CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 6, 2021

To build a cleaner, more prosperous economy that fights climate change and creates good jobs, the Government of Canada is taking action to cut pollution from all sectors of the economy — including from the transportation sector, which accounts for one-quarter of our greenhouse gas emissions.

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JANUARY 16, 2013

Schematic overview of the primary black-carbon emission sources and the processes that control. the distribution of black carbon in the atmosphere and determine its role in the climate system. Accounting for all of the ways black carbon can affect climate, it is believed to have a warming effect of about 1.1 Source: Bond et al.

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OCTOBER 24, 2017

Vastly expanding sugarcane production in Brazil for conversion to ethanol could reduce current global CO 2 emissions by as much as 5.6%, according to a new study by an international team led by researchers from the University of Illinois. of net CO 2 emission globally relative to data for 2014. Gigatons yr −1. This would displace 3.8–13.7%

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NOVEMBER 4, 2016

The project uses a 25,000-liter photobioreactor within a pilot-scale algal biorefinery to recycle carbon dioxide and other airborne industrial pollutants into algal biomass that can be further converted into sustainable products, including renewable biofuels and biomaterials.

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Creative Greenius

MARCH 4, 2010

China “could not and should not&# set an upper limit on greenhouse gas emissions at the current phase, said Su Wei, the chief negotiator of China for climate change talks in Copenhagen, at a meeting in Beijing on China’s climate change policies in the post-Copenhagen era.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed Clean Air Act standards to reduce CO 2 emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants (electric utility generating units, EGUs). Currently, nearly a dozen states have already implemented or are implementing their own market-based programs to reduceCO 2 emissions. Background.

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NOVEMBER 12, 2014

US President Barack Obama said the US will cut net greenhouse gas emissions in the US by 26-28% below 2005 levels by 2025. Together, the US and China account for more than one third of global greenhouse gas emissions. The US and China jointly announced greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction targets. per year on average between 2020 and 2025.

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OCTOBER 21, 2017

The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO 2 emissions have stalled for the third year in a row. Emissions from international transport (aviation and shipping) contribute another 3% to the total global GHG emissions.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2011

Aggregated damage costs by pollutant. The EEA quantified the damage costs arising from CO 2 emissions based on estimated marginal abatement cost. There are differences between the selected pollutants in terms of the extent of current knowledge about how to evaluate their impacts. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.

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MARCH 26, 2021

The following goals guide the plan: Providing healthful air for all Californians; Achieving carbon neutrality (net zero CO 2 emissions) and thereafter ‘net negative’ by balancing CO 2 emissions with removal or elimination of CO 2 , then removing or sequestering more CO 2 than is emitted; and. Transportation trends.

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DECEMBER 21, 2021

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is finalizing the federal greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions standards for passenger cars and light trucks for Model Years (MY) 2023 through 2026. EPA is planning to initiate a separate rulemaking to establish multi-pollutant emission standards under the Clean Air Act for MY 2027 and later.

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CleanTechnica EVs

DECEMBER 17, 2021

To significantly cut pollution and climate-disrupting CO2 emissions via the new Infrastructure Law, we need to spend the money wisely. If we spend it poorly, we could actually add to pollution and climate-disrupting CO2 emissions.

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NOVEMBER 17, 2009

Despite the economic effects of the global financial crisis (GFC), carbon dioxide emissions from human activities rose 2% in 2008 to an all-time high of 1.3 Other main findings of the study include: CO 2 emissions from the burning of fossil fuels have increased at an average annual rate of 3.4% over the previous seven years.

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FEBRUARY 15, 2019

New RNG production facilities using the commercial technologies outlined in the analysis could reduce criteria pollutants by approximately 99% compared to existing operational biomass power plants and produce a very low carbon fuel in the base case and below zero in the case including carbon sequestration technologies.

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MAY 25, 2010

Fuel-cycle SO 2 emissions of EVs compared to those of gasoline ICEVs and HEVs in China, current (left) and future (right). The study examined the fuel-cycle CO 2 , SO 2 , and NO x emissions of EVs in China in both current (2008) and future (2030) periods and compared them with those of conventional gasoline vehicles and gasoline hybrids.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2013

The committee also proposed indicative targets for post-2020 CO 2 emissions in a range of 105 to 120 g/km (168 to 192 g/mile) from 2025. The draft also sets indicative targets for post-2020 CO 2 emissions in the range of 68-78 g/km (109-126 g/mile) from 2025. Climate Change Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Policy'

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Green Cars News

APRIL 5, 2011

It’s not just CO2 vehicle emissions that should be targeted in the effort to mitigate long term climate change – its also non-CO2 pollutants.

