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Western European Passenger Car Purchases Shifted to Higher Share for Small Cars, Lower Share for Diesels in 2009

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lower than before the crisis in 2007. less than in 2007. Only Austria (+8.8%), France (+10.7%) and Germany (+23.2%) posted growth compared to 2008, with results lifted by scrapping incentives. Among the smaller countries in terms of manufacturing, production was down more than 58% in Austria and Sweden. Click to enlarge.

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EEA: no improvements on average CO2 emissions from new cars registered in 2017 in Europe

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million new cars were registered, the highest number since 2007. On average, the heaviest cars were sold in Sweden (1,540 kg), Austria and Luxembourg (1,502 kg) whereas Maltese, Greek and Danish buyers on average preferred the lightest cars (1,211, 1,243 and 1,279 kg respectively). A total of 15.1

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Portions Of Swiss-Italian Border May Be Redrawn To Reflect Changes In Glaciers and Snowfields

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Recession of the Morteratsch Glacier, Switzerland (just north of the Italian border) between 1985 and 2007. Italy had previously reached a similar agreement with Austria, and is in talks with France about proposed changes in their shared border. Source: UNEP. Click to enlarge.

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EU Likely to Miss 2010 Air Pollutant Limits; NOx the Toughest

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Others, such as Ireland, Austria and Belgium, are projected to miss their limits by as much as up to 60%. Still, five Member States (Austria, Belgium, France, Ireland and Spain) would still under these circumstances miss their ceilings by significant amounts.

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EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

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The report’s findings for the period 1997–2007 present a mixed picture, with some improvements in air pollutants and serious concerns regarding persistent growth in transport’s greenhouse gas emissions. Air travel within the EU remained the fastest growth area, increasing 48% between 1997 and 2007.

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Oxford Catalysts in $5.9M Fischer-Tropsch Demonstration and Commercialization Agreement; Focus on Biomass- and Waste-to-Liquids Applications

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and SGCE have been working together since 2007 under a memorandum of understanding. Oxford Catalysts has a platform catalyst technology that provides the increased activity in microchannel reactors. Earlier post.). Oxford Catalysts’ US subsidiary, Velocys, Inc. MW heat and 2 MW electricity for domestic and industrial customers.

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European Biodiesel Production Up 16.6% in 2009

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2008, 54% in 2006 and 65% in 2005); in 2007, the industry growth rate was. US producers had been selling B99 biodiesel into the EU at a considerable discount since early 2007. This increase is well below the increases in production in three of the four prior years (35% in. the reduced capacity utilization rate to unfair trade.

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