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Moving to further strengthen California’s ties with China, California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary Nichols and Director of the Shenzhen Development and Reform Commission Xu Anliang signed a memorandum of understanding in Shenzhen that will expand cooperation at the subnational level to tackle global climatechange.
With clean hydrogen gaining recognition worldwide as a carbon-free fuel capable of making a significant contribution to addressing climatechange, Southern CaliforniaGas Co. SoCalGas) will field test a new technology that can simultaneously separate and compress hydrogen from a blend of hydrogen and natural gas.
The California Energy Commission approved funding of $2,604,000 to help bring more buses and trucks powered by natural gas to the state’s highways. The awards are expected to support the purchase of more than 125 new natural gas vehicles; funding comes from the Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program.
Schematic diagram of the trade-offs between the implications for regional air quality and global climatechange of new policies for management of the atmosphere. In the CalNex 2010 study outlined here, NOAA researchers are studying several issues at the heart of the coupled air quality and climatechange problems.
On Monday, California Governor Edmund G. and Mexico’s Ministry of Environment and Natural Resources Undersecretary Rodolfo Lacy and Mexican National Forestry Commission Director General Jorge Rescala Pérez signed an agreement to help reduce greenhouse gas emissions (GHGs).
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) has released. the final version of the proposed First Update to the ClimateChange Scoping Plan (First Update). The AB 32 Scoping Plan, which guides development and implementation of California’s greenhouse gas emission reduction programs. Earlier post.).
Significant climate anomalies 2008/2009. Source: ClimateChange Compendium. Ocean acidification caused by the absorption of carbon dioxide in seawater is already increasing along the California coast decades earlier than existing models predict. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Ecosystems.
California Assemblymembers Marc Berman (D-Menlo Park) and Lorena Gonzalez (D-San Diego) introduced legislation to phase out the sale of new gas-powered small off-road engines (SORE), which are primarily used in lawn and garden equipment, including leaf blowers, lawn mowers, and other outdoor power equipment.
In an open-access report in the journal Environmental Pollution , researchers from UCLA and the University of Chicago estimate that California’s wildfire carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions from 2020 (~127 mmt CO 2 e ) are approximately two times higher than California’s total greenhouse gas (GHG) emission reductions since 2003.
Here is why I spend all of my time working on climatechange issues and why we are gathering on the beach here in Southern California on October 24 in Manhattan Beach for 350.org org International Day of Climate Action to demonstrate what sea level rise will do to us here on the West Coast.
The California Energy Commission unanimously adopted the 2013-2014 Investment Plan Update to support the development and use of green vehicles and alternative fuels. Funding priorities through the ARFVT Program support fuel and vehicle development to help attain the state’s climatechange policies.
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) released proposed regulations to link its cap-and-trade program to Québec’s to form a joint carbon market to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Linking with Québec is a significant advance in California’s efforts to fight climatechange and steer our economy toward a clean energy future.
Illustration of the steps in an iterative risk management approach for addressing climatechange. From: America’s Climate Choices. This trend cannot be explained by natural factors such as internal climate variability or changes in incoming energy from the sun. Click to enlarge. Earlier post.).
FirstElement Fuel has secured $24 million to help fund the growth of its True Zero Hydrogen Network of retail stations in California, and thereby quadruple the company’s capacity to dispense retail hydrogen to customers of fuel cell electric vehicles. —California Energy Commission Vice Chair, Janea A.
A report from the State Auditor of California finds that California may not successfully meet its upcoming greenhouse gas (GHG) reduction goal of 40% by 2030, which will require the State to reduce GHG emissions by nearly 40% over the next decade. Source: State Auditor Report Number: 2020-114. powered vehicles.
GTI has released a site-specific engineering design titled “ Low-Carbon Renewable Natural Gas (RNG) from Wood Wastes ”. A biomass power plant in Stockton, California, was the host site for the engineering design effort. These companies are world experts in gasification, gas clean-up, and conversion technologies. Source: GTI.
Southern CaliforniaGas Co. SoCalGas) will soon begin using renewable natural gas for the first time at the 25 utility-owned natural gas vehicle fueling stations across its service territory, as well as at six fueling stations in the San Diego area. into SoCalGas pipelines.
The California and Québec cap-and-trade programs were linked as of 1 January 2014, enabling compliance instruments (emission allowances and offset credits) issued by either program to be used for compliance with each program. All registered participants in the California and Québec programs are eligible to participate in the practice auction.
The California Energy Commission unanimously approved funding of $35,031,310 to projects that will accelerate the development of green fuels and technology in California. In addition to reducing greenhouse gas emissions, as these projects become commercial they have the potential to create more than 600 jobs by 2015.
Five technology paths for very-low-NO x and GHG emissions from heavy-duty natural gas engines. The “Pathways to Near-Zero-Emission Natural Gas Heavy Duty Vehicles” report, authored by GNA on behalf of Southern CaliforniaGas Co. —“Pathways to Near-Zero-Emission Natural Gas Heavy-Duty Vehicles”. Background.
