Green Cars News

AUGUST 22, 2012

Jaguar Land Rover has announced it is supporting the ground-breaking LifeStraw project, which will be the 50th Global carbon dioxide project the company has been involved in, in the last 5 years. In conjunction with ClimateCare, Jaguar Land Rover has invested in 50 carbon [.].

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JANUARY 6, 2024

This is our look back at the Week In Reverse—right here at Green Car Reports—for the week ending January 5, 2024. The Kia EV9 is Green Car Reports’ Best Car To Buy 2024. Does choosing leather in an EV lower its carbon footprint? Which EVs made the tax-credit shortlist in 2024? Which company faced a $1.7

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AUGUST 2, 2010

According to researchers at the Max Planck Institute of Meteorology, admissible carbon dioxide emissions will increase from around seven billion tonnes of carbon in the year 2000 to around ten billion tonnes in 2015. [.].

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Green Car Reports

MARCH 31, 2016

A new campaign urging North American drivers to make their next car an electric vehicle inadvertently highlights the challenge. DON'T MISS: Green Car People: Who Buys. Creating marketing campaigns that address all of them has bedeviled highly-paid professionals for five years.

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MAY 20, 2011

million) from the Green Car Innovation Fund to support fuel efficiency improvements for the next Holden Commodore. This is the second grant Holden has received through the Green Car Innovation Fund. The Federal Government of Australia is awarding A$39.8 million (US$42.5

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 3, 2021

By 2025, the Zegna Group’s entire fleet of 200 will go green. A new green-car policy has gone into effect at the company, well known for its pricy clothing and accessories. The post Ermenegildo Zegna Teams with Stellantis appeared first on The Truth About Cars.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) faces strong opposition after the National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) filed a legal challenge to the US District Court. Under the terms of the [.]. Under the terms of the [.].

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Green Cars News

MAY 27, 2010

It’s not just road transport that is having a significant effect on global warming – air traffic is also seen as a major contributor. According to a new study by a team at the Dalton Research Institute in the UK, carbon dioxide and other gases from air traffic are expected to double or triple by 2050.

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 19, 2024

Based on a Q&A session with Toshihiro Mibe, Honda’s global CEO, and Shinki Aoyama, the company’s top executive in charge of EVs, as well as several interviews with other company executives, Green Car Reports has more context about these upcoming models. Honda 0 Saloon concept No carbon fiber.

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Green Cars News

MAY 23, 2011

The city of Saitama in Japan is teaming up with one of the country’s leading car manufacturers in a bid to fight global warming and realise a sustainable, low carbon society with electric vehicles. Honda has joined forces with the city on the E-KIZUNA project, which will test the use of urban electric vehicles, plug-in [.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 29, 2012

Just how big a problem is black carbon from vehicle emissions? According to a new study appearing in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology, it seems we may have significantly underestimated the black carbon pollution levels.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2012

It appears the battle against rising carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions has yet to be won – with a new report suggesting that they rose by three per cent last year. The annual report Trends in global CO2 emissions, which is released by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the EC Joint Research Centre, suggests that [.].

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Green Cars News

JULY 3, 2009

Columbia University has announced the development of a tree structure that could capture carbon 1,000 times faster than a real tree. The idea is that it would be used to capture carbon emitted into the air by vehicles and aeroplanes. He believes the concept will be much more efficient than traditional windmills.

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Green Cars News

JULY 18, 2011

The UK has the chance to become a global leader in the development and manufacture of low carbon vehicles, according to Cenex. The ‘Centre of Excellence for Low Carbon and Fuel Cell Technologies’ says to achieve this status, the UK needs to see consistent collaboration and investment from industry, Government and early adopters.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2010

The strategy builds on the existing 2007 strategy to reduce CO 2 emissions from passenger cars and light-duty commercial vehicles, and complements ongoing and planned activities to decarbonize transport and to reduce their environmental impacts. The global car fleet is predicted to grow from 800 million to 1.6

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Green Cars News

MAY 15, 2009

The leading automotive PR agency, Automotive PR is the first communications agency to be approved for membership to the Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP). In the past 18-months LowCVP has witnessed a new focus on promoting efficient, low carbon vehicles and green messages in marketing and public relations.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 4, 2011

When it comes to creating a low carbon economy, it appears that China, with its 12th Five Year Plan, is now top of the class. A new report from DB Climate Change Advisors finds that China is the global leader after it outlined significant progress in key areas. Under the 12th Five Year Plan, the [.].

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 22, 2009

Ford has teamed up with “The Jay Leno Show” in the United States to provide an all-new battery electric version of the Ford Focus ST five-door for celebrities to drive in the programme’s regular “Green Car Challenge&# segment. Actress Drew Barrymore is the first celebrity guest to accept the show’s “Green Car Challenge”.

