Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2013

introduced legislation that would set an escalating fee on greenhouse gas emissions from large stationary sources to fund investments in energy efficiency and sustainable energy technologies and also provide rebates to consumers to offset increases in energy prices. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.) and Barbara Boxer (D-Calif.) International sources.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2011

Without systematic, transformative changes, the US is unlikely to succeed either in averting the worst economic and environmental consequences of climate change or in achieving a secure, affordable and reliable energy supply. The project was supported by a grant from the Doris Duke Charitable Foundation. —Richard Lester.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 13, 2010

Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. According to the recently finalized Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 , net US GHG emissions in 2008 were down 2.7% Natural Gas.

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Gas-Electric Climate Gas Energy 210

Green Car Congress

APRIL 5, 2016

This project is funded by a ~$1-million grant from the California Energy Commission under the auspices of its Alternative and Renewable Fuels and Vehicle Testing Program. The Altex process does not require the intermediate conversion of the feedstock into synthesis gas or pyrolysis liquids, plus it does not require hydrogen.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 25, 2022

The task: make the most of a 30-watt fuel cell and 14 grams of hydrogen gas. Both the massive and the toy-size vehicles are about selling Australians on the transformative potential of green hydrogen—hydrogen gas produced from renewable energy—to decarbonize their fossil-fuel-based economy. Yet many more are actually needed.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 24, 2009

Oregon Governor Ted Kulongoski signed into law a series of bills constituting a climate change package that includes a low carbon fuel standard (LCFS), a B2 mandate, and other transportation-related measures. The series of bills the Governor signed into law today include: House Bill 2186. Senate Bill 38. House Bill 3463. Senate Bill 101.

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Climate Change Oregon Carbon Climate 170

Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

This article shows that including offsets in climate change legislation would likely make an emissions program more cost-effective by: (a) providing an incentive for non-regulated sources to generate emission reductions; and (b) expanding emission compliance opportunities for regulated entities. Assuming the offset is legitimate—i.e.,

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2011

This ability to finely resolve relevant structures inside a dense, reactive gas-solid system is not only unique, but also necessary to accelerate the commercial deployment of advanced gasification technology. Simulation of a coal jet region. Multiphase refers to the process of changing a solid (in this case, coal) to a gas (syngas).

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Coal Fusion Gas-Electric Clean 186

Green Car Congress

JUNE 14, 2014

Provided the EFTA Surveillance Authority (ESA) approves the investment, the subsidy will help to ensure that future production of aluminium will be both more energy-efficient and climate-friendly. This makes it crucial for production to be based on the lowest possible energy consumption and the lowest possible greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2013

In the first step, an novel high-temperature technology will process natural gas to obtain hydrogen and carbon. The German Federal Ministry of Education and Research (BMBF) is granting a total of €9.2 The natural gas decomposition is achieved thermally only, without any addition of oxygen or water.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

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. ” [ 1 ].

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Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

Thousands of Washington insiders and climate activists have had a hand in these legislative breakthroughs. presidential election, it seemed that we were entering one of those rare windows where you might see substantial policy action on climate and clean energy. C in this century. clean-tech legislation.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

Markey of the Energy and Environment Subcommittee on Tuesday released a draft of far-reaching energy and climate legislation that targets job creation, promotes renewables and energy efficiency, and places limits on emissions of greenhouse gases. Waxman of the Energy and Commerce Committee and Chairman Edward J. Clean Fuels and Vehicles.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2011

The Department of State expects to make a decision on whether to grant or deny the permit before the end of 2011. The Keystone XL Project is vigorously opposed by environmental organizations—both for the greenhouse gas implications of increased oil sands production as well as basic environmental concerns over the long pipeline.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 29, 2010

However, climate models to date have mischaracterized the effects of soot in the atmosphere, according to Jacobson, director of Stanford’s Atmosphere/Energy Program. That ranks the effects of soot ahead of methane, an important greenhouse gas. Tags: Climate Change Emissions. Jacobson at Stanford University.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. Verification of the emission reduction or carbon sequestration is critical in efforts to mitigate climate change.

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Carbon Climate Change Climate Emissions 255

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 14, 2014

A review of 20 years of technical literature on natural gas (NG) emissions in the United States and Canada comprising more than 200 papers has concluded that official inventories consistently underestimate actual CH 4 emissions due to leakage from the natural gas system. Alvarez et al.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 3, 2012

The UK Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has launched a new competition for Carbon Capture and Storage (CCS) technology to drive down costs by supporting practical experience in the design, construction and operation of commercial scale CCS ( CCS Commercialization Programme ) with £1 billion (US$1.6 CCS Roadmap.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 7, 2023

By reducing reliance on fossil fuels, EVs help to mitigate climate change and improve air quality. These can include tax credits, rebates, grants, and preferential parking or access to certain areas. 10 Are EVs eco-friendly since we generate electricity from coal? The charging efficiency is 98%.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 22, 2009

The stimulus package is designed to address the recession and in the short term people were anxiously awaiting two key components of the plan: clarification on the details behind “ grants in lieu of tax credits ” and awards of loan guarantees by the DOE from section 1705. Grant Davis is a Managing Director at New York Life Investments.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 5, 2012

—Leo Johnson, Partner, Sustainability and Climate Change, PwC. Resilience will become a watch word in the boardroom—to policy responses as well as to the climate. —Jonathan Grant, director, sustainability and climate change, PwC. Whatever the scenario, or the response, business as usual is not an option.

