Green Car Congress

JUNE 25, 2013

Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Preparing the US for the impacts of climate change. Earlier post.).

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Creative Greenius

JULY 26, 2012

Joe Galliani Selected As Climate Leader Just As Global Warming Reaches Tipping Points. I have no excuse for my ugly and excessive flying carbon footprint and only the carbon offsets I purchase ease any of my guilt. But I’m not going to stop.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2019

ResponsibleSteel is the industry’s first global multi-stakeholder standard and certification initiative, dedicated to defining and promoting responsible practice, aimed at improving: Climate change and greenhouse gas emissions. Water stewardship and biodiversity. Human rights & labor rights.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2018

Last month, the utility received approval from the California Public Utilities Commission (CPUC) for a pilot program to purchase the renewable fuel and capture the additional environmental credits generated. Today, it published a Request for Offer (RFO), and expects to complete gas purchase agreements in the near future.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 26, 2012

Joe Galliani Selected As Climate Leader Just As Global Warming Reaches Tipping Points. I have no excuse for my ugly and excessive flying carbon footprint and only the carbon offsets I purchase ease any of my guilt. But I’m not going to stop.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 3, 2010

More than 60 scientists from a dozen institutions have begun a study in the Sacramento, California area to investigate how aerosols affect the climate. The data they are collecting will help researchers improve computer models that simulate the climate and project climate changes. Earlier post.).

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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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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2014

Emission reductions produced by the project are verified by an approved third party and registered with the Climate Action Reserve. Emission reductions produced by the project are verified by an approved third party and registered with the Climate Action Reserve. Big River and Salmon Creek Forest. McKinney Landfill.

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Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

Using the app, owners of older diesel cars could purchase the replacement filter or arrange for one to be installed. CarGreenTech is a platform to make existing vehicles more climate-positive—which provides an all-in-one solution,” Afrin says. The goal is to extend the life of these older vehicles, Afrin says.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

The investment consists of an initial investment and additional purchases of CRI equity over a 3-year period. Geely’s CRI investment and work with renewable methanol is similar to the approach Audi is taking with its own e-fuels projects—producing very low carbon liquid or gaseous fuels using only renewable energy, water and CO 2.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 24, 2009

Gregoire issued her executive order, entitled “Washington’s Leadership on Climate Change,” after testifying at the US Environmental Protection Agency’s public hearing in Seattle on the regulation of greenhouse gases under the Clean Air Act. Washington’s Leadership on Climate Change. Washington Gov. Executive Order 09-05.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Under the cap-and-trade system, industries regulated by it—the largest being power generation, chemicals, steel, and cement—are given limits on their total emissions, and companies can purchase emission reductions from others in lieu of reducing emissions themselves. Validation and Verification. Validation requires additionality.

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Green Car Congress

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. This “climate dividend” is intended to help offset any increases in the costs of goods and services. billion to $22.6

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 17, 2021

Addressing climate change requires not only a clean electrical grid, but also a clean fuel to reduce emissions from industrial heat, long-haul heavy transportation, and long-duration energy storage. Green H 2 involves the use of electricity and electrolyzers to split water, without any greenhouse gas byproducts.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 26, 2012

and climate change (focused on avoidance costs rather than damage costs). Neither infrastructure costs (area purchase, construction, maintenance, demolition, administration of infrastructure) nor congestion costs were included. Of course, the selection of any value for climate change costs is somewhat arbitrary.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 2, 2018

A belt filter dewaters by applying pressure to solids to squeeze out the water. The belt press cake, dry leftover matter, is rich in nutrients and can be used at oil palm plantations as organic soil enhancer, decreasing need for store-purchased fossil fertilizers. —Annamari Enström.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Increases in carbon dioxide concentration along with global surface temperatures are showing a decline in agricultural yields due to climate change. [ 1 ] This along with melting glaciers and shifts in climate zones do not bode well for climate change stabilization without drastic efforts in greenhouse gas abatement.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 5, 2023

Alongside the launch, Equatic entered into a pre-purchase option agreement with Boeing. To mitigate ongoing and accelerating climate change in the timeframe necessary to avoid irreversible consequences, we need truly disruptive carbon management technologies.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

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. What steps must California now take to meet the state’s climate goals beyond 2020? The focus areas include: Energy.

