Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

At 9am on Tuesday morning this week I stood with Los Angeles Mayor, Eric Garcetti, members of the L.A. City Council, board members of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Commission and long term colleagues from the climate justice action community to be part of a historic announcement.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2016

California’s Environmental Justice Advisory Committee ( EJAC ) is launching a series of statewide meetings to provide residents with the opportunity to meet with local advocates and state officials to share concerns and to provide input on addressing air pollution and how to help California meet its 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 28, 2017

A study by the University of California, Riverside College of Engineering Center for Environmental Research and Technology (CE-CERT) found that a Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transit Agency (Metro) bus equipped with an ultra-low emission natural gas engine performs significantly cleaner than its certification standards across all duty cycles.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

In a recent vote, the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) authorized Southern California Edison (SCE) to procure between 1,400 and 1,800 megawatts (MW) of electrical capacity in the Los Angeles basin. Among the requirements of the decision is that at least 50 MW must be procured from energy storage resources.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2020

Werner Enterprises, a premier transportation and logistics provider, is testing a 2019 Peterbilt 579 EV Class 8 electric truck for a year on a dedicated account in Southern California. The truck will operate in the Los Angeles metro area.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 25, 2015

Following a competitive proposal process, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) has offered $1.6 million to the City of Los Angeles to set up a pilot carsharing program for electric vehicles in disadvantaged communities. The funding for the project comes from fees collected under the state’s climate change law, AB 32.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2009

In an interview with the Los Angeles Times , US Secretary of Energy Steven Chu said that water shortages resulting from worst case scenarios of climate change could eliminate agriculture in California and place its cities in jeopardy. We’re looking at a scenario where there’s no more agriculture in California.”

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

SB 100 (De Leon) – California Renewables Portfolio Standard Program. We need more aggressive cuts in emissions to get us anywhere near the pathways that limit the worst impacts of climate change. This is a critically important effort. Autumn Burke – (916) 319-2062 – [link]. Phillip Chen – (916) 319-2055 – [link].

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Green Car Congress

MAY 11, 2012

The California Energy Commission unanimously approved funding of more than $15 million to projects that will advance biofuels and electric vehicle research in California. based in Valencia (Los Angeles County), will administer the project, and ZeroTruck of Laguna Niguel (Orange County) will build up to 14 trucks for the project.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 7, 2019

Through his extraordinary leadership and vision, has brought 100% clean energy to Southern California. This effort eventually led to the formation of the Los Angeles County Clean Power Alliance. He was successful in bringing a number of cities to work together.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2011

Illustration of the steps in an iterative risk management approach for addressing climate change. From: America’s Climate Choices. This trend cannot be explained by natural factors such as internal climate variability or changes in incoming energy from the sun. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

An aerial methane survey conducted by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), California Energy Commission (CEC) and NASA has found that just 10% of the point sources were responsible for 60% of the total methane emissions detected. The oil and gas production sector also included large sources of methane.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 25, 2021

That same year, in my role as founding organizer of climate action group, 350 South Bay Los Angeles, I was able to bring my skills and experience to a wider community and make the case for our need to switch to 100% fossil free transportation to stave off the impending climate crisis.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 21, 2009

If you’re a regular Creative Greenius reader you know that I’ve been writing for quite a while about California’s leadership on climate, renewable energy, environmental legislation and energy efficiency issues. I want to make sure you get to keep on doing what you’re doing without interruption.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 1, 2012

Although viewed as a potential target in the global effort to reduce climate change, atmospheric black carbon particles absorb significantly less sunlight than scientists have predicted, according to a new study by an international team of researchers, published in the journal Science. Earlier post.).

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Creative Greenius

AUGUST 31, 2009

I took the photos that now illustrate it here on my blog within the last hour: My name is Joe Galliani, I’m 52 years old and I’ve lived in Southern California for 33 years. (c) Since 1993 my wife and I have lived in Torrance California, just a half mile from the beautiful beach and the Pacific Ocean.

