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Saying that “ investment-grade climatechange and clean energy policy is required to shift private sector investment from high-carbon to low-carbon assets ”, a group of 285 investors has urged governments and international policy makers to take new and meaningful steps in the fight against climatechange.
As commissioned by the Australian Government in 2010, the Garnaut ClimateChange Review, led by Professor Ross Garnaut, has issued the first of a series of papers scheduled for this month and next updating the 2008 ClimateChange Review. —2008 ClimateChange Review. Earlier post.)
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A multi-Hubbert analysis of coal production by Tadeusz Patzek at The University of Texas at Austin and Gregory Croft at the University of California, Berkeley concludes that the global peak of coal production from existing coalfields will occur close to the year 2011. Gt C (15 Gt CO 2 ) per year, according to the study.
US greenhouse gas emissions by gas. The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) released its 19 th annual report of overall US greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, showing a 3.4% decrease in 2012 from 2011. Annual US greenhouse gas emissions relative to 1990 (1990=0). Source: EPA. Click to enlarge. Source: EPA.
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Source: Greene and Plotkin (2011). A new study published by the Pew Center on Global ClimateChange finds that combined actions across three fronts—technology, policy, and consumer behavior—could deliver up to a 65% reduction in transportation emissions from current levels by 2050. —Greene and Plotkin, 2011.
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Proposed allocation of 2011-2012 investment plan. The staff of the California Energy Commission has prepared a draft 2011-2012 Investment Plan for the Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program, its third year of program funding. technologies to help attain the state’s climatechange policies.
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Environment Canada released draft regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles beginning with the 2011 model year. Canada is developing its regulatory requirements to limit greenhouse gas emissions through the authority of the Canadian Environmental Protection Act, 1999 (CEPA). Minister Prentice.
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that commits their states to continued participation in a regional effort to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from fuels for vehicles and other uses. The Memorandum of Understanding establishes a process to develop a regional framework by 2011, and to examine the economic impacts of a LCFS program. Memorandum of Understanding.
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Sample label for a plug-in gasoline hybrid-electric vehicle, which features fuel economy ratings for both electricity and gasoline. The new labels will for the first time provide: New ways to compare energy use and cost between new-technology cars that use electricity and conventional cars that are gasoline-powered.
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