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JANUARY 8, 2020

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%. Transportation emissions remained relatively flat. Transportation. In the transportation sector, domestic air travel grew by 2.3% Coal-driven decline.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2011

Cutting emissions by 2020 to a level that could keep a global 21 st century temperature rise below 2 °C is technologically and economically feasible, according to a new study released by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP). Gigatonnes (Gt) of carbon dioxide equivalent (GtCO 2 e) annually, by 2020. each year from 2005 to 2020.

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APRIL 11, 2019

million) grant under the EU Horizon 2020 Research Programme to increase the scale of its CO 2 -to-methanol technology, marketed under the trademark Emissions-to-Liquids (ETL). CO 2 is available in abundance in high concentration in many industrial processes and thermal power plants (here CRI focusing on geothermal power and waste to energy).

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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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SEPTEMBER 11, 2013

In a vote on draft legislation , the European Parliament has backed a cap on the use of biofuels produced from starch-rich crops, sugars, oil and other crops grown on land and a speedy switchover to new biofuels from alternative sources such as seaweed and waste. of energy consumption in transport by 2020, MEPs said.

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OCTOBER 18, 2012

This is to stimulate the development of alternative, second-generation biofuels from non-food feedstock, such as waste or straw, which emit substantially less greenhouse gases than fossil fuels and do not directly interfere with global food production. For biofuels to help us combat climate change, we must use truly sustainable biofuels.

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FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The 2013 Scoping Plan update lays out the remaining steps to the 2020 limits set by AB 32. Transportation. California’s transportation system accounts for about 38% of the state’s GHG emissions and is the primary source of smog-forming and toxic air pollution in the State. Background.

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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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OCTOBER 2, 2013

The Scoping Plan describes the comprehensive range of efforts California must take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and meet the state’s long-term goals to combat climate change. What is needed to continue the prescribed course of action to 2020? Recommended transportation actions beyond 2020.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

SLCPs may account for an estimated 40% of global warming, increasing the impacts of climate change. More than three-quarters of HFC emissions in California come from the use of refrigerants in the commercial, industrial, residential, and transportation sectors.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2012

The transport sector currently accounts for a fifth of global final energy consumption, and increased demand from this sector is expected to make up all future growth in oil use worldwide. Tackling road transport energy use is vital to enhancing energy security and reducing carbon dioxide emissions globally.

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JUNE 14, 2010

In the key area of transportation, we submit our Drive Star proposal. For $100 million in one year, we’ll demonstrate how to rapidly reduce use of oil in transportation with safe, warrantied retrofits of tens of millions gas-guzzlers. How President Obama Can Announce Drive Star to Cut Oil Use in Half by 2020.

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 12, 2022

Starting a company to develop an energy technology that fights climate change is hard—a lot harder than starting a software company. Breakthroughs in battery technology, carbon sequestration, and other energy technologies that result in a five-fold improvement over current technology could literally change the world.

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JUNE 30, 2016

The action plan also encompasses a range of initiatives, including a focus on clean transportation. In addition, the SmartWay freight transportation program will be extended to Mexico. A key element of that partnership is a goal for North America to strive to achieve 50% clean power generation by 2025. 50% clean power target.

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DECEMBER 25, 2011

Sustainable Communities : The Sustainable Communities and Climate Protection Act of 2008 (SB 375) directs California’s metropolitan planning organizations to develop sustainable communities strategies that meet regional greenhouse gas reduction targets through integrated land use, housing and transportation planning.

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JULY 9, 2012

billion (US$10 billion) for the 2013 work program will support projects and ideas that will boost Europe’s competitiveness and tackle issues such as human health, protecting the environment and finding new solutions to growing challenges linked to urbanization and managing waste. In total, €8.1 billion (US$13.3-billion) billion (US$13.3-billion)

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MARCH 25, 2014

Honda marked the opening of Honda Smart Home US, showcasing technologies that enable zero net energy living and transportation, including Honda’s home energy management system (HEMS), a proprietary hardware and software system that monitors, controls and optimizes electrical generation and consumption throughout the home’s microgrid.

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APRIL 24, 2009

The LCFS is an important component in California’s effort to reduce transportation GHG. The regulation also levies the calculation of Indirect Land Use Change (ILUC) effects against biofuels, against the opposition ( earlier post ) of the biofuels industry. Source: ARB. Click to enlarge. Source: ARB. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 2, 2023

Electrification of medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) vehicles is an important component of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating climate change. they created about 28% of the automotive sector’s GHG emissions in 2020. For example, although heavy-duty vehicles make up only about 10% of vehicles on the road in the U.S.,

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MAY 13, 2010

Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. The bill provides more than $7 billion annually to improve transportation infrastructure and efficiency, including highways and mass transit systems.

