Climate, Climate Change, Emissions and Statistics

Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

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AUGUST 18, 2020

A new study led by researchers from Northwestern University projects that if electric vehicles replaced 25% of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution.

Climate Change

Climate Change Pollution Climate 2014

Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

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AUGUST 19, 2019

A study by a team of researchers from China, the US and Germany suggests that future climate change may worsen air quality for more than 85% of China’s population, leading to an additional 20,000 deaths each year. Managing air quality in China in a changing climate will thus become more challenging. —Hong et al.

Climate Change

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BP: world on unsustainable path; growing divergence between demands for climate change action and pace of progress

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JUNE 12, 2019

BP released the 68 th annual edition of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy (BP Stats Review), a comprehensive collection and analysis of global energy data. This year’s edition highlights the growing divergence between demands for action on climate change and the actual pace of progress on reducing carbon emissions.

Climate Change

Climate Change Climate Coal 2018

DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2019

Fewer soot particles in the exhaust stream of aircraft reduces the formation of ice crystals and therefore the climate impact of the resulting contrail cirrus. The results are published in an open-access paper in the Nature Partner Journal (npj) Climate and Atmospheric Science. Burkhardt et al. —Ulrike Burkhardt.

Climate

Climate Cleaner Emissions Alternative Fuels

Study measures the effect of regional change in clouds caused by ships’ emissions; masking GHG warming

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MARCH 25, 2020

The result implies that globally, cloud changes caused by particles from all forms of industrial pollution block 1 Watt of solar energy per square meter of Earth’s surface, masking almost a third of the present-day warming from greenhouse gases. —co-author Hannah Director, a UW doctoral student in statistics. C, or 1.8 ?F,

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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

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JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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2004 2016 Emissions California

Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

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JUNE 11, 2012

gigatonne gap between CO 2 emissions calculated on the basis of the two publicly available official energy data sets from China: one national, the other provincial. The area chart shows the increase of CO 2 emissions calculated from the national energy statistics since 1997 broken down by different fuel type. Source: Guan et al.

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Emissions Gas China Climate Change

UK ONS report finds significant challenge remains to reduce road transport emissions; sector GHG emissions up 6% from 1990-2017

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

A new report by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) finds that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from road transport in the UK rose by 6% from 1990 to 2017. The increase—albeit lower than the increase in road traffic—highlights the significant challenge in reducing emissions from road transport, the report says.

2017

2017 Emissions Transportation 2018

Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

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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%

Brazil

Brazil Emissions Global Climate Change

Study finds global carbon emissions reached 10 billion tonnes in 2010

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DECEMBER 4, 2011

Global carbon dioxide emissions from burning fossil fuels have increased by 49% in the last two decades, according to the latest figures from the Global Carbon Project. Total emissions—including fossil fuel combustion, cement production, deforestation and other land use emissions—reached 10 billion tonnes of carbon (36.7

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2010 Carbon Global Emissions

IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2014

Decomposition of the decadal change in total global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion by four driving factors; population, income (GDP) per capita, energy intensity of GDP and carbon intensity of energy. Total anthropogenic GHG emissions were the highest in human history from 2000 to 2010 and reached 49 (±4.5)

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Emissions Climate Change 2000 Climate

California cap-and-trade spending doubles to $1.4 billion in 2018; xEV rebates, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, public transit

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

An annual ' tracking the progress of California Climate Investments, released by the California Air Resources Board and the California Department of Finance, finds that nearly $1.4 Projects funded to date are achieving the overall goal of California Climate Investments by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 36.5

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Affordable 2018 California San Diego

Digging into the differences in carbon accounting for biofuels

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 24, 2017

The benefit to the climate of using biofuels as a substitute for fossil fuels has been sharply contested for years; much of the disagreement is based on the assumptions underlying the carbon accounting in the lifecycle analysis. earlier post ). earlier post ). The analysis presented by DeCicco et al. relies on three key assertions.

