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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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Toyota established the annual program in 2000 in commemoration of Toyota’s receipt of the Global 500 Award in 1999 from the United Nations Environment Programme (UNEP); this year marks the program’s 18 th year. This year’s theme will be “Biodiversity Conservation” or “Climate Change”. Climate Change. WWF Hungary.

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QUANTIFY Study Finds GHG Emissions from Global Transport Could Double Their Net Contribution to Warming by 2100

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The researchers first calculated the historic contributions from transport, concluding that transport in total has contributed 9% of total net man-made warming in the year 2000. By sector, they found that road transport is the largest contributor—11% of the warming in 2000 is due to this sector. Aviation contributed 4% and rail 1%.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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TERM reports have been published since 2000. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Market Background Policy. Transport at a crossroads. TERM 2008: indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union. ( EEA Report No 3/2009 ).

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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. operations are small - about 20 people work in a sales and marketing outpost in Elk Grove Village, Ill.,

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