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Altalto waste-to-jet fuel plant advances in UK; BA, Shell, Velocys

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million gallons US) of cleaner-burning sustainable jet and road fuel each year. This is an important step in the reduction of the airline’s carbon emissions towards the industry targets of carbon neutral growth from 2020 and a 50% reduction by 2050 from 2005 levels.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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And in 2005, the Chinese computer maker Lenovo Group purchased IBM's PC business. The idea of putting together a PC outside of IBM's development process disturbed some committee members. It did not matter that Microsoft's software was notorious for having bugs or that IBM's was far cleaner. In 1995, IBM CEO Louis V. Gerstner Jr.

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Main Page - EAA-PHEV

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utilizing these ideas and instructions in an attempting to enhance national security, reduce gas consumption, vehicle "emissions", your carbon footprint, or smog, you do so at your own risk & peril. Electric Vehicles not only keep our Earth cleaner, their use preserves the earths natural resources.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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A free car on a four-year plan in France is another idea mentioned by Shai Agassi, CEO of Project Better Place. Just as wireless service providers offer smartphones at discounted prices, Project Better Place will offer discounted electric vehicles with usage pricing plans. Pre-paid 600 kilometer cards are one approach that is suggested.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Based on calculations by the International Energy Agency (IEA), 75% of the growth in the world’s energy demand from 2005 to 2030 will come from developing countries. Mr. Soros’ ideas could receive more attention in the coming months as rich countries struggle to work out in detail how they can finance any pledges they make in the coming days.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. The program will reduce emissions fifteen percent below 2005 levels by 2020. Representatives Henry A. Waxman of California and Edward J. Supplementarity.

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