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Learnings from the National Working Waterfronts Networks Conference

Ocean Conservancy

Preparing the workforce for decarbonization is just as crucial as deploying zero-emission technologies. Collaboration among industry, government and educational institutions should also be used to create comprehensive training programs that align with emerging port technologies and regulatory requirements.

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What’s Happening with California’s Gasoline Supply?

Union of Concerned Scientists

These unexpected closures add urgency to the process of planning for an orderly transition from gasoline to renewable electricity as California’s primary transportation fuel. Evaluate and adjust incentive programs based on changing conditions in the electric vehicle market. NOx VOCs PM2.5

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Ask a Scientist: What’s the Future for Trucks?

Union of Concerned Scientists

In a new report , Sam Wilson , a senior analyst at UCS, tracks the dramatic growth of electric trucks and buses and the big benefits to be gained from electrification. These vehicles make up just over 1 in 10 of the vehicles on our roads but emit around half of the fine particulate and nitrogen oxide pollution among on-road vehicles.

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Nearly Half of US Breathes Unhealthy Levels of Pollution—Cars and Trucks Largely to Blame

Union of Concerned Scientists

referred to as secondary emissions – is formed in the atmosphere from precursor pollutants that also originate from the combustion in fossil-fuel powered engines, such as nitrogen oxides (NO x ), sulfur dioxide (SO 2 ) and volatile organic compounds (VOCs). But beyond this primary formation of PM 2.5 , even more PM 2.5

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What the Auto Industry Isn’t Telling You About California’s Clean Vehicle Rules

Union of Concerned Scientists

The range in the requirement is because the ZEV regulation has significant flexibility built into the sales requirements: automakers can use past credits for compliance, participate in early action and pooling provisions, and use plug-in hybrids to reduce the number of fully electric vehicles required. Data from Atlas Public Policy.

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Railroads Are Running Dirty Diesel Trains Through Communities and No One Is Doing Anything About It

Union of Concerned Scientists

Combined with PSR, which pushes for a reduction in rolling stock, new locomotive sales have plummeted to nearly zero annually, which means older locomotives are being rebuilt with older pollution control technologies instead of replaced with Tier 4 emissions controls that are required on new locomotives.

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Rolling Back Vehicle Standards is Bad for Drivers, the Auto Industry, and Anything that Breathes

Union of Concerned Scientists

In other words, if a regulation mentions electric vehicles, its probably on the target list. The executive order also attacks clean vehicle incentives and federal support for electric vehicle charging stations, important complementary policies helping families around the nation make the switch to cleaner vehicles. Whats at stake?