Climate Change, Emissions, Gas and Statistics

Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 18, 2020

A new study led by researchers from Northwestern University projects that if electric vehicles replaced 25% of combustion engine cars currently on the road, the United States would save approximately $17 billion annually by avoiding damages from climate change and air pollution. Peters, D. Schnell, J.

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Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 19, 2019

A study by a team of researchers from China, the US and Germany suggests that future climate change may worsen air quality for more than 85% of China’s population, leading to an additional 20,000 deaths each year. Managing air quality in China in a changing climate will thus become more challenging. RCP 4.5). (The

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Climate Change Climate Ozone Future

BP: world on unsustainable path; growing divergence between demands for climate change action and pace of progress

Green Car Congress

JUNE 12, 2019

BP released the 68 th annual edition of the BP Statistical Review of World Energy (BP Stats Review), a comprehensive collection and analysis of global energy data. This year’s edition highlights the growing divergence between demands for action on climate change and the actual pace of progress on reducing carbon emissions.

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Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2012

gigatonne gap between CO 2 emissions calculated on the basis of the two publicly available official energy data sets from China: one national, the other provincial. The area chart shows the increase of CO 2 emissions calculated from the national energy statistics since 1997 broken down by different fuel type. Source: Guan et al.

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UK ONS report finds significant challenge remains to reduce road transport emissions; sector GHG emissions up 6% from 1990-2017

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 17, 2019

A new report by the UK’s Office for National Statistics (ONS) finds that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from road transport in the UK rose by 6% from 1990 to 2017. of all vehicles licensed in the UK were ultra-low emission vehicles. of all vehicles licensed in the UK were ultra-low emission vehicles.

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California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

Green Car Congress

JULY 12, 2018

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced that greenhouse gas emissions in California in 2016 fell below 1990 levels for the first time since emissions peaked in 2004—a reduction roughly equivalent to taking 12 million cars off the road or saving 6 billion gallons of gasoline a year.

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DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

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JANUARY 28, 2019

The results are published in an open-access paper in the Nature Partner Journal (npj) Climate and Atmospheric Science. Impact of a reduction in initial ice crystal number, as may be caused by reduced soot emissions, on global contrail cirrus properties. hPa and absolute change in c total cover of contrail cirrus with an optical depth?

Climate

Climate Emissions Cleaner Alternative Fuels

Argonne study finds shale gas GHG lifecycle emissions 6% lower than natural gas, 23% lower than gasoline and 33% lower than coal; upstream methane leakage a key contributor

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DECEMBER 18, 2011

Life-cycle GHG emissions per MJ of fuel produced and combusted for both 100-year and 20-year time horizons. However, the range in values for shale and conventional gas overlap, so there is a statistical uncertainty whether shale gas emissions are actually lower than those of conventional natural gas.

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PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

Global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production reached a new all-time high in 2013, according to the annual report “Trends in global CO2 emissions”, released by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the European Joint Research Centre (JRC). In 2013, global CO 2 emissions grew to the new record of 35.3

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2013 Emissions Global CO2

IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

Green Car Congress

APRIL 13, 2014

Decomposition of the decadal change in total global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion by four driving factors; population, income (GDP) per capita, energy intensity of GDP and carbon intensity of energy. Total anthropogenic GHG emissions were the highest in human history from 2000 to 2010 and reached 49 (±4.5)

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Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 21, 2017

The annual assessment of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by the JRC and the Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL) confirms that CO 2 emissions have stalled for the third year in a row. Emissions from international transport (aviation and shipping) contribute another 3% to the total global GHG emissions.

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Study Measures the Effect of Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Jet Fuel on Emissions

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OCTOBER 15, 2010

A comprehensive emissions performance test of a business-class aircraft gas turbine engine burning fossil JP-8 fuel, synthetic FT fuel, and a 50/50 JP-8/FT blend found that emissions of trace gases, soot particles, and nucleation/growth PM were directly impacted by the sulfur and aromatic content of the fuel. —Timko et al.

