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EPA SmartWay honors 44 freight carriers for exceptional supply chain efficiency

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EPA announced the awardees at the 2016 American Trucking Association’s Annual Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since 2004, SmartWay Partners have avoided emitting more than 72 million metric tons of carbon pollution, while saving more than 170 million barrels of oil and $24.9

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World Economic Forum Report: US$515 Billion Per Year Needed in Green Investments

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The report’s authors, Max von Bismarck and Anuradha Gurung from the World Economic Forum, and Chris Greenwood and Michael Liebreich from New Energy Finance, argue that “ enormous investment in energy infrastructure is required to address the twin threats of energy insecurity and climate change. billion) in 2004.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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Report Finds Rate of Growth of Global Greenhouse Gas Emissions Sharply Increased Between 2000 and 2005

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The EDGAR database shows that greenhouse gas emissions have been rising faster in developing countries than in industrialized ones since 2004, even though developing countries emit lower levels of the gases. It also provides data on greenhouse-gas emissions for the 20 years preceding the 1990 Kyoto protocol.

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EPA Grants California Vehicle GHG Regulations Waiver

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In September 2004 the California Air Resources Board (ARB) passed regulations to reduce greenhouse gases (GHG) from new passenger vehicles starting in 2009. On a conference call on Tuesday, EPA officials said they expected to release the Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (NPRM) for the vehicle greenhouse gas regulations later this year.

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Report from the REFF-Wall Street; Themes in Renewable Energy Finance

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Green Car Congress attended the Renewable Energy Finance Forum - Wall Street (REFF-Wall Street) conference (23-24 June) sponsored by Euromoney Energy Events and the American Council on Renewable Energy (ACORE). Although not part of the conferences formal structure, the themes were addressed in the presentations and panel discussions.

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The Maestro Behind Design-Software Behemoth Synopsys

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For that reason, Electrical Business magazine named him one of the 10 most influential executives in 2002, as well as its 2004 CEO of the Year. Connecting with like-minded IEEE members De Geus joined IEEE because one of his EPFL professors encouraged him to do so, in part so that he could attend the organization’s conferences. “I

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