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Environmental impacts of nuclear power plant closures in Tokyo

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A research team from Hiroshima University has investigated how CO2 emissions in Tokyo have suffered following the closure of three of its nuclear power plants.

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PBL/JRC: Global CO2 emissions increase to new all-time record in 2013, but growth is slowing down

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Global CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel use and cement production reached a new all-time high in 2013, according to the annual report “Trends in global CO2 emissions”, released by PBL Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency and the European Joint Research Centre (JRC). per year since 2003, excluding the credit crunch years).

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New York City Transit Authority adding 50 New Flyer buses equipped with Allison H 40 EP systems

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In full production since 2003 and now operating in thousands of buses, it has proven up to 25% fuel saving, depending on the duty cycle. metric tons of CO2 emissions from entering the atmosphere. The H 40/50 EP Series is equipped with regenerative braking, and has ratings up to a maximum 246 kW (330 hp).

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JATO: new car CO2 emissions rise for the first time in a decade in Europe; diesel down, gasoline up, SUVs up

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percentage points lower than their peak in 2011, and the fuel type’s lowest market share since 2003, when diesels accounted for 43.4% —the highest level since 2003. In turn, diesel cars accounted for just 43.8% of total registrations in 2017, which is 11.1 of total registrations.

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JFE Steel and NEDO begin demo testing of ferro coke production at medium-scale; reducing ironmaking energy consumption and CO2 emissions by 10% each

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JFE Steel Corporation, one of the world’s leading integrated steel producers, was established through the consolidation of NKK Corporation and Kawasaki Steel Corporation in 2003. The new facility is located at JFE Steel’s West Japan Works in Fukuyama, Japan.

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DENSO and Thai ITS association partner on V2X to ease traffic congestion and reduce CO2 emissions

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DENSO began developing wireless communication devices in 2003, which are the main components of V2X communications. The results of the project will be used in formulating future ITS policies in Thailand. Performance of V2X has been tested using vehicles on simulated urban streets.

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Alabama Project Testing Potential for Combining CO2 Storage with Enhanced Methane Recovery

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DOE’s Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnership program was created in 2003 to determine which of numerous carbon storage approaches are best suited for different regions of the country. The characterization phase (2003–2005), which defined opportunities for carbon capture and storage, has been completed.

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