Cleaner trucks with natural gas
To avoid another oil spill disaster like BP’s in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama has called for jump-starting a “clean energy industry” to produce wind turbines, solar panels and energy-efficient windows…
Yet these measures don’t address the most significant cause of U.S. oil addiction: 254 million cars, buses and trucks that consume 66 percent [...]
EPA and NHTSA Issue Proposed GHG and Fuel Economy Standards for Heavy-Duty Trucks
The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and the National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) issued a joint proposed rule that would establish coordinated greenhouse gas (GHG) and fuel economy standards for heavy-duty trucks produced in model years 2014 through 2018. The standards would cover CO2, N2O, CH4, and air conditioning-related HFC emissions from tractor-trailers, “vocational [...]
Iranian CNG Program at Crossroads
Iran’s 3rd annual NGV Conference and Exhibition, held in Tehran last month, has demonstrated considerable change in circumstances since their 2nd conference in June of last year. Iran now has more than 2 million natural gas vehicles (NGVs) on their roads, serviced by 1474 CNG fuelling stations. This makes them the second largest users of [...]
China’s Emissions Won’t Peak Before Per Capita GDP Reaches US$40,000: Xie Zhenhua
China’s emissions peak is unlikely to come before the nation’s GDP per capita surpasses US$40,000, a high-ranking government official told reporters on the sidelines of the ongoing United Nations climate change talks in Tianjin this week.
Xie Zhenhua, China’s top climate change official and vice minister of the National Development and Reform Commission, noted that some [...]
BALLAST NEDAM’S SUBSIDIARY CNG NET OPENS 50TH PUBLIC CNG FILLING STATION IN THE NETHERLANDS
Official Press Release text by NGVA Europe member Ballast Nedam
The fiftieth public CNG filling station of the Netherlands has become a reality with the opening of the CNG Net station in Harderwijk. This unique milestone has been achieved in a period when contributing towards a cleaner environment while achieving an appealing financial advantage is more [...]
New MIT Report Calls On U.S. To Maximize Value Of Substantial U.S. Natural Gas Resources
New MIT Report Calls On U.S. To Maximize Value Of Substantial U.S. Natural Gas Resources By Using More Gas For Electricity Generation and Transportation — Large National Security and Environmental Benefits Seen From Fuel Shift
On June 25, 2010, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology (MIT) Energy Initiative capped a two year study on the role of [...]
Energy Efficiency and Climate Change News: 25 August 2010 – 31 August 2010
Merkel: Nuclear plants could run up to 2035
(EurActiv, 30 August 2010)
German chancellor Angela Merkel said earlier this week that Germany’s nuclear power plants could reasonably be extended 10-15 years past their scheduled shut down date of 2021. Economy Minister Rainer Bruederle also supports running plants 12 years beyond the scheduled shutdown date. Chancellor Merkel [...]
CNGVA Launches New Website
A completely redesigned Canadian Natural Gas Vehicle Alliance (CNGVA) website has been launched with a much improved design and better layout of key messages and industry information. The NGV industry in Canada is showing considerable promise at the moment, with CNGVA and other stakeholders engaged heavily with Federal and State governments to create a favorable [...]
Record number of CarbonNeutral® companies make The Sunday Times 60 Best Green Companies 2010
A record number of companies working to reduce carbon emissions with The CarbonNeutral Company have been named as part of this year’s The Sunday Times 60 Best Green Companies list.
Hammerson, the National Magazine Company, PricewaterhouseCoopers, BBC Worldwide, SJ Berwin LLP and Olswang LLP, were all ranked highly for their commitment to measure and reduce their [...]
UPS carbon neutral Offset the Climate Impact of Your Shipping
Here’s a way your business can reduce its climate impact while demonstrating your commitment to sustainability. For a small per package fee, you can use UPS carbon neutral to easily offset the carbon dioxide emissions generated by the transportation of your shipment. You ship as you would normally, and the climate impact is offset for [...]