Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2012

Sierra Energy has selected microchannel Fischer-Tropsch (FT) reactor technology developed by Velocys, Inc., the US-based subsidiary of the Oxford Catalysts Group, for use in a waste-to-liquids (WTL) commercial demonstration plant to be constructed in northern California by the California-based company Sierra Energy.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Fulcrum BioEnergy has selected Gary, Indiana as the location of its Centerpoint BioFuels Plant, which will convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into low-carbon, renewable transportation fuel. A venturi scrubber captures and removes any entrained particulate, and the syngas is further cooled in a packed gas cooler scrubber.

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Indiana Waste Fuel Building 259

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

BP and JM have developed a simple-to-operate and cost-advantaged FT technology that can operate both at large and small scale economically to convert synthesis gas, generated from sources such as municipal solid waste and other renewable biomass, into long-chain hydrocarbons suitable for the production of diesel and jet fuels.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2011

A new study concludes that models may be predicting releases of atmospheric carbon dioxide that are either too high or too low, depending on the region, because they don’t adequately reflect variable temperatures that can affect the amount of carbon released from soil. —Sierra et al. —Mark Harmon.

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Climate Carbon Sierra Store 218

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2015

Fulcrum BioEnergy has awarded a $200-million fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Abengoa for the construction of Fulcrum’s first municipal solid waste (MSW) to transportation fuels facility, the Sierra BioFuels Plant. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Sierra United States Gas North America 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2016

Fulcrum BioEnergy, the parent company of Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels, has applied for a new fuel pathway under the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCSF) for its process of converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into Fischer-Tropsch (“FT”) diesel fuel. For 2016, the target for diesel and diesel substitutes is 99.97

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Waste Diesel Sierra Nevada 150

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a biorefinery to produce jet fuel from municipal solid waste (MSW) via a proprietary two-stage thermochemical process. A venturi scrubber captures and removes any entrained particulate, and the syngas is further cooled in a packed gas cooler scrubber. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2010

A new CU-Boulder study indicates subalpine forests in the West will soak up less carbon dioxide as the climate warms and the growing seasons lengthen. As a result, more of the greenhouse gas will be left to concentrate in the atmosphere. Subalpine forests currently make up an estimated 70% of the western United States’ carbon sink.

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Climate Carbon Water Sierra 199

Baua Electric

MAY 7, 2024

Vermont has one of the least carbon-intensive electricity sectors of any state, but because it’s part of the New England grid that’s powered mainly by natural gas, it’s still consuming fossil fuels. The bill has broad support from utilities and renewable developers. Standout features of H.289

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2010

This pilot project aims to understand the viability of a PEV-transit network and establish best practices that optimize the consumer experience while reducing the carbon footprint of Los Angeles. The transportation sector alone accounts for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions in California, 6% higher than the national average.

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Los Angeles Electric Vehicles Charging Sierra 231

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2011

Pechman for the Western District of Washington has ruled that the Washington Department of Ecology, Northwest Clean Air Agency, and Puget Sound Clean Air Agency must regulate greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs) from the five oil refineries operating in Washington State. matter, sulfur dioxide, ozone, nitrogen dioxide, carbon monoxide, and lead.

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Washington Emissions Sierra EPA 199

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2014

Gas chromatography comparison of Conoco fuel and a Conoco-CoolPlanet blend. At each successive processing stage, the biomass is heated to a higher temperature profile and the material is compacted to a thinner layer with an increasing level of elemental carbon in the remaining biomass. Source: Cool Planet. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2013

Fulcrum’s large development program, backed by secured MSW, will have the capacity to produce more than half a billion gallons of fuel in markets across North America at lower costs compared to conventional petroleum fuel, while reducing carbon emissions by more than 80%. Bio-hydrocarbons Fuels Gas-to-Liquids (GTL) Gasification'

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 5, 2011

Stroll, play, talk, celebrate -do whatever you want on the public street without sucking up gas fumes or fearing for your life from drunk drivers, texting drivers, drivers eating or putting on makeup or just plain dangerous behind the wheel lunatics. Participants will also get stylin’ Greenpeace and Sierra Club t-shirts!

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Coal Sierra Los Angeles Green 257

Blink Charging

SEPTEMBER 21, 2023

There are four guidelines to follow: Refrain from using or burning oil, gas or coal. Plug In America, along with the Electric Vehicle Association and the Sierra Club , joined the effort and the first National Plug In Day was held on October 16th, 2011. EVs are ten times less likely to catch fire than conventional gas cars.

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Emissions Nashville Electric Electrical 123

Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2010

Article 7a of the directive says lifecycle greenhouse gas emissions from transport fuels must be reduced by 6% by 2020, a move environmental NGOs welcomed when it was agreed upon two years ago. Fuels produced from highly greenhouse-gas-intensive tar sands would thus be treated the same as less damaging sources of oil.

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

SB 100 accelerates the existing renewable energy targets to 60 percent RPS by 2030, and requires retail energy sellers to plan, model, and invest over the next 28 years to reach the 100% clean, zero carbon, and renewable energy target. This is a critically important effort. Jim Patterson (Vice Chair) – (916) 319-2023 – [link].

