Plug N Drive

APRIL 3, 2025

Discover the EV that fits your lifestyle, see how it compares to a gas vehicle, and find out how much you can save. EVs are for EVeryone Tour Sponsors The Tour is made possible through partial funding from Natural Resources Canadas Zero Emission Vehicle Awareness Initiative (ZEVAI) , and the essential support of sponsors.

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Plug N Drive

JUNE 27, 2025

They can share resources about all the EVs available in Canada , driving range, the costs and savings, as well as charging and technology tips. As the grid continues to evolve, the climate benefits of EVs will continue to grow.

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Teslarati

APRIL 25, 2025

Carmakers selling more gas-powered vehicles can buy credits from companies like Tesla, which sells only electric vehicles. Kate White Tudor of the Natural Resources Defense Council expressed concerns, stating, We worry it sets a dubious precedent.

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Cars That Think

MAY 8, 2025

To understand the value of a minerals deposit its important to consider the history and to make a reality check of documented resources. A major one is lack of human resources. Systematic studies have indicated that Greenland has 10 important deposits of rare earth elements. But in mining, its the details that matter.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 5, 2025

Due to the population and economic relevance of California, many have argued that rules established by the California Air Resources Board have effectively dictated national U.S. emission policy for decades. Of course, environmental groups have come out to suggest the opposite.

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Cars That Think

OCTOBER 28, 2024

Fusion offers the prospect of a nearly limitless source of energy with no greenhouse gas emissions. PPPL Following the lead of other nations’ fusion programs, the DOE shifted most of its fusion resources to tokamak research. Fusion reactions have powered the sun since it formed an estimated 4.6

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Cars That Think

JULY 22, 2025

Geothermal advocates celebrated the outcome for their industry, which they say will be vital to scaling the resource in the United States to meet the nation’s soaring power demand. It helps that the new geothermal wave has considerable overlap with the oil and gas industry, sharing the same drilling equipment, workforce, and investors.

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Clean Fleet Report

JULY 3, 2025

Whether it’s gathering dust in the driveway, guzzling gas with endless repairs or simply refusing to start, that junker might feel more like a burden than an asset. However, there is a bigger picture here, which is of sustainability, resourcefulness and smart decision-making. Millions of cars end their life cycle every year.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

Proved reserves of natural gas in the United States grew to a new record of 625.4 trillion cubic feet (Tcf) in 2021, a 32% increase from 2020, according to the US Energy Information Administration’s (EIA’s) recently released Proved Reserves of Crude Oil and Natural Gas in the United States, Year-End 2021 report.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 20, 2022

A development team from CoorsTek Membrane Sciences, in collaboration with international research partners, have successfully used ceramic membrane technology to develop a scalable hydrogen generator that makes hydrogen from electricity and fuels including natural gas, biogas and ammonia with near zero energy loss. Clark et al.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 18, 2022

Texas-based Nacero, a company seeking to produce low- and zero-lifecycle carbon footprint gasoline blendstock ( earlier post ) has awarded a subsidiary of NextEra Energy Resources, LLC a 20-year power purchase agreement to supply wind power to Nacero’s planned flagship manufacturing facility in Penwell, Texas. Renewable natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2020

With clean hydrogen gaining recognition worldwide as a carbon-free fuel capable of making a significant contribution to addressing climate change, Southern California Gas Co. SoCalGas) will field test a new technology that can simultaneously separate and compress hydrogen from a blend of hydrogen and natural gas.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 30, 2020

A new study of the impact of high EV adoption on the Western US power grid by a team from Pacific Northwest National Laboratory (PNNL) has found that 2028 grid resource adequacy—from generation through transmission—is likely to be sufficient for high EV penetration. million for the WECC.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2021

“Blue” hydrogen—produced through steam methane reforming (SMR) of natural gas or coal gasification, but with CO 2 capture and storage—is being described as having low or zero carbon emissions. For our default assumptions (3.5% Even if true though, the use of blue hydrogen appears difficult to justify on climate grounds.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 13, 2021

Researchers at The Ohio State University have used a chemical looping process to produce hydrogen from hydrogen sulfide gas—commonly called “sewer gas”. Hydrogen sulfide is emitted from manure piles and sewer pipes and is a key byproduct of industrial activities including refining oil and gas, producing paper and mining.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 26, 2022

Austria-based OMV, an international, integrated oil, gas and chemicals company, announced its intention to become a net-zero (Scope 1, 2 and 3) company by no later than 2050. The gradual decline foresees a decrease in crude oil production by around 30% and natural gas production by around 15% by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 21, 2021

Findings from the North American Electric Reliability Corporation’s (NERC’s) 2021 Long-Term Reliability Assessment (LTRA) indicate there is a high probability of insufficient resources and energy to serve electricity demand, as early as Summer 2022, in many parts of the Western Interconnection.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2022

Aurora Hydrogen is scaling its proprietary and highly efficient microwave pyrolysis technology to produce hydrogen and solid carbon from natural gas without generating CO 2 emissions or consuming water. And, unlike electrolysis, the process does not require water as a feedstock, preserving another critical and scarce resource.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2022

The trade associations Natural Gas Vehicles for America (NGVAmerica) and Coalition for Renewable Natural Gas (RNG Coalition) announced that 64% of all on-road fuel used in natural gas vehicles in the US in calendar year 2021 was renewable natural gas (RNG). gCO 2 e/MJ for calendar year 2021.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 5, 2022

