Green Car Congress
NOVEMBER 29, 2010
Among the non-CO 2 pollutants are hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), methane, tropospheric ozone, and black carbon soot. For example, reducing emissions from open cooking and diesel vehicles could save many of the 1.9 Reducing tropospheric ozone can improve public health as well as agricultural productivity.
Green Car Congress
OCTOBER 14, 2009
HFCs are powerful greenhouse gases originally developed as substitutes for ozone-depleting chemicals. A binding legal agreement exists that can cut HFCs now—the Montreal Protocol ozone treaty—and many alternatives to HFCs have already been developed and are waiting for the right regulatory incentive from the Montreal Protocol to be deployed.
Green Car Congress
DECEMBER 15, 2010
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has awarded $5 million to the Southern Alliance for Clean Energy (SACE) to help Southern truckers and small businesses to buy cleaner big rigs. About 8 million are exposed to air quality that violates the federal standards for particulate matter.
My Energi
MARCH 11, 2021
Buying the perfect electric car for Mums. What I do know, is how fossil fuel vehicles have contributed heavily to poor air quality in our towns and cities, damage to the environment, soil and water quality and have contributed to the depletion of the ozone layer! Who wants to hear yet another article on ‘daddy owns a flash car’?…
Setec Powerr
AUGUST 20, 2021
Almost $12 million of Louisiana’s share was put aside to exchange 351 diesel buses owned by 16 local school boards. Almost half the new buses are fueled by cleaner-burning propane or compressed natural gas; the others are cleaner-burning diesel engines. Net-zero carbon emissions by 2050 are the governor’s goal. Another $7.3
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 28, 2014
Compared to the 2010 “Business as Usual” scenario—which includes all adopted emission control measures for the South Coast—NO x levels must be reduced by 65% and by 75% to meet the 2023 and 2032 ozone standards, respectively. An 80% reduction of GHG emissions is targeted for 2050, relative to 1990 levels. Click to enlarge.
Green Charging
MARCH 15, 2021
Further, the Department for Transport in the UK has declared that it will have banned all conventional petrol and diesel cars by 2030. Global warming plays a role in thinning the ozone layer, thus permitting harmful rays’ penetration to the earth. The products we buy and the energy we use in our homes directly impact the climate.
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