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MAY 26, 2017

The Government of Canada is moving forward with provincial and territorial partners, industry and stakeholders, to develop a national strategy to increase the number of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVS)—battery electric, plug-in hybrid, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicles—on Canadian roads by 2018. Clean growth and clean jobs.

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MAY 21, 2021

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has approved the US’ first standard to transition ride-hailing fleets to zero-emission vehicles by 2030. The Clean Miles Standard (CMS) ( earlier post ) sets electrification and greenhouse gas emission targets for transportation network companies (TNCs)—e.g., Uber and Lyft.

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OCTOBER 26, 2018

The California Air Resources Board approved a $483 million plan to fund clean car rebates, zero-emission transit and school buses, clean trucks, and other innovative, clean transportation and mobility pilot projects. Over the past five years, the Legislature has appropriated nearly $1.2

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MARCH 16, 2021

The report is the initial analysis called for in Senate Bill 100 (SB 100, De León, Chapter 312, Statutes of 2018), the state’s policy requiring that renewable and zero-carbon energy resources supply 100% of electric retail sales to customers by 2045. A clean electricity grid is necessary to achieve economywide carbon neutrality.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2021

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced up to $100 million in funding for transformative clean energy technology research and development via its Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy’s (ARPA-E’s) OPEN 2021 funding opportunity ( DE-FOA-0002459 ). Concept papers are due on 6 April 2021.

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AUGUST 4, 2020

A new report from Australia’s national science agency CSIRO shows that clean hydrogen can significantly reduce aviation emissions with potential benefits seen within five years. They have the potential to deliver cost savings, reduce dependence on imported fuels and achieve abatement in local ground-based emissions.

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FEBRUARY 28, 2019

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. By transitioning exclusively to Redeem by 2025 and by achieving zero carbon-intensity, Clean Energy would outdistance other alternative fuels, including electricity for EVs, which are not excepted to hit that mark until 2045. Littlefair, president and CEO, Clean Energy. —Andrew J.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

The Clean Vehicle Assistance Program, run by the Oakland-based nonprofit Beneficial State Foundation, was launched with a $5-million CARB grant. The Cap-and-Trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution.

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JULY 7, 2018

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that up to $5 million is available for proposals that include innovative clean transportation technologies and strategies to improve operations and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for public transit systems throughout the state. billion Clean Energy Fund.

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JUNE 16, 2021

Rio Tinto has partnered with the Australian Renewable Energy Agency (ARENA) to study whether hydrogen can replace natural gas in alumina refineries to reduce emissions. Exploring these new clean energy technologies and methods is a crucial step towards producing green aluminum. Rio Tinto will conduct a $1.2-million

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MARCH 31, 2021

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) will conduct a public hearing on 20 May to consider approving for adoption of the proposed Clean Miles Standard—the first proposed regulation to address environmental requirements for ride-hailing services specifically. Earlier post.). tons PM 2.5 , 298.03 tons NO x and 1.81

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MAY 8, 2018

Six trucking firms operating in the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach are deploying trucks powered by Cummins Westport (CWI) near-zero ISX12N engines ( earlier post ), and fueled with Clean Energy Fuels Corp.’s —Greg Roche, Clean Energy’s vice president of sustainable trucking. The new engines were tested as low as 0.01

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APRIL 7, 2024

A new study from the University of California (UC) Berkeley shows a steady, albeit modest, decline in carbon emissions with increased electric vehicle (EV) adoption over the last few years. The data shows a gradual decline in carbon dioxide emissions, representing a 1.8-percent That’s the big win,” Cohen added. BEV sales in the U.S.

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MARCH 23, 2018

Cuomo announced that more than 5,750 consumers have received rebates to buy electric cars in New York since the State’s Drive Clean Rebate was launched one year ago. builds on Charge NY, which was launched in 2013 and has a target of 30,000 to 40,000 electric cars on the road by the end of 2018. The Drive Clean Rebate.

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JUNE 20, 2012

Annual clean diesel ldv sales by region, world markets: 2012-2018. A new report from Pike Research finds that rising fuel prices and stronger fuel economy regulations will stimulate increasing demand for clean diesel vehicles in markets around the world, and forecasts sales of these vehicles will increase from 9.1

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JULY 7, 2018

The New York State Energy Research and Development Authority (NYSERDA) announced that up to $5 million is available for proposals that include innovative clean transportation technologies and strategies to improve operations and reduce greenhouse gas emissions for public transit systems throughout the state. billion Clean Energy Fund.

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DECEMBER 11, 2021

The California Air Resources Board approved a measure that will require most newly manufactured small off-road engines (SORE) such as those found in leaf blowers, lawn mowers and other equipment be zero emission starting in 2024. These regulations will reduce emissions of smog-forming emissions by 72 tons per day.

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MARCH 26, 2019

As a result, global energy-related CO 2 emissions rose by 1.7% to 33 Gigatonnes (Gt) in 2018. These findings are part of the International Energy Agency’s latest assessment of global energy consumption and energy-related CO 2 emissions for 2018. Most of that came from a young fleet of coal power plants in developing Asia.

