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California ARB to Hold Public Workshop on LEV III Technologies; Criteria Pollutants and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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ARB will hold a one-day workshop to discuss ARB staff’s preliminary thoughts and sources of information upon which to base the proposed standards and test procedures on 18 May, 2010, in El Monte, California. This is the second technical workshop for the LEV III rulemaking. Super Light Car: Sustainable Production Technologies for CO 2.

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GFEI report concludes 50% improvement in average fuel economy of entire global light duty fleet by 2050 is achievable; importance of the regulatory and fiscal environments

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Titled ‘50 by 50’, Prospects and Progress , the report has a two-fold mission: (1) to assess the prospects for reaching the 50 by 50 goal in the light of on-going research and other developments that have occurred over the past year or so, and (2) to assess the progress being made in reaching that goal. Click to enlarge.

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Greenius On The Green Scene - The South Bay Report

Creative Greenius

If everyone had as small a carbon footprint and lived as lightly on the land as Dency does, we wouldn’t be in the climate mess we’re in today. The put on very well run workshops for adults and in-class presentations for kids. Lillian Light.

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CARB draft of updated AB 32 Scoping Plan for climate change actions post-2020; pushing for greater transportation reductions

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The Scoping Plan describes the comprehensive range of efforts California must take to reduce greenhouse gas emissions to 1990 levels by 2020 and meet the state’s long-term goals to combat climate change. Among the consideration are: The Advanced Clean Cars regulation will reduce GHG emissions from new light-duty vehicles by about 4.5%

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The Further Adventures of The Solangelist

Creative Greenius

So, it’s kind of hard to fulfill my global destiny as the pied piper of solar energy, the impassioned Solangelist preaching from my SunPowered pulpit at the big renewable revival meeting when my rooftop is still covering with nothing but asphalt shingles and raccoon scat. All at once it seemed so clear to me.

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Engineering Needs More Futurists

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Challenges include climate-change threats to human infrastructure and habitats; cyberwarfare by state and nonstate actors attacking energy sources and health care systems; and the global water crisis, which is compounded by the climate crisis. We need to completely reimagine how nearly everything works.

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SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

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The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. SCOPE is part of the International Council for Science. In 2007/08, 0.9%