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EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

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Efforts to improve the fuel efficiency of new cars sold in the European Union (EU) stalled in 2017 compared to 2016, according to provisional data published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). While past years have seen steady declines, new passenger cars registered in 2017 emitted on average 0.4 g/km last year to 118.5g/km.

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INEOS investing additional $1.4B in Grangemouth complex in next phase of GHG reductions; blue hydrogen

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billion) in Grangemouth, its integrated refinery and petrochemicals complex in Scotland, in the next phase of reducing greenhouse gas emissions to net zero by 2045. INEOS acquired Grangemouth in 2005, and has so far delivered a 37% reduction in net CO 2 emissions. INEOS Acquired the Forties Pipeline System from BP in October 2017.

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DB Schenker expands its electric fleet with 36 new FUSO eCanter vehicles

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We are very happy to take our partnership with DB Schenker to the next level with these 36 locally emission-free FUSO eCanter trucks. FUSO celebrated the market launch of this commercial vehicle for short-radius distribution in 2017. million kilometers driven locally emission-free.

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EEA report finds most Europeans in cities still exposed to levels of air pollution exceeding WHO guidelines

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The new EEA analysis is based on the latest official air quality data from more than 4,000 monitoring stations across Europe in 2017. Among the findings: Concentrations of particulate matter (PM) continued to exceed the EU limit values and the WHO AQGs in large parts of Europe in 2017. For PM with a diameter of 10 ?m 17 % of the EU?28

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European countries struggle to meet emission limits due to emissions from agriculture and transport

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Eleven EU Member States breached air pollution ceilings in 2015 mostly due to high emissions from agricultural and transport sources, according to new data and a briefing released by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The briefing includes information on countries’ 2015 emissions and national ceilings for different pollutants.

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Two Fuso eCanter electric trucks delivering mail in Dublin; 150 delivered globally

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With the handover in Dublin, the FUSO eCanter is now running in ten European cities in Germany, the UK, France, Portugal, the Netherlands, Denmark and Ireland. Since launching the eCanter in October 2017, FUSO achieved the initial sales target of 150 units in about two years since the first delivery to a customer.

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New technique for modeling auto-ignition characteristics of bioethanol-blended gasolines

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Researchers at KAUST in Saudi Arabia, with colleagues from Saudi Aramco and the National University of Ireland Galway, have developed a new method for investigating the auto-ignition behavior of bioethanol-blended gasolines. —Aamir Farooq, KAUST, corresponding author. Nasir, E.F., Kalghatgi, G. Sarathy, S.M., 2017.07.034.

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