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NOVEMBER 23, 2019

Data compiled by Euromonitor for European research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) shows a surge in the number of Uber drivers (officially registered as private hire vehicles - PHV) in the past few years. The campaign in Europe calls on Uber to go 100% clean in large cities by 2025. million users in France in 2017.

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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.

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DECEMBER 19, 2020

Canada Minister of Natural Resources Seamus O’Regan, released a national SMR Action Plan, which responds to the 53 recommendations identified in Canada’s SMR Roadmap that was launched in November 2018. Small modular reactors are the great enabler of other, clean energy sources.

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JUNE 3, 2022

They will also empower the upcoming Asian Games with high-precision positioning, remote sensing, and satellite communication services. —Tony Wang, CEO and Chief Scientist of Geespace.

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AUGUST 13, 2018

The Colorado Department of Public Health and Environment will propose Regulation Number 20, Low Emission Vehicles (Colorado Low Emission Automobile Regulations, CLEAR), to the Colorado Air Quality Control Commission (AQCC) to the AQCC at its regular meeting on 16 August 16. Background.

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OCTOBER 24, 2022

For many years, we’ve flagged the fact that scrubbers account for disproportionately large emissions of hazardous and acidifying substances into the marine environment. Therefore, it is very important that authorities and decision-makers now react and implement measures to reduce shipping’s emissions and impact on the marine environment.

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JUNE 12, 2019

In October 2018, Mercedes-Benz Trucks handed over an eActros in Mannheim to concrete producer TBS Transportbeton. The aim is to make clean and quiet distribution in urban areas possible with heavy-duty trucks from 2021 onward. The first eActros has been in operation with a customer since September 2018.

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MARCH 14, 2019

Optimization improved the ability of ADL15 to degrade diesel in a test environment from 22.39% to 38.32%, and of ADL36 from 83.75% to 99.89%. The Antarctic Treaty prohibits the use of non-Antarctic organisms in the region, creating high demand for indigenous organisms that can clean up polluted soil. Habib et al.

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JANUARY 12, 2020

In 2018, Meritor announced that the company will supply all-electric drivetrain systems for two Peterbilt vehicle platforms through its alliance with TransPower. 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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JUNE 21, 2019

In the statement, METI, ENER, and DOE asserted a shared strong interest in hydrogen and fuel cell technologies which could bring significant benefits to the energy sector, the economy and to the environment.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2019

This is a significant milestone for OCTA, New Flyer, Ballard Power Systems, California Air Resources Board, and Center for Transportation and the Environment. CCI is a statewide program putting cap-and-trade dollars toward reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment.

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MAY 27, 2020

Honda) to resolve clean-air violations related to the sale of small off-road engines in California. The Coachella Valley Mitigation Project Extension 2018 – 2023: This project will install and maintain high-performance air filtration systems in schools located in communities impacted by air pollution.

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JULY 3, 2021

Our friends over at Transport & Environment (T&E) are concerned that the UK is taking its electric vehicle production sector for granted and not doing enough to retain its EV production leadership. According to the organization, 50% of the EVs produced in Europe were produced in the UK in 2018.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The study focuses on the period between 2005 and 2018 and tracks combustion emissions of various polluting compounds from various sectors, looking at every state in the contiguous United States, from season to season and year to year. They first obtained emissions data from each of seven sectors for the years 2005, 2011, and 2018.

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world are of poor quality, contributing significantly to air pollution and hindering efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

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APRIL 17, 2019

The BYD second-generation 8Y battery electric yard tractor will make its world premiere at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo in Long Beach next week, showcasing a design that combines performance, reliability, improved driver comfort and operability, along with zero tailpipe emissions and quiet operation.

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JANUARY 4, 2019

The Board and Investors have full confidence in the work that the Achates Power team is doing and the ability for Dave Crompton to help bring to market an ultra-clean, ultra-efficient, low-cost internal combustion engine. The OP Engine will have a dramatic and immediate impact for our customers and for the environment.

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OCTOBER 10, 2018

The WLTP became mandatory for all new car models from September 2017 and for all new cars from September 2018. The European Commission presented its proposal on the regulation in November 2017 as part of the clean mobility package. Background and next steps. Negotiations between the co-legislators will start immediately.

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MARCH 26, 2019

Through this partnership, both companies are furthering the vision to someday connect communities with clean, efficient and affordable electric air travel. In 2018, 75% of worldwide airline flights were 1,000 miles or less in range. A Harbour Air ePlane will have zero reliance on fossil fuels and produce zero emissions.

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MARCH 2, 2020

Using methane and oxygen in an expander cycle also provides a very benign environment to the turbomachinery. Also, the gasses are clean and do not leave a soot buildup. AFRL and Masten signed a Cooperative Research and Development Agreement in December 2018.

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AUGUST 20, 2018

In the study published by the Global Centre for Clean Air Research (GCARE) at the University of Surrey in the journal Environment International , the researchers examined more than 160 references to highlight the factors concerning the pollution exposure of babies in strollers and associated mitigation strategies. 2018.07.038.

