Emissions, Gas-Electric and Transportation

3.8% drop in EU’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019; transport emissions rise

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JUNE 1, 2021

Total greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU) decreased by 3.8% The large decline in emissions, achieved before the COVID-19 crisis, was mainly due to reduced coal use for power generation. This decrease brought EU emissions to 24.0% from 2018 to 2019.

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2019 Emissions Transportation Gas

EnTech Solutions, Peterbilt, Maki Trucking Partner to transport renewable natural gas with electric truck

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AUGUST 12, 2022

The Peterbilt Model 579EV will deliver the RNG to the Dane County landfill facility, where it will be injected into the natural gas pipeline to be used as clean transportation fuel on the west coast. offtakes the RNG for distribution to the transportation market in California.

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Peterbilt Gas-Electric Transportation Renewable

A Small Electric SUV Produces 52% Fewer Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions than a Comparable Gasoline Vehicle

CleanTechnica EVs

AUGUST 27, 2024

In 2024, a small electric SUV with a range of 300 miles produces 52% fewer life cycle greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions than a comparable gasoline vehicle. Electric vehicles (EVs) have no tailpipe emissions, but nearly three quarters of the GHG emissions for a gasoline vehicle come from the tailpipe (vehicle.

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Gasoline-Electric Gas-Electric Gasoline Emissions

Germany awarding €600M to transport companies for zero- and low-emission buses

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APRIL 8, 2022

Germany is awarding some €600 million to transport companies for the purchase of climate friendly buses. Around 1,700 buses will be procured by the transport companies with this tranche of funding from the new “Directive on the Promotion of Alternative Drives of Buses in Passenger Transport”. Funds of around €1.25

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Transportation Germany Companies Emissions

Study suggests China urban passenger transport emissions could peak in 2030

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AUGUST 9, 2019

A team of researchers in China suggest that, in the context of promoting the use of clean fuel vehicles and increasing vehicle fuel efficiency, CO 2 emissions of China’s urban passenger transport sector could reach a peak of 225 MtCO 2 in 2030. A paper on their study appears in the journal Energy Policy.

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Transportation Emissions China Taxi

Neste providing companies in Finland a service for monitoring transport fuel emissions

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SEPTEMBER 2, 2021

Neste is the first company in Finland to provide a service for companies and other organizations to monitor their climate emissions caused by the use of transport fuels. Road transport accounts for more than 90% of the total transport emissions in Finland.

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Finland Transportation Emissions Companies

UK researchers report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid are major unreported source of VOCs emissions from cars, including EVs

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JUNE 8, 2023

In a recent open-access paper published in ACS’ Environmental Science & Technology , researchers from the University of York report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid account for a larger fraction of real-world vehicle emissions than previous estimates have suggested. Cliff et al. —Cliff et al.

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Emissions Exhaust Cars Ozone

DNV forecasts oil demand in transport sector to halve by 2050

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MAY 8, 2023

Electricity is continuing to gain traction in previously thought to be hard-to-electrify sectors including heavy trucking and aviation. Electricity’s share in transport will grow from 1% today to 23% in 2050, according to DNV’s latest Transport in Transition report.

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Oil Transportation Hydrogen North America

Rhodium Group estimates US GHG emissions rose 1.3% in 2022

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JANUARY 11, 2023

Based on preliminary economic activity and energy data, Rhodium Group estimates that greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the US slightly increased in 2022, rising 1.3% This reversal in 2022 was largely due to the substitution of coal with natural gas—a less carbon-intensive fuel—and a rise in renewable energy generation.

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Emissions Oil Prices 2005 Coal

Study finds GHG emissions from corn ethanol now 46% lower than gasoline

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JANUARY 27, 2021

A new study by a team from Environmental Health & Engineering (EH&E) has found that greenhouse gas emissions from corn ethanol are 46% lower than those from gasoline—a decrease in emissions from the estimated 39% done by previous modeling. EH&E) and Adjunct Professor of Environmental Health at Harvard’s T.H. Scully et al.

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Volkswagen Group continues switch to low-emission logistics with order for four more LNG ships

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JULY 15, 2021

Volkswagen is the first automaker to transport most of its new vehicles overseas using low-emission LNG ships. On the return trip, the LNG ships will transport new vehicles destined for Europe. The Volkswagen Group has therefore committed to e-mobility as well as to the sustainable production and use of new electric vehicles.

