Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2020

Neste, the world’s largest producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel (SAF) produced from waste and residue raw materials, has delivered its first batch of sustainable aviation fuel to San Francisco International Airport (SFO) via pipeline, where it will be used by major airlines committed to reducing carbon emissions.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 8, 2023

As the world grapples with the pressing issue of climate change, it is evident that we need swift action to avert its worst impacts. One avenue to combat this crisis is a rapid reduction in carbon emissions from our daily transportation, one of the leading contributors of CO 2 emissions.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 3, 2020

The US Department of Energy (DOE) announced the award of approximately $72 million in federal funding to support the development and advancement of carbon capture technologies under two funding opportunity announcements (FOAs). Enabling Production of Low Carbon Emissions Steel Through CO 2 Capture from Blast Furnace Gases. Chevron USA.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

The climate change benefit is estimated for a given year (2050) and human health and crop benefits are. Fast action on pollutants such as black carbon, ground-level ozone and methane may help limit near term global temperature rise and significantly increase the chances of keeping temperature rise below 2 °C (3.6 °F)—and

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 22, 2011

The climate change benefit is estimated for 2050 and human health and crop benefits are for 2030 and beyond. Black carbon and tropospheric ozone are harmful air pollutants that also contribute to climate change. The identified measures complement, but do not replace, anticipated carbon dioxide reduction measures.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 1, 2010

An alliance of industry, academic and government organizations has formed to commercialize technologies that will utilize concentrated solar energy to convert waste CO 2 into synthetic fuels. Tags: Catalysts Climate Change Emissions Fuels Solar. Earlier post.).

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Luna looks like Dell’s latest XPS 13 , but clever tweaks have slimmed its carbon footprint. It’s designed for on-demand production to reduce waste from unsold inventory. Among people in advanced economies, 72 percent are concerned that global climate change will harm them , according to a Pew survey.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. The approval process for carbon offsets has two goals. THE APPROVAL PROCESS.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 15, 2016

In collaboration with the aviation industry, the FAA approves new renewable jet fuel pathways through ASTM International. The FAA’s Continuous Lower Energy, Emissions and Noise (CLEEN) partnership with industry was crucial in completing the necessary steps to support ASTM International approval of this new fuel.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 16, 2010

The Carbon Trust has created a consortium of British businesses led by Axion Energy, a division of the Axion Group , to pioneer the development of an advanced, commercially viable pyrolysis process to turn municipal and wood waste into transport biofuel. The Carbon Trust is investing £7 million (US$10.6 catalyst lifetime).

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Carbon cycle. The report estimates that carbon emissions equal to half the annual emissions of the global transport sector are being captured and stored by marine ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses. Blue carbon sink. Credit: Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2020

Despite reports that global emissions of the potent greenhouse gas, HFC-23, were almost eliminated in 2017, an international team of scientists, led by the University of Bristol, has found atmospheric levels growing at record values. As a result, they reported that they had almost completely eliminated HFC-23 emissions by 2017.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2019

Neste’s proprietary NEXBTL technology can utilize nearly any bio-based oil or fat as raw material, including lower-quality waste and residue oils to produce various premium-quality renewable products. Polymers and chemicals industries will play a major role in the fight against climate change.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 11, 2019

Carbon Recycling International has been awarded a €1.8-million CO 2 capture and clean-up: Waste gases are captured from the points of emission at the stack and transferred to the gas conditioning system where impurities are removed to produce CO 2 suitable for downstream methanol synthesis. million (US$2.0-million)

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2021

In climate-driven scenarios, mineral demand for use in batteries for electric vehicles and grid storage is a major force, growing at least thirty times to 2040. The rise of low-carbon power generation to meet climate goals also means a tripling of mineral demand from this sector by 2040. Scale up recycling.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

The leaders supported the adoption by all countries in 2016 of the market-based measure proposed through the International Civil Aviation Organization to allow for carbon-neutral growth from international civil aviation from 2020 onwards and committed o join the first phase of the measure adopted. Short-lived climate pollutants.

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Creative Greenius

OCTOBER 18, 2013

And so it is that I resigned from my position as Director of Strategic Partnerships and Public Affairs for CBS EcoMedia effective the first of this month and I will now be devoting my full time to working on climate change response with the South Bay 350 Climate Action Group, the South Bay Bicycle Coalition and 350.org.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 7, 2021

Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change delivered its starkest warning ever. The IPCC concluded that human influence has unequivocally warmed the planet and changed weather patterns. At the same time, it noted, there is still a window in which humans can alter Earth's climate path. GREENING OF INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY.

