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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. This brief study analyzes, for each individual state, the changes from 2018 to 2020 in the use of coal (one of the two most polluting energy sources) to generate electricity. by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research.

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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. billion gallons of petroleum diesel have been displaced by clean, low-carbon alternatives. To date almost 3.3

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Cleaner California Standards Carbon 207

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NOVEMBER 14, 2018

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has launched the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI) to further decrease NO x emissions from on-highway heavy-duty trucks and engines. EPA intends to publish a proposed rule in early 2020. —Acting EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler.

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JUNE 26, 2020

The objective of the emission impact analysis was to respond to EPA’s request for comments as to the merits of reducing NO x emissions from heavy-duty trucks by 50 to 90% as outlined in the 6 January 2020 Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) of the CTI. ppb in the west (San Bernardino, CA) and 4.9 ppb in the east (Atlanta, GA).

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Cleaner Ozone Emissions Atlanta 243

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JANUARY 7, 2020

The US EPA issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) for the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI). The EPA Administrator announced in November 2018 that EPA would pursue the Cleaner Trucks Initiative (CTI) to update NO x emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks. EPA intends to publish a proposed rule in early 2020.

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JUNE 30, 2015

Four additional cities—Amsterdam, Lima, Catalonia (Barcelona) and Rome— signed up to the Global Clean Bus Declaration at the 1 st global Clean Bus Summit in London. The Clean Bus Declaration is an open document and C40 welcomes additional signatory cities.

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DECEMBER 18, 2019

The final MOU is expected in the Spring of 2020, following additional public input and analysis. All interested parties are asked to provide their input by 28 February 2020. The draft Memorandum of Understanding builds on a program framework made public on 1 October 2019.

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Transportation Emissions DC District of Columbia 195

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JULY 6, 2019

US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Administrator Andrew Wheeler issued a proposed rule under the Renewable Fuel Standards (RFS) program that would set the minimum amount of renewable fuels that must be supplied to the market in calendar year 2020, as well as the biomass-based diesel volume standard for calendar year 2021.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

each year from 2020 to 2030 to cut emissions to 40% below 1990 levels by 2030, as mandated by SB 32. While 2020 may see a similar emissions drop, the state has never cut emissions more than 2.6% This is the result of policies promoting cleaner vehicle fuels and advanced clean vehicle standards. lower and 8.3%

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MAY 31, 2020

Energy investment is set to fall by one-fifth in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic. The unparalleled decline is staggering in both its scale and swiftness, with serious potential implications for energy security and clean energy transitions. Global investment in oil and gas is expected to fall by almost one-third in 2020.

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JULY 14, 2022

HTWO, as a fuel cell system-based hydrogen business brand of Hyundai Motor Group, was first released in December 2020 with Hyundai’s strong commitment to hydrogen economy. Such air drawn into the FCEV passes through an air purification system that cleans it of particulates and other unwanted matter, leaving the air cleaner.

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AUGUST 11, 2022

The reactor can provide clean, reliable and safe baseload power to an electricity system or support industrial applications with 200 MW thermal output per unit of high pressure, high temperature steam. It also builds on Dow's efforts to continue transitioning its sites and operations globally to cleaner power.

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JUNE 11, 2021

Oberon Fuels, producer of clean-burning dimethyl ether (DME) transportation fuel, has begun production of the first renewable DME (rDME) in the United States, and the only current commercial production of this in the world. Propane is already known for its versatile, cost-effective and clean burning attributes.

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AUGUST 26, 2022

The California Air Resources Board approved the Advanced Clean Cars II (ACC II) rule. billion over three years, for investment in ZEV adoption, as well as clean mobility options for California’s most environmentally and economically burdened communities. Governor Newsom proposed, and the Legislature has approved, $2.7

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PHEV Emissions California Cleaner 195

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JANUARY 25, 2019

Deadlines for attaining these standards are 2020, 2024 and 2025, respectively. The 2020 deadline is for both 1997 standards.). Tightened controls on residential wood-burning stoves and fireplaces, and enhanced incentives for cleaner-burning alternatives.

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EV Connect

AUGUST 29, 2022

Electric public transportation is essential to creating cleaner, greener cities. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), transportation accounted for 27% of the United States’ greenhouse gas emissions in 2020. An investment in clean public transportation could reduce carbon dioxide emissions by 0.71

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Drive Electric

NOVEMBER 24, 2021

RE: Drive Electric Submission Land Transport (Clean Car) Amendment Bill. Drive Electric supports the Land Transport (Clean Vehicles) Amendment Bill (‘the Bill’) and encourages New Zealand to be ambitious. The interim Clean Car Discount, which is already in the market, is showing promising signs of success. Committee Secretariat.

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Clean Cleaning New Zealand Transportation 52

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MAY 7, 2013

Members of the European Parliament’s Environment, Public Health and Food Safety Committee approved a draft law setting out rules for achieving a 147 g CO 2 /km (235 g/mile) target for new light commercial vehicles by 2020, down from 203 g/km (325 g/mile) today—i.e., The vote was 53 to 4 with 1 abstention. Earlier post.).

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AUGUST 13, 2020

While the process chemistry yields a clean-burning biofuel with a low sooting index, also notable is the catalyst’s stability over time, even becoming more active when regenerated. Vardon (2020) “Single-phase catalysis for reductive etherification of diesel bioblendstocks” Green Chemistry doi: 10.1039/D0GC00939C. Hafenstine, Nabila A.

