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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Emissions Global Gas Los Angeles 199

Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2009

Impact of the new chemistry on ambient air quality in the California South Coast Air Basin. (A) This reaction is not included in computer models used to predict air pollution levels and the effectiveness of ozone control strategies. Raff et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. Raff et al. Jonathan D. Raff, Bosiljka Njegic, Wayne L.

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Ozone Pollution 2009 Coal 150

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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Climate Change 2020 Climate Transportation 220

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

But theyve needed definitive proof that PHEVs wont increase pollution. CA, NY, MA and other states have had Zero-Emission Vehicle programs since the early 1990s because battery electric vehicles in those states, taking into account power plants, are far cleaner than gasoline cars in reducing urban air pollution and smog.

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Plug-in Plugin Plug Hybrid 61

Charged EVs

DECEMBER 13, 2022

Charged : For example, one of your customers has a site where they’re not allowed to do any digging because of hazardous waste. In California, you end up having to clean, do remediation, and take all the spoils to Kettleman City [the site of a hazardous waste facility]. I would never have thought of that.

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Grid Solar Charging Power 143

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Dont PHEVs just shift pollution from gasoline cars to power plants? But its monumentally less pollution , even on the national (half-coal) grid. Toyotas Nickel-Metal Hydride batteries are considered "non-hazardous waste" [See "high voltage electrical systems" ]. Are the batteries recyclable?

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PHEV Nickel Metal Hydride Prius EPRI 37

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Waxman of California and Edward J. INTRODUCTION. Representatives Henry A.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244