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NOVEMBER 11, 2021

Analysis of future domestic and international aviation CO 2 emissions. Source: US Aviation Climate Action Plan. This builds on provisions in the bipartisan infrastructure legislation, including investments in electric vehicles and public transit, that will further address carbon emissions in the transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The draft strategy describes proposed actions the State will take to move forward aggressively to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). SLCPs include methane, black carbon and fluorinated gases (F-gases) such as refrigerants, insulating foam and aerosol propellants. Black Carbon.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Leading international efforts for GHG emission reductions and adaptation. Methane currently accounts for roughly 9% of domestic greenhouse gas emissions and has a global warming potential that is more than 20 times greater than carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 20, 2019

The report— A Vision for a Sustainable Battery Value Chain in 2030 —suggests that, with a concerted push to put the right conditions in place, batteries could enable a 30% reduction in carbon emissions in both the transport and power sectors. Reducing the world’s carbon footprint is the defining challenge of the 21 st century.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 4, 2011

All conclude that while carbon losses from biomass replacement and land clearance are considerable, it is the large and sustained CO 2 emissions from drained peat that contribute most to overall emissions and biofuel carbon debts. greatly reducing or stopping carbon inputs to the peat from biomass. —Page et al.

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CleanTechnica EVs

JUNE 6, 2023

And we have to stop wasting it on ground transportation. We don't need to make 25 times as much biofuel, we need to make perhaps four or five times as much as we do today.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2012

KPMG developed 3 nexuses linked by climate change to represent the challenges of sustainable growth. In a new study, KPMG International has identified 10 “megaforces” that will significantly affect corporate growth globally over the next two decades. —“Expect the Unexpected: Building Business Value in a Changing World”.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 26, 2023

Simple, effective solutions that can help lessen the impact of climate change already exist. The IEEE Life Fellow spoke during a session addressing the role of technology in delivering an equitable, sustainable, and low-carbon resilient world. Some of them still need to be implemented, though, while others need to be improved.

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CleanTechnica EVs

APRIL 15, 2024

Under the auspices of the India Smart Grid Forum, the think tank founded as an umbrella organization over India’s 28 state utilities to provide thought leadership, share leading practices, and bring international insights to India, I’m delivering bi-weekly webinars framed by the Short List of Climate Actions That Will Work.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 8, 2010

The findings, published in the 21 September issue of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , are generally consistent with official Chinese government statistics and could bolster their credibility as international negotiations proceed on commitments of China and other nations to combat climate change. Munger, J. McElroy, M.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2020

A study by an international team of researchers warns that the global transition to global low-carbon energy technology could be at risk unless new international agreements and governance mechanisms are put in place to ensure a sustainable supply of rare minerals and metals. Their paper is published in Science. Sovacool et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2016

These are: Advanced internal combustion engine and powertrain systems. Waste heat recovery. Under CERC, 4 pairs of US and Chinese consortia are operating collaboratively on 4 technical tracks: Advanced Coal Technologies with Carbon Capture, Utilization and/or Sequestration. Alternative fuel combustion. Engine thermal management.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

The project took place in palm oil mills in Indonesia and Malaysia, and was conducted in collaboration with a palm oil company KLK, a Dutch sustainable trade organization IDH, and an international certification system ISCC (International Sustainability and Carbon Certification). Photo: Michael Giebels, Meo Carbon Solutions.).

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

In such a rapidly urbanizing world, cities are increasingly becoming the focus of international sustainability efforts. Urban areas account for 50% of all waste, generate 60-80% of all greenhouse gas emissions and consume 75% of natural resources, yet occupy only 3% of the Earth’s surface, UNEP said.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2012

Land management trade-off: maximizing productivity vs. carbon stocks. Large-scale bioenergy production from forest biomass is unsustainable and will increase greenhouse gas emissions, according to a group of international researchers in an invited analysis in the journal Global Change Biology/Bioenergy. Schulze et al.

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Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 30, 2022

According to its website, the LEED system gives points for certain building practices that address: carbon, energy, water, waste, transportation, materials, health, and. LEED’s stated goal is to help create buildings that: Reduce contribution to global climate change. indoor environmental quality.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 5, 2011

trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. In addition, global carbon dioxide emissions have been increasing.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2017

The report provides updated results on the continuous monitoring of the three main greenhouse gases: carbon dioxide (CO 2 ), methane (CH 4 ) and nitrous oxide (N 2 O). Emissions from international transport (aviation and shipping) contribute another 3% to the total global GHG emissions. Other greenhouse gases keep creeping up.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2019

announced its next environmental sustainability strategy—PLANET 2050—which includes science-based goals that meet or exceed the goals in the United Nations Paris agreement on climate change. By 2050, Cummins is targeting net-zero carbon emissions. Cummins Inc. —Eric Olson, Senior Vice President at BSR.

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