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Smoothing the road for electric vehicles

Plug in America

One popular disinformation theme is that there is a federal mandate requiring everyone to ditch their gas burner and switch to an EV. The EPA emissions standards require automakers to meet tailpipe emissions limits across their entire fleet using a technology-neutral approach. In 2016, battery range was not what it is today.

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Can a New Power Link Boost the EU’s Energy Independence?

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This green energy corridor could help shore up energy security in the European Union, replacing the Russian natural gas that Europe used to import. meet its increasingly strict emissions targets. In 2016, for example, the country set a goal of sourcing 20 percent of its energy from renewables by 2020. It could help the E.U.

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Hydrogen Cars Were Supposed to Be the Future. Now Owners Are Suing Toyota

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Automakers like Toyota, Hyundai, and Honda introduced sleek zero-emission vehicles powered by compressed hydrogen gas. The price of faith in an idea Ricky Yap of West Sacramento bought his 2016 Toyota Mirai in 2020 from Roseville Toyota. The state pledged tens of millions of dollars to build a network of fueling stations.

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Taxing the Distance

Energy Institute at HAAS

Energy Institute alum, Chris Knittel , along with Gib Metcalf and Shereein Saraf , have a new working paper , which takes a swing at one of the less thrilling, but wildly important, topics in public finance: how we pay for roads when no one’s buying gas anymore. Heavier vehicles also consume a lot more gas. Their findings?

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EPA proposes first US greenhouse gas emissions standards for aircraft

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for airplanes used in commercial aviation and large business jets. The new international Airplane CO 2 Emission Standards adopted by ICAO in 2017 are prescribed in ICAO Annex 16, Volume III titled, Aeroplane CO 2 Emissions.

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EPA: US GHG emissions in 2017 down 0.3% from 2016

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greenhouse gas emissions were 6,472.3 from 2016, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory. The decrease in total greenhouse gas emissions between 2016 and 2017 was driven in part by a decrease in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion.

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EIA: CO2 emissions from US power sector have declined 28% since 2005

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US electric power sector CO 2 emissions have declined 28% since 2005 because of slower electricity demand growth and changes in the mix of fuels used to generate electricity, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Source: US EIA, US Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions , 2017.