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Avis Budget group to acquire car-sharing company Zipcar in cash deal for approximately $500 million

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Founded in 2000, Zipcar operates the largest member-based, car sharing network in the world. In particular, Avis Budget expects significant cost reductions across the fleet life cycle (from procurement to operations and maintenance to disposition, as well as financing), in addition to savings from eliminating Zipcar’s public-company costs.

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ADB draft report says 3B Asians could become affluent by 2050; significant challenges

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Asia accounted for about 20% of the world’s energy consumption in 2000, 27% in 2007, and is expected to rise above 40% by 2050. The draft report overview was prepared specifically for ADB’s 2011 Annual Meeting. Energy consumption. Following discussions of the report at the gathering, a comprehensive book will be published in August.

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Australia PM Gillard announces carbon pricing plan; transport fuels exempt, but lowered fuel tax credits to bring carbon price to some businesses

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The Government intends to introduce legislation to underpin the carbon pricing mechanism into Parliament in the second half of 2011. But we have now had the debate, 2011 is the year we decide that as a nation we want a clean energy future. a year in real terms. A lot has happened since then; the debate has been difficult and divisive.

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PwC analysis finds meeting 2 C warming target would require “unprecedented and sustained” reductions over four decades

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Since 2000, the global rate of decarbonization has averaged 0.8%; from 2010 to 2011, global carbon intensity fell by just 0.7%. The new reality is a much more challenging future in terms of planning, financing and predictability. Because of this slow start, global carbon intensity now needs to be cut by an average of 5.1%

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Labour's £5,000 sweetener to launch electric car revolution | Environment | The Guardian

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The scheme, which would be enforced by setting a ceiling for the amount of CO2 a car emits, will become operational in 2011. How the money would be distributed is yet to be decided but Hoon said it would be available only to people buying cars that ran entirely, or for the vast majority of their time, on electricity. My Web del.icio.us

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GM Says Chevrolet Volt Won't 'Pay the Rent' | Autopia from Wired.com

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Deliveries start in 2011. Posted by: nate | Apr 14, 2009 7:50:38 AM Ummmmm yeah. Teslas new Model S will be pure EV and will get 160 miles per charge for $49,900 and for a bit more $$ you can get the 230 or 300 mile battery options. Oh, and it looks wayyyyy cooler than the Volt. You guys go ahead and buy your 40 mile per charge GM golf cart.

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