Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

The Executive Order (EO) “Preparing the United States for the Impacts of Climate Change,” signed today directs Federal agencies to: Modernize Federal programs to support climate-resilient investments: Agencies will examine their policies and programs and find ways to make it easier for cities and towns to build smarter and stronger.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 20, 2009

The MIT Energy Initiative has released a new report on reducing carbon dioxide emissions from existing coal plants. In the interim, we need a large, focused, federal program to develop and demonstrate commercial-scale technologies. Joint R&D programs between the United States and China should be supported and funded.

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Coal MIT CO2 Emissions 150

Green Car Congress

MAY 19, 2010

A carbon-pricing system is the most cost-effective way to reduce emissions. Carbon pricing alone, however, is not enough to sufficiently reduce domestic emissions, the report warns. Improvements in nuclear technology are commercially available, but power plants using this technology have not yet been built in the United States.

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Climate Change Carbon Climate Emissions 199

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 21, 2013

According to 2013 studies on well-to-wheel greenhouse-gas emissions (GHG) by the Advanced Power and Energy Program at the University of California, Irvine, hydrogen-powered fuel cell vehicles have the lowest overall emission levels of all alternative fuel entries.

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