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U of Michigan researchers map steel flow in US; suggest yield improvements focus on sheet metal forming in car industry

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 18, 2019

The steel industry accounts for 30% of global industrial greenhouse gas emissions (GHG). The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) recommends an overall 40% to 70% reduction in GHG emissions from 2010 levels by 2050. Therefore, the derived U.S. —Zhu et al. iron ore or passenger cars).

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Michigan Industrial Industry Climate Change

Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production per region. After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have. After a decline in global CO 2 emissions in 2009 of 1% (including a. correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have.

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Emissions Global Industrial Industry

Report Finds Rate of Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharply Increased Between 2000 and 2005

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MAY 29, 2009

Anthropogenic global greenhouse gas emissions increased by 15% between 2000 and 2005, a sharp increase in the expected rate of growth, according to a new report from the European Commission’s Joint Research Centre (JRC). It also provides data on greenhouse-gas emissions for the 20 years preceding the 1990 Kyoto protocol.

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2005 2000 Gas Emissions

California cap-and-trade spending doubles to $1.4 billion in 2018; xEV rebates, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, public transit

Green Car Congress

MARCH 27, 2019

An annual ' tracking the progress of California Climate Investments, released by the California Air Resources Board and the California Department of Finance, finds that nearly $1.4 Projects funded to date are achieving the overall goal of California Climate Investments by reducing greenhouse gas emissions by more than 36.5

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International automotive researchers emphasize the importance of continued development of the internal combustion engine

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 9, 2019

The editorial addresses important issues in the current politically charged discussions of global warming and climate-change alarm. … It is very likely that highly efficient “fully flexible” engines with hybridized solutions will be a big part of sought-after efficiency improvements, as well as emission/GHG reductions.

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International Engine Exhaust Emissions

Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 21, 2024

The Biden Administration dropped a new rule limiting tailpipe emissions from passenger vehicles yesterday, and you know what that means. It does not mandate the sales of electric vehicles, and gas-powered cars and trucks could still be sold. Yes, it's lying season! I want to focus on one particular egregious lie. It very much is not.

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EPA Louisiana Climate Change Gas-Electric

Eliminate fuel vehicles in the UK to enlarge the move

Setec Powerr

NOVEMBER 22, 2022

In addition to charging pile companies, gas stations, the bottom core in the era of fuel vehicles, are not willing to be abandoned. According to statistics, Shell has built about 3,600 charging piles based on the existing infrastructure in the UK. The British government and Shell did not disclose the overall cost of the entire plan.

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Fuel Vehicles Climate Change Carbon

The European electric vehicle market continues to grow

Setec Powerr

AUGUST 11, 2022

According to statistics, Norway’s electric car sales have accounted for 64.5% The Norwegian government’s climate protection goals and related support policies have played a significant role. The transport sector is one of the most important targets for emission reductions.

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BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 19, 2011

In both the base-case and a scenario with more aggressive environmental policies, CO 2 emissions from energy use remain well above the IEA 450 scenario. However, both cases result in global CO 2 emissions well above the IEA 450 scenario—a back-cast which illustrates what is required to stabilize greenhouse gas concentrations at 450 ppm.

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Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2014

The study shows that Americans face the risk of a 70% increase in unhealthy summertime ozone levels by 2050, assuming continued greenhouse gas emissions with resultant significant warming (IPCC Scenario A2 and RCP (Representative Concentration Pathway) 8.5.). Scenario A2 and RCP 8.5. The A2 story line is characterized by heterogeneity.

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Ozone Climate Change Pollution Climate

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2012

An Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) paper published in Computers & Geosciences outlines a process that might help to determine the relative importance of population increases vs. climate change. Our work establishes a new method to couple geographic information system data with global climate outputs and statistical analysis.

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Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

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JANUARY 4, 2010

Total anthropogenic emissions (thick solid line) and amount of total emissions (46%) remaining in the atmosphere as the airborne. Approximately 40-45% of carbon emissions emitted every year remain in the atmosphere, with the balance absorbed as part of the Earth’s carbon cycle. by Jack Rosebro. fraction (thick dashed line).

