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Green Car Congress
SEPTEMBER 20, 2013
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed Clean Air Act standards to reduce CO 2 emissions from fossil-fuel fired power plants (electric utility generating units, EGUs). The proposed rulemaking establishes separate standards for natural gas and coal plants. In 2012, EPA issued a proposed standard for EGUs.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 12, 2013
In regions where the share of coal-based electricity is relatively low, EVs can achieve substantial GHG reduction, the team reports in a paper in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. According to the 12 th Five-Year Plan of the China Coal Industry (2011?2015) Earlier post.]
Green Car Congress
MAY 22, 2018
UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove published a new Clean Air Strategy to cut air pollution backed up through new primary legislation. The UK said it will go further and faster than the EU in reducing human exposure to particulate matter pollution. Ending the sale of new conventional diesel and gasoline cars and vans by 2040.
Green Car Congress
MAY 27, 2014
In its sixth sales-weighted analysis of emissions from 8 major automakers’ 2013 model year vehicles, the Union of Concerned Scientists’ (UCS) latest Automaker Rankings report found that Hyundai-Kia unseated Honda as the “Greenest Automaker.” Climate Change Coal Emissions Fuel Efficiency' Click to enlarge. Source: UCS. Click to enlarge.
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. New energy efficiency standards. Earlier post.). Other efforts will include: Natural Gas.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 28, 2014
The strategy builds on progress to date and takes steps to further cut methane emissions from landfills, coal mining, and agriculture, and oil and gas systems. Later this year, the BLM will propose updated standards to reduce venting and flaring from oil and gas production on public lands.
Green Car Congress
MARCH 27, 2012
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for CO 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new power plants. based standard of 1,000 pounds of CO 2 per megawatt?hour Coal with carbon capture and storage (CCS): 200 lbs CO 2 /MWh. A company could build a coal?fired kg CO 2 /MWh.
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