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California Air Resources Board approves 2014 Honda Plug-in Hybrid Accord as first LEV3/SULEV20 vehicle on sale

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The California Air Resources Board has approved the 2014 Honda Plug-in Hybrid Accord as the first car for sale in California that meets ARB’s LEV3/SULEV20 standard—the most stringent smog-emission standard to date. Earlier post.). The 2014 Honda Plug-In Hybrid Accord produces only 20 milligrams of NMOG+NO x emissions per mile.

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Global study shows uneven urbanization among large cities in the last two decades

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The country had undergone the biggest urban expansion in the period, between 2001 and 2018, its BUA increase accounted for 47.5% Due to the rapid economic growth in the study period, China invested a large amount of resources into infrastructure construction for advancing the urban living environment. —Professor Chen.

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EPA launches Cleaner Trucks Initiative to update NOx standards for heavy-duty trucks

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The CTI will include a future rulemaking that will update the existing NO x standard which was last set in 2001 while also streamlining compliance and certification requirements. EPA last revised NO x standards for on-highway heavy-duty trucks and engines in January 2001. The Agency is not required by statue to update the standard.

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EASAC urges moratorium on deep-sea mining

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EASAC was founded in 2001 at the Royal Swedish Academy of Sciences. Resources Miller, K. EASAC is formed by the national science academies of the EU Member States to enable them to collaborate with each other in giving advice to European policy-makers. It thus provides a means for the collective voice of European science to be heard.

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Royal Dutch Shell plc Expands Tight Gas Position in US; $4.7B Cash Acquisition of East Resources

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Shell has agreed to acquire subsidiaries which own substantially all of the business of East Resources, Inc. billion, from East Resources, its private equity investor, Kohlberg Kravis Roberts & Co. East Resources is a privately-owned business with its primary activity focused on the Marcellus shale, in the northeastern US.

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Finnish Minerals Group and Beijing Easpring to form JV company to advance €774M CAM plant project

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As the first Chinese cathode materials company to invest and build a plant in Europe, we will maximize Finland’s location advantages and resource advantages, accelerate production capacity development, energise the European EVB value chain, and contribute to the growth of global green and low-carbon economy.

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CRC study finds some adverse results from use of mid-level ethanol blends in MY 2001-2009 engines; DOE and ethanol industry say study significantly flawed

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Before those tests were completed in October 2010 and January 2011, EPA granted partial waivers to allow the introduction of E15 into the marketplace for use in model year 2001 and later vehicles. The CRC Engine Durability study took duplicates of eight different vehicle model engines spanning 2001-2009 model years. Earlier post.)

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