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APRIL 28, 2024

The Production Linked Incentive (PLI) scheme initiated by the government in March 2020, aims to significantly enhance domestic manufacturing capabilities across various industries. Key policies and their objectives include the National Electric Mobility Mission 2020 (NEMMP 2020) that was launched in 2012.

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JANUARY 24, 2015

integrating systems where the waste product of one process is utilized as the feedstock of the next); and/or technologies that reduce external energy inputs (e.g. Catalyst studies will include R&D on low PGM loading cathode catalysts (for MEAs with total PGM loadings less than the 2020 target of 0.125 mg PGM/cm 2 and 0.125 mg PGM/kW).

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OCTOBER 24, 2021

The New Coal: Plastics and Climate Change analyzes data from ten stages of plastics production, usage, and disposal and finds that the US plastics industry is releasing at least 232 million tons of greenhouse gases each year—the equivalent of 116 average-sized coal-fired power plants. million tons of GHG each year.

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MARCH 3, 2015

integrating systems where the waste product of one process is utilized as the feedstock of the next); and/or. These catalyst studies include research on low-PGM loading cathode catalysts for membrane electrode assemblies (MEAs) with total PGM loadings less than the 2020 target of 0.125 mg PGM/cm 2 and 0.125 mg PGM/kW. 2020 Target.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

LNG as fuel eliminates SO x emissions, significantly reduces NO x and particulate matter, and also reduces GHG emissions—although not to the levels that would be required for addressing climate change. DNV GL expects significant growth in hybrid ships, such as harbor tugs, offshore service vessels, and ferries after 2020.

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MARCH 21, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved $5,580,773 for clean-energy transportation projects including biodiesel production, power control electronics for medium-and heavy-duty battery electric vehicles, and buydowns for propane vehicles. The facility is slated to produce nearly 5 million gallons of transportation fuel per year.

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The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Second, while hydrogen can be otherwise produced through the electrolysis of water, this process requires huge amounts of clean and fresh water – a vital and highly valuable commodity of life that can’t be wasted.

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MARCH 3, 2021

Lucid Air Deliveries Delayed to Second Half of 2020 – Startup automaker Lucid has postponed the first deliveries of its debut electric vehicle, the 2021 Lucid Air. Oshkosh had teamed up with Ford Motor Co. on its proposal based on a Transit van. – via February 23, AutoBlog. – February 26, via Electrek.

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JUNE 19, 2009

At the same time DEFRA say the projected climate changes show that some climate change is now inevitable whatever we do. Environment Secretary, Hilary Benn said: “There is no doubt about it – climate change is the biggest challenge facing the world today. “Now is the time to act.

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MAY 9, 2013

Funding priorities through the ARFVT Program support fuel and vehicle development to help attain the state’s climate change policies. Currently, the state’s transportation sector accounts for nearly 40% of the state''s greenhouse gas emissions; more than 95% of all transportation energy consumed in California is petroleum-based.

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MARCH 28, 2023

GLOBAL ELECTRIC-VEHICLE SALES BY SCENARIO, 2020–2030 The International Energy Agency’s Global EV Outlook 2021 shows 2020 electric-vehicle sales [left column], projected EV sales under current climate-mitigation policies [middle], and projected sales under accelerated climate-mitigation policies [right].

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MARCH 6, 2018

in 2007 to exceed 14% of the 2016-level worldwide GHGE by 2040, accounting for more than half of the current relative contribution of the whole transportation sector, according to a new study from McMaster University in Canada. It’s the energy consumption we don’t see. —Lotfi Belkhir.

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NOVEMBER 13, 2011

At a high level, the report notes that there are few signs that the urgently needed change in direction in global energy trends is underway. Under the WEO 2011 central scenario, oil demand rises from 87 million barrels per day (mb/d) in 2010 to 99 mb/d in 2035, with all the net growth coming from the transport sector in emerging economies.

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JULY 22, 2009

Other than the good news on oil consumption, very little was said in regards to transportation fuels. As another panelist pointed out, “ The New York Times is well-equipped to write the article about how Stimulus Funds have been wasted ”. Will climate legislation provide funds? ”. M barrels/day of oil within the next 10 years ”.

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The $9,612,515 is funded from the Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Transportation program. The goal is to ramp up production to 2,500 trucks by 2020, creating 1,500 high-paying jobs. By 2020, Great Valley Energy estimates it could have 15 small dispersed plants, each capable of producing 3.15

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DECEMBER 7, 2015

California has not taken full advantage of opportunities to increase its in-state production of biofuel, despite state policies that encourage biofuel consumption, according to a policy paper by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at the UCLA and UC Berkeley law schools. —Ethan Elkind, a co-author of the report.

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FEBRUARY 25, 2011

The California Air Resources Board formally considered the first 28 proposals for new ways to make low carbon transportation fuels under California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). energy (g CO 2 e/MJ)—that will provide a 10% reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions for all fuels used in California by 2020. Earlier post.)

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