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Study finds that replacement programs that reduce vehicle lifetime can result in increased lifecycle CO2 emissions

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FEBRUARY 1, 2011

Effects of changes in the average lifespan of ordinary passenger cars newly registered between 1990-2000 on total induced CO 2 emissions in 2000. Conversely, encouraging shortened vehicle lifetime via vehicle replacement schemes can result in higher total-induced greenhouse gas emissions, the authors found.

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Emissions CO2 2000 Vehicles

Worldwatch: Fossil fuel subsidies continue to outweigh those for renewable energy; international pledges on reform unfulfilled

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

million barrels per day, natural gas demand would be cut by 330 billion cubic meters, and coal demand would drop by 230 million tons of coal. By 2035, oil demand would decrease by 4%, natural gas by 9.9%, and coal demand by 5.3%, compared with the baseline projection. Overall, carbon dioxide emissions would be reduced by 4.7%

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Renewable International Fuel Energy

Tesla for a vaccine: Doctor offers the ultimate COVID-19 vaccination incentive

Teslarati

MAY 4, 2021

He told Teslarati that, as a believer in global climate change, this was the perfect incentive as electric cars give off zero emissions. ” According to Our World in Data , a site that provides COVID-19 vaccination statistics to Google, over 247 million doses of the vaccine have been given in the United States, so far.

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Tesla New York Climate Change Personal

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

Cars That Think

JANUARY 18, 2023

When we turn up the heat in our homes and workplaces, we must balance our personal need for warmth with the global impact of burning fossil fuels like oil, gas, coal, and biomass. Anthropogenic climate change confronts humanity with a challenge: How can we keep warm now as we try to prevent our world from overheating in the future?

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Store Solar Building Oil-Sands

UK emissions drop by nearly 2 per cent in 2008

Green Cars News

FEBRUARY 2, 2010

The UK’s greenhouse gas emissions reduced by nearly 2 per cent during 2008, compared with 2007, the latest statistics from the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) show. Tags: Green credentials carbon DECC emissions gas green greenhouse Kyoto.

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Study Finds Damage, Pollution from Western Wildfires Could Surge With Moderate Global Warming

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JULY 29, 2009

The model follows a scenario of moderately increasing emissions of greenhouse gas emissions and leads to average global warming of 1.6 °C The increase is due mainly to the simulated rise in wildfire frequency in the future, warmer climate. Source: Spracklen et al. Click to enlarge. Jennifer Logan. Resources. Mickley, J.

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CICERO team finds global temperature will respond slowly to emissions cuts

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JULY 9, 2020

Although large emissions cuts are urgently needed to achieve global climate goals, it may take decades before we can measure the effect of the reductions on global temperature evolution, according to a new study by researchers at Norway’s CICERO Center for International Climate Research. —Bjørn Samset.

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Record High Temperatures Far Outpace Record Lows Across US Over Last Decade

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NOVEMBER 14, 2009

Climate Central, The Weather Channel, and the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA), has been accepted for publication in the American Geophysical Union journal Geophysical Research Letters. Climate change is making itself felt in terms of day-to-day weather in the United States.

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Study forecasts even with modest warming, global energy demand to increase by mid-century

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JUNE 24, 2019

A new study published in Nature Communications by researchers from IIASA, Boston University, and the Ca’ Foscari University of Venice found that by mid-century, climate change will increase the demand for energy globally, even with modest warming.

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Climate Change Global Energy Climate

Analysis finds air-quality justification for CNG vehicle conversion in developing cities, despite negative climate impact

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 3, 2013

However, CNG conversion was apparently detrimental from a climate change perspective, as CH 4 emissions increased. Tornado charts for sensitivity of the monetary impacts due to uncertainties in inputs: ( left ) local air quality benefits and ( right ) GHG emissions costs. Credit: ACS, Zia and Tanzila. Click to enlarge.

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Study finds fleet switch from PFI to GDI engines will result in net reduction in global warming

Green Car Congress

MAY 12, 2017

A new study quantifying emissions from a fleet of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines and port fuel injection (PFI) engines finds that the measured decrease in CO 2 emissions from GDIs is much greater than the potential climate forcing associated with higher black carbon emissions from GDI engines.

