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City of Gdynia orders 30 Solaris Trollino trolleybuses with Li-ion battery packs for off-wire driving

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The city of Gdynia in Poland has signed a contract with Solaris for the delivery of 30 trolleybuses worth more than 95 million PLN (US$28 million) in total. Gdynia was the buyer of the first trolleybus produced by Solaris in 2000. For its achievements in this matter Gdynia has won numerous awards both in Poland and abroad.

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MIT study finds real-world NOx from diesels cars in Europe greatly exceeds laboratory levels; transboundary emissions cause 70% of health impacts

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A new study by MIT researchers, published this month in Atmospheric Environment , finds that in Europe, 10 major auto manufacturers produced diesel cars, sold between 2000 and 2015, that generate up to 16 times more NO x emissions on the road than in regulatory tests—a level that exceeds European limits but does not violate any EU laws.

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QUANTIFY Study Finds GHG Emissions from Global Transport Could Double Their Net Contribution to Warming by 2100

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The researchers first calculated the historic contributions from transport, concluding that transport in total has contributed 9% of total net man-made warming in the year 2000. By sector, they found that road transport is the largest contributor—11% of the warming in 2000 is due to this sector. Aviation contributed 4% and rail 1%.

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Scotiabank forecasts 4% growth in global auto market in 2015 to 74M units, led by China

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Scotiabank expects combined vehicle sales and production in Canada, Mexico and the United States over the coming year to surpass the 2000 peak, when sales totalled 19.8 Poland is the key driver in the region, accounting for 40% of overall car sales. million units and assemblies topped 17.6 Challenging conditions in South America.

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Study reports non-US global shale gas recoverable resources of 5,760 Tcf; global shale gas boosts total recoverable natural gas resources by 40%

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These include France, Poland, Turkey, Ukraine, South Africa, Morocco, and Chile. Tcf in 2000. Of the countries covered in the EIA-sponsored study, World Shale Gas Resources: An Initial Assessment of 14 Regions Outside the United States , two groups may find shale gas development most attractive.

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

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TERM reports have been published since 2000. The report “Transport at a crossroads” is the annual publication from the EEA’s Transport and Environment Reporting Mechanism (TERM), which monitors the progress and effectiveness of attempts to integrate transport and environment strategies.

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War in Ukraine: We Need to Talk About Fossil Fuels

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produced fuels was further reduced by an accelerated shift away from coal, which in 2020 was down to 11 percent of primary supply, from 18 percent in 2000. In 2010 European natural-gas production covered half of all consumption, but by 2020 that share was down to 40 percent. Consumption of E.U.-produced

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