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Carbon Climate Change Climate 2017

PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production reached a new all-time high in 2013, according to the annual report “Trends in global CO2 emissions”, released by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the European Joint Research Centre (JRC). In 2013, global CO 2 emissions grew to the new record of 35.3

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2013 Emissions Global CO2

UCI-led study finds California’s strict air quality regulations have helped farmers

Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2020

Researchers at the University of California, Irvine and other institutions have conducted a statistical analysis of pollution exposure and yields from 1980 to 2015 on a key sector making up about 38% of the state’s total agricultural output: perennial crops such as almonds, grapes, nectarines, peaches, strawberries and walnuts. Mueller, N.D.,

Ozone

Ozone Davis San Diego Pollution

Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

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NOVEMBER 28, 2021

The same study also concluded an overall lower consumption of tobacco worldwide is statistically linked to less people contracting lung squamous cell carcinoma (LSCC)—another type of NSCLC. Our findings pinpoint the necessity and urgency to reduce air pollutant emissions especially black carbon. Gender and geography have a role.

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Pollution Carbon South Korea Asia

GCP Carbon Budget Finds Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Rose 2% in 2008 Despite Global Financial Crisis; Natural Sinks Not Keeping Pace With Increasing 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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2008 Emissions Carbon Climate Change

U of Michigan researchers map steel flow in US; suggest yield improvements focus on sheet metal forming in car industry

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The steel industry accounts for 30% of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommends an overall 40% to 70% reduction in GHG emissions from 2010 levels by 2050. Therefore, the derived U.S. —Zhu et al. iron ore or passenger cars).

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Michigan Industrial Industry Climate Change

Study Measures the Effect of Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Jet Fuel on Emissions

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

A comprehensive emissions performance test of a business-class aircraft gas turbine engine burning fossil JP-8 fuel, synthetic FT fuel, and a 50/50 JP-8/FT blend found that emissions of trace gases, soot particles, and nucleation/growth PM were directly impacted by the sulfur and aromatic content of the fuel. —Timko et al.

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Emissions Fuel Climate Change Exhaust

Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production per region. After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have. After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have.

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Global Emissions Industrial Industry

New study puts air-pollution related deaths in India in 2019 at 1.67 million

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2020

These increases in deaths from ambient air pollution reflect increasing emissions from cars, trucks, and buses, as well as the widespread use of coal to generate electricity in India. There are similar statistics from Europe, Australia, and Japan. At the same time, US GDP grew by 250 percent. —Professor Landrigan.

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Pollution India 2019 Boston

Polestar Aims to Have World’s First Climate Neutral Car by 2030

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

According to Wikipedia, Carbon neutrality is a state of net-zero carbon dioxide emissions. This can be achieved by balancing emissions of carbon dioxide with its removal (often through carbon offsetting) or by eliminating emissions from society (the transition to the “post-carbon economy”). Carbon Neutrality.

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New Bayesian Approach Addressing Shared Biases Across Models Suggests That Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations at Current Levels Leaves 10% Chance of Exceeding 2C Target

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AUGUST 22, 2010

Under benchmark risk management metrics, allowable emission paths should have less than a 10% chance of overshooting the target, Lemoine notes in a new paper published in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Climate , so policymakers “ may therefore require significant near-term abatement and eventual net negative emissions.

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CO2 Climate Change Climate Emissions

Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

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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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Emissions Global CO2 India

UK DfT Report Finds That While a Majority of the Public Still Thinks Individuals Should Limit Car Use to Benefit Environment, Support for Measures Drops

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Attitudes towards measures to reduce car emissions. The report for the Department for Transport is based on a survey module included in the Office for National Statistics’ Opinions (Omnibus) survey which has been carried out each August since 2006. The vast majority of adults believed that the world and UK climate was being affected.

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Environment Climate Change 2006 2009

Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

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MAY 5, 2014

The study shows that Americans face the risk of a 70% increase in unhealthy summertime ozone levels by 2050, assuming continued greenhouse gas emissions with resultant significant warming (IPCC Scenario A2 and RCP (Representative Concentration Pathway) 8.5.). Scenario A2 and RCP 8.5. The A2 story line is characterized by heterogeneity.

Ozone

Ozone Climate Change Pollution Climate

Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 21, 2024

The Biden Administration dropped a new rule limiting tailpipe emissions from passenger vehicles yesterday, and you know what that means. Rather, it requires carmakers to meet tough new average emissions limits across their entire product line. Yes, it's lying season! I want to focus on one particular egregious lie. It very much is not.

