Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2019

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has adopted a plan that demonstrates to the US Environmental Protection Agency how the San Joaquin Valley air basin will attain each of four federal standards for fine particulate matter by regulatory deadlines. Deadlines for attaining these standards are 2020, 2024 and 2025, respectively.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2022

The product range includes Gd+ HVO, a sustainable renewable paraffinic diesel substitute that can be used as a direct drop-in replacement for diesel. GD+ is an EN15940 paraffinic diesel which meets the ASTM D9725 2D specification. It is fully compatible with gas oil and significantly cleaner than EN590 (automotive diesel fuel).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2019

School districts and transportation contractors can now purchase buses fueled by compressed natural gas that are 90% cleaner than the national emissions standard, opening more opportunities for funding that supports reduced emissions. As a lower-carbon fuel, CNG is naturally cleaner than diesel and gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 6, 2016

The City of Carlsbad is now fueling its city fleet with Propel Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable). Diesel HPR is produced by Neste and specially formulated and distributed by Propel. The City of Carlsbad is among the first city fleets in California to adopt low-carbon fuel renewable diesel.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2020

California’s latest greenhouse gas data shows that while the state continues to stay below its 2020 target for emissions, there is much more work to do to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. Industry is already increasing the use of alternatives to petroleum diesel, including renewable diesel and biodiesel.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2021

In addition to waste methanol, other potential feedstocks include: biogas from dairy waste, food wastes, agricultural waste, as well as excess electricity and CO 2 , resulting in ultra-low carbon to carbon-negative DME. Oberon Fuels uses two standard production units to produce DME fuel for its partners.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

The UK government has launched a Hydrogen Strategy intended to create a thriving low-carbon hydrogen sector—blue and green—in the UK over the next decade and beyond. The investment will help industries to develop low carbon alternatives for industrial fuels, including hydrogen, which will be key to meeting climate commitments.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

signed SB 1383 , establishing the nation’s toughest restrictions on super pollutants including black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane. Super pollutants have more potent heat-trapping effects but remain in the atmosphere for a shorter time than carbon dioxide. and other pollutants. and other pollutants.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2019

Orange EV trucks cost less in fuel, maintenance, and other diesel-related costs, and when operated in California, can generate a significant additional income stream. SSI is registering its Orange EV electric trucks in California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) marketable carbon credit trading program.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2015

Over its 10-year lifespan, the Renewable Fuel Standard’s (RFS’) requirement to substitute biofuels for fossil fuels has displaced nearly 1.9 billion barrels of foreign oil and reduced US transportation-related carbon emissions by 589.33 The Renewable Fuel Standard was signed into law ten years ago this month by President George W.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 9, 2017

Diesel-powered commuter trains may expose their passengers to elevated levels of certain black carbon and ultrafine particles, especially in the coach directly behind the locomotive, according to a new study from researchers at the University of Toronto. A paper on the study is published in the journal Atmospheric Environment.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 8, 2019

Propel Fuels, California’s leading low carbon fuel retailer, plans to launch an electric vehicle (EV) charging network to bring fast and affordable access across the state of California. The move to low carbon transportation is well underway. Propel has deployed a proprietary, low-carbon retail platform throughout California.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2015

Propel Fuels has expanded its sales of Diesel HPR (High Performance Renewable) to locations across Southern California. Utilizing Neste’s NEXBTL renewable diesel, Propel’s Diesel HPR is a low-carbon, drop-in renewable fuel that meets petroleum diesel specifications and can be used in any diesel engine.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 28, 2011

The Pennsylvania Department of Environmental Protection (PA DEP) awarded $516,637 in clean diesel grants to four organizations. Berks, Lehigh and Northampton counties are currently designated as non-attainment for federal particulate matter standards. Jennings Transportation Corp.:

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

Through a California Public Utilities Commission approved program, the utility is able to offer a reduced price by returning revenue generated from the sale of Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) credits to customers. Natural gas costs significantly less than gasoline or diesel per GGE. per gallon beginning 1 April.

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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 program provides consumers with an increasing volume and variety of cleaner fuels.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2018

The companies failed to install particulate filters on some of their heavy-duty diesel trucks and failed to verify that trucks they hired for use in California complied with the state rule. operated 150 heavy-duty diesel trucks in California from 2013 to 2016 without the required diesel particulate filters.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2012

The Clean Mobility Centers introduce renewable fuels (E85 Flex Fuel, biodiesel blends) alongside the conventional fuels (gasoline, diesel) that drivers use today. Our Low Carbon Fuel Standard is designed to drive innovation and invite forward-looking companies into the new clean fuel marketplace.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 22, 2012

Neste Oil will launch a completely new grade of diesel fuel in Finland this fall: Neste Pro Diesel. The new fuel is the first to comply with the most stringent diesel specification (Category 4) drawn up as part of the Worldwide Fuel Charter (WWFC) by automotive manufacturers in Europe, the US, and Asia. Carbon residue. %

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EV Central

MARCH 26, 2024

The New Vehicle Efficiency Standard (NVES) is expected to have a relatively smooth passage through both the House of Representatives and the Senate as the Albanese government has the majority in the former and the support of key cross-benchers in the latter. READ MORE: Give credit where it’s due! Here’s a taste of them.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

Startup US Fuel Corporation (USF), which plans to design, build, own and operate scalable facilities near coal mine sites to convert coal into synthetic fuels, will acquire coal-to-diesel intellectual property (IP) that USF co-developed with an executive team consisting of Paul Adams and Steve Luck.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2019

a wholly owned subsidiary of Velocys plc, signed an agreement with Oxy Low Carbon Ventures, LLC (OLCV), to capture CO 2 from Velocys’ planned Bayou Fuels biomass-to-fuels project in Natchez, Mississippi, and securely store it underground in a geologic formation. Velocys, Inc., This has a meaningful positive impact on returns.