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JANUARY 5, 2018

(CWI) received certifications from both the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and California Air Resources Board (ARB) for its 2018 ISX12N natural gas engine. The ISX12N also meets 2017 EPA greenhouse gas emission (GHG) requirements. Production of the ISX12N will begin in February of 2018. Earlier post.)

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MARCH 22, 2019

California consumers are applying for clean-vehicle rebates at a record pace as demand for the cleanest vehicles on the market continued to grow over the past year. Electric vehicle rebates in California were 50% higher in 2018 than 2017. Electric and plug-in hybrid electric cars are now 7.8%

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APRIL 13, 2020

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research.

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DECEMBER 20, 2019

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has released the 2018 Base-year Emissions Inventory Report , as required by Senate Bill 1014 (SB 1014, California Clean Miles Standard). The 2018 average fleet occupancy for the TNC industry is 1.55 (an average of the occupancy in “pooled” and “non-pooled” rides) passengers.

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OCTOBER 17, 2012

Pike Pulse Grid for clean diesels. The new Pike Pulse Report: Clean Diesel Vehicles from Pike Research ranks the Volkswagen Group as the leader in this market, due to the efforts of the Volkswagen and Audi brands. been a leader in selling diesel vehicles and is making a strong push for emerging clean diesel markets, Pike notes.

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NOVEMBER 2, 2020

To complement its work on real-world emissions in Europe, TRUE has compiled remote sensing data from the states of Colorado and Virginia and the University of Denver to investigate the emissions of US light-duty vehicles. By 2018, the percentage of the fleet responsible for 50% of total NO emissions had decreased to 11%.

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JULY 21, 2017

The document outlines a new set of aggressive near-term and long-term strategies for the nation’s busiest harbor complex to further reduce harmful air pollution from all port-related sources, assist the state in meeting aggressive greenhouse gas reduction goals, and ultimately achieve zero emissions for trucks and terminal equipment.

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JANUARY 5, 2023

Inkoo was selected as our location due to its high-quality infrastructure and access to clean power. The steel industry produces about eight percent of the world’s CO₂ emissions due to the high amount of fossil fuels used to manufacture steel through conventional methods. —Hans Fredrik Wittusen, CEO of Blastr Green Steel.

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MAY 27, 2020

Honda) to resolve clean-air violations related to the sale of small off-road engines in California. Through extensive tests in its lab CARB discovered that this equipment did not meet the evaporative control emission standards that Honda had originally agreed to during the certification process.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

More than half of all air-quality-related early deaths in the United States are a result of emissions originating outside of the state in which those deaths occur, MIT researchers report in a paper in the journal Nature. Now it’s looking like other emissions sectors are becoming important. That wasn’t really possible before.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. The calculated relative amounts of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases from eight different energy sources are shown in the table below. Proportional amount of emissions relative to hydro. Energy source.

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DECEMBER 12, 2018

Under current policies, home energy storage systems would also often increase carbon emissions, according to a study by a team of researchers at the University of California San Diego published in the journal Environmental Science & Technology. Would greenhouse gas emissions from the electric power system go down, and at what economic cost?

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AUGUST 8, 2016

A new CALSTART brief indicates that California’s climate and energy policies are not only helping to protect the environment and improve air quality, but are also helping to accelerate growth of the clean transportation technology industry (CTTI) in the state. Require Top Performance with Strong Yet Feasible Air Quality and Climate Standards.

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JULY 14, 2023

The deal includes an order for three of Wabtec’s FLXdrive battery locomotives and a collaboration to test ammonia as a potential clean, alternative fuel to replace diesel. July 2018 Landsat image of the Serra Norte complex of the Carajás Mine. This way, we would have a clean operation at EFC.

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JANUARY 7, 2020

The eventual CTI rulemaking will establish new, more stringent emission standards for NO x and other pollutants for highway heavy-duty engines. From 2007 to 2017, US NO x emissions dropped by more than 40%. The US EPA issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI).

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AUGUST 3, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the final Clean Power Plan (CPP). The rules establish the first national standards to limit CO 2 emissions from fossil-fuel-fired power plants, with a target of a 32% reduction against a 2005 baseline by 2030. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Subcategory. Interim Rate.

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MAY 9, 2015

for upcoming workshops on the development of the Advanced Clean Transit (ACT) regulation. ARB staff Staff is evaluating four potential broad elements to the Advanced Clean Transit regulation: Require Zero Emission Bus Purchases. Minimize Emissions from Conventional Fleet. Innovative Transit Beyond Buses.

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APRIL 1, 2022

Nevada joins 16 other States, the District of Columbia and Québec in this effort— led by the Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management (NESCAUM)—to work toward a goal that 100% of all new medium- and heavy-duty vehicle sales be zero emission vehicles by 2050 with an interim target of 30% zero-emission vehicle sales by 2030.

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JUNE 2, 2016

The City of Santa Monica, California has awarded Clean Energy a multi-year liquefied natural gas (LNG) contract to fuel its Big Blue Bus (BBB) fleet of vehicles. BBB began using Redeem by Clean Energy in January 2015. g/bhp-hr optional Near Zero NO x Emissions standards. This reduces engine related methane emissions by 70%.

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