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Consumer Impacts of California’s Low-Carbon Transportation Policies

Tuesday, April 19th, 2016

CONSUMERS UNION
California is a global leader in developing and implementing clean transportation policies. The State’s regulatory approach is multifold, using various policy instruments to improve the efficiency of vehicles, reduce the carbon intensity of fuels, and increase options for mobility. These policies are a mix of market-based approaches, direct regulation approaches, and planning opportunities. These policies will have impacts on the pricing of consumer goods such as automobiles and fuels– both of which represent a significant share of consumer expenditures.

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Tags: CA, California, Carbon, Consumer Reports, Consumers Union, Emissions
Posted in Clean Air, Climate Change, Environment, Infra Views, Local, Policy, Pollution, Sustainability

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We Have the Power: 100% Renewable Energy for a Clean, Thriving America

Tuesday, April 12th, 2016

Figure ES-1: Comparison of Renewable Energy Technical Potential and Current Consumption (Data: NREL)

ENVIRONMENT AMERICA
Our transition to a clean energy system has already begun. But, with the need to reduce the pollution that causes global warming growing more urgent every day, we need to step up the pace. To maximize the benefits of moving to 100 percent renewable energy, leaders at all levels must act to accelerate our progress. America’s energy policy should facilitate mass deployment of clean energy solutions, support research and development of new clean energy technologies, and keep much of our coal, oil and gas reserves in the ground.

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Tags: 100% Renewables, Environment America, Renewable Energy, Solar Energy, Wind Energy
Posted in Clean Air, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Infra Views, National, Policy, Sustainability, Technology

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Key Wind Energy Accomplishments

Tuesday, March 29th, 2016

UNITED STATES DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY
The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Wind Program is committed to helping the nation secure cost-competitive sources of renewable energy through the development and deployment of innovative wind power technologies. By investing in improvements to wind plant design, technology development, and operation as well as developing tools to identify the highest quality wind resources, the Wind Program serves as a leader in making wind energy technologies more competitive with traditional sources of energy and a larger part of our nation’s renewable energy portfolio.

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Tags: National Laboratory, U.S. DOE, United States Department of Energy, Wind Energy, Wind Power
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UCLA State of the Commute

Thursday, March 24th, 2016

UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, LOS ANGELES
University commuters used alternative transportation modes at a rate far higher than Los Angeles County commuters as a whole, a pattern that held true for all major modes. More than 15% of UCLA employees and more than 39% of students were pedestrians or bicycle commuters, options exercised by less than 4% of LA County commuters. Thirteen percent of UCLA employees and more than 25% of students commuted by public transit, compared to only 7% for all of LA County. Finally, more than 14% of UCLA employees commuted by carpool or vanpool, while 10% of LA County commuters used one of these modes.

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Tags: CA, California, LA, Los Angeles, UCLA, University of California Los Angeles
Posted in Buses, Clean Air, Congestion, Infra Views, Local, Public Opinion, Public Transportation, Transit

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Worldwide Lessons: What NYC Can Learn From 5 Peer Cities

Friday, March 11th, 2016

Fig. 1 Change in Building Emissions per Capita

URBAN GREEN COUNCIL Introduction Frankfurt and other German cities are renowned for their commitment to quality construction and engineering. London is filled with historic and diverse buildings. Singapore is famous for its direct regulation of behavior. Sydney and the rest of Australia attempted to put a price on carbon. San Francisco is a legislative testing […]

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Tags: New York City, San Francisco, U.S. Green Building Council, UGC, Urban Green Council, USGBC
Posted in Carbon Tax, Clean Air, Climate Change, Energy, Environment, Global, Infra Views, Policy, Urban Planning

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Fossil Fuel Subsidy Reform: From Rhetoric to Reality

Tuesday, December 1st, 2015

Value chain of production and consumption of fossil fuels (oil, gas and coal)

THE NEW CLIMATE ECONOMY
Despite this mounting evidence of the costs of fossil fuel subsidies, and the potential virtuous cycles that could result from their removal, governments are often reticent to undertake reform. Researchers have identified several specific reasons for the persistence of subsidies. Some of these are explicit, such as a lack of information, while others are implicit, driven by special interests.

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Tags: Fossil Fuels, The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, The New Climate Economy
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A Global High Shift Cycling Scenario

Monday, November 16th, 2015

Bike Share Users on São Paulo’s New Bicycle Infrastructure. With these policies, governments will be able to quickly increase the amount of cycling, walking, and public transport use and achieve the benefits of an HSC scenario.

INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT POLICY
UNIVERSITY OF CALIFORNIA, DAVIS
Cycling plays a major role in personal mobility around the world, but it could play a much bigger role. Given the convenience, health benefits, and affordability of bicycles, they could provide a far greater proportion of urban passenger transportation, helping reduce energy use and CO2 emissions worldwide. This report presents a new look at the future of cycling for urban transportation (rather than recreation), and the potential contribution it could make to mobility as well as sustainability.

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Tags: Bicycle Product Suppliers Association, BPSA, ECF, European Cyclists’ Federation, INSTITUTE FOR TRANSPORTATION & DEVELOPMENT POLICY, ITDP, UCI, Union Cycliste Internationale, University of California Davis
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Market Impacts of the Clean Power Plan

Thursday, November 12th, 2015

Clean Power Plan Emissions Rate Goals: Projection of needed progress from 2020‐2030 (Source: EPA and SNL data)

BLACK & VEATCH Introduction On August 3, 2015, President Obama announced the Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) final Clean Power Plan (CPP) rule for reducing carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions from existing fossil fuel electric generating units (EGUs). The final rule establishes CO2 emission performance rates based upon the EPA’s determination of the best system of emission […]

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Tags: Black & Veatch, Black & Veatch Insights Group, Clean Power Plan, CPP, Emissions, Environmental Protection Agency, EPA, GHG
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New Technologies and Strategies to Cut Down Emissions

Wednesday, November 11th, 2015

Figure 2. Share of Ride-Sharable Trips Relative to Total Trips by Scenario

MINETA TRANSPORTATION INSTITUTE Executive Summary It is widely recognized that new vehicle and fuel technology is necessary, but not sufficient, to meet deep greenhouse gas (GHG) reductions goals for both the U.S. and the state of California. Demand management strategies (such as land use, transit, and auto pricing) are also needed to reduce passenger vehicle […]

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Tags: Carma, Emissions, GHG, Lyft Line, Mineta Transportation Institute, Rideshare, Ridesharing, San Francisco, UberPool, VMT, Zimride
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