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APRIL 25, 2018

Efforts to improve the fuel efficiency of new cars sold in the European Union (EU) stalled in 2017 compared to 2016, according to provisional data published today by the European Environment Agency (EEA). According to the provisional data, the average CO 2 emissions of a new car sold in the EU rose by 0.4 g/km last year to 118.5g/km.

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MARCH 2, 2018

Neste has been exploring ways to contribute to improving palm oil industry’s environmental performance, particularly how to further reduce greenhouse gas emission from palm oil production. In 2015, Neste initiated a two-year study project to verify the methane emission reduction for a newly applied effluent treatment method.

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NOVEMBER 9, 2010

Annual data compiled by the European Environmental Agency ( EEA ) and submitted to the UNFCCC on the EU’s greenhouse gas emissions usually leave out emissions from international shipping and aviation (so-called “bunkers”). Compared with 2007, transport emissions in 2008 decreased by 1.6% compared with 2007.

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JULY 10, 2017

The US has charged a former Audi manager via criminal complaint for his role in a conspiracy to defraud US regulators and customers by implementing defeat device software in thousands of Audi diesel vehicles to cheat US emissions tests. liter diesel engine employed Selective Catalytic Reduction (“SCR”) technology to reduce NO x emissions.

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SEPTEMBER 8, 2009

Recent European Environment Agency (EEA) estimates indicate that EU greenhouse gas emissions decreased in 2008 for the fourth consecutive year. Compared to the 2007 official emissions published earlier this year, the annual reduction is estimated to be about 1.3% below the Kyoto base-year emissions for the EU-15, and 10.7%

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MAY 4, 2018

A US federal indictment is charging Martin Winterkorn, the former chairman of the management board of Volkswagen AG (VW), with conspiracy and wire fraud in connection with VW’s cheating on US diesel vehicle emissions requirements. The FBI and EPA Criminal Investigation Division are investigating the case.

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JUNE 2, 2017

Total European Union greenhouse gas emissions increased by 0.5% in 2015—the first annual increase since 2010— according to new European Environment Agency (EEA) data. Road transport emissions—about 20% of total EU greenhouse gas emissions—increased for the second year in a row in 2015, by 1.6%.

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NOVEMBER 4, 2013

The 2007 EPA heavy-duty compression ignition emission standard limits particulate emissions (PM) to 0.01 For the project, the Agency sought technologies capable of reducing pre-2007 engines’ PM emissions to levels that are demonstrated to meet that 2007 standard. L Series 60 was discontinued in 2007.

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MARCH 26, 2019

Harbour Air first demonstrated its commitment to sustainability by becoming the first fully carbon-neutral airline in North America in 2007, through the purchase of carbon offsets. The aviation industry currently contributes 12% of all US carbon emissions and 4.9% —Greg McDougall, founder and CEO of Harbour Air Seaplanes.

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JANUARY 29, 2010

Attitudes towards measures to reduce car emissions. It found that 65% of respondents spontaneously selected emissions from road transport as a cause of climate change. Most respondents said they think cars or aeroplanes are the transport modes mainly responsible for climate changing emissions. Source: DfT. Click to enlarge.

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MAY 15, 2009

Emissions of greenhouse gases from European businesses participating in the EU Emissions Trading System (EU ETS) (cap-and-trade) fell 3.06 % in 2008 compared with a year earlier, according to the information provided by Member State registries. Environment Commissioner Stavros Dimas. With the 6.5% With the 6.5%

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JULY 24, 2011

The Smith School of Enterprise and the Environment at the University of Oxford recently published a report recommending that individual governments take more action to curb their own greenhouse gas emissions and put pressure on other governments to do the same.

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APRIL 10, 2022

Renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel are promising ways to reduce greenhouse gas emissions from heavy-duty trucks and airplanes. It’s a win for the environment and a win for America’s economy. Wyoming is already a leading producer of renewable diesel and is expected to produce a lot more in the near future. Background.

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SEPTEMBER 28, 2010

A study by a team from the University of Cambridge (UK) and MIT attributes ~8,000 premature mortalities per year to aircraft cruise emissions. This represents ~80% of the total impact of aviation (where the total includes the effects of landing and takeoff emissions), and ~1% of air quality-related premature mortalities from all sources.

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JUNE 7, 2010

Renault held a “2010 Environment Workshop” last week to showcase its progress across its range of vehicles’ full lifecycle through the Renault eco² program. Renault’s engineers worked particularly hard on tuning the 85hp and 105hp dCi engines to optimize CO 2 emissions without detracting from performance. Select Engines. dCi engines.

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JULY 29, 2012

Vehicle efficiency improvements via effective standards and policies could reduce annual CO 2 e emissions from the US, China, and the EU by 1.3 The US, China, and the EU could reduce their combined annual CO 2 emissions by 1.3 Similar policies can trigger comparable innovations to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, they suggest.

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FEBRUARY 12, 2010

In response to the ongoing discussion about the reliability of the UN IPCC and the climate reports, a group of 55 leading Dutch scientists working in the field of climate change, energy and the environment wrote an open letter. Major uncertainties exist regarding future greenhouse gas emissions and their impacts.

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DECEMBER 9, 2009

Environment Canada released draft regulations to limit greenhouse gas emissions from new vehicles beginning with the 2011 model year. This would represent an approximate 20% reduction compared to the new vehicle fleet that was sold in Canada in 2007. Earlier post.) This is an important step in the fight against climate change.

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JUNE 20, 2012

Average carbon dioxide emissions per kilometer continue to fall in Europe, according to preliminary figures released by the European Environment Agency (EEA). The average CO 2 emissions for these cars was 135.7 The mass of new cars increased slightly in 2011 and is now back to the level seen in 2007 before the economic crisis.

