Green Car Congress

MARCH 4, 2013

Alberta-based Climate Change and Emissions Management Corporation (CCEMC) ( earlier post ) has issued a $35-million open innovation international challenge to create new, carbon-based products and markets. The CCEMC Grand Challenge: Innovative Carbon Uses offers three rounds of funding that total $35 million over a five-year period.

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AUGUST 2, 2020

Researchers from the GEOMAR Helmholtz Center for Ocean Research Kiel have found that considerable quantities of the greenhouse gas methane escape uncontrolled into the water from abandoned oil and gas wells in the North Sea. Methane is the second most important greenhouse gas after carbon dioxide. Photo: ROV team/GEOMAR.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 24, 2011

Canada-based Osum Oil Sands Corp. The results are providing insights into how to best develop the Grosmont carbonate resource. McCarthy Tetrault LLP acted as Canadian legal counsel while Paul, Weiss, Rifkind, Wharton & Garrison LLP acted as United States legal counsel to Osum. Credit Suisse Securities (Canada), Inc.,

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

The proposal was drafted as two measures, the Climate Protection Act —which sets the carbon price and finance programs for sustainable technologies—and the Sustainable Energy Act —which ends federal support for fossil fuel companies and research and extends tax incentives for renewables. per year over a 10-year period.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 18, 2013

The MOU is not legally binding except for those provisions in respect of exclusivity, confidentiality and dispute resolution. is one of the largest non-partnered holders of oil sands leases by area in the Athabasca oil sands region. Sunshine Oilsands Ltd.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2017

The carbon-related costs of converting the land to sugarcane fields were included in the analysis. Mb d −1 of crude oil by 2045 under projected climate change while protecting forests under conservation and accounting for future land demand for food and animal feed production. of crude oil consumption and 1.5–5.6%

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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

DECEMBER 7, 2021

The ethanol and e-fuel would separate out similarly to oil and water. Finally, 1% fusel oil had to be added to the blend for the ethanol not to separate out. This was a significant improvement compared to the fossil fuel tested and is many times below the legal limit. The emissions were compared to the standard E10 EU gasoline.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2014

When wood-based liquid biofuels are produced using raw materials from sustainably managed (such as FSC certified) forests and provided that the carbon stock impacts and indirect impacts are accounted for and minimised, they are among the most promising biofuel alternatives in terms of low environmental and social risks, UPM says.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 8, 2016

The report notes that while California is the third largest oil producing state in the nation, it imports more than half of the oil it consumes. On a comparative basis, California is more dependent on foreign oil than is the nation as a whole. Require Top Performance with Strong Yet Feasible Air Quality and Climate Standards.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 29, 2016

Sinopec, JAPEX, Indian Oil Corporation and PetroleumBRUNEI are minority shareholders in the Pacific NorthWest LNG project. The project is subject to over 190 legally binding conditions that will lessen the environmental impacts of the project.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 4, 2010

In addition, President Obama issued a Presidential Memorandum creating an Interagency Task Force on Carbon Capture and Storage to develop a comprehensive and coordinated federal strategy to speed the development and deployment of advanced lower-emission coal technologies.

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Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

Eliminating fuel vehicles is an important step in the UK’s carbon reduction route, and 2030 is the deadline for the sale of fuel vehicles in the UK. Last week, Shell, the world’s largest oil company, issued a statement stating that Shell’s Ubitricity division will install 50,000 roadside charging piles in the UK by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 3, 2010

The National Petrochemical & Refiners Association (NPRA) filed a legal challenge to California’s Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) with the US District Court, Eastern District of California, Fresno Division. Earlier post.). 110-140, 121 Stat. 1492, and the federal Renewable Fuels Standard. NPRA President Charles T.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 20, 2024

The shipping industry has been trying to cut its carbon emissions for years, and with little to show for it. Nearly all of the world’s ship fleet still runs on diesel fuel, with about a quarter of new ships on order being built to run on somewhat lower-carbon alternatives like liquefied natural gas, methanol, or hybrid propulsion.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

Among the direct transportation-related provisions in the extensive package are a low-carbon fuel standard for all transportation fuels; financial support for large scale demonstrations of electric vehicles; and financial support for automakers retooling plants to make electric vehicles. Carbon Capture and Sequestration.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

million barrels per day of gasoline, jet fuel, diesel, natural gas liquids and crude oil through more than 8,000 miles of pipelines. Carbon dioxide is used in enhanced oil recovery projects. Second largest oil producer in Texas, producing more than 50,000 barrels per day. billion cubic feet per day. and Washington state.

