Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 30, 2015

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released a draft Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy. The draft strategy describes proposed actions the State will take to move forward aggressively to reduce emissions of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs). Black Carbon.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

New data from the World Health Organization (WHO) shows that 9 out of 10 people breathe air containing high levels of pollutants. Updated estimations reveal a death toll of 7 million people every year caused by ambient (outdoor) and household air pollution. Ambient air pollution alone caused some 4.2 g/m 3 (for PM 10 ) and 10 ?g/m

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2021

British Airways will power future flights with sustainable aviation fuel produced from sustainably-sourced ethanol, as part of a new partnership with sustainable jet fuel company LanzaJet. Fuel could be produced by 2025. British Airways has a roadmap to meet its net zero 2050 target.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2013

A new report prepared by the World Bank at the request of the G8 identifies ways that the World Bank can do more through its projects to reduce the emission of short-lived climate pollutants (SLCPs): black carbon, methane, tropospheric ozone, and fluorinated gases known as HFCs. Over the six-year period of the review (FY2007-2012), 7.7

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

City Council, board members of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power Commission and long term colleagues from the climate justice action community to be part of a historic announcement. ” – this means that mega-polluting, constantly climate-killing, fossil fuel Chevron must go too.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2016

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) issued final New Source Performance Standards (NSPS) to reduce emissions of methane-rich landfill gas from new, modified and reconstructed municipal solid waste (MSW) landfills, updating standards that were issued in 1996. of total US GHG emissions (in carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e)).

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Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2016

More than 80% of people living in urban areas that monitor air pollution are exposed to air quality levels that exceed World Health Organization (WHO) limits, according to the organization. Global urban air pollution trends. While all regions of the world are affected, populations in low-income cities are the most impacted.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 31, 2017

South African engineering company Swayana has signed a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) with LanzaTech to collaborate on developing projects for the production of ethanol and higher value products from waste gases in the ferroalloy and titania smelting sectors. during steel manufacturing.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2019

The project marks the first time that carbon-negative renewable natural gas produced from cow manure has been injected directly into SoCalGas’ natural gas system. The renewable natural gas from that digestion facility is already being used to fuel about 400 waste hauling trucks. s anaerobic digestion facility in Perris, California.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 25, 2011

The FY 2011-2012 plan focused primarily on five areas of interest: sustainable communities; behavior and technology adoption; health and air pollution exposures; air pollution science; and greenhouse gas targets. These regulations have led to considerable improvements in air quality throughout California.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2019

A closed thermal integration enables reuse of fuel cell waste heat for fuel evaporation thereby increasing efficiency. The Dapozol MEA is optimized for operating temperatures of 120-200°C, high carbon monoxide concentrations and no requirements for humidification. The MEA is one of the core components in a fuel cell stack.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2015

This follows the successful demonstration of the carbon recycling platform at the White Biotech (WBT) Demonstration Plant in Kaohsiung using steel mill off gases for ethanol production. We need to keep fossil resources in the ground and carbon recycling is one way we can achieve this. Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 23, 2021

Tenneco is putting its 100-plus years of powertrain expertise in improving vehicle fuel efficiency and reducing emissions to work to explore synthetic fuels (e-fuels) as a viable near-term solution to further maximize the efficiency and minimize the carbon footprint of internal combustion engines (ICE).

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Baua Electric

JANUARY 12, 2024

As US gas and oil reach record levels of production, enter the EPA’s Waste Emissions Charge, which is part of the Methane Emissions Reduction Program – which in turn is part of the Inflation Reduction Act. That’s because methane is a climate “super pollutant” that’s more potent than carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 12, 2020

Batteries that are more sustainable throughout their life cycle are key for the goals of the European Green Deal and contribute to the zero pollution ambition set in it. From 1 July 2024, only rechargeable industrial and electric vehicles batteries for which a carbon footprint declaration has been established, can be placed on the market.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2022

Based on this clear decision made as part of its Vorsprung 2030 corporate strategy, Audi is now taking steps to prepare its global facilities for the production of all-electric cars. The program’s central goal is to make all Audi production sites worldwide net carbon neutral1 by 2025.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 15, 2011

Fast action on pollutants such as black carbon, ground-level ozone and methane may help limit near term global temperature rise and significantly increase the chances of keeping temperature rise below 2 °C (3.6 °F)—and Waste management. Pellet stoves and boilers, using fuel made from recycled wood waste or.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2016

As part of that effort, the leaders committed to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from light- and heavy-duty vehicles by aligning fuel efficiency and/or GHG emission standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively. Short-lived climate pollutants. 50% clean power target.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 13, 2017

As well as the improvement in fuel efficiency and reduction in emissions, the LX1 also offers a significant reduction in noise pollution compared to its conventional counterparts. The prototype—which has 98% new parts and a fundamentally new machine design—is capable of doing the work of a wheel loader that’s one size larger.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 27, 2017

36 electric power outlets will help trucks at the Merchants Distributors, LLC (MDI) distribution center in Hickory, NC cut costs and lower air emissions as part of a Duke Energy $320,000 electrification project. In addition to fuel savings and reduced emissions, this project will also reduce noise and air pollution for our team and neighbors.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 3, 2013

The US Department of Energy (DOE) released a draft for comment of an $8-billion loan guarantee solicitation for innovative and advanced fossil energy projects and facilities that substantially reduce greenhouse gas and other air pollution. The program is part of President Obama’s climate action plan. Earlier post.).

