Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2012

As from 21 June 2009 this also applied for all new vehicles having been type-approved in the past. Over the last several years, the automotive industry has been tracking to replace the mobile air conditioning (MAC) refrigerant R-134a, which has a global warming potential (GWP) of 1,430, with the lower-GWP refrigerant R-1234yf (GWP = 4).

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International 2009 Legal Climate 225

Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change. One question is who will be responsible for verifying changes in carbon, which raises questions about the role of a regulatory agency for accrediting claimed changes in carbon levels from an activity.

Carbon 255

Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions 255

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2009

Two ethanol trade groups—the Renewable Fuels Association (RFA) and Growth Energy—have filed a complaint in Federal District Court in Fresno, California, challenging the constitutionality of the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). The OAL ensures that agency regulations are clear, necessary, legally valid, and available to the public.

Carbon 225

Carbon California Standards Fuel 225

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2009

average annual improvement in fuel efficiency from 2009 to 2020; (2) carbon-neutral growth from 2020 and (3) a 50% absolute reduction in carbon emissions by 2050. In 2009 the carbon footprint of air transport is expected to shrink by 7%. ICAO must set binding carbon emissions standards on manufacturers for new aircraft.

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2020 Carbon Industrial Industry 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

Mercury (Hg)—the only metal that is liquid at standard conditions for temperature and pressure—is very volatile and highly toxic to humans and animals when inhaled or ingested. Mercury, which exists in various forms, remains a major global, regional and national challenge in terms of threats to human health and the environment.

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Mercury Emissions 2013 Global 262

Green Car Congress

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.).

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Fuel Economy Standards California EPA 170

Green Car Congress

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. Reductions in Emissions. C to 2 °C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244

Charged EVs

MAY 18, 2021

Under President Obama, the EPA set the first federal greenhouse gas standard for cars. The Trump administration attempted to throw this process into reverse by watering down the federal standards. California, at the same time, was moving to establish their own greenhouse gas standards. That’s where the CAFE standards originate.

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EPA Standards Emissions Obama 56

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. As Senators Graham, Kerry and Lieberman try to resuscitate the climate change bill by introducing a revised bill in mid-to-late April, twenty-three U.S. nationals and legal residents.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244