Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) announced a grant solicitation for Zero-Emission Truck and Bus Pilot Commercial Deployment Projects. Up to an additional $60,000,000 may be available for projects under this solicitation from future funds appropriated by the California legislature on or before 30 June 2016.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 25, 2009

Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. Source: Climate Change Compendium. Ocean acidification caused by the absorption of carbon dioxide in seawater is already increasing along the California coast decades earlier than existing models predict. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) approved an updated environmental analysis of the Scoping Plan. Approval of the updated environmental analysis (known as the Functional Equivalent Document, FED) was also accompanied by a vote to re-approve the AB 32 Scoping Plan. California Air Resources Board, et al., CPF-09-509562).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 22, 2010

California inter-agency roadmap. Four California state agencies and the independent power grid operator have released a new plan and vision for California’s energy future in advance of the Air Resources Board consideration of a first-in-the-nation rule requiring that a third of California electricity come from renewable sources by 2020.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 25, 2009

A team of 26 climate scientists from Australia, Austria, Canada, France, Germany, Switzerland, the United Kingdom, and the United States have published the “Copenhagen Diagnosis”, an interim synthesis report on developments in climate change science from mid-2006 to the present day.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 25, 2011

In a finding that has global implications for climate research, scientists have discovered that when icebergs cool and dilute the seas through which they pass for days, they also raise chlorophyll levels in the water that may in turn increase carbon dioxide absorption in the Southern Ocean.

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JANUARY 10, 2013

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved funding to advance further the development of its pioneering 42 MW peak microgrid and expand electric vehicle charging at the University of California, San Diego (UCSD). This will reduce the indirect cost of solar power to California ratepayers. The Commission approved a $1.6-million

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2013

The document is a detailed draft technical review of potential environmental impacts associated with the segment of the pipeline in the US, including: impacts from construction, impacts from potential spills, impacts related to climate change, and economic impacts. What Keystone XL would carry. Nigerian light crude).

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JULY 24, 2014

The research team, led by NASA and University of California, Irvine, scientists, used data from NASA’s Gravity Recovery and Climate Experiment ( GRACE ) satellite mission to track changes in the mass of the Colorado River Basin, which are related to changes in water amount on and below the surface. —Stephanie Castle, lead author.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 10, 2011

The California ZEV program supports three broad statewide policy goals: reduce criteria pollutant and greenhouse gas emissions; reduce gasoline and diesel fuel demand; and maintain leadership in environmental technology policy and foster job growth. Task 2: Metrics. Task 4: Complementary Policies. —“Task 4: Complementary Policies.

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Teslarati

JUNE 4, 2021

Tesla has officially submitted amended application documents to build electric vehicle battery cells at its German production plant, Giga Berlin. Initially, Tesla will send cells from its Kato Road 4680 production lines in Northern California to Berlin. Tesla also outlined a r eduction in planned water consumption at the plant.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 11, 2014

The California Air Resources Board released the draft proposed first update to the AB 32 Scoping Plan, which guides development and implementation of California’s greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. California’s zero emission vehicle (ZEV) regulation is also driving a transformation of the fleet.

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OCTOBER 8, 2012

The study, published as an open access paper in the journal Nature Climate Change , shows that deforestation for the development of oil palm plantations in Indonesian Borneo is becoming a globally significant source of carbon dioxide emissions. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1702. Curran, Gregory P.

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JUNE 13, 2009

University of California, Davis researchers will receive $2.8 Nitrogen-based fertilizers help California farmers produce more than 400 agricultural commodities—vegetables, fruits, meats and dairy products—worth $36 billion a year. million in new grants to study the use and impacts of escaped nitrogen from agricultural production.

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APRIL 2, 2018

California Air Resources Board Chair Mary D. Nichols: “This is a politically motivated effort to weaken clean vehicle standards with no documentation, evidence or law to back up that decision. The California waiver is still being reexamined by EPA. There’s no good reason for these standards to be sabotaged.”. Background.

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AUGUST 12, 2016

These include the heavy-duty manufacturing regions of the upper Midwest; technology hubs in California and along the Pacific Coast; technology innovators on the East Coast including Massachusetts, New York, and the Carolinas; and a corridor that runs through, Georgia, Alabama, Tennessee, Indiana and Ohio. Click to enlarge.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 5, 2022

Surge in EVSE essential EV sales are accelerating and are expected to grow exponentially , EV buyers taking personal action to fight the climate crisis , and/or discovering that EVs are safer, faster, more economical , and more fun to drive. In California, it is 134 mpg.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2015

The report recognizes California, Connecticut, and New York for leading the country with continued and expanded support for fuel cell and hydrogen technologies. The 2015 Hydrogen and Fuel Cells Annual Progress Report documents more than 1,000 pages of accomplishments achieved by Energy Department-funded projects in the last year.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 23, 2015

