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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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Governments at the COP17 meeting decided to adopt some form of a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon. The next major UNFCCC Climate Change Conference, COP 18/CMP 8, will take place 26 November to 7 December 2012 in Qatar, in close cooperation with the Republic of Korea. and to assist the Conference of the Parties.

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New York to invest $127.7 million Volkswagen settlement in clean vehicles

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million as part of this legal settlement. The state plans to use more than 60% of the funding to accelerate the adoption of electrified transportation by reducing the cost of electric buses and trucks, particularly transit buses, and providing funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Eliminate fuel vehicles in the UK to enlarge the move

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“We will require new homes and buildings to have electric vehicle charging points,” Johnson told the annual conference of the Confederation of Commerce and Industry (CBI). The British government and Shell did not disclose the overall cost of the entire plan. Carbon reduction acceleration.

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Federal Appeals Court vacates EPA Cross-State Air Pollution Rule

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EPA estimated annual costs of CSAPR at $800 million in 2014. In response, a number of states, local governments, industry groups, and. labor organizations petitioned for review of the rule (all the cases were consolidated). statutory limits on that authority. statutory limits on that authority. First, the.

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Volkswagen AG provides details on investigations into NOx cheating; origin and fixes; new strategic direction

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At a press conference in Germany today, Volkswagen Group executives provided details on the status of its investigation—which is being coordinated by a special committee of the Supervisory Board—into the diesel emissions debacle. The investigation of the facts takes legal responsibility into account. Earlier post.).

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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He took one of the C cells and rolled it across the conference room table to his hosts. John Goodenough and his coinventor, Koichi Mizushima, convinced the Atomic Energy Research Establishment to fund the cost of patenting their lithium cobalt oxide battery but had to sign away their financial rights to do so.

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Perspective: Europeans in the lead with range extenders for hybrid vehicles; 2nd vs. 3rd generation

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By contrast, half the electric vehicle market value lies in larger road vehicles, notably cars, and here the legal restrictions are weaker or non-existent and range anxiety compels most people to buy hybrids if they go electric at all. The company is also producing a US variant of the conference in San Jose, California in November.

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