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SEPTEMBER 20, 2016

signed SB 1383 , establishing the nation’s toughest restrictions on super pollutants including black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane. The law is in addition to California’s existing raft of climate legislation. Reducing these pollutants can have a more immediate beneficial impact on climate change.

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MAY 13, 2010

The first workshop, on 2 March, focused on preliminary elements of the proposed criteria pollutant emission standards and involved a presentation of technical information from several studies that are under evaluation for potential greenhouse gas emission reduction. Volkswagen, 2008. EDAG, 2009. Future Steel Vehicle: Phase I.

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AUGUST 1, 2021

The opportunity for fuel cell-powered ships has accelerated in recent years, as the International Maritime Organization (IMO) set aggressive environmental targets to combat climate change. A key objective for international shipping under the IMO’s mandate is to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by half compared to 2008 levels.

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OCTOBER 30, 2009

As a result of their findings, published in the 30 October issue of the journal Science , the authors argue that assessments of multigas mitigation policies, as well as any separate efforts to mitigate warming from short-lived pollutants, should include gas-aerosol interactions. Shindell et al. —Drew Shindell.

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APRIL 11, 2013

In the agreement, California and the Ministry commit to activities that will reduce air pollution while enabling sustained economic growth and increase cooperation to enhance pollution control strategies for industrial sectors and the transportation sector.

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AUGUST 17, 2009

But surprisingly, a subject Elizabeth didn’t know a lot about is Tonga’s frontline role as a victim of the climate change crisis. Today all 3000 inhabitants of the Carteret Islands have been relocated as they become the first climate change refugees. They were “placed.&#. Mine too of course.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

It found that 65% of respondents spontaneously selected emissions from road transport as a cause of climate change. Most respondents said they think cars or aeroplanes are the transport modes mainly responsible for climate changing emissions. In 2008, 64% agreed with that; in 2007, 63%; and in 2006, 62% agreed.

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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.

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2010

The proposed targets, required under SB 375 (2008, Steinberg), are designed to help coordinate land use and transportation planning. While the goal is to reduce greenhouse gases from passenger vehicles, it also helps clean the air in the state by reducing the amount of pollution that creates smog. Earlier post.).

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JANUARY 16, 2012

The researchers believe the measurements will substantially impact the understanding of atmospheric chemistry mechanisms—in particular, in the more rapid formation of secondary aerosols, important in the formation of local smog as well as in global climate change. Carl Percival. —Marston (2012). Welz et al.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Biodiesel blends became mandatory in early 2008, quickly followed by a raise in blend levels from 2 to 3% in July of the same year and from 3 to 4% in 2009. Local agencies now have 12 months to present Vehicle Pollution Control Plans targeting specific fleet groups, defining frequency and priority areas for inspection.

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NOVEMBER 25, 2009

So let’s take a look, straight from our friends at the California Air Resources Board* , at the Top Emitters of Greenhouse Gases in California, for 2008. Actually, the CARB let the polluters tally up their own numbers, so you best double these public numbers if you want to get the honest total. Southern Calif.

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MAY 8, 2014

Air quality in most cities worldwide that monitor outdoor (ambient) air pollution fails to meet World Health Organization (WHO) guidelines for safe levels, putting people at additional risk of respiratory disease and other health problems, according to WHO’s expanded ambient (outdoor) air pollution (AAP) in cities database 2014.

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JULY 29, 2010

We have to start taking its effects into account in planning our mitigation efforts and the sooner we start making changes, the better. 2008] and methane [Schutz et al., 1990; Anisimov, 2007] and chemical production of ozone in already-polluted locations [Jacobson, 2008b]. Tags: Climate Change Emissions.

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AUGUST 31, 2012

Shipping is a major driver in the Australian economy, with 753 Mt of international exports worth $202 billion passing through Australian ports in 2008-2009. We know from previous studies and the Australian Pollutant Inventory that ship emissions off the coast of Australia are substantially larger than in-port ship emissions.

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MAY 10, 2011

Up to 77% of the world’s energy supply could be met by six key renewables by mid-century under the most optimistic scenario if backed by the right enabling public policies, according to a new report by more than 120 researchers working with the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Source: SRREN. Click to enlarge.

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JANUARY 15, 2010

The California Energy Commission has established an Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program to develop and deploy advanced transportation technologies to help attain the state’s climate change policies. Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 23, 2010

Several states, local governments and environmental organizations had sued EPA over the agency’s failure to update the pollution standards for fossil fuel power plants and petroleum refineries, two of the largest source categories of GHG pollution in the United States. pollutants. pollutants separately, EPA said.

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AUGUST 17, 2018

The next stage is to extend the energy supply concept to include fuel cells—which are characterized by high efficiency and pollution-free operation. If commercial shipping is to meet the IMO target, and seriously take on the challenge that the climate change poses, large sections of it has to convert to much more sustainable solutions.