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Climate Los Angeles Renewable Climate Change 170

Creative Greenius

APRIL 5, 2011

Stroll, play, talk, celebrate -do whatever you want on the public street without sucking up gas fumes or fearing for your life from drunk drivers, texting drivers, drivers eating or putting on makeup or just plain dangerous behind the wheel lunatics. Participants will also get stylin’ Greenpeace and Sierra Club t-shirts!

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Coal Sierra Los Angeles Green 150

Baua Electric

MAY 13, 2024

Each motor has its own transmission, which enables a low-range mode for off-roading and relieves it of the need for its gas cousin’s three locking differentials. inches of ground clearance, it’s up a few tenths on the gas G—and offers a competitive breakover angle of 20.3 No gas-powered SUV can do this, thanks to geometry.

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Mercedes Motor Motors Motoring 52

Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2012

General Motors is introducing compressed natural gas (CNG) bi-fuel versions of the 2013 Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra 2500 HD extended cab pickup trucks. The Silverado and Sierra will be available in standard and long box, with either two- or four-wheel drive. Bi-fuel Chevrolet Silverado. Click to enlarge.

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Sierra Silverado GMC Chevrolet 291

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2011

On Thursday (29 December 2011), Judge Lawrence O’Neill of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California issued three separate rulings in a set of federal lawsuits challenging the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) ( Rocky Mountain Farmers Union et al v. Goldstene ). Earlier post.) Brown, Jr.,

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California Oil Emissions Carbon 247

Plugs and Cars

DECEMBER 11, 2009

Sierra Club, NRDC, UCS and Friends of the Earth each raised serious questions about the direction of the ZEV regulation, signaling a renewed interest in plug-in electric vehicles for the near-term GHG reduction benefit that could be achieved. CARB ought to recognize that near-term commercialization of plug-in electric cars is happening.

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Plug-in Plug Hydrogen America 100

Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2010

These connections arise because in many cases the agents of concern are the same, and in many cases the sources of the agents are the same or intimately connected.For example, surface ozone is both an air pollutant and a greenhouse gas. A research vessel (NOAA’s Atlantis). Improvement of Air Quality Modeling.

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Climate Change Climate Pollution California 210

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2%

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

JANUARY 28, 2009

Ruppert "The End of Oil", by Paul Roberts "High and Mighty: The dangerous rise of the SUV", by Keith Bradsher, 2002 "High Noon for Natural Gas: The New Energy Crisis", by Julian Darley "The Hype about Hydrogen", by Joseph J. com Vigil to save last remaining 78 EV1 cars www.pluginamerica.com/saveev1.htm htm Advocates of the Th!

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Plug-in America Plug EV1 30

Baua Electric

MARCH 29, 2024

EPA originally stated that the proposed rule would reduce carbon by 1.8 Now, EPA says that the proposed rule would have reduced carbon by 998 million tons under the revised baseline, or 1 billion tons for the final rule. It also noted that Americans support strong truck regulations by extremely wide margins.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

You lose the flexibility of the hybrid being able to fuel up nearly instantaneously at a gas station, and pay an additional $10k for that loss. people’s desire for electric over gas cars 2. Of course people want gas cars — they don’t know where to get any other fuel. — Dan 3. — Ken Smith 4.

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Volt Green Electric Cars 2009 42

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Every scrap of waste food, garden trimmings and even sewage would be used to ferment gas. the biggest cuts anywhere in the world. The infrastructure is already there.&#

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Grid Green Electric Cars Cars 47

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

Co-benefits” from non-greenhouse-gas pollutants: The Obama administration relied heavily on reductions in other pollutants emitted by power plants, essentially hiding the true net cost of the CPP by claiming benefits from reducing pollutants that had nothing to do with the rule’s stated purpose. Comments should be identified by Docket ID No.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 23, 2020

The Environmental Protection Agency and National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) originally proposed capping mileage and tailpipe greenhouse gas emission requirements after the 2020 model year, thwarting scheduled increases charted under the Obama administration.

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Standards Gas Pollution Sierra 284

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Next post States’ Proposals for Gas Taxes Sputter 11 Comments 1. Next: a carbon tax. April 16, 2009 3:28 pm Link Jared - that’s a one time emission and certainly better than what would come out of a gas powered car over its lifetime. Treehugger More Videos of the Tesla Model S Electric Car In Action Whats This?

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Oregon Green Electric Cars Lead Acid 58

Creative Greenius

JUNE 4, 2011

There was a nice selection of books, especially guides to the flora and fauna of the High Sierras. I pulled an old issue of Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club) from July/August 1997. We also found magazines ( Utne Reader anyone?) CDs and Blueray DVD movies and documentaries.

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Al Gore Gore Sierra Congress 277

Creative Greenius

JUNE 4, 2011

There was a nice selection of books, especially guides to the flora and fauna of the High Sierras. I pulled an old issue of Sierra (the magazine of the Sierra Club) from July/August 1997. We also found magazines ( Utne Reader anyone?) CDs and Blueray DVD movies and documentaries.

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Al Gore Gore Sierra Congress 150