Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2009

All ocean-going vessels within 24 nautical miles of California’s coastline must now use cleaner burning diesel fuel in order to comply with a new state regulation aimed at reducing the emissions of oxides of sulfur and nitrogen and diesel particulate matter, starting 1 July. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) filed a legal challenge to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) with the US District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division. Earlier post.). In response to the lawsuit, Mary Nichols, CARB chairman, issued the following statement: Their actions are shameful.

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EV Connect

OCTOBER 9, 2023

Global EV sales barely nudged 2 million units in 2020 , but could top 73 million by 2040. Fleet Charging It’s not just individual drivers who are exploring the tax benefits (and navigating the legal changes) around EV ownership. What Exactly Does Widespread EV Adoption Mean? But it’s still too early to talk of “widespread adoption”.

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Cars That Think

MAY 19, 2024

Such apps can’t legally claim to treat or diagnose disease, at least in the United States. The company raised US $160 million in funding from investors, including $100 million in 2020 alone, and went bankrupt in February 2023. Who participates in the studies matters too.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 24, 2024

The Biden administration has taken a significant step in its expedited environmental review of what could become the third lithium mine in the US, amid anticipated legal challenges from conservationists over the threat they say it poses to an endangered Nevada wildflower.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

In summary, the preferred alternative of the proposed rulemaking would freeze the requirements at the MY 2020 level through MY 2026. But the evidence shows that freezing CAFE standards is hard to justify on economic, social, environmental, or legal grounds. This would result in an average fuel economy for passenger cars of 43.7

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

The SAFE rule would essentially freeze the current standards at the MY 2020 level (specifically, the “footprint” or “size-based” target curves for passenger cars and light trucks) through 2026. Wheeler adduced four reasons to support that argument: price, safety, environmental impact and incentivizing the purchase of new, cleaner, safer cars.

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Baua Electric

MAY 25, 2024

About 65,000 migrants are being sheltered in hotels, tent dormitories and other shelters, in large part because of the city’s legal obligation to provide a bed to anyone who needs one. New York City is safer, cleaner and, as the numbers show, continues to be one of the most popular destinations in the United States.”

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

To get there, the draft presents several targets for emission reductions from developed countries, ranging from 25% to 45% below 1990 levels by 2020. The European Union (EU) is committed to a 20% cut in emissions by 2020. A ballpark figure could be on the order of US$ 250 billion in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

The program will reduce emissions fifteen percent below 2005 levels by 2020. These recommendations call for an economy-wide program that would reduce emissions twenty percent below 2005 levels by 2020, and eighty percent below 2005 levels by 2050, though the 2020 target may decrease to eighteen percent if allowance prices increase too much.

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