Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The results have important implications for Earth’s climate because methane is about 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide when it comes to warming the planet over a long period. In addition to coal mining, other major sources of methane emissions globally include wetlands, agriculture, and oil and gas facilities.

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Innovation News Network

MARCH 21, 2024

The EPA has announced the final vehicle emission standards for the US, which will cut over seven billion tonnes of carbon emissions. The post New US vehicle emission standards to cut 7 billion tonnes of CO2 appeared first on Innovation News Network.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 25, 2020

The gasoline direct injection (GDI) engine is one of the most prominent technologies car manufacturers adopted to achieve the fuel economy and carbon dioxide emission goals established in 2012 by the US Environmental Protection Agency. The EPA projects 93% of vehicles in the U.S. The EPA projects 93% of vehicles in the U.S.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed Clean Air Act standards to reduce CO 2 emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants (electric utility generating units, EGUs). coal units) are based on the performance of a new efficient coal unit implementing partial carbon capture and storage (CCS). Background.

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Green Car Reports

NOVEMBER 13, 2017

scientists released the fourth National Climate Assessment, it spelled out one blunt conclusion: human activity in releasing carbon dioxide into the atmosphere caused the climate change that has warmed the globe. When top U.S.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 28, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) “ Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2010 ” draft report shows that in 2010, overall greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions increased by 3.3% Total emissions from GHGs were about 6,866 million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent. from the previous year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) to reduce emissions of methane-rich landfill gas from new, modified and reconstructed municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, updating standards that were issued in 1996. Currently, methane’s effect on climate change are also of concern.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2019

Year-over-year, US greenhouse gas emissions were 0.5% lower in 2017 than the prior year (after accounting for sequestration from the land sector), and power sector emissions fell 4.2%, according to the 2019 edition of the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) annual report on greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2014

US greenhouse gas emissions by gas. Source: EPA. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 19 th annual report of overall US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, showing a 3.4% Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2012 were equivalent to 6,526 million metric tons of carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Reports

MAY 11, 2017

April 2 of this year marks the 10th anniversary of the Supreme Court ruling in Massachusetts vs EPA in which the EPA was forced to regulate carbon emissions. Anniversaries often provide an opportunity to reflect on important past events, review what has happened since, and reflect upon the future.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the 17 th annual US greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory. The final report shows overall emissions in 2010 increased by 3.2% Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2010 were equivalent to 6,822 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. from the previous year.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2013

Total US greenhouse gas emissions by economic sector in 2011. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 18 th annual report of overall US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions showing a 1.6% GHG emissions in 2011 showed a 6.9% Commercial aircraft emissions continued to fall, having decreased 18% since 2007.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 8, 2015

Results of a study by a team from Georgia Tech and their colleagues at NASA Goddard Institute for Space Studies and Northeast States for Coordinated Air Use Management show that national CO 2 emissions reductions strategies will play an important role in impacting air quality over the US.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 4, 2015

EPA’s newly released voluminous final Clean Power Plan rule ( earlier post ) has established the first national standards to limit CO 2 emissions from fossil-fuel-fired power plants (Electric Generating Units, EGUs), with a target of a 32% reduction against a 2005 baseline by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

An offset is a measurable reduction, avoidance, or sequestration of GHG emissions from a source not covered by an emission reduction program. In this way, offsets would complement the more traditional emissions trading that can occur between two covered sources. what would have happened anyway).

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2010

CO 2 emissions from the US transport sector, 1990-2008. The draft report of the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)’s annual Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 shows that in 2008, overall greenhouse gas (GHGs) emissions decreased by 2.9% (206.1 Overall, emissions have grown by 13.6%

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 10, 2017

On Thursday, EPA administrator Scott Pruitt said carbon dioxide released by human activity is not a major cause of climate change, directly contradicting the scientific consensus. Even with a new leader apparently at odds with its mission, the Environmental Protection Agency continues to function on some level.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2016

EPA announced the awardees at the 2016 American Trucking Association’s Annual Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. Awardees represent the top one to two percent of environmentally-responsible SmartWay carriers that conduct freight operations with lower emissions and less energy. Arlo G Lott Trucking Inc.