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MAY 13, 2010

Chairman of the Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee, released the details of their long-anticipated energy and climate change legislation on Wednesday, 12 May. According to the recently finalized Inventory of US Greenhouse Gas Emissions and Sinks: 1990-2008 , net US GHG emissions in 2008 were down 2.7%

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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. ARB Staff presentation on Cap-and-Trade Program.

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MAY 18, 2009

Further, controlling soot will significantly reduce particulate air pollution deaths. The first found that globally-emitted CO 2 increases US air pollution deaths by about 1,000 each year per 1.8 °F, The study found that CO 2 domes increase air pollution deaths by 50-100 per year in California, with most occurring in Los Angeles.

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JANUARY 30, 2009

The ocean absorbs CO 2 from the atmosphere at a rate of more than 20 million tons per day, thus removing one-fourth of the anthropogenic CO 2 emitted to the atmosphere each year and reducing the climate-change impacts of this greenhouse gas. However, when CO 2 dissolves in seawater, it forms carbonic acid. 2007; Tyrrell et al.,

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FEBRUARY 9, 2012

Members of REVI will include San Diego County; the Cities of Carlsbad, Chula Vista, Coronado, Del Mar, Escondido, San Diego, and Solana Beach; and three regional public agencies including the San Diego County Regional Airport Authority, the San Diego Air Pollution Control District, and the San Diego Unified Port District.

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OCTOBER 18, 2022

Driving this innovation in technology, is a sincere commitment from BYD to provide safe and appealing solutions that reduce pollution from carbon emissions and address the issue of climate change, supporting the initiative to Cool the Earth by 1?. The green dream has long been a priority for BYD and is the vision for the future.

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FEBRUARY 2, 2009

The South Bay is defined by the LAX Airport to the north and the Port of Los Angeles to the south - two of the biggest polluters in Southern California. Let me begin by admitting that when you study climate change as I do, you find no comfort or reasons for optimism in the science or the results of the latest research findings.

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MARCH 24, 2017

CARB also adopted a new plan to curb destructive “super pollutants” including black carbon, fluorinated gases and methane. The plan, California’s Short-lived Climate Pollutant Reduction Strategy, maps out the route to more rapid greenhouse gas reductions by clamping down on these super pollutants.

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NOVEMBER 28, 2011

According to the groups, SANDAG used a deficient process to develop a plan that will over-invests in freeways at the expense of public transit, increased pollution and exacerbated global climate change. In 2008, California accounted for approximately 7% of US greenhouse gas emissions with a total of 473.66 Earlier post.)

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DECEMBER 23, 2020

The largest one-year emissions drop California has ever achieved was at the height of the Great Recession in 2009, when climate pollution fell 6.1%. lower than 2008 and 2003, respectively. Data from the report illustrate that California now must reduce emissions by an average of 4.9% lower and 8.3%

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MARCH 26, 2021

Reducing emissions in communities heavily burdened by pollution and environmental stressors. The core of the plan is made up of research initiatives, which consist of broad topics (Health, Environmental Justice, Economics, Air Quality, Mobile Sources, Climate and Sustainable Communities) defining CARB’s most pressing research priorities.

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OCTOBER 10, 2009

The project began in early 2008 and will conclude later this year. The gas is first cooled to condense and remove moisture and residual pollutants before it enters the CO 2 absorber. Testing at the pilot facility, using a 1.7-megawatt There, the CO 2 is absorbed by an ammonia-based solution, separating it from the flue gas.

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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. That’s because what’s good enough for Manhattan Beach and Hermosa Beach isn’t good enough for Torrance. That’s too much democracy for Torrance. But of course, it shouldn’t be.

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NOVEMBER 23, 2009

This new maize sequence provides significant refinements over the draft sequence that was announced in February 2008, including the elimination of redundancy and improvements in the ordering and orientation of chromosomal segments. New sequence of maize genome.

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APRIL 16, 2015

By sector, power plants were the largest source of emissions, accounting for 31% of total US greenhouse gas pollution. Starting in 2005, the rate of VMT growth slowed considerably (and declined rapidly in 2008) while average new vehicle fuel economy began to increase. Climate Change Emissions' Source: EPA.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

Additionally, including these fuels in the program provides a consistent price on GHG pollution throughout the economy and ensures a level playing field across all fuels and consumers. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Fuels Policy. ARB Emissions Trading Program Overview. Staff Report: Initial Statement of Reasons.

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APRIL 12, 2009

As the climate change crisis goes from bad to worse (while the deniers get nuttier and more cult-like with each passing day) and Australia gives Californians an advanced sneak preview at what is without a doubt headed our way sooner than you expect , your Creative Greenius has only gotten more Fired Up, Ready to Go!

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NOVEMBER 8, 2010

The statute, amended by Assembly Bill 109 (Núñez, Chapter 313, Statutes of 2008), authorizes the Energy Commission to develop and deploy alternative and renewable fuels and advanced transportation technologies to help achieve the state's climate change policies. The eight projects are: Electric Vehicle manufacturing. $1

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