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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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We know the technology exists to tackle impacts of the transport sector on Europe’s environment. TERM reports have been published since 2000. TERM 2008: indicators tracking transport and environment in the European Union. ( Almost 67 million people (i.e. Transport at a crossroads. EEA Report No 3/2009 ).

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

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The last official UNFCCC meeting prior to the 15 th Congress ended 6 November in Barcelona, and environment ministers have been shuttling in and out of Copenhagen since then to conduct ad hoc negotiations prior to the summit. ” —British Energy Secretary Ed Miliband, summing up the historical significance of COP 15. ºF) increase.

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Emissions of Air Pollutants down in EU-27

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The European Community’s air pollutant emission inventory report released by the European Environment Agency finds that in 2007, sulphur oxides (SO x ) emissions were down by 72 % from 1990 levels. France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Spain and the United Kingdom contributed the most to EU-27 emissions in 2007.

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

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Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." 1, 2000) Sited: [link] You can google it and find it anywhere that vehicles have always placed more harmful chemicals into the air. excluding coal power in china.

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Ipsos study finds US among most skeptical of Autonomous Vehicles

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Globally, a majority of those surveyed say that AVs will be easier, more comfortable safer, more relaxing, more economical, more enjoyable, and friendlier to the environment. percentage points for the N=2000 survey, 19 times out of 20, had all citizens been polled. Fewer think AVs will be faster.