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New study finds GHG emissions from palm oil production significantly underestimated; palm oil biofuels could be more climate-damaging than oil sands fuels

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Based on visual interpretation of high-resolution (30 m) satellite images, a new study in the journal Global Change Biology: Bioenergy determined that industrial plantations covered over 3.1 Slightly more than half of the GHG emissions for these biofuels in the EPA’s analysis came from land use change. Earlier post.). —Dr.

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Ford Becomes First Automaker to Join the Water Disclosure Project

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Ford has reported to the CDP on its successful efforts to reduce its carbon footprint since 2003. “Water, like climate change, is set to be a key issue for the 21 st century. From 2000 to 2008, Ford cut its global water use by 56%, or 9.5 billion gallons.

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Exxon/Mobil To Fund Solar Financing Bond For Torrance Homeowners

Creative Greenius

But Exxon/Mobil had no such money problems. “We’ve had one record profit quarter after another,&# said a spokesperson for the oil company. Eight in 10 (80%) believe steps should be taken right away, a percentage that has increased 7 points since 2003. 2. Green Building & Remodeling. 3. Water Conservation.

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Electrified Blondes in Convertibles For Everyone!

Creative Greenius

Meanwhile the plug-in EV RAV-4s they made in 1997-2003 are still working just fine - the ones they didn’t crush and actually allowed people to buy. That’s EE Solar’s RAV4 and it has gone over 116,000 miles oil free. You can read all about it in my Greenius guide to plug-ins and my coverage of Plug-In 2008.

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Next 10 report finds California must increase GHG reductions to 4.9%/year through 2030 to meet target

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from off-road vehicles, which includes airport ground equipment, construction and mining equipment, industrial equipment and oil drilling equipment. lower than 2008 and 2003, respectively. Transportation Key Findings: Within the transportation sector, emissions dropped 1.3% from the on-road vehicles subsector, but increased 3.6%

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. Batteries not ready.

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

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Wang entered the automobile business in 2003 by buying a Chinese state-owned car company that was all but defunct. Revenues, which have grown by about 45% annually during the past five years, reached $4 billion in 2008. He was paid about $265,000 in 2008, and he lives in a BYD-owned apartment complex with other engineers.

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