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Emissions Mariner Climate Climate Protection

Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

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MAY 1, 2023

by Michael Sivak, Sivak Applied Research The overall advantage of battery electric over gasoline vehicles, in terms of well-to-wheels emissions of greenhouse gases, has been well documented. However, the emissions of electric vehicles depend greatly on the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them.

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West Virginia Emissions Carbon Vermont

JRC report assesses R&I in low-emission alternative energy for transport (ALT) in Europe; €2.3B spent from 2007-2020

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MAY 31, 2021

The European Commission’s Joint Research Center recently published a report analyzing research and innovation (R&I) in low-emission alternative energy for transport in Europe. Transport infrastructure (INF). Electricity is covered separately in the Transport electrification (ELT) roadmap. Bars not in scale.

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2007 Transportation Europe Emissions

FHWA proposes rulemaking for states and municipalities to track and reduce GHG emissions

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JULY 8, 2022

The US Department of Transportation’s Federal Highway Administration (FHWA) announced a Notice of Proposed Rulemaking ( NPRM ) for states and municipalities to track and reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions. The proposed rule would require MPOs serving urbanized areas with multiple MPOs to establish additional joint targets.

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Emissions Gas-Electric Financing Transportation

IEA: global carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly

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MARCH 3, 2021

The Covid-19 crisis in 2020 triggered the largest annual drop in global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions since the Second World War, according to IEA data, but the overall decline of about 6% masks wide variations depending on the region and the time of year. Many economies are now seeing emissions climbing above pre-crisis levels.

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Emissions Global Carbon 2020

New liquid hydrogen carrier would transport green H2 from Scotland to Germany

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MAY 4, 2022

LH2 Europe will use the abundant renewable electricity in Scotland to produce green hydrogen and market it at a competitive price with diesel. The new tanker will transport the liquid hydrogen to terminals in Germany, with a strategic vision to expand supply to other markets as demand increases. Vessel specifications. Length overall.

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Hydrogen Germany Transportation Green

DOE: Life cycle GHG emissions for 2020 electric small SUV were half those of a conventional gasoline small SUV

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OCTOBER 19, 2021

C2G emissions are a sum of WTW emissions and emissions associated with vehicle manufacturing. Using current technologies, all evaluated biofuel, battery electric, and hydrogen fuel cell vehicle pathways offer significant C2G GHG emissions reduction compared to the current gasoline internal combustion engine vehicle.

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Gasoline-Electric 2020 SUV Gasoline

UN Sustainable Transport Conference calls for accelerated action to achieve net-zero emissions

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OCTOBER 18, 2021

The Second UN Global Sustainable Transport Conference concluded with a call to accelerate progress towards achieving sustainable transport that would result in major reductions in greenhouse gas emissions and in improving the lives of millions of people. But these new technologies have to work for everyone.

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Sustainable Transportation Transportation Emissions Climate

EEA: small increase in EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions in 2017, with transport emissions up for the fourth consecutive year

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MAY 30, 2019

Total greenhouse gas emissions in the European Union (EU) increased by 0.7% Less coal was used to produce heat and electricity but this was offset by higher industrial and transport emissions, the latter increasing for the fourth consecutive year. Source: EEA. in 2017 compared with 2016.

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2017 Emissions Transportation Gas

CARB approves 2022 Scoping Plan; aggressive targets for reductions in petroleum use, air pollution and greeenhouse gas emissions

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DECEMBER 19, 2022

The California Air Resources Board last week approved the final proposed 2022 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), a roadmap to reduce demand for petroleum by 94%, cut air pollution by 71%, reduce greenhouse gas emissions 85%, and reach carbon neutrality by 2045. Transportation.

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Pollution Emissions Gas Gas-Electric

Alstom and MOL to explore use of hydrogen technologies for rail transport in Hungary

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DECEMBER 6, 2021

Alstom and MOL, Hungary’s leading oil and gas company, have signed a Memorandum of Understanding to structure cooperation in examining the use of hydrogen technology in rail transportation. Coradia iLint hydrogen trains are electric trains with a hydrogen-powered fuel cell for onboard electricity generation.

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Hungary Hydrogen Transportation France

EEA: increase in EU GHG emissions, mostly due to transport, hampers progress towards 2030 targets

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OCTOBER 28, 2018

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions across the European Union rose slightly in 2017, mostly because of the transport sector. emissions increase in 2017 from 2016. This limited increase means that the EU is still expected to achieve its 2020 emissions reduction target, albeit by a narrower margin. We know it can be done.

