Green Car Congress

JANUARY 30, 2010

Earlier observations from satellites and balloons suggest that stratospheric water vapor probably increased between 1980 and 2000, which would have enhanced the decadal rate of surface warming during the 1990s by about 30% compared to estimates ignoring this change, according to the authors. —Solomon et al. —Solomon et al.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2012

The Colorado River Basin encompasses much of the American West, covering parts of seven US states and two states in Mexico. It also comes on the heels of a major study of the Colorado River Basin by the US Department of Interior that projected longer and more severe droughts by 2060, and a 9% decline in the Colorado’s flows.

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EV Life

JUNE 29, 2023

Great news for drivers looking to purchase an electric vehicle in Colorado! On May 11, 2023, Colorado Governor Jared Polis signed House Bill 23-1272 into law. With the upcoming changes being put in place by the new law, Colorado will have the highest state EV tax credit in the country. 4 , and more.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 15, 2010

The study, led by scientists at the University of Colorado at Boulder (CU) and the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR) in Boulder, Colo., finds that the sea-level rise is at least partly a result of climate change. 2010) Patterns of Indian Ocean sea-level change in a warming climate. Credit: NASA.

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EV Match

OCTOBER 4, 2021

On the road from NorCal to Colorado, there is a lot of nature one can experience, from national parks, to lakes, to breathtaking mountain towns. Features such as a hot-water shower and interior climate controls provide comfort. Being able to have a place to nap, prepare food, store gear, and hang out would have made a huge difference.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 21, 2011

A recent increase in the abundance of particles high in the atmosphere has offset about a third of the current climate warming influence of CO 2 change during the past decade, according to a new study led by NOAA and published in the online edition of Science. —John Daniel.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 4, 2017

Methane and black carbon (soot) are the second- and third-most powerful climate-warming agents after carbon dioxide. Shindell, professor of climate science at Duke University’s Nicholas School of the Environment, co-authored the paper with colleagues from the Institute for Governance & Sustainable Development in Washington, D.C.;

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Green Car Congress

JULY 20, 2009

Colorado River Basin including major dams. All reservoirs along the Colorado River might dry up by mid-century as the West warms, according to a new study led by researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder. Roughly 30 million people now depend on the Colorado River for drinking and irrigation water. Source: AGU.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 18, 2022

Ioneer’s ongoing conservation efforts for Tiehm’s buckwheat are aimed at addressing current and future threats to the species, including climate-related threats. (A Climate change could impact the frequency and severity of future herbivory events because future conditions will likely be warmer and drier.). Carrell et al.

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Baua Electric

OCTOBER 27, 2024

In what the city is calling a national first, Louisville, Colorado officials held a “ribbon cutting” last Tuesday to celebrate the launch of a new, all-electric residential recycling and waste collection fleet, which is already the city’s streets. Electrek’s Take First off, who even knew they had a Louisville in Colorado!?

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CleanTechnica EVs

SEPTEMBER 10, 2024

billion nationwide in Fiscal Year (FY) 2023, according to a study by the University of Colorado Boulder’s (CU Boulder’s) Leeds School of Business. The economic impact of the U.S. Department of Energy’s National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) topped $1.9 Every state in the nation felt an impact from direct or.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 6, 2019

In their commentary, Andreas Goldthau (Royal Holloway University of London), Kirsten Westphal (German Institute for International and Security Affairs (SWP)), Morgan Bazilian (Colorado School of Mines) & Michael Bradshaw (University of Warwick) present four geopolitical scenarios to illustrate how varied the transition could be by 2030.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 3, 2022

The new data suggests we have overestimated flaring’s effectiveness and, as a result, underestimated its contribution to methane emissions and climate change. Burning methane by flaring as it is released converts it to carbon dioxide, another greenhouse gas but one that is less harmful on a pound-by-pound basis.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 30, 2014

A study published earlier this year in the journal Nature Climate Change that cast doubt on whether biofuels produced from corn residue could meet federal mandates for cellulosic biofuels to reduce greenhouse gas emissions by 60% compared to gasoline ( earlier post ) has drawn critical response published as correspondence in the same journal.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 17, 2020

Co-author Steven Davis, UCI associate professor of Earth system science, noted that earlier studies on the impact of climate warming and ambient ozone on the state’s ability to grow food have focused on high-volume staple crops such as wheat, soy and rice. Mueller, N.D., Burney, J.A.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2022

Scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), University of Colorado Boulder, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México performed a “CT Scan” of the atmosphere, moving along latitudes and longitudes, measuring particle concentrations and compositions in the upper troposphere. —Mingyi Wang. —Neil Donahue.

