Green Car Congress

JANUARY 12, 2020

The truck will operate in the Los Angeles metro area. The award is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide program that puts billions of cap-and-trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment—particularly in disadvantaged communities.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 23, 2017

The mayors of London, Paris, Los Angeles, Copenhagen, Barcelona, Quito, Vancouver, Mexico City, Milan, Seattle, Auckland and Cape Town have pledged to procure only zero-emission buses from 2025 and ensure that a major area of their city is zero emission by 2030. Reduce the number of polluting vehicles on city streets.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 27, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced up to $205 million in grants for projects designed to accelerate the adoption of clean freight technologies and reduce air pollution caused by the movement of goods throughout the state. Zero-Emission Freight “Shore to Store” Project: The Port of Los Angeles (POLA) will receive $41.1

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 28, 2020

Even under a relatively conservative baseline scenario that assumes no improvement in EV costs in the coming ten years, EV adoption could result in significant economic benefits by stimulating the overall economy, reducing pollution, and improving public health outcomes. billion from averted medical costs.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2017

The ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach released the draft of their proposed 2017 C lean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update. The strategies also reinforce the ports’ commitment to sustainable operations that maintain and strengthen their competitive position in the global economy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 26, 2016

and the Port of Los Angeles are launching the Green Omni Terminal Demonstration Project, a full-scale, real-time demonstration of zero and near-zero emission technologies at a working marine terminal. million grant from the California Air Resources Board (CARB) for reducing greenhouse gases and other pollutants.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2019

and ozone deaths, associated mortality rates, and population in G20 economies in 2015. The urban areas with the highest number of transportation-attributable air pollution in 2015 were Guangzhou, Tokyo, Shanghai, Mexico City, Cairo, New Delhi, Moscow, Beijing, London, and Los Angeles. Transportation-attributable PM 2.5

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Green Car Congress

JULY 9, 2016

California’s Environmental Justice Advisory Committee ( EJAC ) is launching a series of statewide meetings to provide residents with the opportunity to meet with local advocates and state officials to share concerns and to provide input on addressing air pollution and how to help California meet its 2030 greenhouse gas reduction targets.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2013

However, they also found that decreases in emissions of these pollutants appear to be slowing down and may have leveled off. 90% in Los Angeles, Houston, and New York City, between 1990 and 2010. Among their findings were that: Despite increases in fuel use of ?10?40%, The ratio of NMHC/CO was found to be 0.24 ± 0.04

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2017

Greyrock synthetic fuels can also improve diesel vehicle economy and extend the life of diesel engines by providing superior lubricity. The models and databases developed in this study will be key to future efforts to access and improve air quality in other large cities such as Los Angeles, Mumbai, Bangkok and Tokyo.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 3, 2017

The governing boards of the ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach unanimously approved the 2017 Clean Air Action Plan (CAAP) Update , ushering in a new era of aggressive clean air strategies for moving cargo through the nation’s busiest container port complex. The group’s meetings will be open to all who wish to attend.

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Long Beach 2017 Clean Cleaning 150

Green Car Congress

JUNE 2, 2014

The test plan covered a wide variety of topological, road and ambient conditions as well as traffic densities over three major urban areas along the West coast—San Diego, Los Angeles, and San Francisco. Overall, urban/suburban driving leads to a 32-39% reduction in fuel economy over highway driving.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 1, 2013

Manage lands and waters for climate preparedness and resilience: The EO directs agencies to identify changes that must be made to land- and water-related policies, programs, and regulations to strengthen the climate resilience of our watersheds, natural resources, and ecosystems, and the communities and economies that depend on them.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The South Bay region I live and work in covers an area of 161 square miles and encompasses 15 cities plus portions of the City of Los Angeles and unincorporated portions of the County of Los Angeles. They’re kind of funny that way.

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Los Angeles Climate Change Climate Obama 199

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 7, 2009

Through studies of urban metabolism, scientists have developed an understanding of phenomena such as ecosystem appropriation by cities; the accumulation of toxic materials in the urban building stock; historical growth in the transportation of materials; and economies of scale for urban infrastructure systems. t e CO 2 /cap.) t e CO 2 /cap.).

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2009

An added benefit of the conversion program is that it not only reduces pollution but also extends the life of the vehicles, helping to eliminate waste production and creating a reduce-and-reuse program. The standard FedEx trucks used in the retrofit program were 2000 or 2001 models with 300,000 to 500,000 miles driven.

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Get Electric Vehicle

OCTOBER 9, 2022

Hyperloop enthusiasts say that Hyperloop might be less expensive and faster than train or car travel, as well as less expensive and less polluting than air travel. Musk envisioned a half-hour flight from Los Angeles to San Francisco, with pods departing every 30 seconds and carrying 28 passengers. Conclusion.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 26, 2009

Greater Long Island Clean Cities Coalition’s Long Island Regional Energy Collaborative Promoting a Green Economy through Clean Alternatives. The project will deploy 262 heavy-duty LNG trucks in Southern California and construct two LNG refueling stations in San Bernardino and South Gate (South Los Angeles) to support J.B.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 19, 2018

The ZECAP Project is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy and improving public health and the environment—particularly in disadvantaged communities.

