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

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Between 1995 and 2006 car ownership levels in the EU-27 increased by 22% (equivalent to 52 million cars, equivalent to the entire fleet of the UK and Spain combined), and passenger car use increased by 18%. We know the technology exists to tackle impacts of the transport sector on Europe’s environment. Transport at a crossroads.

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First fleet of 100 Mercedes-Benz Vito E-Cell electric vans covers 650,000 km in customer use; more model variants planned

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The German Federal Ministry for the Environment and Nature Conservation is lending its support to the Electrification of Mercedes-Benz Small Vans in Development and Production project (EMKEP) in Berlin. In 2011, Mercedes-Benz manufactured some 400 Vito E-CELL vans in its Vitoria plant in the Basque region in Spain.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The last official UNFCCC meeting prior to the 15 th Congress ended 6 November in Barcelona, and environment ministers have been shuttling in and out of Copenhagen since then to conduct ad hoc negotiations prior to the summit. ” —British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, summing up the historical significance of COP 15. ºF) increase.

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Emissions of Air Pollutants down in EU-27

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The European Community’s air pollutant emission inventory report released by the European Environment Agency finds that in 2007, sulphur oxides (SO x ) emissions were down by 72 % from 1990 levels. France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom contributed the most to EU-27 emissions in 2007.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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When I got back from Japan in 2000 I didn’t want to start a computer business. In 2000 there couldn’t have been too many old timers in the solar industry. We’re behind Spain! IT’S NOT ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT, IT’S ABOUT SPINNING THINGS FAST. The environment? BRADLEY’S BACKGROUND IN SOLAR. Are you kidding me?

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New Ford Mondeo to offer new high-power diesel, 1L EcoBoost, hybrid model, pedestrian detection technology

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liter TDCi engine will in 2015 offer 210 PS (154 kW) and 450 N·m of torque—delivered from 2000 rpm—with significantly reduced CO 2 compared to the outgoing 200 PS (147 kW) 2.2-liter Engine range. A powerful new twin sequential turbocharged 2.0-liter liter TDCi engine.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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Globally, a majority of those surveyed say that AVs will be easier, more comfortable safer, more relaxing, more economical, more enjoyable, and friendlier to the environment. percentage points for the N=2000 survey, 19 times out of 20, had all citizens been polled. Fewer think AVs will be faster.