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Electric Vehicle Initiative Launched at Clean Energy Ministerial in Washington DC

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As of 20 July, participating governments include China, France, Germany, Japan, South Africa, Spain, Sweden, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Electric vehicles have become a strategic focus of the automotive industry during recent years, but the technology is still nascent in the global marketplace.

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TOAR shows present-day global ozone distribution and trends relevant to health; public database

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Emissions from vehicles, power plants, industrial operations, and other human activities are a primary cause of surface ozone, which is one of six main pollutants regulated in the US by the Clean Air Act.

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Fast action on black carbon, ozone and methane could help limit global temperature rise to 2 degrees C

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sector in industrialized countries. Replacing traditional coke ovens with modern recovery ovens, including the Industry improvement of end-of-pipe abatement measures in developing countries. This is in line with Sweden’s strategy on SLCFs and its policy to integrate climate change and air pollution policies. Agriculture.

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The Global Outlook of Electric Vehicles

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Coming in second is Norway, followed by Sweden, Germany and the United Kingdom rounding out the top five countries for EV adoption, according to the most recent version of the Electric Vehicle Country Readiness Index from ​​ Ernst & Young Global Ltd. What is being done to overcome the challenges to electric vehicle adoption?

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Climate Talks End In Copenhagen Accord; Countries Settle On Non- Binding 2 ºC Warming Limit

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The accord calls for action to hold mean warming of the Earth’s surface to no more than 2 ºC above pre-industrial levels, but does not define reductions in greenhouse gases that might be employed to achieve that goal. China doesn’t like numbers.”

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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The study was conducted as part of its What the Future series, which couples survey data and interviews with experts in the field to see what “big questions” companies should be asking themselves about the future of their industries. This issue of What the Future focuses on mobility, and if people are ready for the coming technology.