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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

Green Car Congress

Percent change in median CO2 by scenario relative to 2000. Stone et al. 2009) Click to enlarge. A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) emissions significantly by 2050.

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Europe Accelerates EV Adoption with Policy Updates

Driivz

Increasing EVs on the road also directly supports the EU’s Zero Emissions Zones, an effort to reduce emissions and improve air quality by prohibiting or penalizing ICE vehicles in certain neighborhoods. UK Removes Red Tape for EV Charging Installations The U.K.

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Volvo Revolutionizes the Lowly Garbage Truck With the Hybrid FE

All Cars Electric

The typical neighborhood garbage truck is not an environmentally friendly sight. With its loud diesel engine that spews CO2 and burns an outrageous amount of fuel this is not a vehicle typically associated with a "greener" tomorrow. However, it does a great service for communities and is essential to clean living.

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From Recreation to Everyday Transport: The Growing Appeal of E-Bikes

Plug in America

million metric tons of CO2 equivalent (CO2e) in one year — equivalent to avoiding the use of 208.5 For those of you who have yards and gardens, electric landscaping equipment is making inroads into neighborhoods nationwide. million gallons of gasoline or 4.2 million barrels of oil. All of the passenger cars in the State.

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New York State’s largest solar + storage carport breaks ground at JFK airport

Baua Electric

Once the solar carport comes online, it will help power the AirTrain and reduce electricity costs for residents of low-income neighborhoods in Queens. When complete, the JFK solar carport will produce enough clean energy to reduce CO2 emissions by more than 6,000 tons annually – equivalent to the emissions of around 1,500 gas cars per yer.

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Inside The Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

And the work they’re doing brings California’s leading edge fight against global warming right into my neighborhood and into my home. Kreigh spoke about how organics, like grass clippings in landfills, drive methane production and he reminded us that methane is a greenhouse gas that is 20 times more potent than CO2.

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We Need More Than Just Electric Vehicles

Cars That Think

Promoting mixed-use neighborhoods—areas that put work and residence in proximity—would allow more bicycling and walking. Cities around the world are experimenting with a wide range of other supporting initiatives, such as Barcelona’s superblocks , regions smaller than a neighborhood that are designed to be hospitable to walking and cycling.