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Emissions Transportation 2017 2016

UNFI’s Plan To Reduce Emissions: Adopting Zero-Emissions Emerging Transportation Technology

CleanTechnica EVs

MAY 9, 2021

United Natural Foods, Inc (UNFI) has a plan to reduce its greenhouse gas emission footprint in California. The company is adding 53 all-electric transport refrigerated trail units (TRUs) to its fleet at the Riverside distribution center.

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Emissions Transportation Gas-Electric Solar

BMW Group pushes low-emission transport logistics; joins Getting to Zero Coalition

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DECEMBER 3, 2019

Ahead of the United Nations Climate Change Conference (COP 25) in Madrid and as part of the Group’s commitment to further reduce carbon emissions along the entire value chain, the BMW Group has joined the “ Getting to Zero Coalition ”. The objective of this initiative is to use zero-emission cargo vessels from 2030.

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BMW Transportation Emissions Climate Change

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

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MARCH 9, 2022

Global energy-related carbon dioxide emissions rose by 6% in 2021 to 36.3 The rebound of global CO 2 emissions above pre-pandemic levels has largely been driven by China, where they increased by 750 million tonnes between 2019 and 2021. In 2021 alone, China’s CO 2 emissions rose above 11.9 billion tonnes. billion tonnes.

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Emissions Global Coal China

California 2017 GHG inventory shows 1.2% total drop from 2016; transportation sector emissions up 1%

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AUGUST 14, 2019

The California Air Resources Board’s latest state inventory of greenhouse gas emissions shows that California’s GHG emissions continue to decrease. Trends in California GHG Emissions. Changes in emissions by Scoping Plan sector between 2000 and 2017. Overview of GHG Emissions from the Transportation Sector.

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2017 2016 Transportation Emissions

Anaheim Transportation Network receives $5M to further all-electric transit operation; partners with AMPLY Power

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MARCH 1, 2021

The Anaheim Transportation Network (ATN) was awarded a $5-million grant to advance its effort to become California’s first all-electric transit operator. ATN’s public transportation network plays an important role in connection of residents, visitors and employees to numerous regional employment centers.

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Transportation All-Electric Power Powered

Emissions Analytics argues that current Pareto-efficient solution for decarbonization would be hybrids, not BEVs, based on do-no-harm

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MARCH 22, 2023

On this basis, and of Pareto efficiency, Emissions Analytics argues, until battery-electric vehicles can reach certain performance characteristics, government and industry support should switch immediately from EVs to full hybrids to create maximum welfare. The test cycle was made up of five repeats of the EQUA cycle, totalling 741 km.

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Emissions Hybrid Kia Gasoline-Electric

Nevada Governor signs multi-state medium- and heavy-duty ZEV MOU to accelerate transportation electrification in state

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APRIL 1, 2022

Nevada Governor Steve Sisolak signed a memorandum of understanding (MOU) committing Nevada to work collaboratively to advance and accelerate the market for electric medium- and heavy-duty vehicles, including large pickup trucks and vans, delivery trucks, box trucks, school and transit buses, and long-haul delivery trucks (big-rigs).

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Nevada Rhode Island District of Columbia Transportation

California governor proposes additional $6.1B in budget package for decarbonizing transportation in state; total $10B over 6 years

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JANUARY 11, 2022

billion towards zero-emission vehicle (ZEV) acceleration through 2023-24. The Budget proposes targeted investments in disadvantaged and low-income communities, including tribal communities, to increase access to the benefits of clean transportation and more than doubles the money targeted for heavy-duty market acceleration.

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Transportation California Climate Emissions

CSIRO, GHD Advisory report calls for more focus on refueling infrastructure for hydrogen-powered transport in Australia

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AUGUST 21, 2023

A new report released by CSIRO, Australia’s national science agency, and GHD Advisory calls for Australia to focus on the refueling infrastructure to support hydrogen-powered transport—alongside electric vehicles—or risk being left behind its international counterparts. —Dr Hartley

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Australia Hydrogen Transportation Power

ATI FlyZero project finds green liquid hydrogen most viable zero-carbon emission fuel for aircraft

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MARCH 28, 2022

FlyZero is the UK’s Aerospace Technology Institute (ATI) project aiming to realize zero-carbon emission commercial aviation by 2030. Funded by the Department for Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy, the project FlyZero began in early 2021 as an intensive research project investigating zero-carbon emission commercial flight.

