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UK new car CO2 emissions fell 3.5% in 2010 and more than 20% since 2000

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g/km CO 2 in 2010 according to the Society of Motor Manufacturers and Traders’ (SMMT) 10 th annual CO 2 report. Average CO 2 emissions from new cars have fallen by more than 20% since 2000. The 2010 CO 2 emissions fall is one of the highest annual reductions on record but lower than the 5.4% to an average of 144.2

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Survey shows % of Californians walking, biking or used public transit more than doubled since 2000

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Results from the California Household Travel Survey ( CHTS ) —the largest and most complex review of its kind— show that the%age of California residents walking, biking, or using public transportation on a typical day has more than doubled since 2000. In 2000, that share was only 11%.

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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Total consumption (millions of gallons). Total consumption (millions of gallons). Therefore, the table below shows the consumptions per capita for selected years between 1965 and 2020. Consumption per capita (gallons). Consumption per capita (gallons).

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ROUSH CleanTech receives CARB retrofit LPG system certification for 2010 model year vehicles

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ROUSH CleanTech has received California Air Resources Board (CARB) approval of its propane autogas (LPG) fuel system for retrofitting 2010 model year 5.4-liter liter Ford E-150, E-250 and E-350 cargo vans and wagons.

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Study finds global carbon emissions reached 10 billion tonnes in 2010

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billion tonnes of CO 2 ) in 2010 for the first time. in 2010 and by 49% since 1990, the reference year for the Kyoto protocol. each year between 2000 and 2010—three times the rate of increase during the 1990s. of the share of rich countries in 1990 to 16% in 2010. parts per million.

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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Energy-related CO 2 emissions buy state, 2010. The US Energy Information Administration (EIA) has released a new report, State-Level Energy-Related Carbon Dioxide Emissions, 2000-2010. Topping the list for absolute emissions in 2010 was Texas (652.6 2010 state energy-related CO 2 emissions for transportation sector.

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NHTSA calculates US motor vehicle crashes in 2010 cost $871B in economic loss and societal harm

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The US Department of Transportation''s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a new study that finds the price tag for motor vehicle crashes in the US in 2010 carried a cost of $871 billion in economic loss and societal harm. trillion Gross Domestic Product (GDP) in 2010. of the $14.96

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