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Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

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Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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ICCT assesses factors driving EV market in US cities

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The San Jose area had the highest share at 10%, followed by other California areas (4% to 6%) and markets in Colorado, Hawaii, Oregon, Vermont, and Washington (2% to 4%). Electric vehicle share of new 2016 vehicle registrations by metropolitan area. New vehicle registration data from IHS Automotive.) Source: The ICCT. Click to enlarge.

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$10-Trillion Investment Needed To Avoid Massive Oil Price Spike Says OPEC

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The reasons for this are multiple: slowing economic growth, declining population rates, and crucially, efficiency and climate change efforts to slow consumption. mb/d because it sees much more serious climate mitigation policies coming down the pike than it did last year. So what are we to make of this? Article Source: [link].

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NRDC-sponsored Shulock report says California ZEV regulations need a tune-up to meet 2025 goals

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Prior to forming his consultancy, Shulock was Assistant Executive Officer and Director of Climate Programs at the California Air Resources Board, where he led the Board’s initial implementation of the California Global Warming Solutions Act (AB 32). Chuck Shulock. Earlier post.).

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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The resulting new national standards will cover model years 2012-2016, and will require an average fuel economy standard of 35.5 mpg in 2016 (39 mpg for cars, 30 mpg for trucks), or approximately 250 grams CO 2 /mile. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Policy. Earlier post.)

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Backcountry Skiing Is Booming in the Northeast. But Can It Survive?

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Like the so-called ice-albedo effect in polar regions, where a loss of reflective surfaces on the polar ice amplifies a growing climate crisis, the retreat of these ski lines has entered a similar feedback loop. Granite Backcountry Alliance, which was formed in 2016 by Tyler Ray, 45, from North Conway, N.H.,

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The origins of NDEW and DEED

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It all started with President Barack Obama and as DEED begins, we’re taking the opportunity to briefly revisit the tale, with a related nod to the mother of climate change policy, as former Sen. And media from Vermont to Alabama to Hawaii and beyond continue to carry our message of change. But how did NDEW come about?

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