Green Car Congress

APRIL 23, 2016

Under the system, ships of 5,000 gross tonnage and above will be required to collect consumption data for each type of fuel they use, as well as other, additional, specified data including proxies for transport work. —IMO Secretary-General Kitack Lim.

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Get Electric Vehicle

JUNE 27, 2023

With the increasing global concern over climate change and the need to transition towards cleaner and more sustainable modes of transportation, countries around the world have been formulating regulations to encourage the adoption of electric vehicles (EVs).

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 1, 2009

The bill also establishes an interagency council to ensure an integrated federal response to adapting to the effects of global warming. Sections and provisions directly related to transportation are shaded.). Transportation Efficiency. Implementing the LCFS would be a lengthy process. light duty vehicles—e.g.,

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Get Electric Vehicle

MAY 26, 2021

India is on its way to becoming a global leader in technology, space research, manufacturing industry, and India is also the 7th biggest market in the world. Though India has made huge progress in almost every aspect as a nation, it lags behind a particular area and its pollution control especially air pollution.

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Wallbox

JUNE 30, 2021

When it comes to smart mobility, a key smart city vertical, Barcelona has long held a global reputation as a leader in this area. Barcelona is a top global performer when it comes to shared and owned electric micro-mobility. Electric Micro-mobility – Shared and Owned. Another example is SEAT. Favorable Policies and Programs.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 13, 2013

The United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP) estimates that 1,960 tonnes of mercury arising from human activities are currently emitted annually into the atmosphere, generated mainly by artisanal and small-scale gold mining (ASGM)—the largest single anthropogenic source globally—and coal- or lignite-fired power plants.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 17, 2009

The major climate and energy bill introduced last week by House Select Committee on Energy Independence and Global Warming Chairman Henry Waxman and Subcommittee Chairman Edward Markey— H.R. Do not preempt California’s legal authority to adopt and enforce its own mobile source emissions standards. Electric Vehicle Infrastructure.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

ºF) above pre-industrial levels to avoid the most catastrophic effects of climate change, and that global GHG emissions would have to peak around 2020 and then sharply decline by 50% to 85% by the year 2050. “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook. AR4 also affirmed that warming would have to be held to no more than 2 ºC to 2.4

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2015

Methane, the key constituent of natural gas, is a potent GHG with a global warming potential more than 25 times greater than that of carbon dioxide. The proposed updates also add emissions reduction requirements for sources of methane and VOC pollution that were not covered in the 2012 rules. Costs and benefits.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 22, 2010

Other major players include the accounting firm Deloitte Touche Tohmatsu, the transportation-safety firm Lloyd’s Register, and TUV SUD, a German industrial-testing company. Field-to-Pump” disrupts the status quo by allowing advanced biofuel producers to be drivers of transportation fuel prices rather than merely price takers in the market.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 6, 2010

From a global climate change perspective, it does not matter where or from what source the reduction occurs: the effect on the atmospheric concentration of GHGs would be the same. Thus, global net emissions would not decrease, and affected domestic industries would likely see employment losses. Assuming the offset is legitimate—i.e.,

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Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

In addition, the lack of relevant legal or industry expertise is increasingly worrisome. This may become a major operational and legal problem at the federal level as thousands of new employees are hired across multiple federal departments and agencies to carry out the Biden Administration’s environmental policies.

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Cars That Think

MARCH 29, 2022

That front-drive mode gets the car a green light in cities like London and Rome as they begin to bar polluting cars from their downtown areas. In recent times, turbocharging has played technological savior, sweeping the global industry, and squeezing massive power from even the tiniest three-, four- or six-cylinder engines.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

The prototype vehicle, called Project PUMA (Personal Urban Mobility and Accessibility), is designed to ease congestion and pollution problems in cities. It is based on the Segway Personal Transporter but holds two people, instead of one, and lets them sit, instead of stand. GM is touting other features as well. E-mail Martin.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Our PRIUS+ Project Photos PHEV Resources Global Warming Take Action News and Events Contact Us CalCars Frequently Asked Questions Jump to: Environmental Effects and Benefits Alternative Fuels Batteries PHEV Conversions Other Questions Note: This page is overdue for a major overhaul. See our Global Warming page.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 3, 2018

No noticeable impact to net emissions of smog-forming or other “criteria” or toxic air pollutants. But the evidence shows that freezing CAFE standards is hard to justify on economic, social, environmental, or legal grounds. . $176 billion in societal net benefits. 2-3% increase in daily fuel consumption—about 0.5 ppm to 789.76

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 19, 2019

In August 2018, EPA and US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust the Congressionally-mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards. criteria pollutants. -Ed.]

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Smart-grid technologies can help utilities better integrate renewable energy sources and run the transmission grid more efficiently, said Allan Schurr, the vice president of strategy and development at IBMs Global Energy and Utilities practice, which is participating in about 50 projects. Video Web 2.0

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2009

Experts predict that by the year 2060 global warming, if left unchecked, could result in a temperature rise of seven degrees Fahrenheit higher than temperatures before the Industrial Revolution when man started widespread use of coal and other fossil fuels. According to the IEA, global energy demand will grow 55% by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. INTRODUCTION. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2022

To help us sort out how the new policies are likely to unfold, we turned to Margo Oge, former Director of the EPA’s Office of Transportation and Air Quality and author of the book Driving the Future. Transportation will be, probably along with the energy sector, the key sector that will require to be addressed in order to achieve that goal.

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