBER 8, 2019

California will meet its 2030 climate targets more than three decades late, in 2061, and could be more than 100 years late in meeting its 2050 target if the average rate of emissions reductions from the past year hold steady, according to a new study tracking more than a decade of environmental and economic indicators in the state.

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Green Car Congress

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. Test compatibility of tools in commercial scheduler/optimizers to enable supply, storage and load adjustments on a microgrid.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 29, 2010

The design of the California cap-and-trade program allows linkage with programs established by partner jurisdictions in the Western Climate Initiative (WCI) to create a regional market system. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuels Policy. The program is expected to reduce GHG emissions between 18 and 27 MMTCO 2 e in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

We have to discover and produce cleaner, renewable sources of energy with less of the carbon pollution that threatens our climate. Obama was delivering a speech on energy policy at Georgetown University. We have to find ways to boost our efficiency so that we use less oil. And we have to do it quickly. —President Obama.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2020

This year’s Index finds that 2018 greenhouse gas emissions—the latest year for which data are available—rose overall for the first time since 2012, driven in part by increases in the power and commercial sectors. lower than 2008 and 2003, respectively. Noel Perry, businessman and founder of Next 10. lower and 8.3%

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

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. What steps must California now take to meet the state’s climate goals beyond 2020? Recommended transportation actions beyond 2020.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2009

Tom Cackette, Chief Deputy Executive Office of the California Air Resources Board, spent the bulk of his talk during the opening panel discussing the response to climate change, which he called “ the defining environmental challenge of this century. smog and particulates. We heard a little bit from Tom Cackette yesterday about LEV III.I

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2018

The next stage is to extend the energy supply concept to include fuel cells—which are characterized by high efficiency and pollution-free operation. If commercial shipping is to meet the IMO target, and seriously take on the challenge that the climate change poses, large sections of it has to convert to much more sustainable solutions.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2018

As of 2 February 2018, polluting heavy diesel vehicles were no longer allowed in downtown Haifa. The creation of a low-emission zone (LEZ) is part of a larger plan to reduce air pollution from transportation in Haifa. In the second stage, to begin in early 2019, all diesel fuel vehicles (including vans and commercial vehicles under 3.5

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JUNE 7, 2013

At an event in Sacramento, California, Volvo Trucks announced that it will commercialize dimethyl ether (DME)-powered heavy-duty commercial vehicles in North America, with limited production beginning in 2015. Oberon Fuels is the first company to announce plans to commercialize DME fuel production in North America. Earlier post.)

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The statute, amended by Assembly Bill 109 (Núñez, Chapter 313, Statutes of 2008), authorizes the Energy Commission to develop and deploy alternative and renewable fuels and advanced transportation technologies to help achieve the state's climate change policies. Each of the commercial refineries could create an additional 20 jobs.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Electric car supporters are rising to defend General Motors’ development of the Chevy Volt after the Obama Administration’s automotive task force proclaimed that the car was probably too expensive to be commercially successful in the near future. Supporters of the car say that’s shortsighted. — Scott 18. Staff Tom Zeller Jr.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. This is from "Commercializing Plug-In Hybrids" (pdf), the current CalCars 24-slide presentation about PHEVs available along with other documents at CalCars Downloads. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Batteries not ready.

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Baua Electric

MAY 5, 2024

How the Inflation Reduction Act helps American health, economy & manufacturing The Inflation Reduction Act included hundreds of billions of dollars of climate spending, much of which was allocated to EV tax credits, both for personal and commercial vehicles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 16, 2009

That’s the verdict on policies to tackle climate change according to a survey by the Public Policy Institute of California. It found that in a year with a worsening recession, residents’ support for urgent action on climate change has slipped. They are still important - just not necessarily as important as they used to be.

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Oceans, already expanding from warmth and melting glaciers, would rise, increasing coastal flooding; a chain reaction of climate changes is projected to lead to harsher, more widespread droughts and more powerful storms. Lomborg estimates that for every dollar spent, the world will avoid only about two cents of climate damage.

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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.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ive found it facinating how car commercials changed the main MPG number they promoted before gas went over $4 a gallon as city miles. The mines in Canada where the nickel & cadmium are mined is one of the most polluted places on Earth. It is 12 years later. The management at GM are liars. Now all you hear is highway miles.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 14, 2009

But in a year that has seen both a worsening recession and state budget crisis, residents’ support for urgent action on climate change has slipped and a partisan divide on the issue has widened. Support has declined 7 points from July 2008 (73%) and 12 points from 2007 (78%). Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of PPIC.

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Plug in America

AUGUST 12, 2022

Bush back in 2008. In 2008, the Tesla Roadster was the only commercially available EV! Commercial Vehicles: Medium and heavy-duty trucks are a big source of smog and GHG pollution. As you can see, there is a lot of good in this bill and it is a dramatic step forward for EVs and the climate. Well, here it is.

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