All posts tagged: emissions

Canada set to mandate zero emissions for all new cars by 2035: Report

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Canada will announce next week that all new cars will have to be zero emissions by 2035, the Toronto Star reported on Sunday, as Ottawa is set to unveil new regulations in the latest example of countries around the world pushing for electrification. Zero-emission vehicles – which include battery electric, plug-in and hydrogen models – must represent 20% of all new car sales in 2026, 60% in 2030 and 100% in 2035.(AP) New rules, known as the Electric Vehicle Availability Standard, will also shorten the wait times to get an electric vehicle (EV), a senior government official was cited as saying by the publication. Stay tuned with breaking news on HT Channel on Facebook. Join Now Zero-emission vehicles – which include battery electric, plug-in and hydrogen models – must represent 20% of all new car sales in 2026, 60% in 2030 and 100% in 2035, the Toronto Star cited the official as saying. Officials at Canada’s environment ministry were not immediately available for comment. (Reporting by Costas Pitas and Allision Lampert; Editing by Sandra Maler) …

India to reducing dependency on fossil fuels, bring down emissions by 45 pc

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India is expanding its renewable energy capacity at a hectic pace of 50 GW a year, which is among the fastest in the world and aims to achieve a 45 per cent cut in emissions by 2030, which will exceed the target of 43 per cent fixed at the COP28 summit in Dubai. Minister for Power and Renewable Energy RK Singh is confident that the country will be ahead of the curve. “COP28 has just concluded and one of the important points discussed was that emissions intensity should be reduced by 43 per cent by 2030. This is the main point because emissions are the main reason for global warming,” he said in comments to the media. “We had pledged in Glasgow that we will have 50 per cent of our established capacity coming from non-fossil-fuels by 2030, we are confident that we will able to achieve 65 per cent. We will also achieve way beyond our target of reducing our emission intensity by 45 per cent by 2030,” the minister had said earlier. The …

GCC to promote civic projects that reduce emissions for generating carbon credit

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Full analysis: Consultants hired by the Corporation will verify and monitor carbon credit generation from eligible projects. File The Greater Chennai Corporation is all set to launch the trading of carbon credits, focusing on seven key civic projects in the city. LED street lighting, solar panels, bio-methanation, electric vehicles, mangroves, Miyawaki forests and green buildings will be taken up as the projects in the first phase of this scheme. A comprehensive study will be done by February, said a Corporation official.  Following initiatives taken by the State government, Greater Chennai Corporation Commissioner Gagandeep Singh Bedi has ordered civic officials to take steps to increase the fleet of battery-operated vehicles and other projects to reduce the civic body’s carbon footprint. More land for development of infrastructure for recharging of battery-operated vehicles and projects that reduce emissions are expected to be earmarked in the 15 zones of the city, the officials said. “The Corporation has been slowly but steadily weeding out manual tricycles and mini trucks and tippers, replacing them with battery-operated vehicles. This has reduced the pressure on diesel-operated trucks, increasing the …