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Clean Fleet Report

NOVEMBER 12, 2021

Just be careful to conserve your water consumption because if you leave your hose running and spray water for hours on end, you’ll waste so much water that you’ll have a net loss on your going green efforts. Washing your own vehicle can use less electricity than using an automated car wash. Earth-Friendly Auto Insurance.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 18, 2017

Disadvantages of electric vehicles are associated with their production (amount and composition of materials), the required resources including water-usage, as well as adverse effects on the environment (acid impact, particulates). Both are necessary if ambitious climate goals are to be achieved.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2009

If we are to be at the forefront of tackling climate change, reducing emissions from the automobile must be front and center. The State of California has the highest ratio of car ownership anywhere in the world, and in Los Angeles, almost 50% of the greenhouse gas emissions come for the transportation sector.

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Cars That Think

JULY 15, 2023

We just hope we can do it in time to be a major part of the solution to the climate crisis.” In May, Microsoft signed the world’s first-ever agreement to purchase fusion energy , from fusion startup Helion Energy. “At that point, we’ll be one step closer to a new era of carbon-free baseload electricity,” says Sorbom. “We

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2015

Emission reductions produced by the project are verified by an approved third party and registered with the Climate Action Reserve (Project ID CAR102 ). Additionally, they have treated 644 road sites to reduce erosion and sediment delivery to the streams, helping to improve water quality and fish habitat. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2011

On a purchasing power parity basis, GDP per capita in Asia would rise to $38,600, compared with the projected 2050 global average of $36,600. On a purchasing power parity basis, GDP per capita would rise to only $20,300, or just over half of that under the Asian Century scenario. Energy consumption.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2009

Start talking about more than just climate change. Let’s talk about water quality, local emissions, natural resources and the wars that come from places that don’t have enough natural resources. The net effect of correcting this problem will be pressure on purchase prices first and operating costs second. Tax the fuel.”

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2023

BMW Group Plant Dingolfing will use heat produced from regional biomass and its own waste wood to meet about 50% of its process hot water requirements from 2025 onwards. The supply contract is for 20 years, with an agreed annual purchase volume of just under 100,000 MWh of thermal energy.

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EV Adoption

MARCH 3, 2021

The semi-conductor shortage, sourced largely from problems at the world’s biggest semi conductor maker, Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company (TSMC), due to a reported water shortage, and a huge boost in home electronics demand due to Covid, has crippled car production in the US and in Europe and Asia for the last few months.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2015

America’s Climate Communities of Excellence. Renewable, low carbon production pathways include thermochemical biomass conversion; electrolysis from renewable electricity sources; and photoelectrochemical and solar thermochemical water splitting, which have been included in recent funding opportunities.

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EV Info

NOVEMBER 26, 2020

In what Mr Johnstone is calling the ‘Green Industrial Revolution’ he aims to tackle climate change and create jobs in industries such as nuclear energy, however, critics are already stating that the £4bn package to implements Boris’s 10-point plan is far too small for the scale of the challenge!

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 7, 2021

As we confront the enormous challenge of climate change, we should take inspiration from even the most unlikely sources. Solar climate intervention " is the umbrella term for projects such as ours that involve reflecting sunlight to reduce global warming and its most dangerous impacts. Solar climate intervention is.

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My Electric Car

AUGUST 21, 2020

The only by products are water and a fair degree of heat, the latter indicating a degree of inefficiency and wasted energy. Second, while hydrogen can be otherwise produced through the electrolysis of water, this process requires huge amounts of clean and fresh water – a vital and highly valuable commodity of life that can’t be wasted.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

This is due to the assumption that penetration will be slower for road freight, air, and water transport because of the presently low energy densities of non-liquid substitutes such as electricity. Indeed, market changes can be rapid and profound once shifts in relative cost and convenience occur.

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My Energi

MARCH 11, 2021

to Google Play Store to purchase a digital parrot. What I do know, is how fossil fuel vehicles have contributed heavily to poor air quality in our towns and cities, damage to the environment, soil and water quality and have contributed to the depletion of the ozone layer! How would you say an EV compares to a car with an engine?

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2014

The proposed “Carbon Pollution Accountability Act” (CPAA) would create a new, market-based program that sets an annual limit CO 2 emissions; major emitters will need to purchase “allowances” for their emissions. Clean technology development and climate science. Climate Change Electric (Battery) Emissions Infrastructure Policy'

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

For more than a year now in this blog I’ve been researching and reporting on climate change, energy and transportation issues and related environmental stories covering them on both a personal and a global perspective. First off you might be surprised that our cities have Climate Action Plans, but don’t be.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 7, 2015

California has not taken full advantage of opportunities to increase its in-state production of biofuel, despite state policies that encourage biofuel consumption, according to a policy paper by the Climate Change and Business Research Initiative at the UCLA and UC Berkeley law schools. —Ethan Elkind, a co-author of the report.

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