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Volkswagen investing in climate protection projects to compensate for unavoidable CO2 emissions

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Volkswagen is investing in climate protection projects to compensate for unavoidable CO 2. Further projects in cooperation with project development partners for the protection and restoration of tropical forests in South America and Southeast Asia are under development. 3, as well as emissions from other areas.

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AKASOL to supply battery systems for Alstom’s hydrogen trains

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—Olaf Lies (SPD), Lower Saxony’s Minister for the Environment, Energy, Construction and Climate Protection. AKASOL is currently developing this technology together with major railway manufacturers in Germany, Europe, the US and Asia.

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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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At Volkswagen, we are convinced that climate protection and efficient technologies are drivers for economic growth. The first paint shop of this type in Asia and the second in the world was commissioned in Chengdu in 2011. The Volkswagen Group, through its two Chinese joint ventures, will be investing more than €9.8

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U.K. Startup’s Digital Dyeing Printers Save Energy, Water

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With climate protection, we have become used to minute progress, at the best. Then in Portugal, Turkey, but mainly in Asia: Vietnam, Indonesia, India, Pakistan, Bangladesh. The reduction in quantities of dye and finishing products is also drastic. Here we have a revolution. The solution also benefits the industry.

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Volkswagen’s first two production battery-electric vehicles debut at Frankfurt

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After its spring 2014 launch in Europe, the e-Golf will roll out Asia and North America in late 2014 and early 2015, respectively. This ensures that further investment is continually being made in the generation of renewable energy and thus in climate protection and the switchover to new sources of power.

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

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Transparency, longevity and certainty (“TLC”) drives investments, according to a policy “green paper” by DB Climate Change Advisors, a unit of Deutsche Bank. The right mix of TLC can produce job creation with energy security and climate protection at the most efficient cost, according to Deutsche Bank.

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