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California Dump Truck Owners Association sues ARB to overturn Truck Bus emissions rule

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2011

The California Dump Truck Owners Association (CDTOA) is suing the California Air Resources Board (ARB), challenging the legality of ARB’s Truck and Bus Regulation. In 2008, ARB adopted the Statewide Truck and Bus rule, which came into effect on 1 January 2011. Earlier post.). The lawsuit, California Dump Truck Owners Association v.

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Ricardo study predicts that BRIC automotive markets will be eclipsed by the “Rising-15”

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SEPTEMBER 5, 2013

Priced below 100 million Indonesian rupiah (US$9,000), the car will be attainable for up-and-coming customers who strive to realize new car ownership, Nissan said. The impending maturity and repeated hiccups in growth of the BRIC economies in the latter part of the current decade have been predicted by many industry observers.

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U-M study finds current CAFE standards create profit incentive for larger vehicles

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DECEMBER 7, 2011

The current vehicle footprint-based Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards create a financial incentive for automakers to increase vehicle size, except under certain limited conditions of consumer preference for vehicle size, according to a study by University of Michigan researchers Kate Whitefoot and Steven Skerlos. 10 11 –5.17×10

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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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. The government assisted the shift by giving sugar companies subsidized loans to build ethanol plants, as well as guaranteeing prices for their ethanol products. Donovan, CEO Renergie, Inc.

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Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

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OCTOBER 24, 2011

Investor support for climate action as expressed in such a statement has more than doubled since November 2008, when 150 investors with $9 trillion in assets under management first came together to urge government leaders to act on climate change. —2011 Global Investor Statement on Climate Change.

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Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

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MARCH 6, 2010

Another concern is whether the inclusion of offsets would send the appropriate price signal to encourage the development of long-term mitigation technologies. In an “economy-wide” cap-and-trade emissions program, energy sector emissions would likely be capped. Planting trees on previously non-forested land (i.e.,

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GM Files Voluntary Chapter 11; Agreements with US Treasury and Canada; New GM Expected in 60-90 Days

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JUNE 1, 2009

Reduce GM’s total number of assembly, powertrain and stamping facilities in the US from 47 in 2008 to 34 by the end of 2010 and 33 by 2012. The New GM will have a number of key vehicle launches in 2009 and 2010, including: Chevrolet Camaro, with highway fuel economy of up to 29 mpg. Earlier post.) viability plan submission.

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Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

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MARCH 22, 2010

One is to operate successfully as a market, with a steady supply of carbon offsets and varying prices to ensure that profits can be made. How Credit Derivatives Brought the US Economy to the Brink of a Second Great Depression , by Brian J. Offset Quality Initiative, Ensuring Offset Quality (July 2008), available at: [link].

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How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

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APRIL 21, 2009

At these prices, people are buying the "environmental feature" -- they want to be among the first owners of the worlds cleanest extended-range vehicles. The easiest conversions are for 2004-2008 Prius (not 2001-2003 Prius) and the Ford Escape/Mercury Mariner Hybrid. They are early adopters, buying "Version 1.0"

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Mercedes-Benz presents autonomous Future Truck 2025 research vehicle; “Highway Pilot”

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JULY 4, 2014

The sensor and camera technology is active throughout the speed range from standstill to the legally permitted maximum truck speed of 80 km/h. The “World Transport Reports” study conducted by the ProgTrans consulting company predicts that freight transport volumes in the EU will increase by approximately 20% between 2008 and 2025.

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Ethanol Groups File Suit Challenging Constitutionality of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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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. Reduced Methane Emissions from Decreased Enteric Fermentation.

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

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SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In a speech on Tuesday at the National Automobile Dealers Association meeting in Washington, US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler outlined the Trump Administration’s thinking on national fuel economy standards and California. Earlier post.). —Andrew Wheeler.

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

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APRIL 10, 2010

Cantwell said that cap-and-trade had been discredited by the Wall Street crisis, the Enron scandal and the rocky start to a carbon credits trading system in Europe that has been subject to dizzying price fluctuations and widespread fraud. Graham recently declared, “ Economy-wide cap-and-trade is dead. ” Senators Lindsey Graham (R-S.C.),

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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

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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California Dump Truck Owners Association sues ARB to overturn Truck Bus emissions rule

Ricardo study predicts that BRIC automotive markets will be eclipsed by the “Rising-15”

U-M study finds current CAFE standards create profit incentive for larger vehicles

Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

Group of 285 global investors with more than $20T in assets under management calls for urgent action on investment-grade climate change and energy policies; guidelines for governments

Perspective: The Role of Offsets in Climate Change Legislation

GM Files Voluntary Chapter 11; Agreements with US Treasury and Canada; New GM Expected in 60-90 Days

Perspective: The UN Approval Process for Carbon Offsets

How to Get a Plug-In Hybrid

Mercedes-Benz presents autonomous Future Truck 2025 research vehicle; “Highway Pilot”

Ethanol Groups File Suit Challenging Constitutionality of California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

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

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