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Ford cuts global water use 8.5% per vehicle from 2011 to 2012; total usage down 62% since 2000

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Since 2000, Ford has reduced the amount of water used around the world from 64 million cubic meters to 24 million cubic meters—a reduction of about 10.6 Ford voluntarily launched its Global Water Management Initiative in 2000, putting in place ways to manage water conservation, quality and reuse of storm and process water.

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Tognum starts up new engine plant in US for MTU Series 2000 and 4000

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A new US production facility set up by the specialist for propulsion and power solutions Tognum in Aiken, SC, is now up and running assembling Tognum’s MTU Series 2000 and 4000 engines primarily for the US market. The MTU 2000 series includes engines with up to 16 cylinders and output of up to 1,939 kW.

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Worldwatch Institute: global biofuel production fell in 2012 for first time since 2000

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In 2012, the combined global production of ethanol and biodiesel fell for the first time since 2000, down 0.4% billion liters (740 million gallons), and Germany and Brazil had roughly the same output at 2.7 World ethanol and biodiesel production. Source: Worldwatch. Click to enlarge. billion liters in 2011 to 22.5 billion liters (5.9

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bp opens its first ultra-fast electric truck charging facilities

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annually since 2000. Operated by bp’s Aral brand, the retail site at Schwegenheim in Rheinland-Pfalz, Germany now has two state-of-the-art […] The post bp opens its first ultra-fast electric truck charging facilities appeared first on Electric Cars Report.

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EIA: US uranium concentrate production in 2021 remained near all-time lows; 95% imported

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By most measures, production of uranium concentrate (U 3 O 8 ) remained at or near all-time lows in the United States during 2021, at 21,000 pounds—less than 1% of the post-2000 production high of 4.9 Most SWU that originated in other countries came from Russia (28%), the United Kingdom (17%), Germany (13%), and the Netherlands (11%).

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New model projects total amount of global urban land could increase by up to a factor of 6 by 2100

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million km 2 in 2000). times the size of Germany. m 2 in 2000 to 246?m The research team’s projections show that the amount of urban land on Earth by 2100 could range from about 1.1 million to 3.6 million km 2 across five scenarios (roughly 1.8–5.9 times the global total urban area of about 0.6 million km 2 globally, an area 4.5

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Continental presents action plan for immediately reducing lead in electronic components in cars

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According to the company’s own calculations and preliminary assessments by neutral bodies, an additional entry of 0.00031 percent lead in relation to the basic environmental burden is realistically accrued at recycling plants in Germany. To ensure an organized changeover, the action plan contains a timetable for each respective component.

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