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The Truth About Cars

DECEMBER 22, 2023

The United States Department of Justice has accused Cummins of installing emissions defeating devices on diesel motors and decided to fine the company $1.67 Another 330,000 taboo emissions controlling devices were also said to have been installed on newer diesel pickups built through 2023. billion for violating the Clean Air Act.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2013

In a fairly bleak assessment of global progress towards low-carbon energy, the International Energy Agency (IEA) concluded that, despite a few bright spots such as the rapid expansion of renewable technologies and the growth of hybrid and EV sales, the progress is far below that required to achieve a 2 °C pathway—i.e., Source: IEA.

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MARCH 24, 2017

CARB approved the State Strategy for the State Implementation Plan ( State SIP Strategy ), which describes CARB’s commitment for further reducing vehicle emissions needed to meet federal air quality standards over the next 15 years. The Board also approved the South Coast Air Quality Management District’s comprehensive air quality plan.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2015

The first study to conduct a comprehensive evaluation of lifetime exposure to new technology diesel exhaust (NTDE)—i.e., exhaust from heavy-duty diesel engines meeting EPA 2007 and later emissions requirements—has found no evidence of carcinogenic lung tumors. Earlier post.) Earlier post.)

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 25, 2018

Diesel particulate matter (DPM) remains down 87%, and sulfur oxides (SO x ) remain down 98%. This is why cleaner technology and increased efficiency matter. The more cargo we move, the more CO 2 emissions we generate, and greater the need to switch to cleaner low-carbon based equipment, while continuing to optimize port operations.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

Senate Bill 32, signed in 2016, requires the state to go even further than AB 32 and cut greenhouse gas emissions 40% below 1990 levels by 2030—the most ambitious carbon goal in North America. The carbon intensity of California’s economy has dropped 38% since the 2001 peak and is now one-half the national average.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 27, 2015

The Department of Food and Agriculture Division of Measurement Standards has the responsibility for establishing and enforcing the quality standards for spark- and compression-ignition engine fuels sold in California. These include gasoline, diesel fuel, and other fuels such as biodiesel and hydrogen.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2019

MAN Energy Solutions developed the ME-LGIM dual-fuel engine for operation on methanol, heavy fuel oil (HFO), marine diesel oil (MDO) or marine gas oil (MGO). With the growing demand for cleaner marine fuels, methanol is a sulfur-free alternative that meets the industry’s increasingly stringent emission regulations.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2023

Emissions from automobile exhaust systems have decreased in recent years due to the introduction of cleaner fuels and new control technologies on internal combustion engines, as well as increases in numbers of hybrid and electric vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2016

Researchers looked at changes in a number of pollutants including nitrogen dioxide (NO 2 ), particulate matter as fine (PM 2.5 ) and coarser (PM 10 ) particles, carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) and black carbon. Overall, there was a decrease in total traffic between 2005 and 2014, mainly explained by the reduction in cars and taxis.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2011

The increased pressure to further focus on vehicle emissions and fuel efficiency performance has driven the US and other countries to evaluate the adequacy of their fuel and vehicle standards. Overall, the majority of countries are moving toward low-sulfur, cleaner fuels. —Kiuru-Griffith, Executive Director of IFQC.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

First, the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) finalized the Renewable Fuel Standard Program (RFS2) rule to implement the long-term renewable fuels standard of 36 billion gallons by 2022 established by Congress and also issued the targets for 2010. Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2). President Obama.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 6, 2019

The San Pedro Ports Clean Air Action Plan will start imposing a container rate, scheduled to start next year, on containers that are hauled by trucks that do not meet stricter emission standards. The Kansas City region remains committed to displacing diesel fuel with cleaner-burning CNG. The City of Ontario, Calif.

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Baua Electric

FEBRUARY 8, 2024

Komatsu says its new electric mini excavator is designed to set new standards in emission-free operations. The PC33E-6 is said to deliver exceptional performance with class-leading features that will make job sites cleaner, quieter, and safer. kW (approx. 25 HP) electric motor and 35 kWh Komatsu battery pack for themselves.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2017

This new proprietary combustion engine combines the advantages of gasoline and diesel engines to optimize environmental performance, power and acceleration performance. SKYACTIV-X even equals or exceeds the latest SKYACTIV-D diesel engine in fuel efficiency. the greatest contribution to reducing carbon dioxide emissions.

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