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Global Carbon Project: Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

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DECEMBER 5, 2019

Driven by rising natural gas and oil consumption, levels of CO 2 are expected to hit 37 billion metric tons this year, according to new estimates from the Global Carbon Project (GCP), an initiative led by Stanford University scientist Rob Jackson. over 2018 emissions. over 2018 emissions. That compares to 2.1%

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Emissions Analytics argues that current Pareto-efficient solution for decarbonization would be hybrids, not BEVs, based on do-no-harm

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MARCH 22, 2023

On this basis, and of Pareto efficiency, Emissions Analytics argues, until battery-electric vehicles can reach certain performance characteristics, government and industry support should switch immediately from EVs to full hybrids to create maximum welfare. Every air pollutant is more than 90% its limit.

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California EV adoption driving steady decline in emissions: study

Teslarati

APRIL 7, 2024

A new study from the University of California (UC) Berkeley shows a steady, albeit modest, decline in carbon emissions with increased electric vehicle (EV) adoption over the last few years. The data shows a gradual decline in carbon dioxide emissions, representing a 1.8-percent That’s the big win,” Cohen added.

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IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

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MARCH 18, 2017

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions were flat for a third straight year in 2016 even as the global economy grew, according to the International Energy Agency. The data signal a continuing decoupling of emissions and economic activity. Global emissions from the energy sector stood at 32.1

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EPA proposes stringent new emissions standards for light-, medium-, heavy-duty vehicles for MY 2027 and beyond

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APRIL 13, 2023

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced two new proposed federal emissions standards spanning light-, medium- and heavy-duty vehicles for model year 2027 and beyond. The light-duty vehicle category includes passenger cars and light trucks consistent with previous EPA criteria pollutant and GHG rules.

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Eaton leverages cylinder deactivation and exhaust thermal management technologies to reduce commercial vehicle emissions

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Power management company Eaton’s Vehicle Group has demonstrated cylinder deactivation (CDA) as an effective technology for meeting future global emissions requirements for diesel-engine powered commercial vehicles. New emissions regulations spearheaded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB), U.S.

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Tesla and GM sign on to use supply chain emissions database

Teslarati

DECEMBER 3, 2023

Tesla, General Motors (GM) and others have signed an agreement to use a database tracking greenhouse gas emissions, with this year’s report having been shared by U.S. We are here at this COP in particular because this is the year of the Global Stocktake,” Gore said in reference to tracking progress on Paris Agreement goals.

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MIT team proposes SCR emission control for hybrid aviation turbines; reducing NOx by 95%

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JANUARY 15, 2021

Previous research has shown that the generation of these chemicals due to global aviation results in 16,000 premature deaths each year. Now, MIT engineers are proposing using an ammonia-based selective catalytic reduction (SCR) system that could result in an approximately 95% reduction in NO x emissions in exchange for a ~0.5%

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Hyundai Motor Group, Aramco and KAUST collaborate on new e-fuel for novel combustion system

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MARCH 30, 2022

Hyundai Motor Group will collaborate with the Saudi Arabian Oil Company (Aramco) and King Abdullah University of Science and Technology (KAUST) jointly to research and develop an advanced fuel for an ultra lean-burn, spark-ignition engine that aims to lower the overall carbon dioxide emissions of a vehicle.

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Eaton introduces set of products to reduce vapor emissions during refueling; LEV III regulations

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JANUARY 14, 2021

Power management company Eaton has introduced a complete suite of solutions from its Vehicle Group to reduce vapor emissions produced during the refueling of gasoline-powered vehicles. If fuel vapor is released into the atmosphere, it contributes to a category of pollutants known as evaporative emissions.

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Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

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OCTOBER 23, 2020

California’s latest greenhouse gas data shows that while the state continues to stay below its 2020 target for emissions, there is much more work to do to achieve carbon neutrality by 2045. California statewide GHG emissions dropped below the 2020 GHG Limit in 2016 and have remained below the 2020 GHG Limit since then.

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Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

Baua Electric

APRIL 21, 2024

Earth Day is now a global event each year, and over a billion people across 192 countries now take part in what is the largest civic-focused day of action in the world. Air pollution was commonly accepted as the smell of prosperity. The shift to eco-friendly electric mobility is underway globally.

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BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

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AUGUST 7, 2020

After growing by more than 2% in 2019, global gas use is set to fall by around 4% in 2020, as the COVID-19 pandemic reduces energy consumption across the global economies. The report shows that medium-term growth will come from increasing cost-competitiveness and increased global access to gas. Low-carbon gas.

