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Greenius Goes All AB 811 Over Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

And what it takes is a week of reviewing the six hours of taped presentations and all the PowerPoints and related links from the April 29 California Energy Commission’s AB 811 Staff Workshop. reviewing, learning and translating it all into an easy-to-understand 15 minute presentation. I choose to do the right thing.

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USGS/BOEM study identifies method to differentiate between natural seepage and produced oils in waters off Southern California

Green Car Congress

The report— Biomarker Chemistry and Flux Quantification Methods for Natural Petroleum Seeps and Produced Oils, Offshore Southern California —covers a joint USGS and BOEM 10-year series of studies of natural oil seeps mainly from the Santa Barbara Channel west of Los Angeles, California. Lorenson, T.D., Rosenbauer, R.J.,

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Developing standards for EV charging reliability

Charged EVs

SAE calls the new study “the most comprehensive technical review of EV charging system performance, data reporting and reliability to date.” They’re a women- and minority-run business based in Los Angeles, and they are successful in recruiting people who are not normally included in clean tech jobs. ChargerHelp!

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Study concludes that NG leakage higher than reflected in inventories; transportation fuel climate benefits questioned

Green Car Congress

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. Definitions of error bar bounds vary between studies. (US,

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Headless Body In Topless Bar

Creative Greenius

And that’s exactly the way I’m feeling about the Los Angeles Times this week after reading two separate articles in the space of four days claiming that solar panels may do more harm than good. This is part of newspapers’ core duty and their trust to inform.

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

Cars That Think

economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. The US Bureau of Land Management (BLM) alone spent more than six years reviewing the project. Nichols projected on the screen, in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan.

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Inside The Green Task Force

Creative Greenius

Colleen, for instance, serves the communities of Greater Los Angeles with an emphasis in reducing toxic air pollution from the transportation sector. One surprise to me from her presentation is the fact that street lights are the number two user of electricity in Los Angeles. The Green L.A. Talk about a dichotomy.

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