Green Car Congress

JUNE 6, 2011

A new study concludes that models may be predicting releases of atmospheric carbon dioxide that are either too high or too low, depending on the region, because they don’t adequately reflect variable temperatures that can affect the amount of carbon released from soil. —Sierra et al. —Mark Harmon.

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Carbon Climate Sierra Store 218

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 9, 2010

A new CU-Boulder study indicates subalpine forests in the West will soak up less carbon dioxide as the climate warms and the growing seasons lengthen. If a warmer climate brings more rain, this won’t offset the carbon uptake potential being lost due to declining snowpacks.” Summer rains were unable to make up the difference, Hu said.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 17, 2021

Fulcrum’s first MSW-to-fuels facility, Sierra BioFuels, located near Reno, Nev. in 2007, Fulcrum has developed a proprietary thermochemical process to convert the organic materials found in MSW to low-carbon drop-in fuels, which can be distributed in the same pipelines as traditional petroleum products. Founded in Pleasanton, Calif.,

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Waste Carbon Fuel Production 243

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

Fulcrum BioEnergy has selected Gary, Indiana as the location of its Centerpoint BioFuels Plant, which will convert municipal solid waste (MSW) into low-carbon, renewable transportation fuel. The cleaned syngas is then processed through an amine system to capture and remove sulfur and carbon dioxide.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 28, 2018

Fulcrum will use the BP and JM technology in its new Sierra BioFuels Plant located in Storey County, Nevada, approximately 20 miles east of Reno. Both BP and JM have been developing FT technology for more than 30 years and in 1996 joined forces to incubate and further develop the technology.

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Waste Sierra Convert Nevada 236

Green Car Congress

MAY 8, 2019

Teijin Limited announced that its Sereebo carbon fiber reinforced thermoplastic (CFRTP) has been selected by General Motors (GM) for use in select pickup box applications. Sereebo will be used to manufacture the optional CarbonPro pickup box jointly developed by Teijin and GM for the GMC Sierra Denali 1500 and GMC Sierra AT4 1500.

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Carbon Fiber GM Sierra GMC 207

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2014

to Fulcrum Sierra Biofuels, LLC to build a biorefinery to produce jet fuel from municipal solid waste (MSW) via a proprietary two-stage thermochemical process. The cleaned syngas is them processed through an amine system to capture and remove sulfur and carbon dioxide. Earlier post.). Fulcrum matched this DoD grant with $4.7

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Plugs and Cars

MAY 19, 2007

Dan Becker, head of the global warming program at the Sierra Club, was asked his reaction to the seeming about-face of "one of Detroit’s ultimate 'car guys,' for whom no vehicle could be big enough, powerful enough or fast enough. “We Tags: electric car zev mandate plug-in hybrid dan becker chevy volt npr Bob Lutz Sierra Club.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 5, 2011

My favorite part of this next CicLaVia is t he Bike Parade coming from my friends at Greenpeace and Sierra Club which they’re calling ROLL AGAINST COAL. ’s power supply and that’s exactly what Greenpeace and Sierra Club have in mind with their BEYOND COAL CAMPAIGN. It’s long been time to kick coal out of L.A.’s

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Coal Los Angeles Sierra Green 257

Clean Fleet Report

MARCH 30, 2021

The 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 Duramax 4WD Crew Cab AT4 CarbonPro showed-up in my driveway and the neighbors took notice. recently drove the 2021 GMC Sierra 1500 4WD Crew Cab AT4, powered by a 3.0-liter Weighing in at 5,640 pounds, the Sierra 1500 AT4 has a maximum payload of 1,810 pounds and can tow 8,800 pounds. Brains and brawn.

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Sierra GMC Fuel Economy MPG 98

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 18, 2010

This pilot project aims to understand the viability of a PEV-transit network and establish best practices that optimize the consumer experience while reducing the carbon footprint of Los Angeles. The transportation sector alone accounts for 40% of greenhouse gas emissions in California, 6% higher than the national average.

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 14, 2019

Green groups like Communities For A Better Environment, Food & Water Watch and Sierra Club had worked for this critical win for many year and it was beautiful to be there to see their leaders gobsmacked by the great news. Instead of being there as opponents, the Mayor invited environmentalists to stand with him in support.