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Purolator deploys fully electric delivery vehicles in Vancouver; Motiv Power Systems

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MARCH 30, 2021

Purolator is taking another step in greening its fleet with the arrival of fully electric curbside-delivery trucks in Vancouver—the first to be launched nationally by a Canadian courier company. Purolator’s new electric delivery vehicles are built on Ford’s F-59 platform and electrified by Motiv Power Systems.

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India’s Shoonya campaign aims to boost electric last-mile deliveries

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SEPTEMBER 15, 2021

NITI Aayog, the Government of India’s official think tank, with support from RMI and RMI India, has launched a campaign to transform last-mile deliveries and eliminate pollution through consumer engagement. Under Shoonya, electric delivery vehicles and the packages they carry will be eligible for the Shoonya mark.

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CARB: clean fuels replaced more than 50% of diesel used in California in Q1 2023

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AUGUST 24, 2023

The LCFS program helped to replace nearly two billion gallons of regular diesel fuel in 2022 with a combination of cleaner fuels, including renewable diesel, biodiesel, electricity, and hydrogen. Since compliance began, the program has helped to replace more than 8.6 billion gallons of diesel.

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Study finds farms a major source of fine-particulate air pollution

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MAY 16, 2016

Emissions from farms outweigh all other human sources of fine-particulate air pollution in much of the United States, Europe, Russia and China, according a new study published in Geophysical Research Letters , a journal of the American Geophysical Union. micrometers across, about 1/30 the width of a human hair.

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Navigant expects global share of electric buses to grow to nearly 33% by 2030

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

The global medium- and heavy-duty bus market has been dominated by internal combustion engine vehicles. However, Navigant says, the adoption of electric buses (e-buses) will continue to rise as battery prices decline and a greater importance is placed on reducing greenhouse gas emissions and other pollutants.

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Air Products announces multi-billion dollar net-zero blue hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton, Alberta

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JUNE 10, 2021

This development is consistent with Air Products’ growth strategy of executing global megaprojects that enable a transition to a cleaner, more sustainable energy future. The new facility will capture more than 95% of CO 2 produced by generating hydrogen from the feedstock natural gas and store it safely back underground (i.e.,

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New study shows a rapid increase of diesel-fueled backup generators across California

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OCTOBER 7, 2021

New research by economic and public policy consulting group M.Cubed finds a proliferation of backup generators across California, with nearly 90% being diesel-fueled, posing significant obstacles to achieving greenhouse gas reduction targets and driving nearly $136 million in annual health costs. Of these, 20,907 are diesel-fueled.

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bp ventures invests $10M in waste-to-biomethanol company WasteFuel; offtake MoU

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JULY 7, 2023

Globally, solid waste production totals about 2 billion metric tons annually and is expected to increase to 3.4 Maritime transport represents around 90% of trade worldwide, while producing 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions. billion metric tons by 2050.

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Yamaha Joins Global Move to Battery Swaps for E-bikes

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FEBRUARY 12, 2024

E-bikes are today a growing component of the global transition away from fossil fuels—possibly more than the car-and-truck-focused sustainability crowd appreciates. The vast e-bike marketplace In 2022, two- and three-wheeled vehicles accounted for 49 percent of global EV sales. The Japanese conglomerate Yamaha Motor Co.,

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California Air Resources Board posts revised draft of strategy to reduce “Super Pollutants”

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NOVEMBER 29, 2016

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) has posted a revised draft of California’s proposed Short-Lived Climate Pollutant (SLCP) Strategy. SLCPs are a category of pollutants which remain in the atmosphere for a relatively brief period, but have global warming potentials that are much higher than those of CO 2. Black carbon.

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IKEA Canada partners with Second Closet & Lion Electric for last-mile delivery; 15 Lion6 electric trucks

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APRIL 16, 2021

IKEA Canada has partnered with technology-enabled logistics and last-mile delivery provider, Second Closet, which will begin integrating zero-emission trucks into its fleet for IKEA home deliveries in several markets across Canada. This will enable IKEA to achieve 20% of its zero-emission delivery goals.

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Wabtec’s battery-electric locomotive lowered full train fuel consumption by more than 11% in BNSF California pilot

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MAY 18, 2021

The FLXdrive battery-electric locomotive is a defining moment for freight rail and will accelerate the industry toward low- to zero-emission locomotives. illion grant from the California Air Resource Board (CARB) awarded to Wabtec, BNSF and the San Joaquin Valley Air Pollution Control District.

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Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

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NOVEMBER 25, 2022

The prototype will use ammonia to deliver 200kg of hydrogen a day—enough to power around 5-10 hydrogen fuel cell-electric buses. We have just 13 years to deliver a net-zero electricity grid for the UK. It can be used for storing large amounts of hydrogen in a liquid form that builds on existing global supply chain infrastructure.

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Hydrogen Energy Grid Ireland

Do Electric Vehicles Pollute As Much As Gas-Powered Ones?

