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Pickup-truck politics, green-car deals, faster Model 3, grim climate-change report: Today's Car News

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Today, we've got an intriguing analysis of which makers would win big from rolling back fuel-economy rules, news on the future Tesla Model 3 "P" performance version of the electric car, a grim climate-change update, and great deals on green cars. All this and more on Green Car Reports.

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Fossil fuel industry unafraid by climate change threat

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Following the release of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change’s (IPCC) latest report into the threat to humanity posed by climate change, as you might expect, environmental groups have been quick to condemn a lack of action in addressing the problem. Green credentials Editor Pick'

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Clarity Fuel Cell driven, Bolt EV fast-charged, Trump vs CARB, electric watercraft: The Week in Reverse

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Why are two of the very earliest Nissan Leaf owners not happy with their electric car? What can you do personally to cut emissions of climate-change gases that the Trump Administration will no longer regulate?

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EC Publishes 6 Calls for Proposals for Transport Research within the Seventh Framework Program; €63M for European Green Cars Initiative and Electromobility

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Within that, projects for the European Green Cars Inititative are to receive an indicative (i.e., million) for the European Green Cars Initiative topics, and the remaining €12 million for the rest of the topics. Specific topics outside of the Green Cars Initiative are: AAT.2010.7-17. assessments.

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Flurry of green-car rules as Obama administration departs

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The outgoing administration has pushed through a number of new regulations, some related to fuel efficiency, before President-elect Donald Trump takes office next month. When it comes to regulations governing the auto industry, the Obama administration does not plan to go gentle into that good night.

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Oregon climate change laws signed

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Significant steps have been taken by the US state of Oregon as Governor Ted Kulongoski signed into law a series of bills that constitute a climate change package. The laws are as follows: House Bill 2186: This authorises the Environmental Quality Commission to develop a low carbon fuel standard that would start in 2015.

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Greener cars ‘not the solution’ to climate change and health threats

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com, the World Health Organisation (WHO) claims that transport policy recommendation from the International Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) focus too much on better fuel and engine performance, and not enough on health impacts of personalised transport [.]. According to Health24.com,