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APRIL 25, 2011

Gt CO 2 in 2008 (26%), according to a new open access study by researchers from Germany and the US, published in the Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences (PNAS). Despite the emergence of regional climate policies, growth in global CO 2 emissions has remained strong. Gt CO 2 in 1990 to 1.6 —Peters et al.

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JUNE 7, 2011

The trial will monitor how NExBTL performs in trucks covering long distances and carrying heavy loads under a variety of climatic conditions. A fleet of 14 standard Mercedes-Benz trucks and buses in Germany have used 100% NExBTL since mid-2008 and have driven over 1 million kilometers to date.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2011

Between 2004 and 2008, global energy intensity experienced its sharpest decline in 30 years, with an average annual growth rate of 1.87%. Starting in 2008-09, however, energy intensity again bumped up, experiencing the first rise in three decades. —Alexander Ochs, director of Worldwatch’s Climate & Energy program.

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MAY 12, 2020

The only other comparable events are short-term reductions in China’s emissions due to strict regulations during events like the 2008 Beijing Olympics. The temperature data are from the Copernicus Climate Change Service (2017). It means that by just reducing the [nitrogen dioxide] and the particles, you won’t solve the ozone problem.

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DECEMBER 10, 2009

RUF Automobile GmbH unveiled the Stormster, an electric SUV based on the Porsche Cayenne, for the European Climate Change Conference in Copenhagen, (COP 15). RUF introduced the first electric sports car (eRUF) from Germany in October 2008. The lithium-ion battery pack is supplied by Li-Tec Battery GmbH. The Stormster.

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APRIL 11, 2024

But these ships have been in short supply in recent years, with older vessels being retired and new ship orders down due to both the 2008 financial crisis and the industry upgrade to less-polluting fuels, reports MIT Technology Review. So moving EVs all over the world certainly comes at a price, environmentally, of course.

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OCTOBER 28, 2009

Meeting the higher mandate will move Brazil to being the second-largest producer of biodiesel in the world, only behind Germany, according to Brazil’s Secretariat of Social Communication of the Republic. Currently, Brazil is fourth, with Germany, the US and France in the number 1, 2 and 3 positions respectively. Emissions testing.

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NOVEMBER 14, 2012

6,028 people were questioned across six European countries; Denmark, France, Germany, Italy, Spain and the UK. 53% say climate change is the world’s biggest problem. These include: simTD (Safe Intelligent Mobility – Testfield Germany)—a joint research project supported by the German government that began in 2008.

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APRIL 7, 2009

The number of EU countries with CO2-related car taxation rose to 15 in 2008. In 2008, motor vehicle taxes in the EU 15 added up to €378 billion (US$501 billion) or 4.1% Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Fuel Efficiency Policy.

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NOVEMBER 22, 2010

below the record 2008 figures. lower in 2009 than in 2008. Similar figures apply to USA, Japan, France, Germany, and most other industrialized nations. This is less than half the drop predicted a year ago. The global financial crisis severely affected western economies, leading to large reductions in CO 2 emissions. Resources.

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SEPTEMBER 11, 2012

An analysis by Deutsche Bank Climate Advisors, however, suggests that production of 1.1 Even though the United States has just 25% of the total population of the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development (OECD) nations, in 2008 it alone accounted for just above 40% of the 10.3 trillion pkm in 2008. million.

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NOVEMBER 10, 2011

Increases in carbon dioxide concentration along with global surface temperatures are showing a decline in agricultural yields due to climate change. [ 1 ] This along with melting glaciers and shifts in climate zones do not bode well for climate change stabilization without drastic efforts in greenhouse gas abatement.

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OCTOBER 11, 2010

Most climate models have suggested that evapotranspiration, which is the movement of water from the land to the atmosphere, would increase with global warming because of increased evaporation of water from the ocean and more precipitation overall. —Jung et al. millimeters per year per decade. Jung et al.

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MAY 30, 2012

This can be partially explained by the fact that there was a sharp 7.3% (or -365 million tonnes) decrease of emissions between 2008 and 2009. Among the greenhouse gases reported to the United Nations Framework Convention for Climate Change (UNFCCC), carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) accounted for the largest increase in emissions in 2010.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Key to realizing the potential role for hydrogen in transportation is automakers’ continuing commitment to hydrogen FCVs as a necessary complement to plug-in electric vehicles and a critical component of their long-term strategy to provide vehicles that contribute to energy and climate policy goals. Is it different this time?

