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Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 6, 2020

of the human-made climate impact; two-thirds of this impact are caused by emissions other than CO 2 , according to a new study by researchers in Europe and the US. In the new study, we have analyzed 20 years of aviation emissions, up until and including 2018. For 2018 the net aviation ERF is +100.9 Aviation accounts for 3.5%

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IRENA report says tripling renewables investment required to reach 2050 climate goal

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 11, 2020

Global renewable energy investment increased between 2013 and 2018, reaching its peak at US$351 billion in 2017, according to a new report by the International Renewable Energy Agency (IRENA) and Climate Policy Initiative (CPI). Renewable energy investment slightly declined in 2018, with modest growth through 2019.

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Climate Renewable Financing 2018

Volvo Cars Torslanda becomes company’s first climate-neutral car plant, second in overall network

Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2021

Volvo Cars announced that its Torslanda site in Sweden is its first car manufacturing plant to reach fully climate-neutral status. This makes Torslanda the second plant in its overall manufacturing network to reach this status, after the Skövde engine plant in Sweden became climate-neutral in 2018. Torslanda plant.

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Rio Tinto to invest $1 billion over 5 years to help meet new climate change targets

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2020

Mining giant Rio Tinto will invest around $1 billion over the next five years to support the delivery of its new climate change targets and a company objective for net zero emissions from operations by 2050. The new targets for 2030 are: A further 30% reduction in Rio Tinto’s emissions intensity from 2018 levels.

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Climate Change Climate 2008 2018

SMUD Board of Directors adopts climate emergency declaration; carbon neutrality by 2030

Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2020

The SMUD (2020 Sacramento Municipal Utility District) Board of Directors adopted a climate emergency declaration that commits to working toward an ambitious goal of delivering carbon-neutral electricity by 2030.

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Carbon Climate Sacramento Solar

DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2019

Fewer soot particles in the exhaust stream of aircraft reduces the formation of ice crystals and therefore the climate impact of the resulting contrail cirrus. The results are published in an open-access paper in the Nature Partner Journal (npj) Climate and Atmospheric Science. Burkhardt et al. —Ulrike Burkhardt.

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UGA study finds black carbon aerosols from GDI engines will worsen public health, climate; need for GPFs

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2020

in model year 2008 to 51% in model year 2018. A strong absorber of solar radiation, black carbon exhibits significant climate warming properties. Therefore, the climate burden of the increase in BC emissions dominates over the US, especially over source regions. The market share of GDI-equipped vehicles increased from 2.3%

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Climate Carbon Engine Fuel Economy

Los Angeles launches New Mobility Challenge 2018

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

The LA New Mobility Challenge 2018 is a joint initiative of LA CoMotion, the NewCities Foundation and the Los Angeles Cleantech Incubator (LACI), all of whom are dedicated to finding cutting-edge and sustainable mobility technologies for Southern California. The deadline to submit applications is 17 September 2018.

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Los Angeles 2018 Neighborhood Climate

EPA annual inventory shows US GHG up 3.1% from 2017-2018

Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2020

The 2020 edition of US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) comprehensive annual report on nationwide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions shows that emissions increased from 2017 to 2018 by 3.1% (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector). Source: EPA. >. The number of vehicle miles traveled (VMT) by light-duty vehicles (i.e.,

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

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

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 Projects funded to date are achieving the overall goal of California Climate Investments by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 36.5 To date, $9.3

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Affordable 2018 California San Diego

Government of Canada to develop a national Zero-Emissions Vehicle strategy by 2018

Green Car Congress

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.

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Canada 2018 Emissions Vehicles

Ethanol production in Germany fell 12.88% last year from 2018; market share of E10 up 1 percentage point

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APRIL 22, 2020

million tonnes, about 1% more than in the previous year (2018: 17.8 million tonnes, the sales volume was more than 6% higher than in the previous year (2018): 2.31 In 2018 this percentage was still 6.3%. This shows that renewable fuels will be needed for a long time to come in order to achieve the climate targets.

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2018 Germany Market Petrol

UK delay of ban on gas models irks automakers, climate groups

Green Car Reports

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

In 2018, the U.K. government on Wednesday said it would seek to delay a ban on the sale of gasoline and diesel cars that lack a charge port by five years—irritating both automakers and environmental groups. introduced a Road to Zero program that would require 50% plug-in vehicles by 2030 and 100% by 2040. Then in 2019 it moved to.

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Climate Gas 2018 2019

BP: world on unsustainable path; growing divergence between demands for climate change action and pace of progress

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2019

This year’s edition highlights the growing divergence between demands for action on climate change and the actual pace of progress on reducing carbon emissions. in 2018, faster than at any time since 2010-11. As I have said before, this is not a race to renewables, but a race to reduce carbon emissions across many fronts.