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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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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

An international study of 10 global cities found that a balance of geophysical factors (climate, access to resources, and gateway status) and technical factors (power generation, urban design, and waste processing) determine the greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) attributable to cities. Diane Pataki, University of California, Irvine.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 31, 2009

I bring a passion that’s driven by my sense of urgency over our climate change crisis. I choose to be the voice that can change a room, and then a city. But I also bring something more on top of all that. Joe Galliani, the Creative Greenius / photo (c) Debra Bushweit Galliani. I choose to do what it takes.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The South Bay region I live and work in covers an area of 161 square miles and encompasses 15 cities plus portions of the City of Los Angeles and unincorporated portions of the County of Los Angeles. It hardly seems fair. And you thought YOUR job situation was tough.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2013

The California Energy Commission approved $578,261 to projects that will boost the number of CNG-fueled buses in two school districts in Southern California by providing compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling infrastructure. Its boundaries cover more than 720 square miles and include more than 1,000 schools.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 11, 2023

It occurred in the wake of the California electricity crisis of 2000 and 2001, when mismanaged deregulation, market manipulation, and environmental catastrophe combined to unhinge the power grid. ACP looked at other ways of marketing its technology and saw an opportunity in the California electricity crisis then unfolding.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% Climate Change And The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2009

In testimony for the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) public hearing ( earlier post ) on the proposed endangerment finding for greenhouse gas emissions under the Clean Air Act ( earlier post ), Stanford Professor Mark Jacobson urged the EPA to include black carbon in the finding. Geophysical Research Letters , Vol.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released the public discussion draft of the required update to the AB 32 Scoping Plan. 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.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2013

The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted the 2013-2014 Investment Plan Update to support the development and use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. Funding priorities through the ARFVT Program support fuel and vehicle development to help attain the state’s climate change policies.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

Saturday, January 17, 2009, Santa Monica, California - Inaugural Parade West. No one needs to buy another new gas powered car. Since 1999, Ed has been Director of the Electric Transportation Division at Southern California Edison. It’s going to change the world of our Los Angeles and Long Beach ports.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 13, 2013

In two packages of awards, the California Energy Commission approved more than $44 million to expand the hydrogen fueling infrastructure and increase the number of alter alternative fuel vehicles on the road in the state. Expanding hydrogen fueling stations in California. million ZEV vehicles on the roadways by 2025.

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Setec Powerr

DECEMBER 1, 2022

President Joe Biden has issued a series of decrees with climate change at the center of his work, including allocating $7.5 lawmakers from both parties, who have spent their lives in disagreements, voting and courtrooms, began to battle over another protagonist — the gas station. Since taking office in January 2021, U.S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2023

In addition to helping the nation meet ambitious carbon-neutral goals, the development and implementation of the proposed technology can help reduce the cost of and emissions from hydrogen production to mitigate the effects of climate change while creating new jobs and revitalizing our economy.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 10, 2010

Ever since the Copenhagen climate treaty talks ended in impotence two months ago there hasn’t been a single ounce of positive news on the international scene about our chances of cutting the world’s greenhouse gas emissions and getting CO2 levels back down to the safe 350 ppm zone. Our small size becomes an advantage.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2012

The United States and California state averages shown are based on total on- and off-road use. The urban areas in California shown are for on-road fuel use only. Organic aerosol (OA) in the atmosphere is detrimental to human health and represents a highly uncertain forcing of climate change. Gentner et al.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

For more than a year now in this blog I’ve been researching and reporting on climate change, energy and transportation issues and related environmental stories covering them on both a personal and a global perspective. First off you might be surprised that our cities have Climate Action Plans, but don’t be.

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

They join Founding Members from these cities: Arlington, TX, Baltimore, Boulder, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Irvine, CA, Los Angeles, Memphis, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, and Wenatchee, WA. Additionally, other local governments and state agencies are joining the coalition. but it has grown far beyond this point.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 4, 2010

The Greenius says, the state should call this the Dunce Cap program since it makes fools out of anyone who thinks this is the way to get solar power on all the roofs in California that can generate clean, green renewable energy. California has a Renewable Portfolio Standard that calls for us to be at 20% renewable energy this year, 2010.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 15, 2009

In the 15 months that have passed since I wrote the following, ALL the climate change news has gone from bad, to worse, to much worse than that. For the past three months I’ve been working night and day as the Chairman of the South Bay Los Angeles 350 Climate Action Group.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 11, 2009

As our climate change crisis worsens and spins out of control with each passing day there’s no time to spare for those of us whose job it is to educate and motivate our fellow citizens to actions that cut our greenhouse gas emissions. That’s certainly the case here in Torrance, California where I live and work.

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