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Los Angeles Chevron Climate Pollution 268

Green Car Congress

MAY 7, 2015

Fulcrum BioEnergy has awarded a $200-million fixed-price engineering, procurement and construction (EPC) contract to Abengoa for the construction of Fulcrum’s first municipal solid waste (MSW) to transportation fuels facility, the Sierra BioFuels Plant. Earlier post.). The end syngas product is very clean with zero sulfur content.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 3, 2016

Fulcrum BioEnergy, the parent company of Fulcrum Sierra BioFuels, has applied for a new fuel pathway under the California Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCSF) for its process of converting municipal solid waste (MSW) into Fischer-Tropsch (“FT”) diesel fuel. For 2016, the target for diesel and diesel substitutes is 99.97

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Waste Diesel Sierra Nevada 150

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 5, 2014

At each successive processing stage, the biomass is heated to a higher temperature profile and the material is compacted to a thinner layer with an increasing level of elemental carbon in the remaining biomass. This excess carbon is highly porous and has beneficial water and nutrient retaining capabilities. Earlier post.).

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Conversion Renewable Water Gasoline 308

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 5, 2011

A lawsuit against the agencies, filed by the Washington Environmental Council and Sierra Club in March, claimed that the state agencies had violated their obligation under Washington’s State Implementation Plan (SIP) to determine and impose “reasonably available control technologies” on refineries to control greenhouse gas emissions.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 18, 2022

This initiative highlights Vale’s uniquely strategic position to be the supplier of choice to the EV industry, leveraging its low-carbon footprint and market-leading position as North America’s largest producer of finished nickel. The amount of contained nickel is sufficient to supply approximately 350,000 EVs annually.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2013

Fulcrum’s large development program, backed by secured MSW, will have the capacity to produce more than half a billion gallons of fuel in markets across North America at lower costs compared to conventional petroleum fuel, while reducing carbon emissions by more than 80%. James Macias, Fulcrum President and CEO.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 26, 2010

Introducing accurate, robust and mandatory reporting systems for the carbon intensity of oil down to the project level. While such reporting will inevitably be incomplete in the beginning, they said, it needs to start now in order to create the necessary transparency for future reviews of the law.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 22, 2016

Tesoro Corporation plans to foster the development of biocrude, made from renewable biomass, which can be co-processed in its existing refineries along with conventional fossil crude oil to produce lower-carbon drop-in fuels. Virent, Inc.: Earlier post.).

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Renewable Sierra Nevada Corporation 150

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 31, 2023

Lithium carbonate from Thacker Pass will be used in GM’s proprietary Ultium battery cells. Lithium Americas estimates the lithium extracted and processed from the project can support production of up to 1 million EVs per year.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2015

Hydrogen Energy California LLC submitted the request for suspension 5 May to allow more time to identify a partner to purchase carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) produced by the plant and negotiate a carbon sequestration agreement, key components of the project’s 2009 revised AFC.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 10, 2020

This is the process now in use to manufacture the PACE Award winning GMC Sierra Denali CarbonPro pickup box—the industry’s first carbon fiber pickup box. Considered a “sandwich” composite, these panels use a lightweight, honeycomb core, clad with natural fiber, glass fiber, or carbon fiber skins that are wetted with PUR resin.

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Battery Batteries Carbon Fiber Michigan 221

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 5, 2009

Primary lithium chemistries include: manganese spinel cathode and lithium titanate anode for high power applications, as well as manganese spinel cathode and amorphous carbon for high energy applications. Production of advanced lead-acid batteries, using lead-carbon electrodes for micro and mild hybrid applications. Brownstown, MI.

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Creative Greenius

APRIL 5, 2011

My favorite part of this next CicLaVia is t he Bike Parade coming from my friends at Greenpeace and Sierra Club which they’re calling ROLL AGAINST COAL. ’s power supply and that’s exactly what Greenpeace and Sierra Club have in mind with their BEYOND COAL CAMPAIGN. It’s long been time to kick coal out of L.A.’s

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Coal Los Angeles Sierra Green 150

Plugs and Cars

JULY 29, 2007

Sierra Club, UCS and NRDC should have been indicted along with CARB and Big Oil in the film Who Killed the Electric Car? The ZEV mandate offered a way to get plug-in cars - zero-emission, zero-petroleum, zero-carbon producing cars - on the road outside the CAFE protocol. Now the shoe is on the other foot.