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 5, 2023

Global warming due to the emission of gases (Nitrogen Dioxide, Carbon Dioxide, Carbon Monoxide, etc.) from automobiles, environmental pollution, depletion of fossil fuels, etc. Kg of Carbon dioxide when it burnt. Kg of Carbon dioxide!! make alternative fuels in vehicles a necessity. 1 liter of Petrol emits 2.3

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 14, 2009

Cutting HFCs, black carbon, tropospheric ozone, and methane can buy us about 40 years before we approach the dangerous threshold of 2°C warming. —co-author They are poised to become a larger part of the climate problem over the next few decades. Black Carbon. Black carbon is responsible for almost 50% of the 1.9°C

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The Truth About Cars

JANUARY 25, 2024

Regulators in Germany have opened an investigation into alleged diesel exhaust rule circumvention on the part of BMW. It’s not unusual to see reduced carbon dioxide emissions when a vehicle isn’t running the A/C. possessed an illegal defeat device that allowed vehicles to pollute more under certain conditions.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 16, 2009

Carbon cycle. The report estimates that carbon emissions equal to half the annual emissions of the global transport sector are being captured and stored by marine ecosystems such as mangroves, salt marshes and seagrasses. Blue carbon sink. Credit: Riccardo Pravettoni, UNEP/GRID-Arendal. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 7, 2018

The project is part of CARB’s Low Carbon Transportation and Fuels Investments and Air Quality Improvement Program. California’s South Coast Air Quality Management District, the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District and the Sacramento Metropolitan Air Quality Management District also are investing in the project.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 19, 2016

and Par Hawaii Refining that resolves alleged Clean Air Act violations and protects public health by reducing air pollution at six refineries. Implementation of a detailed plan for reducing waste gas to flares. combustion efficiency at all times when waste gases are vented. Tesoro will also pay a $10.45 million civil penalty.

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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

MARCH 28, 2014

Coal Mines: In April 2014, the DOI’s Bureau of Land Management (BLM) will release an Advanced Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPRM) to gather public input on the development of a program for the capture and sale, or disposal of waste mine methane on lands leased by the Federal government.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 17, 2022

Luna looks like Dell’s latest XPS 13 , but clever tweaks have slimmed its carbon footprint. It’s designed for on-demand production to reduce waste from unsold inventory. Consumer electronics can cause deadly pollution by degrading into hazardous materials (including lead, mercury, and arsenic) when left in landfills.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2018

For the most part, they look, sound and act like a traditional car, but there’s one major difference: their engines run on batteries and not on internal combustion powered by fossil fuels. The pros of going gasless include reduced maintenance costs, lower fuel expense and—most importantly—less pollution.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2010

British Airways, in partnership with the Solena Group , will establish Europe’s first plant for sustainable jet-fuel and plans to use the low-carbon fuel to power part of its fleet from 2014. The plant will gasify waste biomass, and use a Fischer-Tropsch process to convert the resulting syngas to biojet fuel and bionaphtha.

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Clean Fleet Report

OCTOBER 5, 2023

It offers redemption by curtailing the release of harmful substances and reducing the carbon footprint. It is not merely the act of parting with old vehicles; it is an opportunity to fatten one’s wallet. Adherence to best practices in de-pollution, waste management and material recovery becomes imperative.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2015

LanzaTech’s gas fermentation process uses proprietary microbes to capture and reuse carbon-rich waste gases, reducing emissions and pollutants from industrial processes such as steel manufacturing, while making fuels and chemicals that displace those made from fossil resources. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 7, 2014

Through a collaboration agreement, the two parties have agreed to work together to develop solutions which can help tackle the city’s air pollution challenges. However, the resulting environmental impact, particularly air pollution, has become a priority for the Chinese government and a matter of global importance.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 26, 2012

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) and partners have launched a new initiative that aims to reduce pollution levels, improve resource efficiency and reduce infrastructure costs in cities across the world. Up to 80% of the world population is expected to reside in cities by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2015

While carbon-centered greenhouse gas lifecycle analysis focuses on average carbon use in the carbon cycle for a production pathway (carbon footprint), the water footprint analysis uses the hydrological cycle, focusing on both water use and sufficiency for a production pathway. Version 3.0 —May Wu.

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