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Taxing the Distance

Energy Institute at HAAS

But something’s changed. These cleaner cars use the same roads, highways and bridges as their internal combustion engine counterparts. His fields of expertise are environmental and energy economics, with a specific focus on the impacts and regulation of climate change and air pollution. This is the pickle.

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California Air Resources Board adopts GHG cap-and-trade program; first auctions slated for Aug/Nov 2012

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The regulation becomes effective 1 January 2012; first auctions (for 2013 allowances) will be held in August and November, 2012. When the nation addresses the growing danger of climate change, as I believe it must and will, California’s climate plan will serve as the model for a national program. business-as-usual.

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IEA: carbon intensity of global energy supply has barely changed in last 20 years; “window of opportunity in transport”

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to hold warming to 2 °C as outlined in the IEA Energy Technology Perspectives 2012 (ETP) 2 °C Scenario (2DS). The global energy supply became 6% cleaner from 1971 to 1990,in response to the oil shocks of the 1970s. Since 1990, however, the ESCII (2010 = 100) has remained essentially static, changing by less than 1%.

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California Adopts Cooler Cars Regulation

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The California Air Resources Board adopted a regulation that will require new cars sold in California starting in 2012 to have windows that reflect or absorb heat-producing rays from the sun. The scoping plan for AB32, California’s climate change legislation, originally had proposed a cool cars measure based on reflective paints.

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Hydrogen Fuel Cell Buses entering service in London; planned fleet of 8

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This is set to expand to 300 and, from 2012, will be joined by the Mayor’s New Bus for London, which will be 40% less polluting than a traditional diesel bus. London initially pioneered hydrogen buses in the UK when it took part in the Cleaner Urban Transport for Europe (CUTE) trial from December 2003 to January 2007.

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California ARB greenlights states GHG cap-and-trade program

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The cap-and-trade program also works in concert with other measures, such as standards for cleaner vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable electricity and energy efficiency, and complements and supports California’s existing efforts to reduce smog-forming and toxic air pollutants.

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UK and China launch 3-year, £20M low carbon innovation program

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The collaborative efforts have included a number of calls: In 2008-2009, the initial UK-China energy calls were launched, in partnership with MoST; topics included renewable energy technologies and cleaner fossil fuels; In 2009, RCUK funded four innovation-focused projects through the RCUK Science Bridges initiative. million (US$9.4