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Canada targets cutting GHGs 30% below 2005 levels by 2030; new regulations for oil and gas, power, petrochemicals

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Canada Environment Minister Leona Aglukkaq announced that Canada plans to reduce its greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions by 30% below 2005 levels by 2030. Canada formally submitted its target, referred to as an Intended Nationally Determined Contribution (INDC), to the United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change. Canada will continue to take cooperative action with its continental trading partners, particularly the United States, in integrated sectors of the economy, including energy and tr

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Used Toyota Hybrid Batteries Repurposed At Yellowstone National Park

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Even after they're no longer suitable for their original purpose, the battery packs from hybrids and electric cars can still be useful. Battery energy-storage capacity diminishes over time, to the point where packs are no longer suitable for use in cars. But after their automotive service lives are finished, battery packs often still have enough.

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Faradion demonstrates proof-of-concept sodium-ion electric bike

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E-bike powered by Faradion prototype Na-ion battery pack. For the proof-of-concept, the cells were manufactured to be larger than necessary to avoid unnecessary costs and lengthy manufacturing processes at this early stage. Click to enlarge. British battery R&D company Faradion has demonstrated a proof-of-concept electric bike powered by sodium-ion batteries at the headquarters of Williams Advanced Engineering, which collaborated in the development of the bike.

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Is This The Next Toyota Prius Hybrid Captured On Video?

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The current-generation Toyota Prius hybrid is due for replacement soon, but Toyota has been tight-lipped when it comes to details about that new model. Carmakers go to extraordinary lengths to keep their upcoming models secret, and to ensure that whatever or auto show or other venue chosen for an unveiling really is the first time these cars are.

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How serious is Norway about climate change? So much that its streetlights self-dim

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3 Duke Energy subsidiaries plead guilty to 9 criminal violations of Clean Water Act; $102M settlement

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Three subsidiaries of North Carolina-based Duke Energy Corporation, the largest utility in the United States, pleaded guilty to nine criminal violations of the Clean Water Act at several of its North Carolina facilities and agreed to pay a $68-million criminal fine and spend $34-million on environmental projects and land conservation to benefit rivers and wetlands in North Carolina and Virginia.

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Tesla To Launch Automated Passing Function, Timing Still Uncertain

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When Tesla unveiled the all-wheel drive Model S "D" variants last fall, it also promised a suite of automated features under the "Autopilot" name. The company has been equipping production cars with the hardware needed for these features, but one of the most advanced ones has yet to roll out. It's an autonomous passing function, which allows a.

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What Should Georgia Electric-Car Buyers Do By June 30?

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Georgia's income-tax credit for the purchase of a zero-emission vehicle will become history in about six weeks. That poses a problem for the state's electric-car shoppers: Buy before June 30 to take advantage of the expiring credit, or wait for improved battery-electric cars expected to arrive within two years. First, the facts: The.

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Navigant forecasts sensor-enabled on-street smart parking spaces to exceed 1M by 2024

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A new report from Navigant Research estimates that by 2024, there will be more than 1 million sensor-enabled on-street smart parking spaces globally. This forecast is somewhat more conservative than the one provided in Navigant’s 2013 Smart Parking Systems report, reflecting a slower-than-anticipated early adoption rate among cities, especially in North America.

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Why Higher Gas Taxes Would Have Been Best Way To Save Fuel

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It's now a widely-accepted tenet of today's U.S. political landscape: You just can't come out and advocate for higher taxes. For any purpose, under any circumstances, no matter what the end purposes. Any politician who does so will be punished by voters. DON'T MISS: Low Gas Price An Opportunity For Higher Gas Tax? Not A Chance Two recent articles.

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Honda begins sales of SHUTTLE compact wagon and hybrid in Japan

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Honda Motor Co., Ltd. has begun sales of the all-new Honda SHUTTLE. compact wagon and hybrid at dealerships across Japan. The gasoline-powered version of SHUTTLE is equipped with a 1.5-liter direct-injection DOHC i-VTEC engine and CVT, while the hybrid version is equipped with the SPORT HYBRID i-DCD. The hybrid version realizes top-in-class level fuel economy of 34.0 km/liter (80 mpg US, 2.9 l/100 km) (JC08 mode).

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Faurecia and Accenture partner on products and services for connected and autonomous vehicles

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Next Toyota Prius Spied, Tesla Automated Passing, Higher Gas Taxes: Today's Car News

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Today, we have video of what could be the next-generation Toyota Prius, a vague update on Tesla's latest tech feature, and why higher gas taxes could be an effective way to save fuel. All this and more on Green Car Reports. Tesla will launch an automatic passing function sometime soon, but exactly when is unknown. No politician likes to talk about.

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ZF completes acquisition of TRW Automotive

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ZF Friedrichshafen AG, a global leader in driveline and chassis technology, and TRW Automotive Holdings Corp. have completed the transaction under which ZF has successfully acquired TRW. TRW will be incorporated into ZF as a new division called Active & Passive Safety Technology. The combined company operates under the name ZF Friedrichshafen AG. On 15 September 2014, ZF and TRW signed a Merger Agreement for the acquisition of TRW by ZF.

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Intelligent Energy showcasing 100kW hydrogen fuel cell architecture at JSAE Automotive Engineering Exposition

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Intelligent Energy will showcase its evaporatively-cooled 100kW automotive fuel cell architecture ( earlier post ) at the JSAE Automotive Engineering Exposition in Japan, 20-22 May. The company’s unique stack technology offers leading power densities of 3.5 kW/l (volumetric) and 3.0 kW/kg (gravimetric), while being engineered for low-cost, high-volume series production.

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ARPA-E awarding $60M to 23 projects; dry cooling and fusion power

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The Energy Department’s Advanced Research Projects Agency-Energy (ARPA-E) will award $60 million in funding to 23 new projects aimed at creating highly efficient and scalable dry-cooling technologies for thermoelectric power plants and developing prototype technologies to explore new pathways for fusion power. The projects are funded through ARPA-E’s two newest programs, Advanced Research In Dry cooling (ARID) and Accelerating Low-cost Plasma Heating and Assembly (ALPHA), which both seek to deve

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ExxonMobil announces 6th oil discovery offshore Guyana with Ranger-1; Guyana may move from non-producer to regional powerhouse

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