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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

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The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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Study finds half of the world’s population exposed to increasing air pollution

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An open-access paper on the research is published in the journal Climate and Atmospheric Science. (a)Map in 2016; (b) Changes in concentrations between 2010 and 2016. —Professor Shaddick, Chair of Data Science & Statistics at the University of Exeter. a)Map of global PM 2.5 Units for both are ?g/m

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California cap-and-trade spending doubles to $1.4 billion in 2018; xEV rebates, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, public transit

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An annual ' tracking the progress of California Climate Investments, released by the California Air Resources Board and the California Department of Finance, finds that nearly $1.4 In 2016, Assembly Bill 1550 replaced and expanded those minimums to include low-income communities and low-income households. To date, $9.3

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Digging into the differences in carbon accounting for biofuels

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The benefit to the climate of using biofuels as a substitute for fossil fuels has been sharply contested for years; much of the disagreement is based on the assumptions underlying the carbon accounting in the lifecycle analysis. Wang (2016) “Carbon balance effects of U.S. Climatic Change 138(3): 667-80 doi: 10.1007/s10584-016-1764-4.

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ICCT assesses factors driving EV market in US cities

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Electric vehicle share of new 2016 vehicle registrations by metropolitan area. The five leading electric vehicle markets by volume, representing nearly half of all US electric vehicle sales, each had at least 24 available electric vehicle models in 2016. New vehicle registration data from IHS Automotive.) Source: The ICCT.

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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Global GHG emissions continue to be dominated by fossil carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions, which however show a slowdown trend since 2012, and were stalled for the third year in a row in 2016. In 2016, the EU’s CO 2 emissions were 20.8% Other greenhouse gases keep creeping up. Europe’s downward trend stalling. below the levels in 2005.

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Tesla and EVs have saved at least 120,000 lives so far

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Not A Tesla App initially reported on the results of a study that reflected these statistics. It used integrated assessment models (IAMs) which found that the social cost of carbon, prescribed optimal climate policy, and human mortality impacts are limited and haven’t been updated to the latest scientific understanding.

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