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Hydrogen Carbon Emissions Green

AISI releases GHG emissions guidelines for steel

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NOVEMBER 4, 2022

The American Iron and Steel Institute (AISI) has released recommended steel industry greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions calculation guidelines to provide consistent and comprehensive data across the industry on GHG emissions from steel production, with a focus on product-level disclosures and corporate-level reporting.

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Emissions Corporation EPA Gas-Electric

ICCT report quantifies emissions benefits if 12 states & DC adopt slate of California medium- and heavy-duty vehicle regulations

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NOVEMBER 1, 2021

The International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) has released a report it commissioned from Sonoma Technology, Inc. The resulting emission reductions for the California programs vary by calendar year, program Scenario, and state. Full implementation of the Phase 2 GHG Standard from MY2025 (benefits of Phase 2 trailer rule).

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District of Columbia California DC Emissions

Argonne study compares life cycle emissions of battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide from brines and ores

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JULY 14, 2021

The LCA covers material, water, and energy flows associated with lithium acquisition; lithium concentration; production of lithium chemicals, battery cathode powders, and batteries; and associated transportation activities along the supply chain. This study provides crucial insights into the electric mobility value chain. Kelly et al.

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Carbon Emissions Li-ion Batteries

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

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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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2004 2016 Emissions California

Tool to Estimate Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Electric & Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

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JUNE 1, 2021

The Beyond Tailpipe Emissions Calculator provides estimates of total greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions associated with driving an electric vehicle (EV) or plug-in hybrid electric vehicle (PHEV), including emissions from the production of electricity used to power the vehicle.

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Gas-Electric Plug-in Emissions Electric Vehicles

Independent study confirms cost savings & emissions advantages for heavy-duty trucks running ClearFlame’s engine technology

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MAY 1, 2022

The inherently lower soot forming propensity of ethanol compared to diesel fuel would allow ClearFlame to operate the engine closer to stoichiometric conditions, enabling the use of three-way catalyst (TWC) aftertreatment systems to control NO x emissions. per mile, lower than natural gas by $0.09

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Emissions Engine Diesel Miles

EEA: Walking, cycling and public transport in cities remain greener mobility options than electric scooters or car ride-hailing

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FEBRUARY 4, 2020

A new report by the European Environment Agency (EEA) finds that, taken together with public transport, walking and cycling for short city journeys provide the greatest benefits for both human health and the environment in urban areas. A simple example would be a short trip by electric kick scooter.

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Transportation Environment 2018 Cars

Study reveals hybrids could have up to 4.9X lifetime emissions vs BEVs

Teslarati

AUGUST 13, 2024

A study from the International Council of Clean Transportation (ICCT) has revealed something quite interesting. While hybrid vehicles tend to be grouped together with battery electric cars as options for clean, sustainable transportation, they could be up to 4.9 times more GHG emissions for HEV SUVs and 6.7

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Emissions Hybrid PHEV Grid

EPA: US GHG emissions in 2017 down 0.3% from 2016

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FEBRUARY 14, 2019

greenhouse gas emissions were 6,472.3 from 2016, according to the US Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA’s) latest Greenhouse Gas Inventory. The decrease in total greenhouse gas emissions between 2016 and 2017 was driven in part by a decrease in CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. Transportation.

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2017 2016 Emissions EPA

3 East Coast states and DC first to participate in TCI-P cap-and-invest program for transportation

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DECEMBER 22, 2020

The governors of Massachusetts, Connecticut, and Rhode Island, and the mayor of the District of Columbia announced that theirs will be the first jurisdictions to launch a new multi-state program that the principals expect will invest some $300 million per year in cleaner transportation choices.

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Rhode Island District of Columbia Transportation Connecticut

Three coming DOE funding opportunities for sustainable transportation technologies

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MARCH 11, 2021

The US Department of Energy’s (DOE’s) Office of Energy Efficiency and Renewable Energy intends to issue three sustainable transportation technologies funding opportunity announcements (FOAs) in Spring 2021.