Cumulative greenhouse gas emissions versus vehicle mileage for (a) internal combustion engine and battery electric sedans, SUVs, and pickup trucks, and (b) hybrid electric and battery electric sedans, SUVs, and pickup trucks. Charging strategies can further reduce battery-electric vehicle greenhouse gas emissions. —Woody et al.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 9, 2021

South San Francisco Scavenger Company (SSFSC) has submitted an application to the California Air Resources Board (ARB) seeking certification of Tier 2 pathways for biomethane (Bio-CNG) from anaerobic digestion (AD) of food waste and urban landscaping waste at their facility in South San Francisco, California. gCO 2 e/MJ and 0.28

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 27, 2022

This REY-rich mud has great potential as a rare-earth metal resource because of the enormous amount available and its advantageous mineralogical features. Here, we estimated the resource amount in REY-rich mud with Geographical Information System software and established a mineral processing procedure to greatly enhance its economic value.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Balancing resource extraction with survival of rare plants. The Tiehm’s buckwheat situation highlights the larger issue of the extraction of natural resources vs. localized environmental protection in the US SouthWest. The Colorado Plateau has abundant oil, gas, and alternative energy potential. Carrell et al. Carrell, Joshua D.,

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 19, 2022

The California Air Resources Board last week approved the final proposed 2022 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), a roadmap to reduce demand for petroleum by 94%, cut air pollution by 71%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85%, and reach carbon neutrality by 2045.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2022

In 2021, proved reserves of natural gas set a new record in the United States, and proved reserves of crude oil and lease condensate increased, but not quite to pre-pandemic levels, according to the US Energy Information Administration (EIA). Alaska had the largest increase in proved reserves of natural gas in 2021 (173%, 63.3

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Green Car Congress

MAY 27, 2020

SwRI developed the technology for the California Air Resources Board (CARB). The low NO x technology developed at SwRI illustrates significant strides toward improving today’s heavy-duty engines and lowering greenhouse gas emissions. g/hp-hr NO x emissions). The work is described in a pair of SAE Technical Papers. and Rao, S.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 15, 2021

A study by researchers at CU Boulder and Edinburgh Napier University finds that high-density, low-rise environments such as those found in Paris are the optimal urban form when looking to reduce greenhouse gas emissions over their whole life cycle. There is a growing belief that building taller and denser is better. —Pomponi et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 16, 2020

The project partners will generate zero-carbon hydrogen onsite via electrolysis with solar and wind power and reformation of renewable natural gas from a Texas landfill. The team will assess available resources, prospective hydrogen users, and delivery infrastructure, such as existing pipelines that supply hydrogen to refineries.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2021

A new study by a team from Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&E) has found that greenhouse gas emissions from corn ethanol are 46% lower than those from gasoline—a decrease in emissions from the estimated 39% done by previous modeling. EH&E) and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard’s T.H. gCO 2 e/MJ (range of 37.6

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2022

Cemvita defines Gold Hydrogen as the biological production of hydrogen in the subsurface through the consumption of trapped or abandoned resources. Traditional methods of producing hydrogen without greenhouse gas emissions (green hydrogen) include electrolysis powered by renewable sources such as wind, solar, or hydro. billion in 2020.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 13, 2020

REEs, which represent the 15 elements of the lanthanide series plus scandium and yttrium, are used in the manufacture of smart phones, cars, television screens and defense technologies; windmills and other green energy equipment need these resources to function. —Jason Hissam, NETL federal project manager. —Jason Hissam.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 24, 2022

The Gold Hydrogen Program , a coalition of organizations seeking to support the scale of this clean energy resource, announced its launch and the debut of a pilot microbial Gold Hydrogen Process. Found naturally deep in the Earth, “gold hydrogen” is a resource that is produced biologically and in the subsurface.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 14, 2021

An open-access paper on the study is published in the journal Resources, Conservation and Recycling. Production of Li 2 CO 3 from brine-based resources had less life cycle GHG emissions and freshwater consumption per tonne of Li 2 CO 3 than Li 2 CO 3 from ore-based resources. 2021.105762.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 21, 2021

These relate to electrolysis systems for producing hydrogen, both on land and in offshore wind parks, equipment for producing methane, the use of gas engines in cars, ships and CHP plants, and concepts for energy systems that efficiently couple the transport, electrical power, gas and heating sectors.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2020

This opens doors to ammonia production with low energy consumption and reduced greenhouse gas emissions. Renewable resource alternatives, such as wind energy, have been applied, but those have not proven sustainable. The H atoms then desorb from the Ru nanoparticles as H 2 gas. To top it all, the yield is only 30-40%.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 7, 2022

liter, heavy-duty opposed-piston, three-cylinder diesel engine it developed in a project funded by the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and several partners ( earlier post ) has entered fleet service with WALMART Corporation in a Peterbilt 579 tractor. Achates Power announced that the 10.6-liter,

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2021

The ORNL team conducted engine experiments with both 91 RON E10 gasoline and liquified petroleum gas (LPG). 1) with cooled exhaust gas recirculation (EGR) and high compression ratio (13.3:1 Recently the California Air Resources Board (CARB) has announced its intention to reduce U.S. higher H/C ratio) than gasoline.

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