Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2022

Non-road vehicles, including agricultural and construction equipment, rail, marine and aviation, are a major source of pollution, emitting more carbon pollution than any other sector of the US economy. Expanding Electric Vehicle Charging Accessibility.

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JANUARY 6, 2019

Urban planners should plant hedges—or a combination of trees with hedges—rather than just relying on roadside trees if they are most effectively to reduce pollution exposure from cars in near-road environments, according to a new study from the University of Surrey. The best way to tackle pollution is to control it at the source.

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CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 7, 2021

By Simon Mui With transportation now the largest source of carbon pollution in the U.S., the state that created car culture is now driving toward eliminating tailpipe pollution.

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AUGUST 24, 2023

SACRAMENTO — California hit an important milestone in its shift away from polluting fuel sources, with clean fuels replacing over 50% of the diesel used in the state in the first quarter of 2023.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2019

GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”. The RNG product with very low carbon intensity could be used for carbon emission reductions in the transportation, industrial, commercial, and residential energy sectors. The Gasification-powered RNG Process.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

About 4 million children worldwide develop asthma each year because of inhaling nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ) air pollution, according to an open-access study published in The Lancet Planetary Health by researchers at the George Washington University Milken Institute School of Public Health (Milken Institute SPH). —Susan Anenberg.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2019

Reductions in air pollution yielded fast and significant impacts on health-outcomes, as well as decreases in all-cause morbidity, according to new open-access research published in Annals of the American Thoracic Society. It’s critical that governments adopt and enforce WHO guidelines for air pollution immediately.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 12, 2019

The California Energy Commission (CEC) approved a $95-million plan for critical clean transportation investments to expedite the adoption of zero-emission vehicles (ZEVs) and help the state reach its climate, air quality and other goals. The investment plan also allocates $10 million for production of zero- and near-zero-carbon fuels.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2021

Proponents claim that if renewable electricity is used and CO 2 is captured from the air, then the e-gasoline and e-diesel are climate-neutral fuels that will also reduce pollution. However, said T&E, particle pollution was far from eliminated. Carbon monoxide emissions were much higher with the e-gasoline blends tested.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2019

in 2030 even if India were to comply with its existing pollution control policies and regulations. In January 2019, the Indian government launched the National Clean Air Program (NCAP), a five-year action plan to curb air pollution; build a pan-India air quality monitoring network; and improve citizen awareness.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel production could be made with almost no carbon emissions through $278 billion of extra investment by 2050, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Steel is responsible for around 7% of man-made greenhouse gas emissions every year and is one of the world’s most polluting industries. Source: BloombergNEF.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 9, 2021

The collaboration aims to power EVs in California with clean energy, and generate cleaner air in the state by leveraging the latest biodigester technology to create renewable energy by capturing methane from manure to feed back into the power grid. —Adam Langton, energy services manager, connected eMobility, BMW of North America.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 25, 2019

The California Air Resources Board approved a $533-million plan to fund clean car rebates, zero-emission transit and school buses, clean trucks, and other innovative, clean transportation and mobility pilot projects. Investments made in previous years’ Funding Plans have been tremendously successful.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2018

pollution in the state. is especially burdensome in California and accounts for the greatest percentage of health impacts attributable to air pollution. LA=Los Angeles basin, CV=Central Valley, OC=Organic Carbon, EC=Elemental Carbon. The open-access study, which focused on the four major components of PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2021

finds that private jets are 10 times more carbon-intensive than airliners on average, and 50 times more polluting than trains in terms of CO 2 emitted per passenger-km. billion, could be part of the solution by paying for the development of greener technology that can help accelerate innovation and clean flying for everyone.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2019

Volkswagen has begun to fit all its models with an activated carbon filter. Furthermore, the filter technology with activated carbon layer also converts harmful gases such as nitrogen dioxide, leaving the interior air cleaner and less disturbing. This disables even the tiniest allergens.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2018

The Clean Vehicle Assistance Program, run by the Oakland-based nonprofit Beneficial State Foundation, was launched with a $5-million CARB grant. The Cap-and-Trade program also creates a financial incentive for industries to invest in clean technologies and develop innovative ways to reduce pollution.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 10, 2018

The federal Clean Air Act and associated environmental regulations have driven steep declines in air pollution emissions over the past several decades, even as US manufacturers increased production, according to a study by two University of California, Berkeley, economists. Shapiro and Reed Walker (2018) “ Why is Pollution from U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2019

Meeting standards for fine particle pollution, or PM 2.5 , is the San Joaquin Valley’s most critical air quality challenge. The San Joaquin Valley has the worst particulate matter pollution in California—and the worst in the nation for annual federal standards. The newly adopted 2018 Valley PM 2.5

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FEBRUARY 19, 2017

Recent research has suggested that exposure to air pollution could also be a risk factor. exposures, inclusion of provider-initiated preterm births, and exposure to indoor air pollution. There are many known risk factors for preterm birth—from the mother’s age, to illness, to poverty and other social factors. Malley et al.

