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California Air Resources Board Pushes for Restoration of DOE Funding for Hydrogen Fuel Cell Vehicles; Tackles the Four Miracles

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Fuel cell system durability has improved and costs have been reduced through R&D, the ARB staff noted. In volume production, FCVs are expected to be cost competitive with other advanced vehicles, and are approaching the cost of advanced hybrid system even with current designs and high costs of materials. Source: DOE.

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European Fuel Cells and Hydrogen Joint Undertaking Issues €89.1M Call for Proposals for 2010

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The JU publishes annual calls for proposals (from 2008-2013), on the basis of which funding is granted for research, technological development and demonstration projects. Tags: Europe Fuel Cells Hydrogen Hydrogen Production Hydrogen Storage Infrastructure Policy. million (US$110 million). Earlier post.).

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California ARB Seeks Further Reductions of Diesel Emissions at State Rail Yards

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In response to a Board directive in April 2008, ARB staff developed a plan to further reduce emissions from locomotives and railyards. Total cost of those five measures is estimated to be $3.9 Union Pacific operates in 23 states west of Chicago, while BNSF Railway is present in 28. Tags: Emissions Policy Rail.

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EPA and NHTSA Issue Notice of Intent to Develop New Greenhouse Gas and Fuel Economy Standards for Light-Duty Vehicle Model Years 2017-2025; Proposal Expected by 30 Sep 2011

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The technology pathways are intended to show the different cost impacts of achieving different levels of stringency, if the industry were to place more or less emphasis on hybrids, plug-in hybrids, and electric vehicles as compared to advanced gasoline technologies and vehicle mass reduction. vehicles and mass reduction. up to 6% per year.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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as compared to 1990 emissions, to be achieved between 2008 and 2012. Swedish Environment Minister Anders Carlgren, whose country currently holds the rotating European Union presidency, echoed Hedegaard’s position, telling Reuters “ in the end, an agreement in Copenhagen will depend on an American number.

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Devil In The Details: Is Copenhagens 2 ºC Guardrail Obsolete?

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The Council of European Ministers adopted the limit as policy on behalf of the European Union in 1996, and the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) subsequently employed the limit as context in its Third Assessment Report (TAR), published in 2001. [ Yale Printing and Publishing Services, 2008. [ BBC, 10 December 2009. [

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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is hoping to launch the Volt in late 2010 with a price tag of about $40,000. GMs management (and the Unions) for decades acted with total impunity and absolute arrogance towards the consumer and real world economics. Galbraith joined The New York Times in June 2008 to write about renewable energy. The group pointed to a B.C.G.

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