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Waste Renewable Diesel Cleaner 221

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JANUARY 24, 2022

The optional ultra-low CARB certification is 90% cleaner than current emissions standards for nitrogen oxides. Propane is well established as an economical, clean and domestically produced alternative fuel for school buses. V8 propane engine in 2020, our team has worked tirelessly to gain this emissions certification.

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Engine Standards Alternative Fuels Cleaner 186

Teslarati

APRIL 1, 2022

If the United States fully embraces all-electric transportation and embraces clean energy solutions, the country could save over $1 trillion in public health benefits by 2050. trillion in public health benefits between 2020 and 2050. . Fortunately for the United States, efforts are underway to push cleaner modes of transportation.

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United States Tesla Clean Cleaning 145

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DECEMBER 7, 2019

The project has emerged from a global partnership agreement between the two companies that was announced in September of this year and is the latest example of Plug Power’s continuing innovation in clean hydrogen solutions. Source: Anglo American.

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Hydrogen Power Powered Plug 284

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JUNE 28, 2017

Pacific Gas and Electric Company (PG&E) launched the new Clean Fuel Rebate program for customers driving vehicles using compressed natural gas as a clean transportation fuel. The first rebate will be issued in 2017 and is expected to be an annual rebate through 2020.

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Transportation Gas Fuel Cleaner 150

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NOVEMBER 6, 2019

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Clean Energy has begun a major fueling infrastructure upgrade for trucks operating in the Port of Los Angeles and Port of Long Beach. Phase two, which will install new compressors and associated equipment to improve the performance and efficiency of the station, is scheduled for summer 2020.

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JANUARY 11, 2017

King County, Washington, Executive Dow Constantine announced that King County Metro Transit will acquire 120 battery-electric buses by 2020. The new buses run cleaner, quieter, and reduce dependence on fossil fuels. Metro is a leader in clean technology. based Proterra. Metro serves Seattle and the rest of King County.

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Coltura is a non-profit organization dedicated to accelerating the switch from gasoline and diesel to cleaner alternatives. States should avoid basing electrification mandates on vehicle emissions reduction and fuel economy—grounds exclusively within federal control under the federal Clean Air Act and Energy Policy and Conservation Act.

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All-Electric Legal Vehicles London 247

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AUGUST 9, 2019

A team of researchers in China suggest that, in the context of promoting the use of clean fuel vehicles and increasing vehicle fuel efficiency, CO 2 emissions of China’s urban passenger transport sector could reach a peak of 225 MtCO 2 in 2030. —Li and Yu. Natural gas taxis are expected to account for 54% in 2050.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2011

Battery electric applications, hybrid hydraulics, fuel cells and other advanced technology can make these on- and off-road vehicles cleaner and more efficient. 10 million to fund projects that establish commercial-scale clean transportation manufacturing facilities in California.

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California Transportation Energy Clean 210

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OCTOBER 25, 2019

Umicore expects to ramp up production in 2020 and allows for further expansion beyond 2020. The fuel cell catalysts market is gaining momentum, supported by a combination of intensifying clean mobility legislation and growing global awareness of the challenges of climate change.

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Fuel Production Climate Change Hyundai 170

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DECEMBER 30, 2010

Massachusetts Energy and Environmental Affairs (EEA) Secretary Ian Bowles has set the statewide greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions limit for 2020 required by the Global Warming Solutions Act of 2008 at 25% below 1990 levels, the maximum authorized by the Act, saying that measures already in place will get Massachusetts much of the way toward that goal.

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Massachusetts 2020 Emissions Auto 244

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JANUARY 3, 2014

An article in the latest issue of IEA Energy: The Journal of the International Energy Agency reports that Estonia, which has the most developed oil shale industry in the world, is collaborating in pursuing wider use of oil shale in a cleaner, more sustainable manner. Different that shale oil—i.e., million tonnes emitted in 2007.

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AUGUST 2, 2018

Specifically, EPA is proposing to withdraw the waiver of CAA preemption for California’s Advanced Clean Car (ACC) program, Zero Emissions Vehicle (ZEV) mandate, and Greenhouse Gas (GHG) standards that are applicable to model years 2021 through 2025. There are compelling reasons for a new rulemaking on fuel economy standards for 2021-2026.

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Fuel Economy Economy EPA MPG 186

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FEBRUARY 11, 2021

Both Ballard and Chart have provided hydrogen solutions and equipment to industry for multiple decades (nearly 100 years in total), including a very rapid increase in sales activity in 2020 and year-to-date 2021. Ballard Power Systems signed a non-binding Memorandum of Understanding (MOU) with Chart Industries, Inc.—a

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Hydrogen Industrial Industry Mariner 170

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JULY 7, 2016

The public has until 29 July 2016 to provide feed back on the first round of the Clean Air Plan consultation. Extending the Ultra-Low Emission Zone (‘ULEZ’) beyond central London from 2020: for motorcycles, cars and vans, to the North and South Circular; and for lorries, buses and coaches London-wide.

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Plug in America

MARCH 22, 2024

cities, the Clean Air Act was established by Congress back in 1970. The recently finalized rules are the latest set of standards, and current clean vehicle technology allows these standards to be the most stringent ever. Over the next several years, these standards will continue to trend toward cleaner cars.

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EPA Standards Vehicles Pollution 102

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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 18, 2013

by 2020, and 64% by 2050. The assessment came in an annual report to the Clean Energy Ministerial (CEM). To illustrate this inertia, the report, Tracking Clean Energy Progress , introduced the Energy Sector Carbon Intensity Index (ESCII), which shows how much carbon dioxide is emitted, on average, to provide a given unit of energy.

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