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JULY 30, 2015

Canada has aligned new vehicle and fuel standards with the United States to cut air pollution from on-road vehicles. They will also lower limits on the allowable sulfur content of gasoline beginning in 2017, aligning Canadian standards with the United States. billion and cumulative fuel and vehicle related costs of $2.7

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APRIL 2, 2009

The Government of Canada will introduce new regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from the automotive sector under the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). Canada has committed to reduce total greenhouse gas emissions by 20% from 2006 levels by 2020. Minister Prentice.

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MAY 10, 2018

The 2017 Compliance Report for the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) shows 100% compliance with the regulation. The program considers greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions at all stages of production of a fuel, from pump or field to wheel. The clean fuels also reduced emissions of toxic pollutants as well as those that cause smog.

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MAY 10, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has determined that the systems used at gas station pumps to capture harmful gasoline vapors while refueling cars can be phased out. Since 1994, gas stations in areas that do not meet certain air quality standards have been required to use gasoline vapor recovery systems.

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AUGUST 8, 2016

The US Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS2) is intended to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from transportation. Increasing the supply of low-carbon alternative fuels is a basic strategy to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Cumulative change in GHG emissions by biofuels qualifying for the Renewable Fuels Standard (RFS2).

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JANUARY 21, 2017

The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released the proposed scoping plan to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 40% below 1990 levels by 2030—the most ambitious target in North America. Achieve 50% Renewables Portfolio Standard (RPS) by 2030; doubling of energy efficiency savings by 2030. Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS).

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AUGUST 25, 2014

The human health benefits associated with improvements in air quality related to the reduction in greenhouse gas emissions improvements can offset 26–1,050% of the cost of US carbon policies, depending upon the type of policy, according to a new study by a team from MIT. —Noelle Selin, co-author.

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FEBRUARY 27, 2009

Globally, commercial ships emit almost half as much particulate matter pollutants into the air as the total amount released by the world’s cars, according to a new study led by NOAA and the University of Colorado at Boulder. Ship pollutants affect local air quality and the health of people living along coastlines. Earlier post.).

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MARCH 27, 2012

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has proposed the first Clean Air Act standard for CO 2 greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from new power plants. based standard of 1,000 pounds of CO 2 per megawatt?hour Natural Gas Combined Cycle: 820 lbs CO 2 /MWh. EPA is proposing that new fossil?fuel?fired kg CO 2 /MWh.

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JULY 11, 2011

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is issuing a proposed rule under the Clean Air Act (CAA) that would waive requirements beginning in 2013 for systems used at gas station pumps to capture potentially harmful gasoline vapors while refueling cars. The CAA requires states to implement Stage II gasoline vapor recovery.

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MAY 22, 2012

Select Properties of WWFC Category 4 Diesel Fuel (2006). 1 Cetane Index is acceptable instead of Cetane Number if a standardized engine to determine the Cetane Number is unavailable and cetane improvers are not used. With its renewable fuel (NExBTL) component, Neste Pro Diesel reduces a vehicle’s greenhouse gas emissions by 10-20%.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

new appliance standards and CAFE) and changes in the way energy is used in the US economy. Further, the fossil fuel share of primary energy consumption falls from 82% in 2011 to 78% in 2040 as consumption of petroleum-based liquid fuels falls, largely because of the incorporation of new fuel efficiency standards for light-duty vehicles.

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SEPTEMBER 22, 2015

In the 1990s, California adopted a reformulated diesel fuel program; started a heavy-duty diesel truck roadside inspection program; implemented particle pollution standards for urban transit buses; and established standards for off-road diesel engines. In 2006, California began requiring ultra-low-sulfur diesel fuel.

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JANUARY 31, 2009

Also included in the plan is: Legislation to limit greenhouse gas emissions and create market incentives that will drive reductions in climate-changing greenhouse gas pollution through a cap-and-trade system designed last year by the seven states (including Washington) and four Canadian provinces in the Western Climate Initiative.

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OCTOBER 11, 2009

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) will pinpoint 31 areas across the country that are not meeting its daily standards for fine particle air pollution (PM 2.5) The areas have been designated as “non-attainment” because their 2006-2008 air quality monitoring data shows they did not meet the agency’s health-based standards.

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DECEMBER 17, 2010

The cap-and-trade program also works in concert with other measures, such as standards for cleaner vehicles, low-carbon fuels, renewable electricity and energy efficiency, and complements and supports California’s existing efforts to reduce smog-forming and toxic air pollutants. Click to enlarge.

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OCTOBER 17, 2009

World production of fossil fuels—oil, coal, and natural gas—increased 2.9% With four times the population and a vast demand for economic development to raise standards of living, developing countries will see energy use rise further. Natural gas production has maintained a 27-28% share of fossil energy production since 2000.

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MAY 22, 2009

As part of ARB’s 2006-2007 budget, the California legislature allotted $25 million for the purposes of encouraging the use of biofuels and high efficiency, low-emitting vehicle technologies. These funds were used to support projects that reduce air pollution and greenhouse gas emissions by using alternative fuels.

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JUNE 22, 2015

liter TSI Twincharger (2014-2006) by 69 points, have already rolled off the production line at the Française de Mécanique plant in Douvrin, France. Fuel consumption and pollutant gas emissions were cut drastically by optimizing the internal aerodynamics of the combustion chamber and using a variable intake and exhaust timing system.