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DECEMBER 24, 2021

Methane pyrolysis technology company Monolith, a leader in clean materials production (e.g., hydrogen, earlier post ; carbon black, earlier post ), has received conditional approval for a $1.04-billion Monolith cleanly produces essential materials utilized by a wide variety of industries including hydrogen, ammonia and carbon black.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 11, 2018

A “well-to-wheel” life cycle assessment (LCA) by a team from synthetic fuels producer Greyrock ( earlier post ), and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) has determined the potential reduction of greenhouse gases and criteria pollutant emissions from the use of synthetic fuels directly converted from flare gas. billion liters (18.8

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 30, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2013

California’s air quality programs have forced a reduction in black carbon despite a significant increase in diesel fuel consumption. If California’s efforts in reducing black carbon can be replicated globally, we can slow down global warming in the coming decades by about 15 percent, in addition to protecting people’s lives.

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FEBRUARY 16, 2012

Global benefits from full implementation of measures for reduction of short-lived climate pollutants in 2030 compared to the reference scenario. The coalition will focus efforts on reducing black carbon, hydrofluorocarbons (HFCs), and methane. for 2030 and beyond. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).

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MAY 17, 2019

New 2018 data from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) indicates that the state’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) continues to drive production of a growing volume of cleaner transportation fuels for California consumers. billion gallons of petroleum diesel have been displaced by clean, low-carbon alternatives.

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Teslarati

JUNE 7, 2023

This is, at least, if the transition to electric vehicles also involved greater reliance on clean electricity from sources such as wind, solar, hydro, geothermal, and nuclear. Studies have indicated that such communities tend to reside in closer proximity to major sources of air pollution, such as highways and power plants.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 21, 2014

Average annual percentage of black carbon pollution related to Chinese exports. Dust, ozone and carbon can accumulate in valleys and basins in California and other Western states. We’ve outsourced our manufacturing and much of our pollution, but some of it is blowing back across the Pacific to haunt us. Credit: Lin et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 15, 2022

The funds will support the deployment of thousands of zero-emission trucks, school buses and transit buses to deliver clean air benefits to communities hit hardest by the impacts of pollution from medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. 15 million zero- and near-zero-carbon fuel production and supply. $15

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Green Car Congress

JULY 26, 2020

Toray Industries concluded an agreement with Lilium GmbH to supply carbon fiber composite materials for the Lilium Jet. The aircraft’s primary structures, such as the fuselage, wings and flaps will all be made from carbon fiber. The aircraft’s primary structures, such as the fuselage, wings and flaps will all be made from carbon fiber.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 8, 2022

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing new, stronger standards to promote clean air and reduce pollution from heavy-duty vehicles and engines starting in model year (MY) 2027. —“Control of Air Pollution from New Motor Vehicles: Heavy-Duty Engine and Vehicle Standards”.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 10, 2018

The 2017 Compliance Report for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) shows 100% compliance with the regulation. Currently fuel producers who sell their product in California must lower the amount of overall carbon in their fuels 10% by 2020. The clean fuels also reduced emissions of toxic pollutants as well as those that cause smog.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2021

Governments need to move faster and more decisively on a wide range of policy measures to enable low-carbon hydrogen to fulfil its potential to help the world reach net zero emissions while supporting energy security, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in a new report. —Fatih Birol, the IEA Executive Director.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 9, 2021

a climate- and sustainability-focused Federal workforce. a climate- and sustainability-focused Federal workforce.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2019

Long-term residential exposure to locally emitted black carbon (BC) from traffic exhaust increases the risk of stroke even in low-pollution environments, according to a study by researchers at Karolinska Institutet and other universities in Sweden. g/m 3 ) of black carbon from traffic exhaust, the risk of stroke increased by 4%.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2019

Clean Energy Fuels Corp. Clean Energy’s Zero Now program makes the cost of leasing or purchasing a new natural gas heavy-duty truck equal to the price or even lower than that of the same truck equipped with a diesel engine. RNG reduces climate pollutants such as greenhouse gas, which takes carbon emissions completely out of trucking.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 26, 2018

The California Air Resources Board approved a $483 million plan to fund clean car rebates, zero-emission transit and school buses, clean trucks, and other innovative, clean transportation and mobility pilot projects. billion for low-carbon transportation projects from the cap-and-trade program. .

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