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Climate Change Climate Coal 2018

Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2020

It is the latest concrete step towards Volvo Cars’ ambition to have climate-neutral manufacturing by 2025, part of a wider climate plan that aims to reduce the overall carbon footprint per car by 40% between 2018 and 2025. By 2040, Volvo Cars aims to be a climate-neutral company.

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Volvo Renewable Power Powered

Volkswagen customers in Germany ordering more diesel vehicles; share of 43% in 2018, vs. 39% in 2017

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2019

In 2018, the share of incoming orders for vehicles equipped with the latest diesel technology as a proportion of the overall vehicle portfolio was 43% compared to 39% in 2017. Customers of the Volkswagen Passenger Cars brand in Germany are once again placing more orders for diesel vehicles.

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Germany 2017 2018 Diesel

U of Toronto study finds US electrification of LDV fleet not a silver bullet for tackling climate change in vehicle sector

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

The paper is published in the journal Nature Climate Change. A lot of people think that a large-scale shift to EVs will mostly solve our climate problems in the passenger vehicle sector. Tackling climate change is not a one-country, one-sector or one-technology job. The team developed a two-staged scenario-based assessment.

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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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3 Climate Policies to Get RI Back on Track for 2030

Green Energy Consumers

MAY 3, 2022

A month ago, the state released worrying emissions data that shows the state’s GHG emissions in 2018 were up 15% from 2016, including increases in all sectors, with one of the biggest jumps in emissions coming from our electricity sector.

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Rhode Island Climate 2018 2016

E4Tech: ~1.1 GW of fuel cell capacity shipped in 2019, up 40% from 2018; led by fuel cell vehicles

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 10, 2020

GW of fuel cell capacity shipped worldwide in 2019, up 40% on 2018. Just in time, too: climate change targets are looking more urgent and challenging than ever, and we need a full range of technologies to meet them. A new report from specialist international sustainable energy consultancy E4tech finds that approximately 1.1

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2019 2018 Fuel Asia

LLNL’s Energy Flow Diagrams Show That The US Isn’t Moving The Needle On Climate Action

CleanTechnica EVs

JANUARY 4, 2023

In 7 years of electrification and deployment of wind and solar, the US barely budged the needle, in fact declining slightly to more wasted energy in 2016 and 2017 before improving again in 2018 and onward.

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Energy Climate Waste Wind

Hyundai introduces 2018 Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models at Chicago Auto Show

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2018

Hyundai unveiled the redesigned 2018 Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models at the Chicago Auto Show. The 2018 Hybrid and Plug-in will be produced in Asan, Korea, with Hybrid availability in the first quarter of 2018 and Plug-in availability in the second quarter of 2018. The heart of the 2018 Sonata Hybrid is a 2.0-liter

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Plug-in Chicago 2018 Hybrid

Carnegie study finds climate impact of particulates varies greatly depending on where the pollution originated

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 20, 2018

However, while greenhouse gases cause warming by trapping heat in the atmosphere, some aerosols can have a cooling effect on the climate because the aerosol particles cause more of the sun’s light to be reflected away from the planet. In many cases, the strongest climate effects of aerosols are felt far from where the aerosols are emitted.

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OECD: governments should make better use of energy taxation to address climate change; “meaningful” increases limited to road sector

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2018

Tax rates were below the low-end estimate of climate costs (EUR 30/tCO 2 ) for 97% of emissions. The report found that the share of emissions taxed above climate costs increased from 46% in 2012 to 50% in 2015, and rates exceed €50 per tCO 2 for 47% of emissions in 2015, compared to 37% in 2012. —“Taxing Energy Use 2018”.

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Climate Change Climate Tax Energy

EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

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APRIL 17, 2021

Total GHG emissions decreased from 2018 to 2019 by 1.7% (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector). from 2018 to 2019, and CO 2 emissions just from fossil fuel combustion decreased 2.7% from 2018 to 2019. CO 2 emissions decreased 2.2% Total GHG emissions in 2019 were up 1.8% over the same period.

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2005 2019 EPA Climate Change

Nikola Motor names Bosch and PowerCell AB as key suppliers for fuel-cell Class-8 truck; field testing in Fall 2018

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Nikola plans to announce a secondary stack supplier in 2018 that will act as a backup and overflow for any testing issues or production bottlenecks. The fully operational, pre-production Nikola Two day-cab will begin testing in Fall of 2018. The location of the Nikola manufacturing facility will be named in early 2018.

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Volvo Cars successfully places first green bond, raises €500M

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 1, 2020

A green bond is a type of fixed-income instrument that is specifically earmarked to raise money for climate and environmental projects. In this respect, it’s very encouraging to see so much investor interest in helping us electrify our fleet and deliver on our climate ambitions. —Carla de Geyseleer, Chief Financial Officer.

