Cost Estimate : H.R. 3246 Advanced Vehicle Technology Act of 2009

Congressional Budget Office
http://www.cbo.gov/ftpdocs/105xx/doc10535/hr3246.pdf
[From report] H.R. 3246 would authorize appropriations totalling $2.85 billion over the 2010-2014 period for the Department of Energy (DOE) to support research activities to reduce the use of vehicle fuels that generate high emissions. Assuming appropriation of the authorized amounts, CBO estimates that implementing the legislation would cost $2.43 billion over the [...]

Securing America’s Future : Enhancing Our National Security by Reducing Oil Dependence and Environmental Damage

Center for American Progress / by Christopher Beddor, Winny Chen, Rudy deLeon, Shiyong Park, Daniel J. Weiss
http://www.americanprogress.org/issues/2009/08/securing_future.html
[Website]  The United States has an historic opportunity to enhance its national security by reducing its dependence on oil. Policies to accomplish this goal, including more efficient fuel economy standards, investments in hybrid and electric vehicles, development of natural [...]

Green Drivers or Free Riders? An Analysis of Tax Rebates for Hybrid Vehicles

Sauder School of Business, University of British Columbia / by Ambarish Chandra, Sumeet Gulati, and Milind Kandlikar
http://www.publicaffairs.ubc.ca/media/releases/2009/mr-09-095.html?src=rss
[From press release]  Despite major costs to taxpayers in the U.S. and Canada, government programs that offer rebates to hybrid vehicle buyers are failing to produce environmental benefits, a new UBC study says.
The study finds that hybrid sales have [...]

U.S.-China Memorandum of Understanding to Enhance Cooperation on Climate Change, Energy and the Environment

US Dept. of State
http://www.state.gov/documents/organization/126802.pdf
This Memorandum of Understanding between the U.S. and China provides for both countries to pursue areas of cooperation where joint expertise, resources, research capacity and combined market size can accelerate progress towards mutual goals. These include, but are not limited to:
1) Energy conservation and energy efficiency
2) Renewable energy
3) Cleaner uses of coal, [...]

Federal Energy and Fleet Management : Plug-in Vehicles Offer Potential Benefits, but High Costs and Limited Information Could Hinder Integration into the Federal Fleet

General Accountability Office
http://www.gao.gov/new.items/d09493.pdf
[Summary] The U.S. transportation sector relies almost exclusively on oil; as a result, it causes about a third of the nation’s greenhouse gas emissions. Advanced technology vehicles powered by alternative fuels, such as electricity and ethanol, are one way to reduce oil consumption. The federal government set a goal for federal agencies [...]

Biofuels and Certification

Belfer Center, Kennedy School, Harvard Univ. / by Henry Lee and Charan Devereaux
http://belfercenter.ksg.harvard.edu/publication/19188/biofuels_and_certification.html
[Abstract]  Liquid biofuels can provide a substitute for fossil fuels in the transportation sector. Many countries have mandated the use of biofuels, by creating targets for their use. If not implemented with care, however, actions that increase biofuel production can put upward pressure [...]

80in50 Scenarios for Deep Reductions in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from California Transportation : Meeting an 80% Reduction Goal in 2050

Institute of Transportation Studies, UC Davis (in press at Transportation Research Part D as “”Meeting an 80%  Reduction in Greenhouse Gas Emissions from Transportation by 2050: A Case Study in California” doi:10.1016/j.trd.2008.11.010)/ Researchers: Christopher Yang, David McCollum, Ryan McCarthy, Wayne Leighty
http://steps.ucdavis.edu/research/Thread_6/80in50
[Abstract] In his Executive Order S-3-05, California Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger highlighted the potential impacts of [...]

Reducing Greenhouse Gas Emissions for Climate Stabilization : Framing Regional Options

Environmental Science and Technology (Web Publication Date: February 9, 2009, doi: 10.1021/es801171a) / by Laura Schmitt Olabisi, Peter B. Reich, Kris A. Johnson, Anne R. Kapuscinski, Sangwon Suh and Elizabeth J. Wilson
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es801171a
Free  access article
[Abstract] The Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) has stated that stabilizing atmospheric CO2 concentrations will require reduction of global greenhouse gas [...]

Mobile Source CO2 Mitigation through Smart Growth Development and Vehicle Fleet Hybridization

Environmental Science and Technilogy (online Feb. 11, 2009, doi:10.1021/es8021655) / by Brian Stone, Jr., Adam C. Mednick, Tracey Holloway and Scott N. Spak
http://pubs.acs.org/doi/abs/10.1021/es8021655
Open access article
A Georgia Tech City and Regional Planning study on climate change concludes that “smart growth” combined with the use of hybrid vehicle technology could reduce cities’ carbon dioxide (CO2) emissions significantly [...]

Light-Duty Diesel Vehicles : Efficiency and Emissions Attributes and Market Issues

US DOE, EIA
http://www.eia.doe.gov/oiaf/servicerpt/lightduty/index.html
This report responds to a request from Senator Jeff Sessions for an analysis of the environmental and energy efficiency attributes of light-duty diesel vehicles.  Specifically, the inquiry asked for a comparison of the characteristics of diesel-fueled vehicles with those of similar gasoline-fueled, E85-fueled, and hybrid vehicles,  as well as a discussion of any [...]