Carbon, Climate and Vermont

Nine states and DC to design regional approach to cap greenhouse gas emissions from transportation

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2018

All the participating jurisdictions are members of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional collaboration of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

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District of Columbia DC Transportation Rhode Island

3 East Coast states and DC first to participate in TCI-P cap-and-invest program for transportation

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) expects to cut greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles in the region by an estimated 26% from 2022 to 2032, and generate a total of more than $3 billion dollars over ten years for the participating jurisdictions to invest.

Rhode Island

Rhode Island District of Columbia Transportation Connecticut

Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 27, 2016

The report, Clean Air Future: Health and Climate Benefits of Zero Emission Vehicles , was produced by the American Lung Association in California. Under this scenario, the estimated total health and climate change costs associated with passenger vehicle fleet pollution drops from to $37 billion annually to $15.7 Vermont: $347 million.

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Climate Cost Of Rhode Island Transportation

Baltimore will electrify city vehicle fleet by 2030

Teslarati

DECEMBER 6, 2023

“It shows here our shared commitment to making Baltimore a leader as a climate-conscious and sustainable government,” Scott said during remarks after he signed the bill, according to WBAL. “We Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott signed a bill on Monday that ensures the city’s fleet of government vehicles will be all-electric by 2030.

Baltimore

Baltimore Fleet Maryland Vehicles

Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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Cleaner Canada California Transportation

Governors of 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Agree to Work Together Toward Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuels; Timeline for Developing a Potential Low Carbon Fuel Standard for Region

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2009

A LCFS (Low Carbon Fuel Standard) program is a market-based, fuel-neutral program to address the carbon content of fuels. The LCFS would require regional fuel suppliers to demonstrate that the average carbon content of the fuel they deliver is reduced over time. Memorandum of Understanding. Earlier post.).

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Carbon Fuel Massachusetts Rhode Island

The Growing List of EVmatch Partners

EV Match

MARCH 19, 2021

EVmatch and Burlington Electric Department (BED) are partnering to deploy a limited number of charging stations for free at qualifying multi-unit dwellings in Burlington, Vermont. is your one-stop-shop for Tesla Accessories like headlight tint, carbon fiber, decals, and more. Green Mountain Power. Source: NeoCharge). Tesla Loco.

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Re-Charge San Francisco Sierra Vermont

EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

Specifically, the EPA is proposing state-specific rate-based goals for carbon dioxide emissions from the power sector, as well as emission guidelines for states to use in developing plans to attain the state-specific goals. Vermont and Washington, DC are not included in this rule because they do not have fossil fuel-fired power plants.

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2005 EPA Power Powered

California state agencies “rolling out carpet” for hydrogen electric vehicles

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 1, 2014

Making the transition to cleaner, lower polluting near-zero and zero-emission vehicles is a critical component to addressing California’s clean air and climate challenges. efforts among California, New York, Maryland, Connecticut, Oregon, Massachusetts, Vermont. —Chairman Nichols. and Rhode Island.

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California Hydrogen Electric Vehicles Rhode Island

Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

On a planet aspiring to become carbon neutral, the once-stalwart coal power plant is an emerging anachronism. It is true that, in much of the developing world, coal-fired capacity continues to grow. But in every corner of the globe, political and financial pressures are mounting to bury coal in the past.

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Coal Convert Power Powered

Report: Plastics industry will release more GHGs than coal plants in the US by 2030

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2021

Plastics are on track to contribute more greenhouse gas emissions than coal plants in the US by 2030, according to new report by Beyond Plastics, a nationwide project based at Bennington College in Vermont. This report represents the floor, not the ceiling, of the US plastics industry’s climate impact. million tons of GHG each year.

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Coal Industrial Industry Climate Change

California will ban new gasoline car sales

Teslarati

AUGUST 24, 2022

The climate crisis is solvable if we focus on the big, bold steps necessary to stem the tide of carbon pollution,” Governor Gavin Newsom said in a statement. Additionally, interim targets for the California ban on ICE vehicles have also been set. The Golden State wants this number to reach 68 percent by 2030.

California

California Gasoline Sale Rhode Island

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. The three lawmakers plan to introduce legislation next month that would apply different carbon controls to individual sectors of the economy instead of setting a national target. Representatives Henry A. John Kerry (D-Mass.)

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate

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Nine states and DC to design regional approach to cap greenhouse gas emissions from transportation

3 East Coast states and DC first to participate in TCI-P cap-and-invest program for transportation

Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs

Baltimore will electrify city vehicle fleet by 2030

Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

Governors of 11 Northeast and Mid-Atlantic States Agree to Work Together Toward Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Fuels; Timeline for Developing a Potential Low Carbon Fuel Standard for Region

The Growing List of EVmatch Partners

EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

California state agencies “rolling out carpet” for hydrogen electric vehicles

Converting Coal Power Plants to Nuclear Gains Steam

Report: Plastics industry will release more GHGs than coal plants in the US by 2030

California will ban new gasoline car sales

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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