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JULY 28, 2021

Deep-sea-mining schemes propose sending down tractor-sized vehicles to vacuum up these nodules and send them to the surface, where a ship would clean them and discharge any unwanted sediment back into the ocean (e.g, Their results are published in an open-access paper in the Nature journal Communications Earth & Environment.

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JUNE 4, 2021

Our intuitive ePOP tool offers a simulated environment that gives us the whole system level picture, supporting us in answering those fundamental questions and significantly shortening the innovation stage of powertrain development for our customers. —Lee Rogers, Senior Engineer at Drive System Design.

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JUNE 18, 2020

Electric cars are becoming an attractive business proposition for high-mileage vehicle operators such as ride-sharer Uber in key EU capitals such as Paris, Berlin, Madrid and Lisbon, a new study by research and campaign group Transport & Environment (T&E) has found. The campaign calls on Uber to go 100% clean in large European cities by 2025.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2020

The Volvo Low Impact Green Heavy Transport Solutions (LIGHTS) Innovation Showcase, held at Volvo Trucks’ TEC Equipment dealership’s Fontana location, revealed the progress that has been achieved since the announcement of the Volvo LIGHTS project in late 2018. Earlier post.) Volvo Group contributed $36.7

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OCTOBER 28, 2018

—Dr Johan Kuylenstierna, co-author and Policy Director of the Stockholm Environment Institute (SEI). Kuylenstierna (2018) “Estimates of the Global Burden of Ambient PM 2.5 , Ozone, and NO 2 on Asthma Incidence and Emergency Room Visits” Environmental Health Perspectives doi: 10.1289/EHP3766. Anenberg, Daven K.

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SEPTEMBER 10, 2018

Winnebago is displaying the vehicle in San Francisco, at both CALSTART’s Global Commercial Vehicle Drive to Zero Workshop on September 11 th and the Global Climate Action Summit 12-14 September 2018. The vehicle is slated to be the first eBloodmobile in service in North America.

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OCTOBER 20, 2018

We’ve invested a lot of resources as a society to clean up our air. 2018) “Long-term trends in the ambient PM 2.5 - and O 3 -related mortality burdens in the United States under emission reductions from 1990 to 2010,” Atmos. 18, 15003-15016 doi: 10.5194/acp-18-15003-2018. Units are deaths year ?1. Zhang et al. Hogrefe, C.,

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NOVEMBER 17, 2020

The Premier of Québec François Legault, and the Minister of the Environment and the Fight against Climate Change and Minister responsible for the Laval region, Benoit Charette, unveiled the 2030 Green Economy Plan (PEV 2030) and its first 2021-2026 implementation plan, with an envelope of $6.7 billion over five years.

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JULY 16, 2022

In 2018, the Commission established the Strategic Forum for IPCEI, a joint body of representatives from Member States and industry. Background. The Commission’s approval of this IPCEI is part of the wider Commission efforts to support the development of an innovative and sustainable European hydrogen industry.

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JULY 27, 2018

The feat represents a breakthrough in the global effort to scale up the sustainable production of clean-burning hydrogen for vehicles and heavy industry, said Raghuveer Singh, who who conducted the research as part of his dissertation. A paper on their work is published in the journal Applied and Environmental Microbiology. doi: 10.1128/AEM.00998-18.

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DECEMBER 1, 2018

Advanced biofuel volumes for 2019 will increase by 630 million gallons over the 2018 standard. Cellulosic biofuel volumes for 2019 will increase by almost 130 million gallons over the 2018 standard. Biomass-based diesel volumes for 2020 will increase by 330 million gallons over the standard for 2019.

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JULY 11, 2018

These clean mobility solutions may be realized without any changes to existing automotive infrastructure. 2018) “Reduction of greenhouse gas and criteria pollutant emissions by direct conversion of associated flare gas to synthetic fuels at oil wellheads” Int J Energy Environ Eng doi: 10.1007/s40095-018-0273-9. 0.37, 42.4,

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APRIL 7, 2020

Algae fuels can be farmed on land unsuitable for agriculture, can be grown with minimal impact on freshwater resources, can be produced using saline and wastewater, have a high flash point, and are biodegradable and relatively harmless to the environment if spilled. Earlier post.).

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JUNE 30, 2016

As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership. 50% clean power target.

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APRIL 13, 2018

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) reports that the Marine Environment Protection Committee of the International Maritime Organization (IMO) has adopted a resolution codifying an initial greenhouse gas (GHG) strategy for international shipping.

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JANUARY 10, 2018

A zero-emission Kenworth Class 8 T680 day cab tractor equipped with a Ballard hydrogen fuel cell ( earlier post ) is on display at the 2018 Consumer Electronics Show (CES). The market is being driven by states such as California where clean air is the mandate. —Stephan Olsen.

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