CleanTechnica EVs

JULY 24, 2021

Only full battery electric vehicles and hydrogen fuel-cell EVs have the potential to be very low-GHG pathways.

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Audi begins initial engine testing of Global Bioenergies, Fraunhofer e-gasoline

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MARCH 9, 2018

Audi remains convinced of the potential of the fuels e-gas, “e-benzin” (e-gasoline) and e-diesel and is continuing to pursue its e-fuels strategy. Audi and its development partners Global Bioenergies S.A. In the first step, Global Bioenergies produces gaseous isobutene (C 4 H 8 ) in a demonstration plant. Earlier post.)

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Argonne releases GREET 2020

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OCTOBER 10, 2020

The GREET (Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions, and Energy use in Transportation) tool provides a common, transparent platform for lifecycle analysis (LCA) of of the energy and environmental effects of a wide variety of transportation fuels and vehicle technologies in major transportation sectors (i.e., CO 2 -derived ethanol. Green ammonia.

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California ARB releases proposed strategy to reduce impact of short-lived climate pollutants

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APRIL 12, 2016

The California Air Resources Board released a new draft of California’s Short-Lived Climate Pollutant Strategy to significantly reduce the near-term climate impacts of these potent pollutants. Together, SLCPs represent about 12% of California’s total annual greenhouse gas emissions inventory. Governor Edmund G.

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SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

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DECEMBER 17, 2021

has been expanding investments in green businesses and technologies to achieve its goal of net-zero greenhouse gas emissions in response to global climate change. SK Ecoplant is a global engineering and construction firm that has placed a priority on environmentally friendly energy and infrastructure projects.

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SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

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MAY 21, 2020

The plant will feature SGH2’s technology, which will gasify recycled mixed paper waste to produce green hydrogen that reduces carbon emissions by two to three times more than green hydrogen produced using electrolysis and renewable energy, and is five to seven times cheaper. That’s why our partnership with SGH2 is so important.

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Waste Hydrogen Green California

California Governor signs legislation requiring the state to purchase zero-emission heavy-duty trucks and buses

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OCTOBER 11, 2017

million ZEVs to be on the road in California by 2025, as a means of helping the state reach its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions reduction goals. Heavy-duty vehicles make up just 7% of vehicles in California, but contribute 20% of global warming emissions from the transportation sector.

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Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

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APRIL 15, 2019

Researchers from Northwestern University and Princeton University have explored the impact on US air quality from an aggressive conversion of internal combustion vehicles to battery-powered electric vehicles (EVs). This despite evidence that suggests air pollution impacts from the transportation sector exceed those from greenhouse gases. …

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Canada publishing final new Clean Fuel Regulations

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JULY 5, 2022

million tonnes of greenhouse gas pollution in 2030, or roughly the amount of GHGs currently generated by the entire Canadian economy in two weeks. carbon capture and storage, on-site renewable electricity, co-processing). electric or hydrogen fuel cell vehicles). Once fully implemented, the CFR will help cut up to 26.6

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CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

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FEBRUARY 12, 2016

Electric vehicles charged in coal-heavy regions can create more human health and environmental damages from life cycle air emissions than gasoline vehicles, according to a new consequential life cycle analysis by researchers from Carnegie Mellon University.

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Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries team up to build ships powered by solid oxide fuel cells running on natural gas

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

SHI aims to be the first shipbuilder to deliver a large cargo ship for ocean operation powered by fuel cells running on natural gas. The IMO, an arm of the United Nations, is the global standard-setting agency for the safety, security, and environmental performance of international shipping.

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IEA: Decisive action by governments is critical to unlock growth for low-carbon hydrogen

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OCTOBER 4, 2021

Governments need to move faster and more decisively on a wide range of policy measures to enable low-carbon hydrogen to fulfil its potential to help the world reach net zero emissions while supporting energy security, the International Energy Agency (IEA) says in a new report. —Fatih Birol, the IEA Executive Director.

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Proterra and Komatsu collaborate to electrify underground mining machines

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OCTOBER 27, 2021

Proterra and Komatsu, a global leader in construction and mining equipment, announced a new collaboration to electrify next-generation underground mining machines using Proterra’s battery technology. This is the second collaboration between Proterra and Komatsu. Earlier post.). A Komatsu underground drill with Proterra batteries.

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Maritime industry players join forces to realize the decarbonization potential of solid oxide fuel cells

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JANUARY 19, 2021

By electrochemically converting fuel into electricity, SOFCs can potentially produce power with higher efficiency than internal combustion engines running on the same fuelcwithout creating polluting emissions or particulates.