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Volvo Green Luxembourg Cars

ICCT: IMO committee agrees to establish first climate framework for international shipping

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2018

This strategy, which represents the first global climate framework for shipping, includes quantitative GHG reduction targets through 2050 and a list of candidate short-, mid-, and long-term policy measures to help achieve these targets. A separate decision on whether to institute new EEDI phases will be considered at MEPC 74 in 2019.

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International Climate Mariner 2018

$9.5M from California Climate Investments will support purchase of 10 battery-electric buses and solar charging stations

Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2017

Funding is from the California Climate Investments (CCI), the state’s cap-and-trade program. GreenPower will build a manufacturing facility for all-electric buses and batteries, expected to open in 2018. In addition to the buses, the project will include installation of charging stations and solar panels.

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Climate California Solar Purchase

Battery-electric Mercedes-Benz Citaro city bus to debut in 2018 at IAA

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2017

Mercedes-Benz will introduce its all-electric Citaro city bus ( earlier post ) in September 2018 at the IAA Commercial Vehicles show in Hanover. One of the particular features of the electric Citaro will be the thermal management of the bus’ drive and climate control systems.

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Mercedes 2018 Li-ion Batteries

OP engine developer Achates Power closes $29.8M Series D; OGCI Climate Investments comes onboard

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2017

Achates Power, the developer of next-generation two-stroke compression-ignition opposed-piston (OP) engines ( earlier post ) announced that OGCI Climate Investments has invested in the company’s Series-D round. —Dr Pratima Rangarajan, CEO of OGCI Climate Investments.

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Climate Engine Power Powered

Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

The California Air Resources Board released GHG emissions data for 2018 showing that emissions remain below 1990 levels but are effectively flat compared to 2017, while the economy grew by 4.3%. Total statewide 2018 GHG emissions were 425.3 million metric tons between 2017 and 2018, the first such decline since 2013.

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2020 California Emissions 2018

Moscow deploys its 1,000th electric bus; targeting 2,200 by end of 2023

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2022

Electric buses were launched in Moscow in 2018. The electric buses are equipped with gadget chargers on the handrails, climate control systems and media screens. The goal of the project is to show how such collaborations can help to make the city eco-friendlier as well as to draw attention to the environmental protection.

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VERBIO begins production of biomethane from corn stover in Iowa; first-large scale plant in US

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2021

VERBIO acquired the mothballed cellulosic ethanol plant from DuPont, the previous operator, at the end of 2018. This turns driving vehicles into a form of climate protection. VERBIO’s technology produces RNG from pure cellulosic material, such as corn stover or wheat straw. —Claus Sauter, CEO of VERBIO AG.

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Iowa Production Climate Protection Nevada

Making Information Tech Greener Can Help Address the Climate Crisis

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered its starkest warning ever. At the same time, it noted, there is still a window in which humans can alter Earth's climate path. The actions we take to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide and other heat-trapping gases can impact the future climate, the report emphasizes.

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Climate Climate Change Green Global

California introduces first-in-nation rules to reduce climate “super pollutants” from commercial refrigeration, air conditioning equipment

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2020

Prior to 2018, California was the only state that regulated HFCs. CARB estimates the regulations will achieve annual reductions by approximately 3.2 million metric tons of GHGs in 2030 and, with a cumulative reduction of more than 62 million metric tons by 2040, the equivalent of taking more than 12 million cars off the road.

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Pollution California Commercial Climate

BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 26, 2019

New investment in wind, solar, and other clean energy projects in developing nations dropped sharply in 2018, largely due to a slowdown in China. thousand terawatt-hours in 2018, up from 6.4 Investment in new wind, solar, and other non-large hydro renewables projects in the country fell to $86 billion in 2018 from $122 billion in 2017.

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Coal Clean Cleaning Financing

California ARB moves forward with climate and air quality actions

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2017

On the first day of a two-day board meeting—the second day of which (Friday 24 March) will consider the Advanced Clean Cars Midterm Review—the California Air Resources Board (ARB) took a number of climate and air quality actions.

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Climate California Ozone Pollution

Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2020

The Rhodium Group, an independent research provider, estimates that, after a sharp uptick in 2018, US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions fell by 2.1% An increase in natural gas generation offset some of the climate gains from this coal decline, but overall power sector emissions still decreased by almost 10%. increase in 2018.

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Coal 2019 2018 Gas-Electric

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it

Electric Vehicles India

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it . Read further to know more about the climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. . Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries. They still cause an impact on climate by the manufacturing of the car and not least the battery. Lithium-ion battery production.

