Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2020

The Transportation and Climate Initiative Program (TCI-P) expects to cut greenhouse gas emissions from motor vehicles in the region by an estimated 26% from 2022 to 2032, and generate a total of more than $3 billion dollars over ten years for the participating jurisdictions to invest.

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OCTOBER 27, 2016

The report, Clean Air Future: Health and Climate Benefits of Zero Emission Vehicles , was produced by the American Lung Association in California. Under this scenario, the estimated total health and climate change costs associated with passenger vehicle fleet pollution drops from to $37 billion annually to $15.7 Maryland: $2.6

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 28, 2023

The corresponding climate impacts, however, have been only indirectly evaluated and thus remain largely unquantified. This has implications for understanding in more detail how methane and perhaps other greenhouses gases can impact the climate system.

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JULY 26, 2012

Joe Galliani Selected As Climate Leader Just As Global Warming Reaches Tipping Points. EcoMedia President and Founder, Paul Polizzotto (far right) at the Maryland Zoo Giraffe House on Wednesday, July 25 for ribbon cutting event celebrating new LED lighting retrofit. But I’m not going to stop.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 20, 2018

All the participating jurisdictions are members of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional collaboration of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 16, 2023

The states of Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland, and Rhode Island have already begun the process and are expected to adopt the regulations in 2023, according to ChargEVC. It helps solidify the state as a national climate leader. While an important step, we must be clear-eyed.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 13, 2013

Cutting the amount of short-lived, climate-warming emissions such as soot and methane won’t limit global warming as much as previous studies have suggested, according to a new study from the Joint Global Change Research Institute in College Park, Md., More realistic emission reductions would likely provide an even smaller climate benefit.

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Baua Electric

NOVEMBER 3, 2024

Maryland-based nonprofit Climate United announced its intention to spend $250 million to buy up to 500 electric semi trucks over three years in what the group is calling “ the biggest single order of zero emission Class 8 trucks in the country.” SOURCE | IMAGES : Climate United , via Reuters ; featured image by the author.

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EV Match

FEBRUARY 10, 2022

That’s why we are always encouraged to learn about and partner with other companies that are identifying innovative ways to fight the growing climate crisis. Today, we’re excited to share our new partnership with Arcadia , a tech company working to stop climate change by breaking the fossil fuel monopoly. .

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Teslarati

JULY 11, 2024

The facilities that would be supported by the grant are located in Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Virginia, Maryland, and Georgia. John Podesta, Senior Advisor to the President for International Climate Policy, welcomed the grant. “President Biden set out to build a clean energy economy that benefits everyone.

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The Truth About Cars

JULY 11, 2024

Facilities in Georgia, Michigan, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana, Illinois, Maryland, and Virginia are on the list. The funds come from climate legislation passed in 2022 and could improve Biden’s fortunes in crucial battleground states like Michigan. That said, it’s unlikely to change the conversation about his candidacy and age.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 12, 2011

In response to the measured and projected effects of climate change, US naval forces—i.e., In response to the Chief of Naval Operations (CNO), the National Research Council appointed a committee operating under the auspices of the Naval Studies Board to study the national security implications of climate change for US naval forces.

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Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 4, 2023

University of Maryland Chemistry and Biochemistry Assistant Professor Leah Dodson received a 2023 Early Career Research Award from the US Department of Energy (DOE). In addition to energy security, we have to think about sustainability and the impacts on climate, all of which have led to DOE goals to divest from gasoline and diesel fuels.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2021

The results have important implications for Earth’s climate because methane is about 25 times more powerful than carbon dioxide when it comes to warming the planet over a long period. In addition to coal mining, other major sources of methane emissions globally include wetlands, agriculture, and oil and gas facilities. —Nazar Kholod.

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Teslarati

NOVEMBER 23, 2023

The steps we take today to lower emissions will improve air quality and mitigate climate impacts for generations to come, all while increasing access to cleaner car choices,” said Governor Phil Murphy. It joins California, Vermont, New York, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Virginia, Rhode Island, Maryland, and Connecticut.

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Baua Electric

MARCH 11, 2024

Photo: Blink Charging EV charger maker Blink Charging (Nasdaq: BLNK) is turbocharging its manufacturing capacity with a new 30,000-square-foot factory in Maryland. Blink Charging’s new LEED Gold-certified factory in Bowie, Maryland, is going to become the central hub for Blink’s in-house manufacturing and production in North America.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 23, 2024

These preferences are shaped by a variety of factors, including the state's geographical landscape, climate, and lifestyle of its residents. Photo credit: jluke / Shutterstock.com Every state in America has its own unique preferences when it comes to choosing the right vehicle. An article by J.D.

