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

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Indexed European transport sector greenhouse gas emissions, 1990-2006. Transport continues to contribute disproportionally to Europe’s greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, poor air quality and noise, and still uses the least efficient modes to move people and goods according to a new report from the European Environmental Agency (EEA).

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

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MQL also improves recycling and transport of coolant contaminated chips. Craiova Engine Plant (Romania). Between 2000 and 2012, Ford reduced global water use by 62%—about 10 billion gallons. Studies (Faverjon et al. 2013) have shown that the application of MQL leads to a large decrease of the friction coefficient (0.1–0.2)

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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. Other findings of the report include: The road transport sector remains a major source of air pollution in the EU-27.

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