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Climate Change Climate Saudi Arabia Economy 261

Green Car Congress

APRIL 21, 2014

Using corn crop residue to make ethanol and other biofuels reduces soil carbon and under some conditions can generate more greenhouse gases than gasoline, according to a major, multi-year study by a University of Nebraska-Lincoln team of researchers published in the journal Nature Climate Change. —Liska et al. g CO 2 e MJ ?1

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Carbon Emissions CO2 Nebraska 220

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 13, 2011

Renewables increase from 13% of the mix today to 18% in 2035; the growth in renewables is underpinned by subsidies that rise from $64 billion in 2010 to $250 billion in 2035, support that in some cases cannot be taken for granted in an age of increasing fiscal austerity. —WEO 2011. —WEO 2011. Other Findings from WEO 2011.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2012

This year Christmas has come early—today’s decision is a major milestone in EU climate policy. billion of grants—paid by the polluters—will leverage a further €2 billion [US$2.66 billion of grants—paid by the polluters—will leverage a further €2 billion [US$2.66 million (US$836.5 The CEG Plant Go?winowice

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Plug in America

JANUARY 24, 2024

Electrifying transportation is critical to addressing the climate crisis and cutting tailpipe emissions, both of which disproportionately harm Indigenous, Black, and other communities of color. Grant federal land managers clear authority to protect certain areas from future mining.

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Creative Greenius

JULY 19, 2009

As our planet’s atmosphere overheats because the greenhouse gas firewall we’ve built by burning fossil fuels works so damn well, there is one secret weapon we can all still whip out if we want to fight back and try to save ourselves from frying. FOLLOW ME IF YOU WANT TO LIVE. The Big Dick Cheney Effect.

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Drive Electric

JUNE 16, 2021

The planet has finally awoken to the global climate crisis we’re facing. Climate change is being driven by the burning of fossil fuels such as oil, gas and coal. You can even claim a government grant towards installing your own charging point at home. Unless that is, you drive an electric vehicle (EV). Great range.

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Teslarati

OCTOBER 28, 2021

trillion worth of subsidies granted for the production and burning of coal, oil, and gas in 2020. . Ensuring that such a target is still within reach is a goal of the UN’s Cop26 climate summit this coming November. That’s a whopping $5.9

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Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. Human culture, with its voracious desire for heat and energy—combined with a population expanding exponentially—poses a catastrophe without historical parallel.

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EV Match

AUGUST 29, 2022

The recently passed Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) is arguably the most significant piece of climate legislation the United States has ever seen, including significant investments in clean energy and consumer incentives to accelerate electric vehicle (EV) adoption. How the IRA will help tackle climate change.

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Electric Auto Association

SEPTEMBER 3, 2021

Now there are more than 40 locations that have applied for Texas Commission on Environmental Quality VEMP Level 2 grants , and I know of a few more that are still discussing plans in committee. Most folks don’t care about air quality, and roll their eyes if you even hint at climate change. Every month I visit a different county.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Sign Up Login All Posts | About & Contact Us | Get a TEC Badge | Getting Started with The Energy Collective Cutting-edge insight on energy and climate that you wont find anywhere but here. Within a few years, BYD’s batteries were cheaper and just as reliable as those made by industry giants ony and Sanyo.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Gregg Small, executive director of environmental nonprofit Climate Solutions , said electric cars could be a big part of achieving energy independence and addressing climate change, if done in conjunction with energy conservation. "If Nissan plans to roll out the car in 12 to 15 markets next year, Perry said.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. Reductions in Emissions. C to 2 °C above pre-Industrial Revolution levels.

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Climate Change Climate Carbon Emissions 244

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. greenhouse gas emissions. greenhouse gas emissions.

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Creative Greenius

JUNE 4, 2011

In one of those alternative realities Al Gore got elected President in 2000 and because he understood what was happening with CO2 and other greenhouse gas emissions he made cutting emissions, and developing renewable and clean energy sources our country’s focus and goals.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Ive found it facinating how car commercials changed the main MPG number they promoted before gas went over $4 a gallon as city miles. By the time he finally, and happily, got rid of it, he said the friggin piece of junk used more gas than his small Honda because tow trucks get crappy milage. The management at GM are liars.

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