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JUNE 10, 2009

Initial results from a joint pilot test of 14 series-produced Mercedes-Benz trucks and buses running NExBTL renewable diesel (hydrotreated vegetable oil, HVO) since mid-2008 show a reduction in NO x emissions of up to 15%, and in CO 2 emissions of more than 60% compared to fossil fuels.

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MARCH 15, 2009

Renewable energy technologies could generate 40% of the world’s electricity by 2050, according to research presented at the International Scientific Congress “Climate Change: Global Risks, Challenges & Decisions”. More specifically, Germany has more than doubled its share of renewable energy since 2000.

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NOVEMBER 18, 2017

In a new study published in the journal Nano Energy, researchers from Forschungszentrum Jülich in Germany and Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) provide in-depth insight into the electrochemically induced surface reaction processes on iron anodes in concentrated alkaline electrolyte in iron-air batteries. But this is obviously not the case.

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DECEMBER 29, 2014

Despite issues such as climate change, privacy threats, epidemic disease and geopolitical strife, the Ford report detects optimism. Sample percentages of adults aged 35 and older who agree with the statement “Today, the stigma of failure has disappeared” include: 57% in Germany; 55% in Japan; 47% in China; 37% in the US; and 23% in Brazil.

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JULY 5, 2011

trillion in 2010) would be required to overcome poverty; increase food production to eradicate hunger without degrading land and water resources; and avert the climate change catastrophe. Global CO 2 emissions have increased at an annual rate of more than 3 per cent, considerably faster than in previous decades (van Vuuren and Riahi, 2008).

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MARCH 27, 2009

In November 2008, the German federal government announced plans to take strong measures towards electric and hybrid vehicles in the next ten years, with the goal of putting one million electric (EV) and plug-in hybrid electric (PHEV) vehicles onto Germany’s roads by 2020. Earlier post.) Earlier post.). Earlier post.).

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APRIL 5, 2009

EEA member countries include: Austria, Belgium, Bulgaria, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Latvia, Liechtenstein, Lithuania, Luxemburg, Malta, Netherlands, Norway, Poland, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Slovak Republic, Slovenia, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

Caroline Reichert, a spokeswoman for the Germany energy company RWE , said leading automotive and energy companies have reached an agreement for a standardized plug for electric cars. Some of the automakers include in that agreement are Volkswagen, BMW, Ford, General Motors, Fiat, Toyota and Mitsubishi. . is a Green Options Media Production.

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JULY 20, 2012

tonnes per capita, despite a decline due to the recession in 2008-2009, high oil prices and an increased share of natural gas. This amount is similar to the current CO 2 emissions from Germany. In the European Union, CO 2 emissions dropped by 3% to 7.5 tonnes per capita. the United States (16%). the European Union (11%). of all energy.

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APRIL 3, 2009

The SCOPE (Scientific Committee on Problems of the Environment) International Biofuels Project, has published the full proceedings of its Rapid Assessment workshop on the environmental effects of biofuel technologies, 22-25 September 2008. SCOPE is part of the International Council for Science. Ravindranath et al. Howarth, R.W., Bringezu, M.

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APRIL 21, 2010

The seventeen EU countries that levy passenger car taxes partially or totally based on the car’s carbon dioxide emissions and/or fuel consumption are: Austria, Belgium, Cyprus, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Ireland, Latvia, Luxembourg, Malta, the Netherlands, Portugal, Romania, Spain, Sweden and the United Kingdom.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 13, 2009

It predicts 35 per cent growth in the US; 30 per cent growth in Brazil; and substantial increases in areas including the Asia-Pacific region, France, Germany and Argentina. Aren’t biofuels climate friendly? There are concerns too about soil erosion and deforestation.

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JUNE 18, 2011

Germany has decided to shutdown all nine of its nuclear power plants by 2022, and Switzerland will shutdown all five of its plants by 2032. Nuclear power currently supplies 25% of Germany’s power, 39% of Switzerland’s power, and 20% of the electricity consumed in the US. —Paul Fischbeck.

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Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

APRIL 21, 2009

In late 2008, BYD started selling the first production PHEV in China. First Escape PHEV delivered to SCE Nov 2007; 20 in 2008-2009. Beginning in 2005, we excerpted individual statements of intentions by carmakers, but by the start of 2008, the number of comments became too numerous for us to track. Batteries not ready.

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