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UNEP: export of used cars to developing world creating significant environmental problems

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OCTOBER 28, 2020

Millions of used cars, vans and minibuses exported from Europe, the United States and Japan to the developing world are of poor quality, contributing significantly to air pollution and hindering efforts to mitigate the effects of climate change, according to a new report by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP).

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International automotive researchers emphasize the importance of continued development of the internal combustion engine

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OCTOBER 9, 2019

Thirty-seven globally prominent scientists representing the International Journal of Engine Research have published an open-access editorial addressing the future of the Internal Combustion Engine, and stressing the importance for continued development of more efficient and even lower-emitting technologies. —Reitz et al.

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BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

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DECEMBER 1, 2021

Steel production could be made with almost no carbon emissions through $278 billion of extra investment by 2050, according to a new report from research firm BloombergNEF (BNEF). Hydrogen and recycling are likely to play a central role in reducing emissions from steel production. Today’s new plants are tomorrow’s retrofits.

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Hydrogen Clean Cleaning Industrial

Chevy Dealership Adds Solar Trackers

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 11, 2022

Cutting pollution and global heating emissions in the United States is dependent more than anything else on 1) shifting from fossil fuel powered vehicles to electric vehicles and human-powered transit, and 2) switching from coal and natural gas to solar and wind energy.

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Global Carbon Project: Global carbon emissions growth slows, but hits record high

Emissions Analytics argues that current Pareto-efficient solution for decarbonization would be hybrids, not BEVs, based on do-no-harm

California EV adoption driving steady decline in emissions: study

IEA finds CO2 emissions flat for third straight year even as global economy grew in 2016

EPA proposes stringent new emissions standards for light-, medium-, heavy-duty vehicles for MY 2027 and beyond

Eaton leverages cylinder deactivation and exhaust thermal management technologies to reduce commercial vehicle emissions

Tesla and GM sign on to use supply chain emissions database

MIT team proposes SCR emission control for hybrid aviation turbines; reducing NOx by 95%

Hyundai Motor Group, Aramco and KAUST collaborate on new e-fuel for novel combustion system

Eaton introduces set of products to reduce vapor emissions during refueling; LEV III regulations

Latest GHG Inventory shows California remains below 2020 emissions target; much steeper rate of GHG reductions required

Earth Day 2024: each day is about reducing emissions | Autocar Professional

BNEF, Snam, IGU report finds global gas industry set to resume growth post-pandemic; low-carbon technologies for long-term growth

Purolator deploys fully electric delivery vehicles in Vancouver; Motiv Power Systems

India’s Shoonya campaign aims to boost electric last-mile deliveries

CARB: clean fuels replaced more than 50% of diesel used in California in Q1 2023

Study finds farms a major source of fine-particulate air pollution

Navigant expects global share of electric buses to grow to nearly 33% by 2030

Air Products announces multi-billion dollar net-zero blue hydrogen energy complex in Edmonton, Alberta

New study shows a rapid increase of diesel-fueled backup generators across California

bp ventures invests $10M in waste-to-biomethanol company WasteFuel; offtake MoU

Yamaha Joins Global Move to Battery Swaps for E-bikes

California Air Resources Board posts revised draft of strategy to reduce “Super Pollutants”

IKEA Canada partners with Second Closet & Lion Electric for last-mile delivery; 15 Lion6 electric trucks

Wabtec’s battery-electric locomotive lowered full train fuel consumption by more than 11% in BNSF California pilot

Siemens Energy, FFI and GeoPura developing prototype ammonia cracker to produce hydrogen

Do Electric Vehicles Pollute As Much As Gas-Powered Ones?

Audi begins initial engine testing of Global Bioenergies, Fraunhofer e-gasoline

Argonne releases GREET 2020

California ARB releases proposed strategy to reduce impact of short-lived climate pollutants

SK invests in Fulcrum BioEnergy to accelerate production of low-carbon fuel from waste

SGH2 building largest green hydrogen production facility in California; gasification of waste into H2

California Governor signs legislation requiring the state to purchase zero-emission heavy-duty trucks and buses

Northwestern/Princeton study explores air quality impacts of aggressive conversion to EVs

Canada publishing final new Clean Fuel Regulations

CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries team up to build ships powered by solid oxide fuel cells running on natural gas

IEA: Decisive action by governments is critical to unlock growth for low-carbon hydrogen

Proterra and Komatsu collaborate to electrify underground mining machines

Maritime industry players join forces to realize the decarbonization potential of solid oxide fuel cells

UNEP: export of used cars to developing world creating significant environmental problems

International automotive researchers emphasize the importance of continued development of the internal combustion engine

BNEF: steel industry set to pivot to hydrogen in green push; additional $278B for clean capacity and retrofits

Chevy Dealership Adds Solar Trackers

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