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Teslarati

JANUARY 18, 2024

School leaders, representatives from the Maryland State House and Department of Environment, the EPA, and other project stakeholders are set to unveil 25 new electric school buses that will take kids to Baltimore City Schools every day.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 3, 2021

In select markets within Colorado, Illinois, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New York, and Rhode Island, Arcadia’s platform connects qualifying customers to community solar projects in their area. Audi was among the first automotive manufacturers to publicly support and align its actions with the goals of the Paris Climate Agreement.

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APRIL 8, 2021

States signing the MOU were California, Connecticut, Colorado, Hawaii, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, North Carolina, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont, and Washington. The vehicles being used in the project are three Kia Niros, and one Nissan LEAF.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 13, 2009

Researchers at the University of Maryland and the University of Texas, Austin, have created a database that includes visibility measurements taken from 1973 - 2007 at 3,250 meteorological stations all over the world and released by the National Climatic Data Center (NCDC). University of Maryland Visibility Database.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 23, 2020

The largest one-year emissions drop California has ever achieved was at the height of the Great Recession in 2009, when climate pollution fell 6.1%. The fact is, we’ve never come anywhere near cutting emissions five percent in a single year in a period of economic stability—and yet, in order to meet our climate goal by 2030, we have to.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 11, 2023

The TMCT also enables cold startup times of less than a minute at ambient temperatures of -20°C, making the TMSSB advantageous in cold climates. University of Maryland will increase the charge/discharge-rate capability, energy density, and operating temperature window of solid-state lithium metal batteries. Award amount: $2,120,120).

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AUGUST 11, 2022

The charging points will be provided by Electrify America , who will install the chargers at 25 locations in 18 states, including Arizona , California , Connecticut , Florida , Illinois , Kansas , Maryland , Massachusetts , Michigan , Minnesota , New York , Pennsylvania , Ohio , Oregon , Texas , Utah , Virginia, and Washington.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 8, 2018

The MISR instrument used in the study was initially designed to help understand Earth’s climate. To determine how the climate may be changing, researchers need to know the amount of sunlight that is scattered in different locations around the globe. MISR and Terra are currently in their 19 th year of operation. Xia Meng, Michael J.

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Baua Electric

JULY 16, 2024

Eleven at-risk auto manufacturing facilities in eight states—Michigan, Ohio, Pennsylvania, Georgia, Illinois, Indiana, Maryland and Virginia—are slated to receive a total of $1.7 The Volvo Group will get $208 million to upgrade plants in Maryland, Virginia and Pennsylvania to increase EV production capacity. billion in funding.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2018

Scientists have known that aerosols may play an important role in shaping weather and climate; the new study shows that the smallest of particles have an outsize effect. Aerosol impacts are a key uncertainty in understanding the current and future climate as well as extreme weather. —Jiwen Fan.

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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. The transportation sector is the source of nearly a quarter of Canada’s carbon emissions and more than 40% of California’s.

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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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Baua Electric

JULY 11, 2024

The money for these grants came from the Inflation Reduction Act , which was passed in 2022 with nearly $400 billion in funding for climate-related expenditures, making it the largest climate spending bill ever passed by any country. A full list of program rewardees can be found here.

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The Truth About Cars

SEPTEMBER 5, 2023

Some of this is down to how regional climates impact battery ranges or the fact that you really need a garage fitted for vehicle charging if you want to get the most out of owning an EV. Those states are California, Colorado, Massachusetts, Washington, Oregon and Maryland. However, Elizabeth Krear, J.D.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 14, 2021

But a new study led by Sujay Kaushal of the University of Maryland warns that introducing salt into the environment—whether it's for de-icing roads, fertilizing farmland or other purposes—releases toxic chemical cocktails that create a serious and growing global threat to our freshwater supply and human health.

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Baua Electric

AUGUST 27, 2024

States like Minnesota, Maryland, and Pennsylvania are innovating with state-funded grants to help schools adopt solar power. Pairing solar with battery storage is another trend that helps schools boost climate resilience. Beyond just cutting energy bills, schools with solar are investing savings back into students and communities.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 10, 2020

University of Maryland to develop software packages using machine learning methods to gain insights on atmospheric chemical processes and increase computational efficiency of chemical mechanisms for use in air quality models.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 14, 2014

The Air Force plans to expand the V2G demonstration next to Joint Base Andrews, Maryland, and Joint Base McGuire-Dix-Lakehurst, New Jersey. DoD is deliberately targeting different electrical grid territories, different base sizes, different climates and different vehicle requirements. V2G charging station. Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

JUNE 30, 2017

Although not yet a market force, cellulosic biofuels are routinely factored into future climate mitigation scenarios because of their potential to both displace petroleum use and mitigate greenhouse gas emissions. Their paper is published in the journal Science. With biofuels, the stakes are high. —Phil Robertson.

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AUGUST 19, 2024

But on this densely populated island—slightly larger than Maryland, smaller than the Netherlands—there’s not a lot of open space to install solar panels. Climate change has also taken a toll. Taiwan is striving to massively expand renewable generation to sustain its semiconductor fabs, and solar is expected to play a large role.

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