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OCTOBER 9, 2014

The brake energy recovery system converts the vehicle’s kinetic energy into stored energy by compressing nitrogen gas in a storage device called an accumulator. The company first unveiled the technology in 2006 in cooperation with refuse truck-maker Autocar ( earlier post ). CNG concept. Low-speed cycle. CO 2 (g/mi). kNOx (g/mi).

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MAY 7, 2010

Conversion systems allow vehicles to run on alternative fuels; most conversions involve switching gasoline or diesel vehicles to operate instead on a gaseous fuel such as natural gas or propane; an alcohol fuel; or electricity. MY 2001, 2002, 2003, 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2008 and < useful life mileage. Certification application.

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JULY 8, 2015

CRI, founded in 2006 in Reykjavik, Iceland, is developing technology to produce renewable methanol from clean energy and recycled CO 2 emissions. The process is certified by SGS Germany according to the ISCC Plus system, based on standard ISCC EU methodology for calculation of GHG emission in the product lifecycle. and Gong, H.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

From 1980 to 2006, the total number of miles traveled (VMT) by automobiles increased 97%; truck VMT increased 106%. The gas tax, which is not currently indexed to inflation, has lost 1/3 of its purchasing power since 1993, the last time the tax was increased. Paying our Way”. Summary of revenue options. Click to enlarge.

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JULY 1, 2015

The California Air Resources Board released the latest edition of the state’s Greenhouse Gas Emission Inventory , which shows that emissions fell by 1.5 After rising during the 2000s, the state’s overall greenhouse gas emissions fell in 2008 as a result of the recession. The 2013 inventory shows a decline of 1.5 Governor Edmund G.

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JANUARY 15, 2022

The Acura RDX has been one of the best-selling compact premium SUVs since 2006, and has sold more than 50,000 every year since 2015. With this success you had better bet folks at Acura were careful when doing a light restyle for the 2022 RDX, with a refresh of the exterior, interior and suspension plus added standard technology.

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MARCH 8, 2009

In Torrance we don’t want citizens telling politicians what to do or controlling how the industries that pollute in own city act. Even more critical are the science-backed reasons for enlisting more citizen aid for the cause of reducing greenhouse gas emissions. That’s too much democracy for Torrance. Goal of Task Force.

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

This year’s Index finds that 2018 greenhouse gas emissions—the latest year for which data are available—rose overall for the first time since 2012, driven in part by increases in the power and commercial sectors. in a year while not experiencing an economic downturn since California passed AB 32 in 2006. lower and 8.3%

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MARCH 22, 2010

Since 2005, when major greenhouse-gas emitters among the Kyoto signatories were issued caps on their emissions and permitted to buy credits to meet those caps, there has been more than $300 billion worth of carbon transactions. Perspective by Brian J. Donovan, CEO of Renergie, Inc. INTRODUCTION. 100% for some agricultural processes.

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MARCH 6, 2010

Because offset projects can involve different GHGs, they are quantified and described with a standard form of measure: either metric tons of carbon-equivalents (mtC-e) or metric tons of CO 2 -equivalents (mtCO 2 -e). Erosion control may reduce water pollution from non-point sources, a leading source of water pollution in US waterbodies.

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APRIL 23, 2009

The new regime will come into force April 6, 2011 and will see discounts on company car tax currently available for Euro 4-standard diesel cars registered before 1 January 2006, higher-emitting hybrid cars and alternative fuel company cars, such as those powered by bi-fuels, road fuel gas and bioethanol, being scrapped.

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NOVEMBER 29, 2009

At issue is the 2012 expiration of the Kyoto Protocol, a binding but effectively unenforceable 1997 treaty that had set greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reduction targets for 40 industrialized countries, referred to as Annex 1 countries, yielding an average GHG reduction of 5.2% A Portfolio Of Promises.

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JANUARY 28, 2009

Batteries Included $142,000 Grant 2006 Archive GM Plug-in Series Hybrid? Sign the petition Protect the Arctic National Wildlife Refuge www.sierraclub.org/arctic/ American Lung Association call for better EPA air pollution standards. New 100K Club Member RAV4EV in Japan Newsletter Vol. 100K Mile Club Newsletter Vol.

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JULY 14, 2014

In week of driving a 4x4 standard box crew cab version of the truck, the 6.0L Although Chevy emphasizes the benefits of the 2500HD with the bi-fuel option as a full dual fuel vehicle with a combined range of up to some 650 miles, in more than 500 miles of driving over the course of a week, we used mainly only natural gas.

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Revenge of the Electric Car

JANUARY 22, 2009

The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius. The same state agency that drove the electric car off a cliff is now poised to wreck a new Berkeley company that triples the gas mileage of a Toyota Prius.

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JULY 18, 2010

Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) modeled the emissions impact had plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) replaced light duty gasoline vehicles in the Denver, Colorado area in summer 2006. million vehicles and would have increased by 3 tpd from power plants.

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APRIL 10, 2016

The relationships between IVOCs and other pollutants were examined to develop methods for estimating IVOC emissions from existing data. IVOC emissions were also measured from five SOREs used in lawn and garden equipment, including two 2-stroke and three 4-stroke engines manufactured between 2002 and 2006. —Zhao et al.

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MARCH 4, 2010

California has a Renewable Portfolio Standard that calls for us to be at 20% renewable energy this year, 2010. That 20% goal was made into a law in 2006. It’s just another win for the polluting, greenhouse gas producing utilities and their own fat wallets. Right now we’re at about 12% from renewable sources.

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