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Volkswagen Group to invest more than €9.8 billion in China by 2015; efficient products and production

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billion (US$15 billion) in the country by 2015; investments in highly efficient products and resource-conserving production will account for more than two thirds of this figure. At Volkswagen, we are convinced that climate protection and efficient technologies are drivers for economic growth.

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California ARB soliciting research suggestions for FY 2012-2013 plan; sustainable communities, behavior, pollutant exposure, air pollution science, GHG targets

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The California Air Resources Board (ARB) is soliciting research suggestions for the Fiscal Year 2012-2013 Annual Research Plan in the form of brief conceptual descriptions that address specified research gaps and support the Board’s ongoing regulatory and policy priorities. The deadline to submit research concepts is 31 January 2012.

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ifo Institute study projects ban on combustion engines in 2030 would affect 600K jobs in German manufacturing

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Considering the development during the period 2011-2015, we find that those groups of products within automotive manufacturing that would not be affected by the ban display substantially stronger growth rates than affected product groups – one can therefore already observe a technological shift within the current regulatory setting.

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U-Mich researcher’s first-principles analysis challenges conventional carbon accounting for biofuels; implications for climate policy

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Such an approach can indicate policy directions consistent with fostering the conditions that comprehensive analyses imply are necessary for climate protection. as reviewed in IPCC 2011).Broadly Biomass Climate Change Emissions Fuels Lifecycle analysis Policy' In reality, it is a net carbon uptake problem.

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Univ. of Michigan researcher recommends shifting the basis of fuel carbon regulation from lifecycle analysis to ABC accounting

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From the perspective of resource economics, it is not obvious that LCA is the right tool for regulation. DeCicco, John (2011) Biofuels and carbon management. Climatic Change doi: 10.1007/s10584-011-0164-z. —John DeCicco.

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