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Nissan FY 2014 global corporate activities reduce CO2 emissions by 22.6% compared to FY 2005

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made progress in reducing CO 2 emissions and improving sustainability in its global corporate activities in fiscal year 2014 while simultaneously increasing vehicle production and plant energy efficiency. In fiscal year 2014, NESCO proposed solutions to reduce CO 2 emissions by 50,000 tons. Nissan Motor Co.,

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Pitt partners with Powdermet to develop rare-earth-free electric motor with MnBi permanent magnets

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In addition to their scarcity, extracting and processing these materials has environmental consequences, leaving behind a significant amount of toxic waste. Ping, (2014) “Development of MnBi permanent magnet: Neutron diffraction of MnBi powder” Ames Laboratory Publications. —Paul Ohodnicki. Polikarpov, E.; Darsell, J.;

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Boeing conducts world’s first flight with 15% blend of NExBTL renewable diesel as aviation biofuel

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Sustainable renewable diesel can be made via the hydrotreating of vegetable oils, waste cooking oil and waste animal fats. Green diesel offers a tremendous opportunity to make sustainable aviation biofuel more available and more affordable for our customers. Aviation Bio-hydrocarbons Diesel'

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EEA: increase in EU GHG emissions, mostly due to transport, hampers progress towards 2030 targets

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While the EU remains on track to meet its 2020 emissions reduction target, updated data shows Member States cannot afford to take progress beyond that date for granted. The slight increase prolongs a relatively stable trend in emissions observed since 2014, after a 10-year period of almost continuous reductions between 2004 and 2014.

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BC government unveils climate plan

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The plan’s initial 21 action items include making electric vehicles more affordable and boosting the Low Carbon Fuel Standard from 10% to 15%. also supports increasing that price together in an affordable way, once others catch up. Transportation accounted for 37% of the province’s anthropogenic greenhouse gas emissions in 2014.

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BMW Accused of Emissions Cheating, Does Anyone Really Care?

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But it also played a role in killing demand for affordable diesel vehicles in both Europe and the United States. At the end of the day, too much of this just feels like a colossal waste of time and money without any noteworthy advantages trickling down to the consumer. Odds are good it was talking about the X3 with the 2.0-liter

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Chrysler Group files S-1 for IPO; snapshot of R&D priorities; exploring a light-duty hydraulic hybrid

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CHrysler’s current research efforts include various strategies to warm engines and transmissions faster; to have the vehicles run at an ideal set point; and to recapture waste heat. This transmission is being used first in 2013 for the 2014 Jeep Cherokee, and in other future vehicles. Axles and Drivelines.

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