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CARB approves 2022 Scoping Plan; aggressive targets for reductions in petroleum use, air pollution and greeenhouse gas emissions

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The updated modeling also includes 3 million climate-friendly homes by 2030 (and 7 million by 2035), 6 million heat pumps deployed by 2030, no new fossil gas capacity in the electricity sector, and 20 gigawatts of offshore wind capacity by 2045.

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IEA: COVID-19 crisis causing the biggest fall in global energy investment in history

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Renewables investment has been more resilient during the crisis than fossil fuels, but spending on rooftop solar installations by households and businesses has been strongly affected and final investment decisions in the first quarter of 2020 for new utility-scale wind and solar projects fell back to the levels of three years ago.

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IEA: global energy investment stabilized above $1.8T in 2018; security and sustainability concerns growing

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The findings of the World Energy Investment 2019 report signal a growing mismatch between current trends and the paths to meeting the Paris Agreement and other sustainable development goals. Global energy investment totalled more than US$1.8 trillion in 2018, a level similar to 2017. —Dr Fatih Birol, IEA Executive Director.

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1 in 5 new car sales globally were EVs in 2023, and that’s curbed oil demand – IEA

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Photo: Tesla Without EVs, solar, wind, and nuclear, the global rise in emissions in the last five years would have been three times larger, new International Energy Agency (IEA) analysis shows. Clean energy’s impact over the last 5 years From 2019 to 2023, growth in clean energy was twice as large as that of fossil fuels.

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U-M study: When, where, how electric delivery vehicles are charged has big impact on GHGs

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In 2019, Amazon announced plans to obtain 100,000 electric delivery vehicles. Therefore, charging from a cleaner energy source—such as an electrical grid with lots of renewables—is one of the most impactful ways to lower the emissions of an electric vehicle. —Maxwell Woody, lead author.

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EIA projects decline in transportation sector energy consumption through 2037 despite increase in VMT, followed by increase

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EIA’s Annual Energy Outlook 2019 projects continued robust growth in US energy production, emergence of the United States as an energy exporter, and a cleaner S electric power generation mix. The Annual Energy Outlook 2019 (AEO2019) includes a Reference case and six side cases designed to examine the robustness of key assumptions.

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How EVs Are Reducing Carbon (CO2) Emissions

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Additionally, switching to cleaner energy sources further reduces the environmental impact of generating electricity. Finally, technology is also making EVs more eco-friendly, and as our energy grid switches to use more renewable sources like wind and solar power, EVs become even better for the environment. mph” in the United States.

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