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Toyota to pay $180M penalty for Clean Air Act reporting violations

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The complaint filed in Manhattan federal court alleges that from approximately 2005 until at least late 2015, Toyota systematically violated Clean Air Act automobile defect reporting requirements designed to protect public health and the environment from harmful air pollutants. Representations to EPA.

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Nissan cut CO2 emissions 22.4% over past decade

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The Sustainability Report details achievements in Nissan’s strategies that cover environment, safety, philanthropy, quality, value chain, employees, economic contribution, corporate governance and internal controls.

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EPA researchers suggest US electricity consumers should be willing to pay 2-4x for emission-free alternatives to fossil fuel electricity due to health impacts

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2002), respectively. In a paper in press in the journal Environment International , Ben Machol and Sarah Rizk quantify the economic value of health impacts associated with PM 2.5 Ben Machol, Sarah Rizk (2012) Economic value of US fossil fuel electricity health impacts, Environment International doi: 10.1016/j.envint.2012.03.003.

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Maersk calls for EU enforcement of reefer legislation, pushes its Supotec foam

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This would benefit the environment, and it would help European innovation and environmental investments pay off. But thousands of such containers nevertheless circulate in Europe’s internal market on virtually the same market conditions as more environmentally friendly reefers, Maersk says. —Peter K.

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Report: Toyota to begin sales of fuel cell sedan in Japan this December

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Since 2002, when Toyota began renting Highlander SUV-based fuel cell vehicles to Japanese and North American customers, technology has advanced considerably. A key feature of this new generation of fuel cell is that it has no humidifier. Fuel Cells Hydrogen Japan'

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Study finds rising emissions of ozone-depleting CFC-11, banned by Montreal Protocol

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Emissions of one of the chemicals most responsible for the Antarctic ozone hole are on the rise, despite an international treaty that required an end to its production in 2010, a new study by researchers at NOAA and their colleagues shows. Then, surprisingly, the rate of decline hardly changed over the decade that followed.

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TIAX spins out Li-ion Advanced Battery Materials & Design Division to become separate company

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CAMX Power is developing other advanced battery technologies including high performance electrolytes, anode materials, and battery safety technologies such as non-dissipative, active cell balancing and internal short monitoring technologies.

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