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APRIL 4, 2011

Climate response to non-CO 2 vehicle emissions. Global and regional zonal mean temperature changes relative to 2010 due to non-CO 2. vehicle emissions under the baseline scenario (a) and the difference between the tight-standard and baseline scenarios (b). Shindell et al. Click to enlarge. Shindell et al. Shindell et al.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 1, 2009

But now that I’ve found out they’re still lying and covering up their role in climate change and the size of their own carbon footprint, I’m going to have to get tougher with them. I initially gave Exxon/Mobil till 2020 to get out of Torrance and clean up their toxic mess here in my town.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Effects of changes in the average lifespan of ordinary passenger cars newly registered between 1990-2000 on total induced CO 2 emissions in 2000. Conversely, encouraging shortened vehicle lifetime via vehicle replacement schemes can result in higher total-induced greenhouse gas emissions, the authors found. Click to enlarge.

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

The growth of electric vehicles is fun and exciting to those of us who are interested in the new tech, but the truly important target is to cut gasoline use in order to stop catastrophic climate change (not to mention deadly air pollution). So, more than any stat about EV sales, what’s important is seeing […].

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 25, 2013

The draft also sets indicative targets for post-2020 CO 2 emissions in the range of 68-78 g/km (109-126 g/mile) from 2025. These emission limits are the average maximum allowed for car makers registered in the EU. Climate Change Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Policy' cars in 2013, falling to 1.5 Draft report.

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MARCH 17, 2010

While the existence of higher CO 2 levels overs cities—CO 2 domes—has been known for more than a decade, their effects on local air pollution has up to now not been explored. Although the health impacts of such changes are uncertain, he notes, they are of concern. Not all carbon dioxide emissions are equal. Jacobson, 2010.

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NOVEMBER 20, 2012

That means new jobs, cleaner water and air—and a working model for other states, and the nation, to use as we gear up to fight climate change and make our economy more competitive and resilient. emissions). 2015 (which will be 70% of 2013 emissions plus 100% of 2014 emissions.). —ARB Chairman Mary D.

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APRIL 2, 2009

The on-road transportation (ORT) and power generation (PG) sectors are major contributors to CO 2 emissions and a host of short-lived radiatively-active air pollutants, including tropospheric ozone and fine aerosol particles, that exert complex influences on global climate. Unger et al. 2009) Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 8, 2010

The findings, published in the 21 September issue of Atmospheric Chemistry and Physics , are generally consistent with official Chinese government statistics and could bolster their credibility as international negotiations proceed on commitments of China and other nations to combat climate change. Munger, J. McElroy, M. Nielsen, C.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2009

In addition to temperature-induced bleaching, coral reefs in many parts of the world are under stress from overfishing, destructive fishing, coastal pollution, and sedimentation. In addition to major reductions in CO 2 emissions, achieving this safe level will require the active removal of CO 2 from the atmosphere. Jack Rosebro.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The editorial addresses important issues in the current politically charged discussions of global warming and climate-change alarm. … It is very likely that highly efficient “fully flexible” engines with hybridized solutions will be a big part of sought-after efficiency improvements, as well as emission/GHG reductions.

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EV Obssesion

MAY 2, 2021

Germany’s highest court ruled Thursday that the country’s 2019 climate law unconstitutionally saddles young people with the burden of fighting climate change by “irreversibly offload[ing] major emission reductions burdens onto periods after 2030.”

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EV Central

FEBRUARY 12, 2024

Or, as Climate Change and Energy Minister Chris Bowen put it: “It’s up to the FCAI to explain the clear contradiction in their two positions. If I was a company like Isuzu, selling a lot of highly polluting utes, and with no hybrids or EVs in my quiver to offset them, I’d be a bit skittish about the future, too. Look, I get it.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2009

The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation rose to 15 in 2008. In most Central and Eastern European countries, the main concern of policy makers remains to reduce the level of old vehicles on the streets with pollutant emission standards of below Euro 3.

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SEPTEMBER 9, 2012

A recent study by an international team calculated that shipping causes a net cooling of climate across all parametrizations of the indirect aerosol effect (IAE) and scenarios throughout the period 1900?2050. A recent study commissioned by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) estimated total emissions of 1046 Tg CO 2 yr ?1

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SEPTEMBER 13, 2017

It’s also in line with what is expected of other industry sectors, as well as the EU Climate and Energy Framework and the global Paris agreement. Our industry is committed to being part of the solution when it comes to decarbonizing road transport, while at the same time reducing pollutant emissions. This is a steep reduction.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

We have to start taking its effects into account in planning our mitigation efforts and the sooner we start making changes, the better. He also found that soot emissions kill more than 1.5 Warming of the air by any chemical, including soot, enhances natural surface emissions of water vapor [e.g., Mark Jacobson. Dessler et al.,

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SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

By including upstream emissions from fuels, GHG emissions from cities exceed those attributed to direct end-use by up to 24% (for Toronto). By including upstream emissions from fuels, the researchers found that GHG emissions attributable to cities exceed those from direct end use by up to 24%. Tonnes CO 2 e/capita.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2009

Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions significantly by 2050. Stone et al. Stone et al.

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MARCH 27, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for CO 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new power plants. EPA is not proposing separate N 2 O or CH 4 emission limits or an equivalent CO 2 emission limit because of a lack of available data for these affected sources. kg CO 2 /MWh.

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