2015, Canada and Cleaner

Government of Canada investing C$2.75B to electrify transit systems across the country

Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2021

The Government of Canada plans to provide C$2.75 billion) in funding over five years, starting in 2021, to enhance public transit systems and switch them to cleaner electrical power, including supporting the purchase of zero-emission public transit and school buses. Since 2015, the Government of Canada has approved C$13.6

Canada

Canada Purchase Cleaner Emissions

Rio Tinto, China Baowu, Tsinghua U sign MOU to explore improving environmental performance across steel value chain

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

We want to make a difference to the iron and steel ecosystem by developing greener factories and enterprises to deliver a cleaner, more sustainable steel industry. In 2015, in support of the Paris Agreement, it committed to substantial long-term decarbonization by 2050. —China Baowu chairman, Chen Derong.

China

China Climate Change Carbon 2018

Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

The study, based on data from 2010 to 2015, estimates that 64% of these new cases of asthma occur in urban areas. Findings from the study: An estimated 4 million children developed asthma each year from 2010 to 2015 due to exposure to NO 2 pollution, which primarily comes motor vehicle exhaust. Achakulwisut et al.

Pollution

Pollution United Arab Emirates South Korea Las Vegas

Ipsos poll finds 64% of Canadians would consider buying or leasing fuel cell vehicle if available

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 11, 2015

Most (86%) “agree” (38% strongly/47% somewhat) that “ zero emissions vehicles are key to Canada reducing its carbon emissions ”, while 14% “disagree” (3% strongly/11% somewhat). The Ipsos poll was conducted between 27 May and 1 June 2015 on behalf of Hyundai. The credibility interval will be wider among subsets of the population.

Tucson

Tucson Available Buy Fuel

California ARB releases proposed new plan to cut 2030 GHG by 40% v. 1990; more stringent LCFS, more ZEVs

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2017

These include cleaner, more fuel-efficient cars and zero emission vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable energy, waste diversion from landfills, water conservation, improvements to energy efficiency in homes and businesses, and a Cap-and-Trade Program. Mobile Source Strategy (Cleaner Technology and Fuels Scenario).

California

California Cleaner Emissions Pollution

Port of Houston Authority, Maersk Line and EPA Demonstrate Fuel Switching in the Gulf of Mexico

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2009

In an effort to better protect our coastal and inland areas from ship air pollution, the United States and Canada have applied to the International Maritime Organization (IMO) to establish an Emission Control Area (ECA). percent sulfur marine fuels (fuel with sulfur content at or below 1,000 ppm) as of 2015. Earlier post.)

Houston

Houston Mexico EPA Fuel

Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Greater fuel efficiency, along with the use of cleaner fuels, can help mitigate these impacts, although increases in the numbers of cars and the distances driven threaten to overwhelm fuel economy advances. The United US, Canada, and Australia are making progress, but nonetheless continue to lag behind. million EVs and a fleet of 3.5

Global

Global Auto Production Hybrid

IMO Adopts Proposal to Designate Waters Off North American Coast As Emission Control Area

Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2010

Large ships that operate in ECAs must use dramatically cleaner fuel and technology, leading to major air quality and public health benefits that extend hundreds of miles inland. To achieve these reductions, tougher sulfur standards will phase in starting in 2012, ultimately reaching no more than 1,000 parts per million by 2015.

Water

Water Emissions Design Standards

New EVA officers for a new year

Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 2, 2022

She received her Model S P85D in February of 2015, and following her retirement later that year, embarked on her first of many cross country road trips including a 4 month, 16,000-mile journey. and Canada, inspiring other EVA members such as former president Rajean Fellows to follow her example.

San Diego

San Diego New Mexico Clean Cleaning

Volkswagen Group opts for LNG-fueled car carriers

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 6, 2016

These are used exclusively for the Volkswagen Group in a round trip scheme across the North Atlantic serving the markets of Canada, the USA, Mexico and Europe. Since the end of 2015, material from Turkey for the Autoeuropa plant in Portugal has been shipped from Izmir to Lisbon by sea.

