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Canada and California to work together on cleaner transportation

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Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. Canada is developing a Clean Fuel Standard that will cut emissions by 30 million tonnes in 2030.

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CMU study finds taxes on emissions would result in more rapid electrification by ridesharing companies

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When life cycle air pollution and greenhouse gas emission externalities are internalized via a Pigovian tax, fleet electrification increases and externalities decrease, suggesting a role for policy. —Bruchon et al. Private and external costs of energy inputs vary across cities. Source: Bruchon et al.

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NTSB Chair questions safety impact of heavy EVs

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The researchers suggested that taxing heavy cars could be part of a solution, along with driving less, and other technology-based weight reductions efforts. Ultimately, to manage climate change, the world needs to stop emitting greenhouse gases from vehicles and power plants. —Shaffer et al. Shaffer et al.

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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. In terms of investment in innovation for cleaner energy, the plan calls for: Investment in advanced fossil energy projects. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Providing a toolkit for climate resilience.

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State Auditor says California may not meet 2030 GHG reduction goal; says aspects of CARB efforts lacking

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To help the California Air Resources Board (ARB)—the state’s key organization in this area—to fight climate change by reducing GHG emissions, the Legislature has allocated more than $2 billion from the State’s Greenhouse Gas Reduction Fund (cap?and?trade CARB’s inability to measure the GHG reductions from its cap?and?trade?funded

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Analysis concludes that current transportation policy in most US states will likely worsen GHG emission trends in US

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transportation policy with climate change and energy goals, and some put in place systems that effectively sabotage these goals. transportation, and ensure state fuel taxes can support all transportation modes. transportation, and ensure state fuel taxes can support all transportation modes.

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California ARB releases discussion draft of plan to cut GHG by 40% by 2030

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In his January 2015 inaugural address, California Governor Jerry Brown identified five key climate change strategy “pillars,” which recognize that several major areas of the California economy will need to reduce their emissions to meet California’s ambitious climate change goals. To date, approximately $3.4