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EPA Louisiana Climate Change Gas-Electric

Eliminate fuel vehicles in the UK to enlarge the move

Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

According to statistics, Shell has built about 3,600 charging piles based on the existing infrastructure in the UK. In 2008, the United Kingdom formally promulgated the Climate Change Act, becoming the first country in the world to clarify medium- and long-term emission reduction targets in legal form.

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Fuel Vehicles Climate Change Carbon

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

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MARCH 24, 2012

An Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) paper published in Computers & Geosciences outlines a process that might help to determine the relative importance of population increases vs. climate change. Our work establishes a new method to couple geographic information system data with global climate outputs and statistical analysis.

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Water Available Climate Change Global

The European electric vehicle market continues to grow

Setec Powerr

AUGUST 11, 2022

According to statistics, Norway’s electric car sales have accounted for 64.5% The Norwegian government’s climate protection goals and related support policies have played a significant role. The transport sector is one of the most important targets for emission reductions.

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Electric Vehicles Market Vehicles Electric

Report Finds Rate of Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharply Increased Between 2000 and 2005

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MAY 29, 2009

Anthropogenic global greenhouse gas emissions increased by 15% between 2000 and 2005, a sharp increase in the expected rate of growth, according to a new report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). EDGAR is a detailed overview of 35 years (from 1970 to 2005) of greenhouse gas emissions by country and emission sector.

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2005 2000 Gas Emissions

OECD: rising air pollution-related deaths taking heavy toll on society; more should be done to reduce transport emissions

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MAY 23, 2014

trillion a year in premature deaths and ill health; these costs will rise without government action to limit vehicle emissions, according to a new report published by the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD): “The Cost of Air Pollution: Health Impacts of Road Transport”. Over the five?

Pollution

Pollution Transportation Emissions India

Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

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JANUARY 4, 2010

Total anthropogenic emissions (thick solid line) and amount of total emissions (46%) remaining in the atmosphere as the airborne. Approximately 40-45% of carbon emissions emitted every year remain in the atmosphere, with the balance absorbed as part of the Earth’s carbon cycle. by Jack Rosebro. fraction (thick dashed line).

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Carbon Climate Change CO2 Climate

International automotive researchers emphasize the importance of continued development of the internal combustion engine

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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International Engine Exhaust Emissions

Argonne study finds shale gas GHG lifecycle emissions 6% lower than natural gas, 23% lower than gasoline and 33% lower than coal; upstream methane leakage a key contributor

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DECEMBER 18, 2011

Life-cycle GHG emissions per MJ of fuel produced and combusted for both 100-year and 20-year time horizons. However, the range in values for shale and conventional gas overlap, so there is a statistical uncertainty whether shale gas emissions are actually lower than those of conventional natural gas. Credit: ACS, Burnham et al.

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myenergi set to host EV drivers en route to COP26

My Energi

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Later this week (29 October), myenergi is set to host EV drivers en route to COP26 UN Climate Change Conference at its eco headquarters in North East Lincolnshire. During the two-week event, representatives will be calling for all sales of new cars and light duty vans to have a plug by 2030 and be zero emission by 2035.

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Jordan Climate Change CO2 Transportation

myenergi set to host EV drivers en route to COP26

My Energi

OCTOBER 27, 2021

Later this week (29 October), myenergi is set to host EV drivers en route to COP26 UN Climate Change Conference at its eco headquarters in North East Lincolnshire. During the two-week event, representatives will be calling for all sales of new cars and light duty vans to have a plug by 2030 and be zero emission by 2035.

Jordan

Jordan Climate Change CO2 Transportation

Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2019

When we use clean, renewable energy, we are not just fulfilling the Paris Agreement to mitigate the effects of climate change, we could also reduce air pollution-related death rates in Europe by up to 55%. —Prof Lelieveld. Jos Lelieveld, Thomas Münzel et al.

