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Ford Begins EcoBoost Engine Production

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Approximately 250 employees are returning to the plant to build the new engines. million vehicles globally. 1 opened in 1951 as Ford’s first engine plant in Ohio. Ford Motor Company began production of its EcoBoost engines ( earlier post ) at Cleveland Engine Plant No. The EcoBoost begins production. Click to enlarge.

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Satellite and GPS Measurements Show Ice Loss from Greenland Ice Sheet Spreading to Northwest Coast

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meters (21 feet) of global sea rise. C (4 °F) since 1991, which most scientists attribute to a build-up of greenhouse gases in the atmosphere. inches) of global sea-level rise per year. Greenland is about one-fourth the size of the United States and the massive ice sheet covers about 80% of its surface. millimeters (0.02

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FAA Awards Contracts for $125M to 5 Companies to Accelerate More Environmentally Friendly Aviation Technology; Renewable Fuels, Engines, Wings and Flight Management

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This flight-test program builds on the success of Boeing’s Quiet Technology Demonstrators, which successfully highlighted a variety of noise reduction technologies during test flights aboard Boeing 777 aircraft from 2001 to 2005. The new core will offer up to 16% better fuel efficiency than GE’s best engines in service today.

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