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UK EPSRC awards almost $10M to two low-carbon vehicle technology projects; energy storage, engines and fuels
2014-09-11 11:30:39| Green Car Congress
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California low-carbon rule survives big legal challenge
2014-06-30 20:14:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Sacramento Bee: California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard, one of the centerpieces of the state's fight against global warming, survived a significant legal challenge Monday when the U.S. Supreme Court declined to hear a lawsuit brought by oil-industry and out-of-state farm groups. The court let stand a 2013 decision by the 9th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals upholding the state's low-carbon fuel standard. But opponents of the law said there will be more litigation against the standard under different legal theories....
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California ARB approves funding plan for low-carbon, zero-emission vehicles; improves car scrap program
2014-06-27 12:31:06| Green Car Congress
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United Kingdom: Report highlights importance and future of low-carbon biofuel industry
2014-06-20 07:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The Low Carbon Vehicle Partnership (LowCVP) has published a report assessing how best the government can achieve the UKs 2020 renewable transport target. It has been hailed as an important step forward for the sustainable fuel industry. The two-part report, published earlier this week, looks at options and recommendations to meet the EUs Renewable Energy Directive. The authors suggest that the biggest contribution will come from combining ordinary transport fuel with sustainable biofuel....
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Fossil fuel subsidies preventing transition low-carbon economy
2014-05-01 16:29:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Blue and Green: The massive subsidies given to the production and consumption of fossil fuels must be curbed if the world is to complete a transition to a low-carbon economy, UN experts have warned. Speaking at an event co-organised by the UN Environment Programme (UNEP) in Nairobi on Wednesday, experts claimed that the support given to oil, gas and coal was contributing to fiscal instability and undermining efforts to prevent climate change. The subsidies given to renewable energy have proved controversial...
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