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Provisional agreement reached on European CO2 standards for heavy-duty trucks; 30% lower by 2030

Green Car Congress

With the first-ever EU emission standards for trucks agreed, we are completing the legal framework to reach the European target of cutting greenhouse gas emissions by at least 40% by 2030. The European Parliament and Council have reached an ambitious and balanced agreement.

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Combating climate change via carbon credits | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

Carbon Credits are actively carving a distinctive niche in combating climate change, by causing quantifiable greenhouse gas reductions which are being achieved through projects or activities such as renewable energy initiatives and reforestation efforts.

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Mercedes-Benz to begin equipping top models with CO2 air conditioning systems starting in 2017; adapting other models for R1234yf

Green Car Congress

It is the first automobile manufacturer to award not only development contracts but also to place production orders for CO2 air conditioning systems and their components. This is made possible by a gas generator, which releases inert argon gas specifically at the relevant hot spots. Earlier post.).

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Heat Pumps—The Well-Tempered Future of A/Cs

Cars That Think

On longer timeframes, the refrigerant in your air conditioner will leak into the atmosphere where it, too, will absorb sunlight, possibly even more than CO2 2 , and heat the planet long after the blades of your air conditioner’s fan have stopped spinning. If, like 60 percent of the U.S. This year, the U.S.

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Denbury Undertakes Midwest CO2 Pipeline Feasibility Study

Green Car Congress

The feasibility study is expected to determine the most likely pipeline route, the estimated costs of constructing such a pipeline, and review regulatory, legal and permitting requirements. A third proposed gasification plant with which Denbury has a CO2 purchase contract, was also selected by the loan guarantee program.

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Study Finds Government Mandates Superior to All Other Biofuels Policies, But Mixing With Subsidies Causes Adverse Effects; The Argument for a Direct CO2 Tax

Green Car Congress

Further, the US standard is highly unlikely to survive a legal challenge in the WTO under the exception for the environment, because the latter requires a measure that is necessary and least trade-restrictive, and not discriminatory or arbitrary (criteria that a sustainability standard does not meet).

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Compliance credits for EVs undergoing reduction 

Electric Auto Association

In 2019, the majority of automakers failed to meet their greenhouse gas emission standards for the fourth year in a row. Credits represent actual carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions and are expressed as megagrams of CO2 (Mg = one million grams). Fourteen of the 20 automakers incurred a credit deficit in 2019.

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