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National Safety Council: US on pace for deadliest driving year since 2007

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The National Safety Council estimates traffic deaths are 14% higher through the first six months of 2015 than they were during the same period in 2014, and serious injuries are 30% higher. million were seriously injured, putting the country on pace for its deadliest driving year since 2007.

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California Air Resources Board settles with COSCO Container Lines for $965,000; >2,600 air quality violations from 2014-2017

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The violations were discovered during routine audits of the Shanghai-based company’s 2014-2017 fleet visits to the Port of Los Angeles/Long Beach and the Port of Oakland. CARB’s investigation revealed that from 2014-2016, COSCO’s visits to these ports did not meet operational time limits for at least half of the visits.

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UMTRI: average new vehicle fuel economy decreased in 2015 from 2014

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mpg from the value for the vehicles sold in 2014, according to the latest monthly report from Dr. Michael Sivak and Brandon Schoettle at University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI). mpg from the peak reached in August 2014, but still up 4.8 mpg since October 2007 (the first month of their monitoring).

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Choosing not to drive: A transient or a permanent phenomenon?

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The years included in the first analysis were 1983 and 2008 (the same as in our original study), and three additional years spaced three years apart (2011, 2014, and 2017). In a 2014 survey , we asked persons without a driver’s license whether they ever planned to get a license, and if so, when. minus 81.7 is 45% of 100 minus 81.7.)

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Study estimates global black carbon emissions up 72% from 1960-2007; BC emissions intensity down 52%

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teragrams per year in 2007 (+72%). Historical annual BC emissions in the residential sector (A), industrial sector (B), and motor vehicles (C) from 1960 to 2007. Click to enlarge. A study led by a team from Peking University has estimated that global black carbon (BC) emissions increased from 5.3 teragrams/year in 1960 to 9.1

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GM’s truck and crossover sales pass 1M unit mark for 2014

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GM was the first automaker to pass the million-unit milestone in both 2014 and 2013. During July, GM sold 100,122 crossovers and SUVs, bringing the calendar-year-to-date total to 587,250 units—the best month for utility vehicle sales since August 2007. Overall, General Motors Co. Total sales were up 9% compared with a year ago.

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Gasoline consumption per capita in 2020 was on par with that in 1965

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(The maximum—136,468 million gallons—was reached in 2014.). Total consumption (millions of gallons). Total consumption (millions of gallons). Total consumption (millions of gallons). Consumption per capita. Consumption per capita dropped from 414 gallons in 2019 to 356 gallons in 2020, again a drop of 14%.

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