Green Car Congress

APRIL 12, 2012

Half of the consumers surveyed are in favor of candidates who support approval of the Keystone XL pipeline to transport oil from Canada to the Gulf Coast, and 46% say they would be more likely to vote for a candidate who supports expanded offshore oil development in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Austin Renewable Gas Climate Change 191

Green Car Congress

MAY 21, 2010

Also certain fields in the Gulf of Mexico and the Middle East have comparable GHG emissions. —“The Oil alternatives can also be water intensive: ethanol from non-irrigated crops is comparable to oil sands mining, and options like coal-to-liquids can use 10 barrels of water per barrel of product, according to IHS CERA.

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Oil-Sands Oil 2010 Production 186

Cars That Think

OCTOBER 30, 2024

As the world’s most widely manufactured material, concrete—and especially the cement within it—is also a major contributor to climate change, accounting for around 6 percent of global greenhouse gas emissions. Currently that means burning coal, coke, fuel oil, or natural gas, often along with waste plastics and tires.

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Portland Carbon Coal Emissions 145

Driivz

MARCH 31, 2021

Renewable energy was the main source of energy before the discovery of oil, coal, and natural gas. With the increasing threat of climate change, renewable energy has slowly but surely regained is prominence. Leaders in solar power generation are China, United States, India, Mexico, and Japan. Renewables & EV Charging.

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Renewable Energy Power Powered 71

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Western Climate Initiative (WCI). Waxman of California and Edward J.

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Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244

The Truth About Cars

APRIL 10, 2024

The State of New Mexico has denied a petition put forward by automotive dealers to ease off on planned electric vehicle mandates. New Mexico is one of several states that has vowed to adopt stringent zero-emission vehicle requirements implemented by California.

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New Mexico Mexico Dealers Cars 104

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The combination of harvesting whole forests and burning long-sequestered carbon sources such as coal or oil has impaired the Earth’s carbon cycle at an increasing pace. We also mined or extracted and burned coal and oil, releasing millions of years of stored solar energy indiscriminately, altering Earth’s climate.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy 150

Cars That Think

NOVEMBER 20, 2023

The second reason is that the grid we have is built out to places where there were coal mines and hydropower dams, not where there’s the best wind and sun. So when Texas got hit by Uri, it couldn’t pull power from New Mexico or Colorado or further away in the Eastern Interconnection. You need a bigger grid to supply that electricity.

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Clean Cleaning Energy Emissions 126

Cars That Think

JANUARY 7, 2023

economy away from dependence on fossil fuels like petroleum, coal and natural gas to 100 percent carbon-free electricity by 2035. Such is the case with the Biden Administration’s attempted transition of the U.S. If no final hurdles appear, that project might begin construction in 2023 and be completed in 2025.

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Grid Iowa Wind Miles 119

Green Car Congress

MAY 2, 2018

Mexico City has committed to cleaner vehicle standards, including a move to soot-free buses and a ban on private diesel cars by 2025. Major sources of air pollution from particulate matter include the inefficient use of energy by households, industry, the agriculture and transport sectors, and coal-fired power plants.

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Pollution Africa Asia Europe 150

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 16, 2009

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. Ontological Shock An Open Letter to Fred Krupp Report from GridEcon Conference SGS Climate Change Head on the First Carbon Credit.

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Grid Electric Vehicles Vehicles Oil-Sands 28

Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

Trump promises stiff tariffs vs. China and Mexico, may nix federal funding behind U.S. Uber and BYD Trump promises tariffs on China and Mexico One thing Trump stands for once again—and his administration is likely to follow through on—is tariffs. BMW Group Plant San Luis Potosí in Mexico Jobs: Would Trump maintain Biden gains?

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Auto Industry Industry Industrial Auto 52