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JUNE 16, 2012

The amount of electricity used to produce each vehicle in Ford’s manufacturing facilities has been reduced by about 800 kilowatt-hours—from 3,576 kWh in 2006 to 2,778 kWh in 2011. cubic meters per vehicle in 2011 within a corporate goal of reducing the amount of water used per vehicle by 30% between 2009 and 2015.

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DECEMBER 2, 2016

In his January 2015 inaugural address, California Governor Jerry Brown identified five key climate change strategy “pillars,” which recognize that several major areas of the California economy will need to reduce their emissions to meet California’s ambitious climate change goals.

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DECEMBER 5, 2012

AEO2013 offers a number of other key findings, including: Crude oil production , especially from tight oil plays, rises sharply over the next decade. Domestic oil production will rise to 7.5 Renewable fuel use grows at a much faster rate than fossil fuel use. Overall findings. Biomass and biofuels growth is slower.

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AUGUST 3, 2011

million ha (49,421 square miles) are expected to be planted by 2015—are “ anything but encouraging ”, according to Promode Kant from the Institute of Green Economy in India and Shuirong Wu of the Chinese Academy of Forestry. The results of massive plantings of Jatropha worldwide for use as a biofuel feedstock—some 12.8

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JANUARY 12, 2013

In February 2012, the China State Council approved its first national ambient air quality standard for PM 2.5 , which will come into effect by the end of 2015. 2020),” which plans to achieve accumulated sales of 500,000 new-energy vehicles (including hybrids and EVs) by 2015, and 5 million by 2020. Earlier post.] Click to enlarge.

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FEBRUARY 23, 2021

The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced that, after careful consideration of the 2020 decision of the US Court of Appeals for the Tenth Circuit in Renewable Fuels Association et al. 3d 1206 , EPA now supports that court’s interpretation of the renewable fuel standard (RFS) small-refinery provisions. EPA , 948 F.3d

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JUNE 1, 2009

World carbon dioxide emissions are projected to rise from 29billion metric tons in 2006 to 33.1billion metric tons in 2015 and 40.4billion tons in 2030 - that’s an increase of 39 per cent from 2006 onwards. Oil prices are expected to rise and may even hit $130 a barrel by 2030. per cent per year.

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NOVEMBER 7, 2014

Most recently, Toyota announced that its fuel cell sedan would also be available in the UK, USA, Germany and Denmark during the summer of 2015. This is not much different from diesel and gasoline which are produced from refining and cleaning crude oil (a process which heavily involves the use of hydrogen).

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NOVEMBER 17, 2015

Audi presented a range of its ongoing work on electromobility and efficiency—from fuels and systems to full vehicles—under the “Future Performance Days 2015” banner. Alternatively they can serve as buffers for renewables such as wind and solar power—whether as part of the grid or as home installations. Earlier post.)

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APRIL 10, 2010

Environmentalists and industries resurrected the idea in recent years as a centerpiece of measures to address global warming and growing oil imports. In 2015–expanded to emissions from residential, commercial, and other industrial combustion, and transportation fuels. In 2015–nearly 90% of emissions. Representatives Henry A.

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