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Ford cuts manufacturing energy use 22% in 6 years; targeting additional 25% Drop by 2016

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The company also announced plans to reduce usage another 25% on a per-vehicle basis by 2016. Ford has reduced the amount of energy required to produce each vehicle in its manufacturing facilities by 22% in the last six years.

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Study projects global carbon footprint from ICT will be equivalent to half of transportation’s current level by 2040

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in 2007 to exceed 14% of the 2016-level worldwide GHGE by 2040, accounting for more than half of the current relative contribution of the whole transportation sector, according to a new study from McMaster University in Canada. 2017.12.239.

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Pike Research projects alternative fuel buses to represent 50% of total transit bus deliveries by 2015

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Transit bus deliveries by fuel type, world markets: 2010-2016. compound annual growth rate (CAGR) between 2010 and 2016 and hybrid transit buses growing by 19.8% Pike forecasts that worldwide deliveries of hybrid buses will nearly triple from 5,514 vehicles in 2010 to 16,328 units in 2016. Click to enlarge.

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California Air Resources Board readopts Low Carbon Fuel Standard, adopts regulation on alternative diesel fuels

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The regulation puts in place a three-step process beginning in 2016 to create a path to bring cleaner diesel substitutes into the market. The average carbon intensity requirements for years 2016 to 2020 reflect reductions from revised base year (2010) CI values for CaRFG (98.47). [ Diesel and Diesel Substitutes.

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Port of Los Angeles surpasses 2023 pollution reduction targets five years ahead of schedule; NOx down 60% from 2005

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This is why cleaner technology and increased efficiency matter. The more cargo we move, the more CO 2 emissions we generate, and greater the need to switch to cleaner low-carbon based equipment, while continuing to optimize port operations. Greenhouse gases come from burning fuel. Fewer ship calls also led to fewer harbor craft trips.

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Berkeley study finds clean vehicle rebates have predominantly benefited wealthy, white Californians

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Researchers Dana Rubin and Evelyne St-Louis, two recent graduates of the University of California, Berkeley’s master’s program in city and regional planning, analyzed 98,901 rebates issued to Californians buying or leasing low-emission vehicles from the inception of the Clean Vehicle Rebate Project in 2010 through March 2015.

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ARB adopts changes to California’s Truck and Bus Regulation; additional time for small fleets

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The Regulation was amended in 2010 to provide economic relief to truckers affected by the recession, particularly small fleets, by delaying the first compliance requirements by one year and extending the time the truck could be operated before needing to be replaced. 2014, and that nearly all trucks have them installed by 1 Jan.

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