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Volt GM Sierra Washington 100

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 31, 2011

On Thursday (29 December 2011), Judge Lawrence O’Neill of the US District Court for the Eastern District of California issued three separate rulings in a set of federal lawsuits challenging the Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS) ( Rocky Mountain Farmers Union et al v. Goldstene ). Earlier post.) Brown, Jr.,

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Plugs and Cars

JANUARY 16, 2007

Everything from light bulbs to organic food, to flex-fuel cars to a carbon freeze tax—no, make that a cap-and-trade program—clamors for attention. A green dream trifecta of energy independence, zero emissions, and zero carbon. Everyone is paying attention to green. But enviros are all over the map. They have no consensus message.

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VUE Saturn Sierra Plug-in 100

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 13, 2010

million metric tons of carbon dioxide equivalent (CO 2 e) emissions from entering the atmosphere. Plastic caps and shipping aids from the Fort Wayne facility are converted into radiator shrouds for the Chevrolet Silverado and GMC Sierra pickups built at the plant. This year alone, GM has recycled or reused 2.5

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Creative Greenius

FEBRUARY 17, 2009

Read the letter Lisa Jackson, new head of the EPA, sent the Sierra Club and Joe Romm’s excellent analysis here. Tags: carbon producers Voters renewable energy fossil fuels campaign citizen volunteer environment green building politics plug-in cars climate change Yes We Can! This is very bad news for the bad guys.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 14, 2018

This will include building new sites connecting regional destinations, such as supporting travel to the Sierra Mountain communities and destinations like Lake Havasu. Residential: The primary, most convenient, and cost efficient option for many drivers is residential charging.

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EV Match

MARCH 19, 2021

is your one-stop-shop for Tesla Accessories like headlight tint, carbon fiber, decals, and more. Once on the road, EV drivers reduce their carbon emissions by up to 80% and save over $1,000/year on fuel & maintenance. Sierra Club San Francisco. Sierra Club Santa Lucia. Source: NeoCharge). Tesla Loco. Abstract Ocean.

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Re-Charge San Francisco Sierra Vermont 97

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 4, 2018

This will include building new sites connecting regional destinations, such as supporting travel to the Sierra Mountain communities and destinations like Lake Havasu. Residential: The primary, most convenient and cost efficient fueling option for many drivers is residential charging.

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America California Emissions Vehicles 239

Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 14, 2017

SB 100 accelerates the existing renewable energy targets to 60 percent RPS by 2030, and requires retail energy sellers to plan, model, and invest over the next 28 years to reach the 100% clean, zero carbon, and renewable energy target. This is a critically important effort. Jim Patterson (Vice Chair) – (916) 319-2023 – [link].

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Climate Los Angeles Renewable Climate Change 170

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 26, 2010

For the demonstrators, Ricardo plans to modify two GM Sierra 3500 HD heavy-duty pickup trucks and replace a base 6-liter gasoline V-8 in one with the heavily boosted 3.2-liter Improving Ethanol’s Cost Performance and Carbon Footprint. liter EBDI engine—resulting in up to a 16.8% fuel economy improvement.

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Engine Fuel Economy Energy Gasoline 218

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 29, 2009

May, 2007 : An international team of researchers concluded that the ability of the Southern Ocean to absorb carbon dioxide had slowed by about 15% per decade since 1981 ( earlier post ), and projected that at the present rate of deterioration, it will have lost two-thirds of its ability to store carbon by 2050.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 28, 2010

For example: what is the best representation of air flow in the southern San Joaquin Valley, particularly with respect to flow between the San Joaquin Valley and South Coast Air Basin versus recirculation north along the Sierra Nevada and Coastal ranges? A research vessel (NOAA’s Atlantis). Improvement of Air Quality Modeling.

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