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UMTRI: average fuel economy of new LDVs sold in US in March up 20% from Oct 2007

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The average sales-weighted fuel economy of new vehicles sold in the US in March 2012 was 24.1 mpg or 20% from the value in October 2007,, according to calculations by researchers at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). October 2007 was the first month of their monitoring).

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UMTRI: improved fuel economy in new vehicles since Oct 2007 has saved about 6.1B gallons of fuel

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Vehicles sold in the US since October 2007 have saved a cumulative total of about 6.1 The results indicate that, from October 2007 to September 2012, the average fuel economy has improved by 18%, from 20.1 earlier post.) billion pounds of carbon dioxide.

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan. Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita. Therefore, the table below shows the consumptions per capita for selected years between 1965 and 2020.

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New inventory of black carbon emissions from China finds 2007 levels higher than previously reported

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for year 2007. A new black carbon (BC) emissions inventory from China found BC emissions levels in 2007 of 1,957 Gg BC—higher than reported in earlier studies. The paper by researchers from Peking University and Environment Canada appears in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology. 2007 were used in this study.

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UMD-led study finds China’s SO2 emissions down 75% since 2007, India’s up 50%; India may now be the top SO2 emitter

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Although China and India remain the world’s largest consumers of coal, a new University of Maryland-led study found that China’s sulfur dioxide emissions fell by 75% since 2007, while India’s emissions increased by 50%. The country opened its largest coal-fired power plant in 2012 and has yet to implement emission controls like China.

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EIA: US energy-related CO2 emissions in 2012 lowest since 1994; reflects drop in coal use

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US energy-related CO 2 emissions in 2012 were the lowest since 1994, at 5.3 With the exception of 2010, emissions have declined every year since 2007. The largest drop in emissions in 2012 came from coal, which is used almost exclusively for electricity generation. Duke study.

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Study shows recent increase in US households without a vehicle

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A new report by Dr. Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) shows a recent increase in the proportion of US households without a vehicle. The first analysis examined the changes in this proportion of US households without a vehicle for the entire US from 2005 through 2012.

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