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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. Source: Office for National Statistics – UK Environmental Accounts, Energy Use datasets. Among the other findings of the report: At the end of 2018, 0.5%

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2017 Emissions Transportation 2018

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 state’s latest Greenhouse Gas Emissions Inventory shows that California emitted 429 million metric tons of climate pollutants in 2016—a drop of 12 million metric tons, or three percent, from 2015. This ambitious target will require California to more than double the rate at which it has been cutting climate-changing gases.

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2004 2016 Emissions California

Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 24, 2017

However, it could be accomplished without impinging on environmentally sensitive areas in Brazil and while allowing for the expansion of other agricultural crops and human needs, the researchers report in a paper in the journal Nature Climate Change. of crude oil consumption and 1.5–5.6% The corresponding range of CO 2 offsets is 0.55–2.0

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Brazil Emissions Global Climate Change

MIT researchers build model simulating atmospheric transport of PAHs; how chemicals get to the Arctic

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

Persistent organic pollutants are chemicals of substantial international concern. GEOS-Chem captures observed seasonal trends with no statistically significant difference between simulated and measured mean annual concentrations. The presence of these pollutants in the Arctic is important for several reasons.

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MIT Transportation Rhode Island Building

Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

The Truth About Cars

MARCH 21, 2024

First, some background from the New York Times : The rule increasingly limits the amount of pollution allowed from tailpipes over time so that, by 2032, more than half the new cars sold in the United States would most likely be zero-emissions vehicles in order for carmakers to meet the standards. It very much is not.

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EPA Louisiana Climate Change Gas-Electric

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

Green Car Congress

MAY 5, 2014

Ozone pollution across the continental United States will become far more difficult to keep in check as temperatures rise, according to new work led by the National Center for Atmospheric Research (NCAR). The RCPs were chosen to represent a broad range of climate outcomes, based on a literature review. Scenario A2 and RCP 8.5.

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Ozone Climate Change Pollution Climate

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. … the pollutant emissions discharged at the tailpipe outlet will be so low as to be hardly measurable, and their practical impact on air quality will be negligible. —Reitz et al. g/bhp-h or 15–20?mg/km).

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International Engine Exhaust Emissions

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

Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2012

In 2010, developing countries spent roughly $193 billion, or 47% of all fossil fuel consumption subsidies, on oil while industrial countries spent roughly $28 billion. The US National Academy of Sciences estimates that fossil fuel subsidies cost the United States $120 billion in pollution and related health care costs every year.

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Renewable International Fuel Energy

GCP Carbon Budget Finds Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Rose 2% in 2008 Despite Global Financial Crisis; Natural Sinks Not Keeping Pace With Increasing Emissions

Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 17, 2009

The use of coal as a fuel has now surpassed oil and developing countries now emit more greenhouse gases than developed countries, with a quarter of their growth in emissions accounted for by increased trade with the West. Emissions from coal are now the dominant fossil fuel emission source, surpassing 40 years of oil emission prevalence.

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2008 Emissions Carbon Climate Change

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

Appendix D: Vehicle Driving Statistics. 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. Appendix A: PHEV compared to BEV for a zero CO 2 Society. Appendix B: Car of the Future: A Comparison of Alternative Vehicles.

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PHEV Plug-in Renewable Energy

Assessment of US CAFE fuel economy standards finds big savings on fuel and emissions since inception

Green Car Congress

SEPTEMBER 5, 2020

In one of the first comprehensive assessments of the fuel economy standards in the United States, researchers from Princeton University and the University of Tennessee found that, over their 40-year history, the standards helped reduce reliance on foreign oil producers, cut greenhouse gas emissions, and saved consumers money. since 1975.

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Fuel Economy Economy Standards Fuel

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. The oil industry was reportedly not as excited about this as the campaign had anticipated. According to the U.S.

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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%

Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

MIT researchers build model simulating atmospheric transport of PAHs; how chemicals get to the Arctic

Opinion: Politicians Are Lying About Biden's EPA Rule

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

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

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

GCP Carbon Budget Finds Anthropogenic CO2 Emissions Rose 2% in 2008 Despite Global Financial Crisis; Natural Sinks Not Keeping Pace With Increasing Emissions

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

Assessment of US CAFE fuel economy standards finds big savings on fuel and emissions since inception

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

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