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EIA: China’s use of methanol in liquid fuels has grown rapidly since 2000; >500K bpd in 2016

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Annual methanol consumption in China, 2000-16. Source: EIA and Argus Media group, China Methanol to Energy Study , January 2017. Beginning with its February Short-Term Energy Outlook (STEO), EIA incorporated revisions to historical international liquids consumption data into the STEO’s international liquid fuels market balances.

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Avis Budget group to acquire car-sharing company Zipcar in cash deal for approximately $500 million

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Rental car company Avis Budget Group, Inc. Founded in 2000, Zipcar operates the largest member-based, car sharing network in the world. Nelson, Avis Budget Group chairman and CEO. Avis Budget Group expects to fund the purchase price primarily with incremental corporate debt borrowings, as well as available cash.

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Daimler joins multiple initiatives for a sustainable raw material supply chain; future focus on battery cell supply chain

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—Renata Jungo Brüngger, Member of the Board of Management of Daimler AG for Integrity and Legal Affairs. Since 2000, Daimler has been working to uphold and actively promote the principles of the Global Compact in the areas of human rights, labour standards, environmental protection and anti-corruption.

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BASF and Gazprom agree on asset swap; BASF’s Wintershall expanding production of oil and gas, exiting gas trading and storage business

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BASF and Russia’s Gazprom signed a legally binding basic agreement to swap assets of equivalent value. billion to sales and €350 million to income from operations (EBIT) of the BASF Group in 2011. Through the agreement, Gazprom and BASF are confirming their strategic partnership on the international energy market.

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In the Caribbean, EVs leave ICE vehicles behind

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In 2000, “I decided my next car would be an EV when there was really nothing on the market,” White continued. “I There was no NEV legislation on the books that made it legal,” White said. “I From there, he turned to an Internal Combustion Engine (ICE)-to-electric conversion. “I I had a Mini Moke from British Motor Works.

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

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From an official point of view, COP 15 is to be informed by the most recent report from the UNFCCC’s International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the Fourth Assessment Report (AR4), published in 2007. “ We are not aiming to let anyone off the hook. Climate Change And The IPCC Fourth Assessment Report.

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ITF: measures to decrease road freight CO2 emissions

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A new brief published by the International Transport Forum (ITF)—an intergovernmental organization at the OECD with 59 member countries— identifies proven measures that decrease road freight’s CO 2 emissions. Antitrust legislation sometimes hinders horizontal collaboration and legal risk has already prevented some trials.

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