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Green Car Reports

JULY 1, 2022

Electric cars are only as clean as the grid they plug into, and the emissions from using your EV will keep dropping over the years you use it because the grid keeps getting cleaner.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

Photo by Juan Mt on Pexels.com The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will fine oil and gas companies for emitting excess methane – the first federal government tax ever on greenhouse gas emissions. That’s because methane is a climate “super pollutant” that’s more potent than carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 2, 2013

kWh—approximately 2–4 times current retail costs—for emission-free alternatives to fossil fuel electricity due to the cost of health impacts from fossil fuel electricity, according to a new analysis by a pair of researchers at the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Energy and Climate Change Office, Region 9.

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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. Greenhouse gas LCA analysis.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals for a project to provide assistance in developing and implementing assessment and mitigation activities for diesel sources of black carbon in the Russian Arctic. Soot emissions account for about 17 percent of global warming, more than greenhouse gases like methane.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

BC mass emissions for all four GDI and PFI vehicles over the three different driving patterns. This may result in the need for new emissions control strategies—such as a gasoline particulate filter (GPF)—to enable compliance with California LEV III and US EPA Tier 3 particulate emissions standards.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2016

The Department of Justice and the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced a $425-million settlement with subsidiaries of Tesoro Corp., A large number of the emissions reductions will occur in areas with impaired air quality and protect populations at risk for respiratory illnesses.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 18, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has released the 16 th annual US greenhouse gas (GHG) inventory. The final report shows overall emissions during 2009 decreased by 6.1% Total emissions of the six main greenhouse gases in 2009 were equivalent to 6,633 million metric tons of carbon dioxide. from 1990 to 2009.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2021

US President Joe Biden announced a new target for the United States to achieve a 50-52% reduction from 2005 levels in economy-wide net greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in 2030. In 2019, US greenhouse gas emissions totaled 6,558 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalents (MMT CO 2 Eq.), Total GHG emissions in 2019 were up 1.8%

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released the already widely-discussed (albeit without much detail) “Clean Power Plan” proposal, which mandates a national average 30% cut in greenhouse gas emissions from existing power plants from 2005 levels by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 6, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has named General Motors as one of its 2015 ENERGY STAR Partners of the Year award for Sustained Excellence in Energy Management. GM also received the ENERGY STAR Climate Communication s award. It has reduced carbon dioxide emission intensity 41%. and Detroit-Hamtramck, Mich.,

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is proposing to find under section 231(a) of the Clean Air Act that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from commercial aircraft engines endanger the health and welfare of Americans by contributing to climate change. of total global GHG emissions, according to the EPA.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 18, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed increases in renewable fuel volume requirements across all types of biofuels under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) program. EPA also proposed the volume requirement for biomass-based diesel for 2018. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge. billion gallons in 2018, up from 1.9

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 16, 2015

US GHG emissions by sector, 1990-2013. Source: EPA. Total US greenhouse emissions were 6,673 million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent in 2013, an increase of 2% (127.9 over the prior year, according to the EPA’s newly published Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990–2013.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 19, 2010

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is soliciting proposals to advance comprehensive, integrated modeling and assessment of multiple greenhouse gases (GHGs) and air pollutants, and to also enhance understanding of climate change impacts and their economic implications. EPA estimates total program funding of $2 million.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

Neste has been exploring ways to contribute to improving palm oil industry’s environmental performance, particularly how to further reduce greenhouse gas emission from palm oil production. In 2015, Neste initiated a two-year study project to verify the methane emission reduction for a newly applied effluent treatment method.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 25, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) awarded 2015 Climate Leadership Awards to 16 organizations and one individual representing a wide array of industries from finance and manufacturing to retail and technology for showing what the agency said was exemplary corporate, organizational, and individual leadership in response to climate change.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2017

General Motors earned a 2017 EPA ENERGY STAR Partner of the Year — Sustained Excellence award for continued leadership in protecting the environment through superior energy efficiency. GM is committed to reducing its energy and carbon intensity by 20% by 2020. Since 2010, GM has reduced both by 15%.

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Baua Electric

MAY 6, 2024

Air pollution remains a major threat to the health of many Americans, but stricter emissions rules could help, according to the American Lung Association. That’s based on air quality assessment data from 2020-2022 (the most recent available), and accounting for new EPA particulate-pollution rules finalized in February 2024.

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