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Fleet Engine Global Fuel Economy

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Green Car Congress

JULY 17, 2015

The alternative-fuel car evolved to reduce exhaust emissions and other problems derived from burning fossil fuels. Since it can operate on 100% biofuel, it is the means for achieving new goals recently set for reducing the use of fossil fuels and cutting the net emission of CO 2 to zero. Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

Baua Electric

SEPTEMBER 19, 2024

In July, Trump reportedly asked oil and gas CEOs for a $1 billion campaign donation in exchange for scrapping EV policies, halting wind energy expansion, and derailing other clean-energy policies that the industry opposes. Climate change: Drill, baby, drill Trump made climate-change denial a core 2016 facet of many policy decisions.

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Study: 25% EV adoption would save US $17B annually from avoided climate change & pollution damages

Study suggests future climate changes to worsen air quality for >85% of China’s population; ~20k+ additional deaths each year

BP: world on unsustainable path; growing divergence between demands for climate change action and pace of progress

Study finds 1.4 Gt discrepancy between national and provincial data sets for greenhouse gas emissions in China

UK ONS report finds significant challenge remains to reduce road transport emissions; sector GHG emissions up 6% from 1990-2017

California ARB: GHG emissions fell below 1990 levels for first time in 2016; down 13% from 2004 peak; transportation emissions up 2%

DLR: cleaner aircraft emissions reduce the climate impact of contrail cirrus

Argonne study finds shale gas GHG lifecycle emissions 6% lower than natural gas, 23% lower than gasoline and 33% lower than coal; upstream methane leakage a key contributor

PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

IPCC: GHG emissions accelerating despite mitigation efforts; major institutional and technological change required to keep the heat down

Global CO2 emissions stalled for the third year in a row

Study Measures the Effect of Fischer-Tropsch Synthetic Jet Fuel on Emissions

U of Michigan researchers map steel flow in US; suggest yield improvements focus on sheet metal forming in car industry

Steep increase in global CO2 emissions despite reductions by industrialized countries; driven by power generation and road transport

Report Finds Rate of Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharply Increased Between 2000 and 2005

California cap-and-trade spending doubles to $1.4 billion in 2018; xEV rebates, affordable housing, wildfire prevention, public transit

International automotive researchers emphasize the importance of continued development of the internal combustion engine

Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

Eliminate fuel vehicles in the UK to enlarge the move

The European electric vehicle market continues to grow

BP Energy Outlook 2030 sees emerging economies leading energy growth to 2030; global CO2 emissions from energy well above IEA 450 scenario

Study finds rising temperatures increase risk of unhealthy ozone levels absent sharp cuts in precursors

New ORNL tool to assess global freshwater stress suggests that population growth could be a bigger factor in water availability than increasing temperatures

Constant Ratio Of Airborne To Absorbed CO2 In Carbon Cycle May Indicate Resilient Carbon Sinks

Study finds that replacement programs that reduce vehicle lifetime can result in increased lifecycle CO2 emissions

Worldwatch: Fossil fuel subsidies continue to outweigh those for renewable energy; international pledges on reform unfulfilled

Tesla for a vaccine: Doctor offers the ultimate COVID-19 vaccination incentive

Heating Buildings With Solar Energy Stored in Sand

UK emissions drop by nearly 2 per cent in 2008

Study Finds Damage, Pollution from Western Wildfires Could Surge With Moderate Global Warming

CICERO team finds global temperature will respond slowly to emissions cuts

Record High Temperatures Far Outpace Record Lows Across US Over Last Decade

Study forecasts even with modest warming, global energy demand to increase by mid-century

Analysis finds air-quality justification for CNG vehicle conversion in developing cities, despite negative climate impact

Study finds fleet switch from PFI to GDI engines will result in net reduction in global warming

Using the PHEV (Plug-In Hybrid Electric Vehicle) to Transition Society Seamlessly and Profitably From Fossil Fuel to 100% Renewable Energy

Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

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