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Final session on international mercury convention this week expected to culminate in agreement; UNEP Global Mercury Assessment 2013 finds industrial source Hg emissions may be rising

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Apart from contaminated sites, the mercury pollution detected today is often found in locations very far away from its original source. UNEP produced its first Global Mercury Assessment in 2002 and a subsequent study in 2007. UNEP produced its first Global Mercury Assessment in 2002 and a subsequent study in 2007.

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SAE New Energy Vehicle Forum: China’s focus on NEVs may have profound impact on future of transportation

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China has a number of critical economic and environmental imperatives driving its pursuit of vehicle electrification, said the roster of plenary speakers at the SAE 2013 New Energy Vehicle Forum held in Shanghai this week. The development of EVs is very important to China: for haze, pollution and energy security. Private sector.

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Driving on sunshine

Plug in America

My ex and I got solar at home on his birthday in 2002, then our first EV, the RAV4, a couple months later, on the winter solstice. No pollution, well-to-wheels. The World Health Organization estimates that some seven million people die every year from polluted air. And with the solar panels, I was driving on sunshine. .

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OLA S1 Electric Scooter Ownership Blog

Plug In India

I used an electric car for 8 years from 2013 to 2021. I got an electric car - the Mahindra e2o, back in 2013. This is a cause for celebration as there is more fresh air in our cities and fewer oil imports for India. No one wants air pollution in our cities. My blog unearthed a lot of the inner workings on that vehicle.

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

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The IPCC is expected to release revised reference emissions within the next few years, so that they can be used in the Fifth Assessment Report (AR5), slated for completion in 2013. Slated for a July 2011 start, it would regulate 1000 of the country's biggest polluters and 75 percent of the country’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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