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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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Transportation accounts for only 27 percent of greenhouse gas emissions (GHG) in the U.S.; In Poland and China, for example, an EV would need to be driven 78,700 miles to break-even. Behavioral change is hard How willing are people to break their car dependency and other energy-related behaviors to address climate change?

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EEA: increase in EU GHG emissions, mostly due to transport, hampers progress towards 2030 targets

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Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the European Union rose slightly in 2017, mostly because of the transport sector. Greenhouse gas emission trends, projections and targets in the EU. The rise is mostly due to the increase of oil consumption from road transport. Poland and France also saw large growth in emissions.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% by Jack Rosebro.

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What Part Do EVs Play in the Federal Net-Zero Emissions Target?

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Electric Vehicles Are a Key Climate Change Tool The U.S. and other nations have committed to mitigating their environmental impact by reducing greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs). For example, Poland, Belarus and Serbia have committed to 2030 net-zero emissions to increase sustainability. While the U.S.