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GreenX, ICE Launch Calif. Carbon Futures

August 29, 2011August 30, 2011 by Leon Walker

Exchange firms GreenX and IntercontinentalExchanges have today launched futures contracts tied to the California carbon market. ICE announced that the first trade of the California Carbon Allowance forward contract took place this morning. The transaction was for 100 contracts between NRG Power Marketing LLC and Shell Energy North America (US) ... Read more »

Green Fleet Briefing: Yahoo!, Enterprise, USC, Utility Trailer, Lux

August 18, 2011 by Leon Walker

Enterprise Rent-A-Car is adding a Toyota Prius Plug-In hybrid demonstration vehicle to the WeCar auto sharing program at Yahoo!’s Sunnyvale, Calif., campus. Toyota is delivering more than 160 Prius PHVs across the United States as part of a demonstration program aimed at gathering real-world driving data and informing the public ... Read more »

Calif. Cap-and-Trade Work Gets Go-Ahead

June 27, 2011June 27, 2011 by Leon Walker

The State of California can push ahead with plans to implement a carbon cap-and-trade system, a state appellate court has ruled, according to Reuters. The decision puts regulators on course to launch the market on schedule in January 2012. California state law requires that greenhouse gas producers reduce emissions to ... Read more »

Fleet Briefing: Ford, CNG Taxis, Coke, Renault-Nissan

June 23, 2011April 23, 2013 by Leon Walker

Rather than fight for a share of a possibly resurgent minivan market, Ford Motor Company has scrapped plans to launch a minivan, and instead plans to focus on positioning its first hybrid-only model — the 5-passenger C-Max hatchback — against the Toyota Prius and the Chevrolet Volt, The New York ... Read more »

EPA Upholds Stringent Calif. Rules on Dry Cleaners

March 9, 2011March 9, 2011 by Leon Walker

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has upheld California regulations banning the future use of the air contaminant perchloroethylene by the state’s dry cleaners. California’s Airborne Toxic Control Measure brings a total ban on dry cleaning machines that use perchloroethylene, a possible human carcinogen, by January 1, 2023. The California Air ... Read more »

Fleet Roundup: Fuel Standards, TVA, Mazda, Chevy, Nissan, McCain’s ‘Joke’

January 25, 2011October 18, 2016 by Tamar Wilner

Here’s a round-up of the latest environmental fleet news. California has pushed back the launch date for its new fuel economy and greenhouse gas (GHG) standards from March to the autumn. Both California and federal U.S. standards will now debut by September 1, 2011. The U.S. Department of Transportation (DOT) ... Read more »

Dissecting California’s Cap-and-Trade Plan: What’s your Free Piece of the Carbon Pie?

December 13, 2010October 18, 2016 by Jon Costantino

It sounds like an old regulatory joke: Professional #1: “If the 8th largest economy in the world put a price on carbon and started a Cap and Trade Program, how many free allowances would you get?” Professional #2: “I don’t know. How many free allowances would I get?” But California ... Read more »

California Overestimates Pollution Levels by 340%

October 11, 2010October 18, 2016 by Gina Roos

California has overestimated pollution levels by 340 percent in a scientific analysis used to determine the state’s clean-air standards, reports the San Francisco Chronicle. The results come after the California Air Resources Board (CARB) announced in April that it may have overestimated the amount of diesel emissions from backhoes tractors, ... Read more »

California May Delay Diesel Rules

April 26, 2010 by Gina Roos

The California Air Resources Board (CARB) may delay its diesel pollution rules as a way to help construction and trucking industries that have been hurt by the recession, reports The Press-Enterprise. The decision comes after a discussion by the board that it may have overestimated the amount of diesel emissions ... Read more »

CARB Offers $3.7M in Rebates for Zero-Emission, Hybrid Trucks

March 19, 2010 by Paul Nastu

The California Air Resources Board is offering up to $3.7 million in rebates for commercial medium- and heavy-duty trucks that are zero-emission or plug-in hybrid. The program means that CARB will subsidize up to $20,000 toward the purchase of such vehicles, reports TruckingInfo. The program, which is first-come, first-serve, also ... Read more »

California Air Board, Port Truckers Strike Deal on Diesel Emissions Rules

January 7, 2010 by Gina Roos

Averting a possible shutdown, the California Air Resources Board (CARB) and Port of Oakland truckers agreed to a last-minute deal that included additional funding to help the truckers comply with stricter requirements on diesel emissions that officially took effect on Jan. 1 and a deadline extension that allow hundreds of ... Read more »

CARB Member Calls for Diesel Rule Review in ‘California’s Climategate’

December 4, 2009December 4, 2009 by Gina Roos

A member of the California Air Resources Board (CARB) is calling for a review by independent researchers of the new diesel emissions rules for trucks and buses after learning that a researcher whose work contributed to the pollution standards in December 2008 falsified his credentials, reports the Mercury News. One ... Read more »

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