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Lithium Ion Climate Batteries Battery

Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 7, 2018

While the health benefits are clear, the research also quantifies tradeoffs in terms of climate. Therefore, stronger international shipping policies may need to achieve climate and health targets by jointly reducing greenhouse gases and air pollution. These costs will be borne by consumers in the prices of goods they buy.

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Standards Climate Fuel Cleaner

Cleaner fuels have replaced more than 3B gallons of diesel under California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2019

New 2018 data from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) indicates that the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) continues to drive production of a growing volume of cleaner transportation fuels for California consumers. The 2018 data also shows fuel producers are in 100% compliance with the LCFS. To date almost 3.3

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Cleaner California Standards Carbon

California ARB announces grant solicitation for Clean Mobility in Schools Pilot Project

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2019

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced a competitive grant solicitation for one or more grantees to implement the Clean Mobility in Schools Pilot Project for Fiscal Year (FY) 2018-19. The current funding available for the FY 2018-19 Clean Mobility in Schools Pilot Program is $10 million.

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Grant Clean Cleaning California

Bosch and Weichai Power boost efficiency of Weichai truck diesel engines from 46% to 50%

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2020

For this reason, Bosch and Weichai aim to steadily refine this technology with an eye to protecting the climate and environment. Bosch and Weichai launched their joint development project in September 2018. Electric vehicles are climate-neutral if the charging power and hydrogen are sourced from renewables. liters displacement.

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Diesel Engine Power Powered

Study: 2/3 of aviation climate impact due to emissions other than CO2

IRENA report says tripling renewables investment required to reach 2050 climate goal

Volvo Cars Torslanda becomes company’s first climate-neutral car plant, second in overall network

Rio Tinto to invest $1 billion over 5 years to help meet new climate change targets

SMUD Board of Directors adopts climate emergency declaration; carbon neutrality by 2030

DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

UGA study finds black carbon aerosols from GDI engines will worsen public health, climate; need for GPFs

Los Angeles launches New Mobility Challenge 2018

EPA annual inventory shows US GHG up 3.1% from 2017-2018

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

Government of Canada to develop a national Zero-Emissions Vehicle strategy by 2018

Ethanol production in Germany fell 12.88% last year from 2018; market share of E10 up 1 percentage point

UK delay of ban on gas models irks automakers, climate groups

BP: world on unsustainable path; growing divergence between demands for climate change action and pace of progress

Volvo Cars? Chengdu car plant powered by 100% renewable electricity; 65% hydropower

Volkswagen customers in Germany ordering more diesel vehicles; share of 43% in 2018, vs. 39% in 2017

U of Toronto study finds US electrification of LDV fleet not a silver bullet for tackling climate change in vehicle sector

Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

3 Climate Policies to Get RI Back on Track for 2030

E4Tech: ~1.1 GW of fuel cell capacity shipped in 2019, up 40% from 2018; led by fuel cell vehicles

LLNL’s Energy Flow Diagrams Show That The US Isn’t Moving The Needle On Climate Action

Hyundai introduces 2018 Sonata Hybrid and Plug-in Hybrid models at Chicago Auto Show

Carnegie study finds climate impact of particulates varies greatly depending on where the pollution originated

OECD: governments should make better use of energy taxation to address climate change; “meaningful” increases limited to road sector

EPA GHG Inventory shows US GHG down 1.7% y-o-y in 2019, down 13% from 2005

Nikola Motor names Bosch and PowerCell AB as key suppliers for fuel-cell Class-8 truck; field testing in Fall 2018

Volvo Cars successfully places first green bond, raises €500M

ICCT: IMO committee agrees to establish first climate framework for international shipping

$9.5M from California Climate Investments will support purchase of 10 battery-electric buses and solar charging stations

Battery-electric Mercedes-Benz Citaro city bus to debut in 2018 at IAA

OP engine developer Achates Power closes $29.8M Series D; OGCI Climate Investments comes onboard

Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

Moscow deploys its 1,000th electric bus; targeting 2,200 by end of 2023

VERBIO begins production of biomethane from corn stover in Iowa; first-large scale plant in US

Making Information Tech Greener Can Help Address the Climate Crisis

California introduces first-in-nation rules to reduce climate “super pollutants” from commercial refrigeration, air conditioning equipment

BloombergNEF: clean energy investment in developing nations slumps as financing in China slows; coal burn surges to record high

California ARB moves forward with climate and air quality actions

Rhodium Group estimates US GHG fell 2.1% in 2019, driven by coal decline

Climate impact of lithium-ion batteries & how to measure it

Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

Cleaner fuels have replaced more than 3B gallons of diesel under California Low Carbon Fuel Standard

California ARB announces grant solicitation for Clean Mobility in Schools Pilot Project

Bosch and Weichai Power boost efficiency of Weichai truck diesel engines from 46% to 50%

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