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Sustainable Transportation Transportation Economy Hydrogen

Woodside, 6 Japanese partners to conduct feasibility study on lower-emissions ammonia supply chain from Australia to Japan

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SEPTEMBER 18, 2022

Woodside Energy; Japan Oil, Gas and Metals National Corporation (JOGMEC); Marubeni Corporation; Hokuriku Electric Power Company; The Kansai Electric Power Co.; Tohoku Electric Power Co.; and Hokkaido Electric Power Co.

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Japan Australia Supplies Emissions

3.8% drop in EU’s greenhouse gas emissions in 2019; transport emissions rise

EnTech Solutions, Peterbilt, Maki Trucking Partner to transport renewable natural gas with electric truck

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A Small Electric SUV Produces 52% Fewer Life Cycle Greenhouse Gas Emissions than a Comparable Gasoline Vehicle

Germany awarding €600M to transport companies for zero- and low-emission buses

Study suggests China urban passenger transport emissions could peak in 2030

Neste providing companies in Finland a service for monitoring transport fuel emissions

UK researchers report that alcohols in windshield washer fluid are major unreported source of VOCs emissions from cars, including EVs

DNV forecasts oil demand in transport sector to halve by 2050

Rhodium Group estimates US GHG emissions rose 1.3% in 2022

Study finds GHG emissions from corn ethanol now 46% lower than gasoline

Volkswagen Group continues switch to low-emission logistics with order for four more LNG ships

Carbon emissions from generating electricity for electric vehicles vary greatly across the individual US states

JRC report assesses R&I in low-emission alternative energy for transport (ALT) in Europe; €2.3B spent from 2007-2020

FHWA proposes rulemaking for states and municipalities to track and reduce GHG emissions

IEA: global carbon dioxide emissions have rebounded strongly

New liquid hydrogen carrier would transport green H2 from Scotland to Germany

DOE: Life cycle GHG emissions for 2020 electric small SUV were half those of a conventional gasoline small SUV

UN Sustainable Transport Conference calls for accelerated action to achieve net-zero emissions

EEA: small increase in EU’s total greenhouse gas emissions in 2017, with transport emissions up for the fourth consecutive year

CARB approves 2022 Scoping Plan; aggressive targets for reductions in petroleum use, air pollution and greeenhouse gas emissions

Alstom and MOL to explore use of hydrogen technologies for rail transport in Hungary

EEA: increase in EU GHG emissions, mostly due to transport, hampers progress towards 2030 targets

UNFI’s Plan To Reduce Emissions: Adopting Zero-Emissions Emerging Transportation Technology

BMW Group pushes low-emission transport logistics; joins Getting to Zero Coalition

IEA: global CO2 emissions rebounded to their highest level in history in 2021; largely driven by China

California 2017 GHG inventory shows 1.2% total drop from 2016; transportation sector emissions up 1%

Anaheim Transportation Network receives $5M to further all-electric transit operation; partners with AMPLY Power

Emissions Analytics argues that current Pareto-efficient solution for decarbonization would be hybrids, not BEVs, based on do-no-harm

Nevada Governor signs multi-state medium- and heavy-duty ZEV MOU to accelerate transportation electrification in state

California governor proposes additional $6.1B in budget package for decarbonizing transportation in state; total $10B over 6 years

CSIRO, GHD Advisory report calls for more focus on refueling infrastructure for hydrogen-powered transport in Australia

ATI FlyZero project finds green liquid hydrogen most viable zero-carbon emission fuel for aircraft

AISI releases GHG emissions guidelines for steel

ICCT report quantifies emissions benefits if 12 states & DC adopt slate of California medium- and heavy-duty vehicle regulations

Argonne study compares life cycle emissions of battery-grade lithium carbonate and lithium hydroxide from brines and ores

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

Tool to Estimate Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Electric & Plug-in Hybrid Electric Vehicles

Independent study confirms cost savings & emissions advantages for heavy-duty trucks running ClearFlame’s engine technology

EEA: Walking, cycling and public transport in cities remain greener mobility options than electric scooters or car ride-hailing

Study reveals hybrids could have up to 4.9X lifetime emissions vs BEVs

EPA: US GHG emissions in 2017 down 0.3% from 2016

3 East Coast states and DC first to participate in TCI-P cap-and-invest program for transportation

Three coming DOE funding opportunities for sustainable transportation technologies

Woodside, 6 Japanese partners to conduct feasibility study on lower-emissions ammonia supply chain from Australia to Japan

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