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Study finds that replacement programs that reduce vehicle lifetime can result in increased lifecycle CO2 emissions

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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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Emissions CO2 2000 Vehicles

Tesla coverage turns negative a week before crucial Earnings Call

Teslarati

APRIL 24, 2021

In my perspective, for years, MSM has been driving home the point of global climate change, using it as a way to scare people into change. However, there are statistics that prove FSD and AP’s ultimate task: to make driving safer. For the life of me, I cannot understand why.

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Tesla Climate Change Automobile Climate

BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2011

In both the base-case and a scenario with more aggressive environmental policies, CO 2 emissions from energy use remain well above the IEA 450 scenario. However, both cases result in global CO 2 emissions well above the IEA 450 scenario—a back-cast which illustrates what is required to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at 450 ppm.

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Energy Economy Global Oil-Sands

Measurements of CO2 and CO in China’s Air Indicate Sharply Improved Combustion Efficiency

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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.

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CO2 Climate Change China Universal

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

Anthropogenic climate change confronts humanity with a challenge: How can we keep warm now as we try to prevent our world from overheating in the future? A Small Country with Large Heating Needs Big problems demand big solutions, and there is perhaps no bigger 21st-century problem than climate change.

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Store Solar Building Oil-Sands

Study Finds Damage, Pollution from Western Wildfires Could Surge With Moderate Global Warming

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JULY 29, 2009

The model follows a scenario of moderately increasing emissions of greenhouse gas emissions and leads to average global warming of 1.6 °C The increase is due mainly to the simulated rise in wildfire frequency in the future, warmer climate. Source: Spracklen et al. Click to enlarge. Jennifer Logan.

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Pollution Global Climate Change United States

Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

BP: world on unsustainable path; growing divergence between demands for climate change action and pace of progress

DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

Study measures the effect of regional change in clouds caused by ships’ emissions; masking GHG warming

California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

UK ONS report finds significant challenge remains to reduce road transport emissions; sector GHG emissions up 6% from 1990-2017

Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

Study finds global carbon emissions reached 10 billion tonnes in 2010

IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

California cap-and-trade spending doubles to $1.4 billion in 2018; xEV rebates, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, public transit

Digging into the differences in carbon accounting for biofuels

PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

UCI-led study finds California’s strict air quality regulations have helped farmers

Study links increased black carbon pollution to increase in cases of lung adenocarcinoma worldwide

GCP Carbon Budget Finds Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Rose 2% in 2008 Despite Global Financial Crisis; Natural Sinks Not Keeping Pace With Increasing Emissions

U of Michigan researchers map steel flow in US; suggest yield improvements focus on sheet metal forming in car industry

Study Measures the Effect of Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Jet Fuel on Emissions

Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

New study puts air-pollution related deaths in India in 2019 at 1.67 million

Polestar Aims to Have World’s First Climate Neutral Car by 2030

New Bayesian Approach Addressing Shared Biases Across Models Suggests That Stabilizing CO2 Concentrations at Current Levels Leaves 10% Chance of Exceeding 2C Target

Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

UK DfT Report Finds That While a Majority of the Public Still Thinks Individuals Should Limit Car Use to Benefit Environment, Support for Measures Drops

Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

Eliminate fuel vehicles in the UK to enlarge the move

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

The European electric vehicle market continues to grow

Report Finds Rate of Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharply Increased Between 2000 and 2005

OECD: rising air pollution-related deaths taking heavy toll on society; more should be done to reduce transport emissions

Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

International automotive researchers emphasize the importance of continued development of the internal combustion engine

Argonne study finds shale gas GHG lifecycle emissions 6% lower than natural gas, 23% lower than gasoline and 33% lower than coal; upstream methane leakage a key contributor

myenergi set to host EV drivers en route to COP26

myenergi set to host EV drivers en route to COP26

Study: air pollution causes 800,000 extra deaths a year in Europe and 8.8 million worldwide

Study finds that replacement programs that reduce vehicle lifetime can result in increased lifecycle CO2 emissions

Tesla coverage turns negative a week before crucial Earnings Call

BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

Measurements of CO2 and CO in China’s Air Indicate Sharply Improved Combustion Efficiency

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Study Finds Damage, Pollution from Western Wildfires Could Surge With Moderate Global Warming

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