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Green Car Reports

JANUARY 25, 2018

Today, we interviewed BMW's electric-car powertrain head, looked at tire swaps for Chevy Bolt EVs, covered some state news on emission limits and charging stations, and offered a PSA on climate change. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Low-rolling-resistance tires boost electric-car range, but don't do much for handling.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 29, 2018

PRIME Coalition, a 501(c)(3) public charity funding tech start-ups that fight climate change, closed three new investments: Opus 12 in Berkeley, CA; Mallinda in Denver, CO; and Lilac Solutions in Oakland, CA. In addition, the prepreg is pre-cured, shelf-stable, and requires no refrigeration for transport and storage.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2014

The RCPs were chosen to represent a broad range of climate outcomes, based on a literature review. Warmer temperatures and other changes in the atmosphere related to a changing climate, including higher atmospheric levels of methane, spur the chemical reactions that lead to ozone. The RCP 8.5

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 27, 2019

Canada’s Minister of Environment and Climate Change, 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. Combined, these states and California constitute more than 40% of the US passenger vehicle market.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 9, 2012

The companies deployed and demonstrated a 150 kW fuel cell system near the 17 th Conference of the Parties (COP17) to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change held in Durban, South Africa in late-2011. COP17 was a high-level summit on climate change.

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Teslarati

SEPTEMBER 10, 2021

For the longest time, Tesla owners in New Mexico had to drive out-of-state to centers in Colorado or Arizona just to get their vehicles serviced. The company was able to work around NM’s ban by building a service center on Native American tribal land. While speaking to the attendees of Thursday’s event, Nambé Pueblo Gov.

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EV Life

JANUARY 11, 2024

With climate change awareness increasing, gas prices continuing to climb, EV charging stations expanding, and tons of new EV options hitting the market each year, it’s no surprise that electric vehicle purchases are skyrocketing. Electric vehicles are becoming more and more common on the roads across the country.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 5, 2020

Climate change mitigation will create new natural resource and supply chain opportunities and dilemmas, because substantial amounts of raw materials will be required to build new low-carbon energy devices and infrastructure. Their paper is published in Science.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 30, 2020

A new study led by Colorado State University predicts significant climate benefits stemming from the use of advanced biofuel technologies. These results affirm the climate mitigation logic of biofuels, consistent with their prominent role in many climate stabilization scenarios. —Field et al.

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Electric Vehicles India

OCTOBER 28, 2021

NREL and the state of Colorado continue to lead the development of innovative energy storage and battery technologies that reduce our carbon emissions,” said U.S. Colorado is at the forefront of clean energy innovation. Senator Michael Bennet (CO). This funding will quicken our transition to zero-emissions transportation,” said U.S.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 11, 2019

University of Colorado Boulder researchers have developed nanobio-hybrid organisms capable of using airborne carbon dioxide and nitrogen to produce a variety of plastics and fuels, a promising first step toward low-cost carbon sequestration and eco-friendly manufacturing for chemicals. —Ding et al.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2009

Incorporating geologic records, biologic records and computer simulations, the study reconstructed Arctic summer temperatures at a resolution down to decades, and thereby extended the climate record a full 1,600 years beyond the 400 year-long record that was previously available at that resolution. Kaufman, et al.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 14, 2013

Factors such as size, population density, available fuels, types of businesses, climate, all play a role in both total and per capita emissions, the EIA noted. million tonnes), while Colorado experienced the greatest absolute increase (11.8 Climate Change Emissions' million tonnes CO 2 ); California (369.8

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 4, 2009

Using computer-generated models as well as observations, the team analyzed causes for climate variations in the recent decades. The research is an exercise in climate attribution, a scientific process for identifying the sources of observed climate and weather patterns. —Martin Hoerling, a NOAA meteorologist and co-author.

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Teslarati

MARCH 1, 2022

GOES-T was manufactured by Lockheed Martin in Littleton, Colorado, and is the third satellite in the GOES-R series. Once operational, GOES-T will monitor weather patterns and forecasts, hoping to provide Americans with life-saving information on climate change and natural disasters.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 22, 2009

The change in runoff inferred from streamflow records worldwide between 1948 and 2004, with bluish colors indicating more streamflow and reddish colors less. Graphic courtesy Journal of Climate, modified by UCAR.) The results will be published 15 May in the American Meteorological Society’s Journal of Climate. Click to enlarge.

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Baua Electric

APRIL 18, 2024

Understandably, Horse Heaven’s developer, Colorado-based Scout Clean Energy, isn’t happy. No 1 is cats, No 2 is windows, and ultimately it’s climate change. So that decision effectively cuts the number of Horse Heaven’s wind turbines in half. But the company can appeal the decision to the EFSEC.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 11, 2010

Most climate models have suggested that evapotranspiration, which is the movement of water from the land to the atmosphere, would increase with global warming because of increased evaporation of water from the ocean and more precipitation overall. —Beverly Law, a professor of global change forest science at Oregon State University.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 28, 2022

The methodology applies to ultramafic rock-hosted mining operations worldwide, is easily scalable, and can be combined with chemical enhancement and subsequent ex-situ carbonation steps to maximize CO 2 sequestration and critical mineral yield to combat climate change and secure the US critical mineral supply. Colorado School of Mines.

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Electric Auto Association

APRIL 4, 2021

Started with two wheels McNeil’s first experience in converting EVs came in 1976 with a 1967 Yamaha Big Bear he found in his hometown of Colorado Springs. “I Subsequently, McNeil traveled to Seattle to purchase an already converted AMC Hornet 4-door sedan, and then towed the car back to Colorado. “I

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Plug in America

NOVEMBER 1, 2023

Imagine a transportation option that has the fun and flexibility of a bike, is a fraction of the price of a car, can park almost anywhere for free, and produces almost zero climate-changing emissions. Sounds too good to be true, right? Think again.

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