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EV Match

DECEMBER 22, 2022

The California Energy Commission awarded EVmatch , an EV charging network provider, the BESTFIT Grant to install 120 public EV chargers at multi-family locations in Santa Clara, Los Angeles, and San Diego Counties at no cost to the site host. Awarded projects may receive funding from 50% to 100% of eligible costs.

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Charged EVs

DECEMBER 21, 2022

Rising fuel-economy standards during the 2020s will do the same. Large commercial trucks and other heavy equipment have run on diesel fuel for many decades now. Requirements for more aggressive emission after-treatment and the hardware to achieve that add cost and complexity for fleet operators. But today, heavy trucks remain a diesel world.

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Green Cars News

JULY 22, 2009

The aim of the conversion programme is not only to reduce pollution but also to extend the life of the vehicles, helping to eliminate waste production. The vehicles are expected to go into service in California, and primarily across San Francisco, San Diego and Los Angeles.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 30, 2009

Honda, which began leasing hydrogen fuel cell FCX Claritysedans in Los Angeles last year, still sees hydrogen as the bestlong-term alternative to gasoline as a fuel that can cut carbonexhaust tied to global warming, President Takeo Fukui said in aninterview. moves to tighten fuel-economy and greenhouse gasrules.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 29, 2022

They produce no smog-forming pollution unlike gasoline cars, and they don’t release hazardous pollutants like carbon monoxide and benzene into the air. Electric cars tend to be more expensive than gasoline cars because the technology is still new, and there are few economies of scale. Less to run, but harder to go further.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 16, 2011

Separately, the US DOT and EPA released their joint proposal to set stronger fuel economy and greenhouse gas pollution standards for Model Year 2017-2025 passenger cars and light trucks. It is designed to parallel the national greenhouse gas and fuel economy standards rule the U.S. Earlier post.)

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Plug In Partners

JUNE 27, 2006

They join Founding Members from these cities: Arlington, TX, Baltimore, Boulder, Dallas, Denver, Fort Worth, Irvine, CA, Los Angeles, Memphis, Philadelphia, Seattle, San Francisco, and Wenatchee, WA. New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX., Keene, N.H., Madison, Phoenix, Sacramento, Santa Ana, CA., Santa Barbara, CA.,

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 2, 2013

The original Plan, first released in 2008, was developed on the principle that a balanced mix of strategies is the best way to cut emissions and grow California’s economy in a clean and sustainable direction. The topic areas were chosen based on their ability to address concerns that underlie all sectors of the economy.

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Implementing an EV national policy that aims to transform the economy is an exercise in mind-boggling complexity. Nichols projected on the screen, in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

July, 2008 : The Australian government published the Garnaut Report, a comprehensive study of the effects of climate change on the country’s economy ( earlier post ). Slated for a July 2011 start, it would regulate 1000 of the country's biggest polluters and 75 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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Creative Greenius

DECEMBER 8, 2008

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.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2014

We refueled with CNG twice; once locally (with a partial fill, more on this below), and once off the I-5 on the way up to Los Angeles. Under other conditions, the phaser adjusts to deliver optimal valve timing for performance, drivability and fuel economy. The only reason we used gasoline was for comparison; it wasn’t necessary.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

The conversion can double or even triple fuel economy, thereby severely limiting carbon dioxide emissions. That means you can drive around town as an electric car, and then jump on the freeway and head to Los Angeles, without having to recharge the battery. This high-pollution moment is referred to as a cold start.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2019

California Attorney General Xavier Becerra today, with Governor Gavin Newsom and the California Air Resources Board, led a coalition of 24 state attorneys general and the cities of Los Angeles and New York in filing a lawsuit against the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA). Earlier post.).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

The objections they raised for years -- "no one is interested, no one would plug in, the technology is too complex, the benefits are minimal, its just shifting the pollution from the tailpipe to the smokestack, theres no demand for these cars" -- still show up occasionally, but are by and large history. Red Herring ).

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Most Americans commute less than 40 miles daily, so that most days they would consume practically NO combustible fuel, na d not pollute the environment while driving or idling. April 18, 2009 1:03 pm Link Writing from Panama where we could use a few more electric cars to reduce pollution. Give them the choice, and they’ll shift.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 21, 2019

Today, here in the South Bay of Los Angeles where I live, we have all the dots you’d ever need to connect the crisis level of global warming to the urgent action needed locally. economy, environment, and human health and well-being over the coming decades.”. Garcetti called for “a Green New Deal for Los Angeles.”.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Each of the aforementioned “primary energy sources&# generates carbon dioxide and greenhouse gases plus other pollutants coming from the contaminants or byproducts of using these “primary energy sources&#. The coal ash is known to have many toxic metals and other pollutants.

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