Otherwise it will become impractical to constrain atmospheric carbon dioxide, the greenhouse gas produced in burning fossil fuels, to a level that prevents the climate system from passing tipping points that lead to disastrous climate changes that spiral dynamically out of humanity’s contro l.”. Filed under: environment Tagged: 350.org

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NOVEMBER 21, 2011

For example, harmonizing the California LCFS with programs that do not fully consider ILUC could make it difficult to achieve real GHG emissions on a global scale, and programs lacking sustainability provisions could promote environmental damage. —Low Carbon Fuel Standard 2011 Program Review Report. Washington.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

Last week, Volkswagen provided a close-up look at one of the projects in which it is investing: the Garcia River Conservation-Based Forest Management Project, located in Mendocino County, California. TCF acquired the 23,780-acre tract in 2004 for $18 million ($10 million California Coastal Conservancy, $3.5

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JULY 30, 2016

In response to an Executive Order issued last year by California Governor Edmund G. The Executive Order directs the state agencies to pursue a shared vision to “ improve freight efficiency, transition to zero-emission technologies and increase the competitiveness of California’s freight system.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2018

Californians for Zero Emission Vehicles (CalZEV), a coalition of public health, environmental and electric vehicle industry organizations, announced its strong support for the Innovative Clean Transit (ICT) measure currently before the California Air Resources Board (CARB). CalZEV expects CARB to make a decision on the ICT in September 2018.

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Baua Electric

JUNE 5, 2024

We didn’t text photos to friends and family in far colder climates back home. To document my vacation, I brought only a pen, a notebook and a disposable camera. A bit like sleepaway camp We’d come from all over the United States, including Texas, Alabama, California and Minnesota, and most of us were meeting for the very first time.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

And secondly, documents show a 300 kW fast-charging capacity for the charging station. Petaluma, California Bans Construction of New Gas Station s – The Sonoma County, California city of Petaluma currently has 16 gas stations but there will never be another one, even if one of the existing stations goes out of business.

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AUGUST 17, 2021

Passion leads the wa y “I’m definitely an impassioned teacher,” said Hartman, who taught Advanced Placement Environmental Science at Ashland High School and was responsible for the development of a climate science class there. It is downloadable on the chapter’s website and is available for $3 in hard copy form. Bruce is very passionate, too.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2012

SDAV is a collaboration tapping the expertise of researchers at six laboratories: Argonne, Lawrence Berkeley, Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos, Oak Ridge, and Sandia national laboratories and in seven universities: Georgia Tech, North Carolina State, Northwestern, Ohio State, Rutgers, the University of California at Davis, and the University of Utah.

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Creative Greenius

JANUARY 17, 2009

Saturday, January 17, 2009, Santa Monica, California - Inaugural Parade West. Since 1999, Ed has been Director of the Electric Transportation Division at Southern California Edison. Another of my favorite people on the Southern California environmental scene is State Senator Fran Pavley who also spoke at the press conference.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 3, 2016

California agency leaders released the Draft California Sustainable Freight Action Plan , an ambitious document that lays a foundation for modernizing California’s multi-billion dollar freight transportation system. Benefits include meeting the state’s freight infrastructure, public health, air quality and climate goals.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2011

The staff of California Air Resources Board (ARB) is in the process of developing a proposal for Board’s consideration later this year to amend California’s Low-Emission Vehicle (LEV) regulations. California’s Environmental Performance label requirements, and proposed modifications to the ZEV program. 19 July 2011.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2010

The team drew their conclusions by comparing data from NASA’s Gravity and Recovery Climate Experiment satellite system, or GRACE, with continuous GPS measurements made from long-term sites on bedrock on the edges of the ice sheet. Courtesy John Wahr, University of Colorado.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released a summary of its proposed Advanced Clean Cars (ACC) regulation package ( earlier post ), which establishes stringent new emissions standards for light duty vehicles from 2015 through 2025. Further documents will be released on 7 December. Earlier post.) Zero Emission Vehicle Regulation.

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Teslarati

AUGUST 24, 2022

California is expected to become the first state in the U.S. The rule is being issued by the California Air Resources Board, known as CARB, and will prohibit any driver from buying a new vehicle that utilizes an internal combustion engine for its powertrain. The New York Times first reported the story. It aligned with them this year.

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Teslarati

FEBRUARY 27, 2022

Earlier this month, a small miracle of sorts happened in California. The California Public Utilities Commission’s (CPUC) proposed new net metering rules (NEM 3.0) shocked climate advocates due to its proposed changes to the state’s rules on residential solar solutions. hit an indefinite “Pause” button.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

He’s tried the sugar and honey approach for ten years but instead of catching flies he’s caught hassles and obstructions from local Southern California city officials who haven’t kept up with modern technology and remain both ignorant and adversarial when it comes to helping their citizens go solar. “ Idiots !

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 1, 2024

Most of the crusher-bound vehicles I document were photographed in Colorado, where I have lived since 2010, or California, where I used to live and still have family. The combination of harsh sun and damp climate has been rough on the paint. This car is a base Sentra E model, so it has the 1.6-liter

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Green Car Congress

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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