The California Energy Commission approved an $8-million grant to Equilon Enterprises—a fully owned subsidiary of Shell Oil—to develop a high-capacity hydrogen fueling station to service and promote the expansion of zero-emission fuel cell electric Class 8 drayage trucks at the Port of Long Beach. s second-busiest container port.
The California Air Resources Board approved $27 million for its Air Quality Improvement Program, a statewide effort to provide incentives for the purchase of advanced-technology passenger cars and heavy-duty trucks. Complementing this investment will be up to an additional $5 million dollars from the California Energy Commission.
An annual ' tracking the progress of CaliforniaClimate Investments, released by the California Air Resources Board and the California Department of Finance, finds that nearly $1.4 billion in new funding last year went to projects across all of California’s 58 counties—almost double the $720 million spent in 2017.
The California Air Resources Board adopted a regulation that will require new cars sold in California starting in 2012 to have windows that reflect or absorb heat-producing rays from the sun. This will help keep cars cooler, increase their fuel efficiency and reduce greenhouse gas emissions. Click to enlarge. Click to enlarge.
At its meeting in Sacramento yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) adopted targets for reducing greenhouse gas emissions in 2020 and 2035 associated with passenger vehicle travel in the state’s 18 Metropolitan Planning Organizations. Tags: ClimateChange Emissions Land use Policy. Earlier post.).
The California Energy Commission has approved eight grants that leverage more than $9.6 Assembly Bill 118 (Núñez, Chapter 750, Statutes of 2007) created the California Energy Commission’s Alternative and Renewable Fuel and Vehicle Technology Program. Natural gas-powered vehicle fueling.
The California Energy Commission approved $678,889 to projects that will boost the number of alternative fuel vehicles on the state’s roadways. The award recipients are: Upland Unified School District was awarded $278,889 to update its compressed natural gas (CNG) fueling station. Upland is located in San Bernardino County.
Canada’s Minister of Environment and ClimateChange, Catherine McKenna, and the Chair of the California Air Resources Board, Mary Nichols, today signed a new cooperation agreement to advance cleaner vehicles and fuels. To date, California has invested $820 million in incentives for zero-emission and plug-in vehicles.
The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) reinstated California’s authority under the Clean Air Act to implement its own greenhouse gas (GHG) emission standards and zero emission vehicle (ZEV) sales mandate.
The California Air Resources Board will conduct a public hearing 21 February to consider approving for adoption a proposed Zero-Emission Airport Shuttle regulation. The regulation as currently written would require fixed route airport shuttles, that serve California’s 13 largest airports, to transition to 100% ZEVs by 2035.
California and Québec signed an agreement outlining steps and procedures fully to harmonize and to integrate their respective cap-and-trade programs. The agreement, in both French and English, was signed for California by California Air Resources Board (ARB) Chairman Mary D. billion in revenue by 2020 in Quebec.
The Advanced Clean Cars package will help clean our air, help us fight climatechange, and perhaps most important for average citizens, save thousands of dollars over the life of the vehicles. The new rules strengthen the greenhouse gas standard for 2017 models and beyond. Click to enlarge.
“Pack Up Your Toxic, Fossil Fuel Factory With Its Climate-Changing Products & Get Out of Town By 2020!&# He makes his living off cars that run out of gas or break down because of the inadequacies of the internal combustion gasoline powered engine. Greenius Rules. They’ve got other priorities. Uncertainty.
After a year of record fires in California and floods in Texas and on the East Coast, more Americans are taking climatechange seriously—and significant portions are willing to take financial steps to combat it. There's nothing like hitting people where they live to goad them into action.
An independent review panel concluded in a recent report that Californians would benefit from long-term geologic storage of carbon dioxide to reduce greenhouse gas emissions. CCS is a necessary tool to address climatechange and reduce emissions during the transition to non-emitting sources of energy over the coming decades.
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The environmental law centers at UCLA and UC Berkeley Schools of Law today released a new policy paper on industry actions and federal, state, and local policies needed to ensure that California catalyzes mass adoption of electric vehicles by 2025, with the goal of building a long-term market in the US. non-plug-in) in the US.
The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is developing a proposal for more stringent emission requirements for new passenger vehicles, to be considered by the Board later this year. This second workshop will go into more detail in several areas related to criteria pollutant emissions and greenhouse gas emissions.
At its meeting in Sacramento yesterday, the California Air Resources Board (ARB) endorsed the state’s cap-and-trade regulation. By the end of the program in 2020 there will be a 15% reduction in greenhouse gas emissions compared to today, reaching the same level of emissions as the state experienced in 1990, as required under AB 32.
California Air Resources Board Chairman Mary D. Nichols and Chair of the Australian Clean Energy Regulator, Chloe Munro, signed a Memorandum of Understanding to guide collaboration between the agencies in addressing the global issue of climatechange.
California will be developing an investment plan for the auction proceeds from the cap-and-trade program to reduce greenhouse gases that contribute to climatechange. Cal/EPA Headquarters in Sacramento, California. The meeting will be held 24 May, from 1:30 p.m. to 5:00 p.m. The meeting will be held 24 May, from 1:30 p.m.
Chevron Refinery, El Segundo, California. 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. Here they are, folks, the very Hot List of Global Warming’s Worst Merchants of Death.
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