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Cars That Think

JULY 30, 2023

Jonas Ekstromer/AFP/Getty Images In the early 1970s, Exxon scientists predicted that global oil production would peak in the year 2000 and then fall into a steady decline. Company researchers were encouraged to look for oil substitutes, pursuing any manner of energy that didn’t involve petroleum. Still, there were problems.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

A new report by the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC) provides a comprehensive overview of methodologies for estimating air emissions from shipping; describes technological solutions; and analyses policy options for reducing carbon emissions and air pollution in this sector. The legal position on shipping emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2012

The National Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) Project has released two major reports that synthesize its findings from the past several years of work: a Technical Analysis Report (TAR) and Policy Design Recommendations. We did not shy away from controversy. We are not advocates.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 27, 2012

While there have been improvements in CO 2 average tailpipe emissions from new passenger cars, there has not been enough progress on the consumption of oil in transport or on meeting the related goal of sourcing 10 % of transport fuel from renewable sources. A third caveat is that many targets are not moving in the right direction at all.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2010

Full coverage and discussion on The Oil Drum. coli —which could use both 5- and 6-carbon sugars, but produced very little ethanol—with the ethanol-producing capabilities of Zymomonas mobilis. DLA Piper LLP (US) served as legal advisor to BP. Cooley LLP served as legal advisor to Verenium. Ingram modified the E.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 8, 2014

Navigant suggests that, since the automakers have already designed the vehicles that they will be selling in 2018, they will become more vocal in 2014 to push for changes; the firm expects the dispute to escalate, perhaps resulting in legal action. EVs will reduce vehicle carbon dioxide emissions in the US by more than 1 million tons.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2015

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its latest set of proposed standards to reduce emissions of methane and volatile organic compounds (VOCs) from the oil and natural gas industry. The proposal also includes incentives to spur the oil and gas industry to minimize leaks.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 17, 2011

The Bakken is a prime US unconventional oil play, and is believed to be one of the largest, if not the largest, oil accumulation in the US. The tight oil is extracted in the same way as shale gas, through horizontal wells and hydraulic fracturing. In the Bakken formation, the oil is extracted from tight carbonate.

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The Truth About Cars

AUGUST 17, 2023

This limited-edition Mustang is street-legal, though it has been designed in conjunction with the Mustang GT3 race car -- a car that is slated to run at the 24 Hours of Le Mans next year. liter V8 to go along with an eight-speed dual-clutch rear transaxle and carbon-fiber driveshaft.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2009

Thirteen scientists and land use experts conclude in a new paper that an important but fixable error in legal accounting rules used to measure compliance with carbon limits for bioenergy could undermine efforts to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by encouraging deforestation. Their paper is published in the 23 Oct. Accounting rules.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

May, 2007 : An international team of researchers concluded that the ability of the Southern Ocean to absorb carbon dioxide had slowed by about 15% per decade since 1981 ( earlier post ), and projected that at the present rate of deterioration, it will have lost two-thirds of its ability to store carbon by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2018

Trucks represent the fastest growing source of global oil demand. They account for 40% of the expected increase in oil demand to 2050 and 15% of the increase in global CO 2 emissions. Trucks will even surpass passenger cars as the major oil consumers. It is unlikely that one single option can replace internal combustion engines.

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Creative Greenius

MAY 3, 2009

Consider this fair and legal warning, world’s largest and most polluting oil company - I’m giving you 10 years to pack up and hit the road. You think HE’s working very hard to end our nation’s sick addiction to carbon based fuels that kill people and destroy our civilization? Uncertainty.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 18, 2014

Carbon fiber components played a large role with a CF structural oil pan saving 30%; a CF front cover with mount saving 30%; and a carbon fiber plus aluminum cam carrier saving 20%. The cast aluminum or carbon fiber wheels saved 30%. This will be street legal, but that’s it. [It] The Mach-I has no spare tire.)

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Creative Greenius

MAY 14, 2009

I said I would consider it, but that I was really hoping to establish a precedent, legally speaking, beyond Torrance. And I wasn’t interested in selling solar based on, “Hey it prevents oil,” you know. The city attorney asked me if I would dismiss my case if the city of Torrance would change their rules. And this is boring.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2015

An outer skin made from carbon fiber reinforced polymer (CFRP) encases the inner aluminum shell. The second layer, a composite winding of carbon fiber-reinforced polymer (CFRP) and glass fiber-reinforced polymer (GFRP), provides for maximum strength. mi) each a year with no carbon footprint.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 24, 2019

The joint venture will focus on R&D with the goal of improving mechanical reliability, creating additional technological efficiencies and licensing technology in countries which favorably support the use of low carbon fuels from crop residue and other biomass. —Hugh Welsh, President DSM North America.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

America needs much smaller cars for many more people so that we can escape the clutches of the loathsome oil interests. If a go-cart cant legally drive there, then this thing wont be able to either. by TogetherinParis April 7, 2009 6:08 AM PDT This needs to work. Cyclists will complain and moterists will complain. Look at it this way.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2017

The repeal package includes the “preamble,” which lays out the proposed legal interpretation, policy implications, and a summary of the cost-benefits analysis of the proposed repeal; and the “Regulatory Impact Analysis (RIA),” an in-depth cost-benefit technical analysis. Comments should be identified by Docket ID No.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

But the evidence shows that freezing CAFE standards is hard to justify on economic, social, environmental, or legal grounds. We are researchers, not pundits, and so we hesitate to speculate.

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