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NOVEMBER 27, 2018

Progress on increasing the use of renewable energy and improving energy efficiency is slowing across the European Union, putting at risk the EU’s ability to achieve its energy and emissions reduction targets. improvement in energy efficiency (compared to the 2007 baseline). Achieve at least a 32.5%

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JUNE 26, 2009

Global CO 2 emissions from fuel use and cement production by region. Emissions increased by 1.7% Global CO2 emissions increased from 15.3 The lower increase in CO 2 emissions was mainly due to a decrease in global fossil oil consumption of about 0.6%, the first global decrease since 1992. Source: PBL. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 28, 2010

None of the EEA scenarios considered delivered the targeted reduction in transport GHG emissions. Based on analysis of long-term trends, a new European Environment Agency (EEA) report calls for a clear vision defining Europe’s transport system by 2050 and consistent policies to achieve it. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 24, 2009

Anthropogenic atmospheric CO 2 , fossil fuel emissions, world GDP, and world population for the past century. Emissions of two of the most important climate change gases increased last year, according to a preliminary analysis for NOAA’s annual greenhouse gas index, which tracks data from 60 sites around the world. Credit: NOAA.

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APRIL 22, 2010

The increasing contribution of lead from avgas to the total inventory of lead emissions. EPA has issued an Advance Notice of Proposed Rulemaking (ANPR) on lead emissions from piston-engine aircraft using leaded aviation gasoline (avgas). Since 1980, US lead emissions have decreased by more than 90%. Source: EPA. Lead in Avgas.

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FEBRUARY 8, 2018

The current station was designed and built by Trillium in 2007 and continues to be maintained by Trillium. The Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE), a nonprofit that advocates for clean, sustainable, innovative transportation and energy technologies, is managing the project. Air Products & Chemicals, Inc.,

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FEBRUARY 25, 2010

million to fund a research program at USC to improve combustion efficiency in marine diesel engines and thereby reduce emissions. Koo will work with the USC Viterbi School of Engineering to establish the TCC Institute for Emissions Reduction From Marine Diesel Engines. has pledged up to $4.1 Pulsed Power Group at USC (Gundersen).

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JANUARY 8, 2021

Maize and other annual crops are easier to manage with traditional farming, but they are tougher on the environment. It has higher nitrogen emissions like maize, but researchers believe careful fertilizer management could reduce those levels. Moore, C.E., von Haden, A.C., Burnham, M.B., Kantola, I.B., Gibson, C.D., Blakely, B.J.,

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NOVEMBER 7, 2013

Health Canada is the Canadian Federal department responsible for helping Canadians maintain and improve their health; Environment Canada is the Federal agency tasked with, among other things, protecting the environment. the 2008-2012 global recession).

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JULY 31, 2017

In a 2007 paper presented at the XI International Conference on Innovations in the Ferro Alloy Industry (Infacon XI), a team from the US EPA, the Norwegian Pollution Control Authority (SFT), and SINTEF Materials and Chemistry (Lindstad et al. In all cases, however, the production of ferroalloys is energy-intensive. Resources. Lindstad, S.E.

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NOVEMBER 26, 2016

The overall objective of a clean fuel standard would be to achieve annual reductions of 30 megatonnes (Mt) of GHG emissions by 2030. A variety of regulatory approaches are used throughout the world to reduce the emissions related to the use of fuel. Some jurisdictions (e.g., gasoline, diesel, and heavy-fuel oil); gaseous fuels (e.g.,

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MAY 1, 2014

Cars sold in Europe in 2013 were collectively 4% more efficient than the year before, according to provisional data from the European Environment Agency (EEA). The average CO 2 emissions level of a new car sold in 2013 was 127 g CO 2 /km; the target for 2015 was 130 g/km. Click to enlarge. grams; for diesel, 127.16 There were 11.8

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SEPTEMBER 24, 2009

The Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS-2) defined within the Energy Independence and Security Act of 2007 requires biofuels to meet specified life-cycle greenhouse gas emission reduction targets to qualify. Earlier post.). Earlier post.). Earlier post.). The legislation—proposed as an amendment (S.AMDT.2477)

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MAY 12, 2017

Right now, regulations only consider tailpipe emissions generated during the drive phase. However, each material used in vehicle production contributes to lightweighting and improves fuel economy, but each does so at a different cost to the manufacturer—and to the environment.

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JULY 9, 2009

Sulfur (1,000 ppm) content within 200 nautical miles of coastal areas could reduce annual premature deaths resulting from emissions-related affects by around 43,500 by 2012—approximately 50% of the 87,000 deaths estimated to occur in a no control scenario (assuming 2.7% Click to enlarge. Requiring ships to use marine fuel with 0.1%

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NOVEMBER 27, 2012

Trend in emissions of air pollutants from transport in EEA-32: PM 2.5 , CO, SO x , NMVOC, NO x. Transport in Europe is still responsible for damaging levels of air pollutants and a quarter of EU greenhouse gas emissions, despite some progress in reducing the impacts from transport. lower in 2011 than its peak in 2007.

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APRIL 6, 2011

We expect to duplicate the success of the Columbia biodiesel operation at other US Foodservice divisions to offer customers nationwide an opportunity to contribute to the sustainability of our environment by reducing dependence on petroleum and cutting greenhouse gas emissions.

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MAY 24, 2009

Shipping—responsible for almost 3% of global greenhouse gas emissions but not so far covered by any emissions reduction agreements—could reduce its climate impact by at least one-fifth at a negative cost to the industry, a new International Maritime Organization (IMO) report has concluded.

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