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Junkyard Find: 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line

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That car was the 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line, and I managed to find one in a Denver-area car graveyard recently. gallon gas in order to recoup its cost over the pure-gazzoline version. gallon gas in order to recoup its cost over the pure-gazzoline version. A 2007 Saturn Vue Green Line hybrid in a Colorado wrecking yard.

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GM pushes again on UAW calls for to revive advantages misplaced since 2007

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The listing additionally requires the automakers to trim paintings weeks, repair cost-of-living changes and considerably increase retiree advantages. He offered charts appearing the automakers’ just lately introduced second-quarter income, adopted by way of a chart appearing salary concessions made by way of the union since 2007.

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

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million were seriously injured, putting the country on pace for its deadliest driving year since 2007. Costs are also up. From January to June, nearly 19,000 people died in traffic crashes across the US, and more than 2.2 Serious injuries” are classified as those requiring medical consultation.

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China-based study concludes using political incentives to fight pollution is costly and inefficient

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Taken together, China’s efforts to reduce water pollution led to a total loss in industrial output of more than 800 billion Chinese yuan (US$121 billion) over the eight years studied (2000-2007).

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Study: Bio-Based Plastics Could Ultimately Replace Up to 90% of Total Global Consumption of Plastics in 2007

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Replacement of up to 90% (270 Mt) of the total global consumption of plastics in 2007 with bio-based plastics is ultimately technically possible, according to new study by authors at Utrecht University, commissioned by the associations European Bioplastics and the European Polysaccharide Network of Excellence (EPNOE). Mt in 2007 to 2.33

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NSC: US motor vehicle fatalities up 9% in 1H 2016; trending toward deadliest driving year since 2007

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The total estimated cost of these deaths and injuries is $205 billion. Preliminary estimates from the National Safety Council (NSC) indicate motor vehicle deaths were 9% higher through the first six months of 2016 than in 2015, and 18% higher than two years ago at the six month mark. million were seriously injured.

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Trillium completes construction of largest hydrogen transit refueling station in North America

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Currently 10 buses are equipped for hydrogen, but the station allows the fleet to grow to 50 with only minimal additional capital costs. Trillium also operates and maintains the OCTA’s compressed natural gas (CNG) station that it built in 2007—meaning Trillium now operates both types of OCTA’s alternative fueling stations.