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Study: California will hit climate targets >100 years too late at current pace of reductions; transportation, wildfires & landfills

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California has made tremendous gains cutting pollution without detrimental economic impacts. vehicles per 100 persons in 2018. vehicles per 100 persons. With a growing economy, Californians are consuming more, and waste is increasing remarkably. million tons of waste, up 7.4% ZEVs and hybrids accounted for about 4.0

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

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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. A steering wheel would save big bucks.

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Smart-grid project matches wind to electric cars | Green Tech - CNET News

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Comment reply Submit Cancel The posting of advertisements, profanity, or personal attacks is prohibited. Add your own personal message: (Optional) Hi, I found this users comment on CNET and thought you might be interested in reading it. Topics: Wind , Energy efficiency Tags: IBM , smart grid , Denmark Share: Digg Del.icio.us

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Bjorn Lomborg, director of the Copenhagen Consensus Center, a think tank, and author of “Cool It: The Skeptical Environmentalist’s Guide to Global Warming,” correctly states, “For almost 20 years, from Rio to Kyoto to Copenhagen, we’ve been wasting time, pursuing the failed strategy of cutting carbon-dioxide emissions. Scenario No.

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Former EPA exec Margo Oge explains the new federal emissions rules

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I think it’s one thing to have a commitment for 2030 and 2035, and it’s another thing to have to meet legal requirements and standards. Margo Oge: The Trump administration did finalize the standards in 2020, [but] they got legal challenges. The courts put them on hold, all these legal challenges. It has been on hold.

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