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| 2010-01-23 | |
| America’s current fleet of gasoline-powered cars and trucks leaves us dependent on oil, contributes to air pollution problems that threaten our health, and produces large amounts of global warming pollution. “Plug-in” cars are emerging as an effective way to lower global warming emissions, oil use, and smog. A plug-in car is one that can be recharged from the electric grid. Plug-in cars come in two types: plug-in hybrids that are paired with small gasoline engines, and fully electric vehicles that consume no gasoline at all. | |
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| 2009-09-22 | |
| Transportation is responsible for more than two-thirds of our nation’s oil consumption and nearly a third of our carbon dioxide emissions. To make us more energy independent and reduce pollution, we need to build a transportation system that uses less oil, takes advantage of alternative fuels, and shifts as much of our travel as possible from transportation modes that consume a lot of energy to those that consume less. | |
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| 2006-02-26 | |
| Shrinking glaciers, rising global temperatures, increasingly severe storms, and alarming scientific predictions have led to increasing public concern about the impacts of global warming on the environment, health and the economy. But while the Bush administration and federal policy-makers continue to resist efforts to reduce global warming pollution, Oregon and other states are taking dramatic, effective actions to address the threat – including the adoption of the Clean Cars Program, which sets limits on global warming pollution from cars, light trucks and SUVs. | |
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| 2006-02-12 | |
| Southern Oregon’s roads are seeing more traffic every year. Between 1991 and 2003, the number of vehicle-miles traveled on Southern Oregon’s roads increased nearly 14%. In Josephine County, traffic increased nearly 24%. Unfortunately, more cars on the roads also means more global warming pollution that threatens precious Oregon resources. Scientists have already measured a 50% decline in snowpack in the Cascades and if no action is taken, global warming pollution from cars and trucks will be 30% higher than 1990 levels by 2020. More cars also means more air pollution, bad news for the Rogue Valley and its long-running struggle with air quality problems. More cars also means more money spent at the pump and more dependence on foreign oil. | |
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| 2005-11-05 | |
| Despite tighter federal air pollution limits for automobiles over the last three decades, Oregon's fleet of automobiles produces more global warming pollution than ever before, and toxic air pollution continues to threaten Oregonians' health. Increasing the use of advanced technologies and advanced technology vehicles would drastically cut Oregon’s global warming pollution and help alleviate both toxic and smog-forming air pollution, while enhancing Oregon’s energy security and boosting the state’s economy. | |
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| 2005-10-06 | |
| Oregon has options available now to significantly limit its contribution to global warming from cars and light trucks. This report examines the impacts of global warming on Oregon, the contribution of cars and light trucks to global warming, the projected growth in pollution from cars and light trucks, the global warming pollution reductions that can be achieved by adopting the Clean Cars program, and other steps needed to curb global warming pollution from cars and trucks. | |
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