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Ford expands use of near-dry machining to six plants worldwide

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Craiova Engine Plant (Romania). Between 2000 and 2012, Ford reduced global water use by 62%—about 10 billion gallons. Plants that have switched to the MQL process include: Changan Ford Engine Plant (China). Cologne Engine Plant (Germany). Livonia Transmission Plant (Michigan). Romeo Engine Plant (Michigan).

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

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Emissions of GHG have increased by 26% (EU-15) or 180 million tonnes between 1990 and 2006, excluding international aviation and marine transport—an amount larger than the entire annual national emissions for 2006 from Belgium (132 million tonnes) or Romania (157 million tonnes). TERM reports have been published since 2000.

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Emissions of Air Pollutants down in EU-27

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Emissions of fine particulate matter (PM 2.5 ), a seriously health-damaging pollutant, have decreased by 2% compared to the previous year and by about 12% since the year 2000. EU-27 emissions of all four pollutants were lower in 2007 than in 2006.

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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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Why Warren Buffett is investing in electric car company BYD - Apr. 13, 2009

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By about 2000, BYD had become one of the worlds largest manufacturers of cellphone batteries. Today BYD employs 130,000 people in 11 factories, eight in China and one each in India, Hungary, and Romania. operations are small - about 20 people work in a sales and marketing outpost in Elk Grove Village, Ill.,

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