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Project: cleaner transportation and alternate fuels
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Summary:
Gasoline and diesel transportation fuels represent a major share of America's most pernicious air pollution, water borne toxins, and climate emissions. While we presently have better technological choices for cleaner electricity production than transportation fuels, there is still significant progress available from on-the-shelf technologies for more efficient vehicles and alternate fuels. Working with the Energy Foundation and the Goldman Fund we have been working to clean up CO2 from cars and trucks, smarter transportation and development planning, and the development of an alternate fuel distribution infrastructure as near-term means to reduce the impacts of fossil fueled transportation. |
NEWS FLASH: US DISTRICT COURT IN FRESNO UPHOLDS CALIFORNIA'S CO2 REGULATION OF VEHICLE EMISSIONS. SEE BLOG ENTRY DEC 12 HERE. |
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Recent Developments:
As the California Energy Commission was completing the state's Alternative Fuels Plan (aka the AB1007 Report) over the last two months, the Air Resources Board held its first public workshops and working group meetings to initiate the development of the California's Low Carbon Fuel Standard (LCFS). John Shears continued to engage with the Energy Commission Staff in providing guidance on behalf of CEERT as the CEC was finalizing the AB1007 report. He will be participating in the four working groups established by the ARB to help develop the regulations required to implement the LCFS. As an Early Action Measure under AB32, the LCFS represents what will become a growing nexus between transportation energy and electrical power generation in the state. Modeling conducted to develop projections of the carbon footprint of future light duty transportation using electrical power (namely for Plug-in Hybrid Electric and Battery Electric Vehicles) by TIAX for the AB1007 Report and by the University of California for their report to the ARB on the LCFS, employed assumptions that California's future power mix would follow the RPS targets. Indeed the University of California appeared to be advocating for state agencies to ensure RPS compliance.
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Important Dates:
The Economic and Technology Advancement Advisory Committee (ETAAC) is due to release the First Public Draft of its report for the ARB on November 14th. John Shears has begun engaging with the ETAAC regarding its work on transportation issues. Both Rachel McMahon and John Shears have also been monitoring the ETAAC's discussion about the establishment of a carbon market in California. |
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