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Green Cars News

MAY 18, 2011

Energy and Climate Change Secretary Chris Huhne has revealed the UK Government’s Fourth Carbon Budget – a limit on the total amount of greenhouse gases that can be emitted from 2023-2027. Taking advice from the independent Committee on Climate Change, the budget is 1950 MtCO2e for the period – a 50 per cent reduction compared [.].

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Much of the world’s focus is on reducing carbon dioxide emissions – but have we overlooked the emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the process? According to a new analysis appearing in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, emissions peaked in the 1970s and then decreased until 2000 – only to increase again in recent [.].

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

Global use of biofuels will more than double between 2009 and 2015 – that is the verdict of Hart Energy Publishing’s Global Biofuels Centre (see article ). Generally, any alternative energy form that can help reduce carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and limit our reliance on fossil fuels is well-received.

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Green Cars News

JULY 12, 2011

Even if you could care less about reducing oil dependency, or you don’t buy into global warming despite [.].

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Green Cars News

APRIL 9, 2010

Sponsored by the Carbon Disclosure Project, it helps to manage the world’s shrinking water resources [.]. Tags: Ford Green cars Green credentials Latest news Carbon Disclosure Project CDP Water Disclosure Project Global Water Management Initiative water conservation.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 12, 2010

The battle against greenhouse gas emissions doesn’t just involve preventing these emissions in the first place – it also involves getting rid of the carbon dioxide that’s already in the atmosphere. That’s why the US Department of Energy has selected 15 projects with the aim of safely and economically storing CO2 in geological formations.

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Green Cars News

APRIL 21, 2010

Not only do they suggest that the current national emissions reduction pledges will not limit global warming to 2C, but they also imply a global mean temperature increase of more than 3C.

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MAY 20, 2010

Tags: Global warming Green cars Green credentials Latest news cap and trade carbon pricing climate change fight against climate change fight against global warming future climate change green credentials greenhouse gas emissions National Research Council.

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SEPTEMBER 25, 2013

In its fourth assessment report, the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change noted that, globally, the tran[.]. Green credentials' That’s a question for Coventry University PhD student, Jonathan Kershaw who is currently researching this area.

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Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 15, 2011

Much of the world’s focus is on reducing carbon dioxide emissions – but have we overlooked the emissions of sulphur dioxide (SO2) in the process? According to a new analysis appearing in the journal Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics, emissions peaked in the 1970s and then decreased until 2000 – only to increase again in recent [.].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 30, 2013

The purpose and the focus [of FFF] is exactly in line with what I promoted as president of Shell and subsequently as the founder of CFAE ,” Hofmeister said to Green Car Congress. There will not be enough oil to stay on the path we’re on globally over the short- and medium-, let alone the long-term. We need a competitor for oil.

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OCTOBER 26, 2009

Carbon capture technology will not solve the climate change threat posed by the expansion of tar sands developments, a damning new report warns today. Investing billions in unproven CCS technology for tar sands is diverting money away from projects that will help meet the global energy demand without damaging the climate.

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Green Cars News

SEPTEMBER 27, 2011

The Green Piece Column. Anyone who thought that we were finally winning the fight against global emissions was given a stark reality check when the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre and PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency released its “Long term trend in global CO2 emissions” report.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2011

In a recent interview with Green Car Congress , Mark Oberle Senior Vice President, Corporate Affairs, Celanese, noted that while the industrial ethanol market is a smaller market than fuel ethanol on a global basis, it is very close to what the company does today. Earlier post.). —Mark Oberle.

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AUGUST 27, 2009

These approaches would not solve climate change but could provide the world with extra time to decarbonise the global economy, ImechE says. More research into geo-engineering potential to reduce global warming needs to be undertaken. Algae coating would reduce CO2 because algae naturally absorbs CO2 through photosynthesis.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 28, 2009

Who said no good has come from the global financial crisis? With oil prices surging in the summer of 2008, the annual increase in global emissions of carbon dioxide (CO2) from oil, coal, gas and cement production appear to have halved according to preliminary estimates by the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency.

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Green Cars News

AUGUST 13, 2009

Carbon dioxide (CO2) may be the emission that most car manufacturers are desperately trying to drive down, but even it has its uses and now one company is hoping for funding from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 to target its beneficial use.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 12, 2009

The race is on to bring fuel cells to commercialisation after the UK Carbon Trust launched the Polymer Fuel Cells Challenge that could see the mainstream cost-effective production of fuel cell powered cars and buses, as well as providing electricity and heat for both homes and businesses.

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Green Cars News

JUNE 8, 2009

One of the highlights of yesterday’s Green Car Day at City Hall in Central London was the appearance of the Nissan X-Trail Fuel Cell Vehicle. The car is part of Nissan’s fleet participating in the California Fuel Cell Partnership trials in the USA and has featured in a wide variety of low carbon events throughout Europe.

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