Fuel

Fuel Mariner Cars North America

IMO selects DNV to investigate potential for LNG-fueled shipping in North American ECA

Green Car Congress

JUNE 19, 2013

Within ECAs, the sulfur content of fuel oil (expressed in terms of % m/m – that is, by weight) must be no more than 1.00% m/m; falling to 0.10% m/m on and after 1 January 2015. This compares to 3.50% m/m outside an ECA, falling to 0.50% m/m on and after 1 January 2020.

Fuel

Fuel Alternative Fuels Mariner Oil

Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2011

Meeting the goal of cutting US oil dependence depends largely on two things, Obama said: finding and producing more oil at home, and reducing dependence on oil with cleaner alternative fuels and greater efficiency. We have to find ways to boost our efficiency so that we use less oil. And we have to do it quickly. —President Obama.

Obama

Obama Oil Gas-Electric Purchase

Alberta moving ahead with major new oilsands refinery with carbon capture

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 17, 2011

These projects underline Alberta’s commitment to responsible, cleaner energy production. Four projects, including the ACTL supported through Alberta’s CCS program are expected to reduce GHG emissions by five-million tonnes per year beginning in 2015. —Premier Ed Stelmach.

Oil-Sands

Oil-Sands Carbon Oil 2009

Requiring Lower Sulfur Marine Fuels Could Reduce Emissions-Related Deaths by Up to 50% Annually By 2012

Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2009

S (1,000 ppm) by 2015 will be required within 200 nautical miles (nm) of coastal areas. The proposed rulemaking follows on a proposal last March by the United States and Canada to designate thousands of miles of the two countries’ coasts as an Emission Control Area (ECA). The global fuel sulfur cap will be reduced to 3.5% Earlier post.)

Mariner

Mariner 2012 Emissions Fuel

IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Under the central New Policies Scenario, automotive sales in non-OECD markets exceed those in the OECD by 2020, with the center of gravity of car manufacturing shifting to non-OECD countries before 2015. The largest increase in oil production comes from Iraq, followed by Saudi Arabia, Brazil, Kazakhstan and Canada.

Oil

Oil Transportation Cheap Fleet

Mazdas new SKYACTIV gasoline and diesel engines are steps on the road to its Ideal Engine; focus on compression ratio

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2011

Mazda hosted Green Car Congress at a SKYACTIV Technologies media workshop this week in Vancouver, Canada, at which engineering management explained the development philosophy, approach and results for the initial set of SKYACTIV technologies. This corresponds to a 23% reduction in fuel consumption and, therefore, CO 2 output.).

Mazda

Mazda Engine Gasoline Diesel

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The Wall Street Journal (article published on 4-30-2015) notes that home systems recently introduced by Solar City will be priced at $23,429 for a 5 kWh battery—nearly two thirds the cost of a Chevrolet Volt! The amount of electric fuel or energy used for this typical distance traveled in the US, Canada and China is less than 10 kWh.

PHEV

PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

EV Driven

Government of Canada investing C$2.75B to electrify transit systems across the country

Rio Tinto, China Baowu, Tsinghua U sign MOU to explore improving environmental performance across steel value chain

Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

Ipsos poll finds 64% of Canadians would consider buying or leasing fuel cell vehicle if available

California ARB releases proposed new plan to cut 2030 GHG by 40% v. 1990; more stringent LCFS, more ZEVs

Port of Houston Authority, Maersk Line and EPA Demonstrate Fuel Switching in the Gulf of Mexico

Global auto production may hit 80+ million units this year; hybrids below 2% of total output

IMO Adopts Proposal to Designate Waters Off North American Coast As Emission Control Area

New EVA officers for a new year

Volkswagen Group opts for LNG-fueled car carriers

IMO selects DNV to investigate potential for LNG-fueled shipping in North American ECA

Obama sets goal of reducing US oil imports by 1/3 by 2025; domestic and Western Hemisphere production, natural gas, biofuels, electric vehicles, fleet purchases

Alberta moving ahead with major new oilsands refinery with carbon capture

Requiring Lower Sulfur Marine Fuels Could Reduce Emissions-Related Deaths by Up to 50% Annually By 2012

IEA World Energy Outlook view on the transport sector to 2035; passenger car fleet doubling to almost 1.7B units, driving oil demand up to 99 mb/d; reconfirming the end of cheap oil

Mazdas new SKYACTIV gasoline and diesel engines are steps on the road to its Ideal Engine; focus on compression ratio

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

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