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OCTOBER 26, 2018

Air pollution and transportation noise are both associated with an increased risk of heart attacks. Where air pollution is high, the level of transportation noise is usually also elevated. Our study showed that transportation noise increases the risk for a heart attack by 2.0 The work is published in the European Heart Journal.

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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. Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

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DECEMBER 1, 2022

As we accelerate our plan to produce Honda battery EVs in the United States, we also will begin low volume production of fuel cell electric vehicles there to further explore their great potential as part of a sustainable transportation future. —Gary Robinson, vice president of Auto Planning & Strategy for American Honda Motor Co.

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MAY 4, 2011

Air Products has signed a contract with Sorensen Gross Construction Services to build a hydrogen fueling station in Flint, Michigan to fuel a hydrogen fuel cell bus owned by Flint’s Mass Transportation Authority (MTA). The station, which will be part of the MTA’s alternative fuels test program, is to be onstream in April 2012.

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JANUARY 19, 2020

SEAT, a Volkswagen Group company, has expanded the number of supply routes for the transport of components using duo trailers and giga trailers, the two longest types of trucks with the greatest capacity travelling on European roads. Rail transport also plays a key role in SEAT’s logistics. The duo trailer features two 13.6-meter-long

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NOVEMBER 10, 2022

In 2008, EPA promulgated regulations addressing air pollutant emissions from locomotives. As part of EPA’s response to these petitions, EPA said is taking immediate steps to develop options and recommendations to address pollution from new locomotives as well as those already operating in communities nationwide.

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AUGUST 17, 2010

GE Transportation and DonJon Shipbuilding and Repair are bidding on a $24-million federal grant for their Hybrid Harbor Tug Project. Another $6 million in funding would come from DonJon and/or GE Transportation. GoErie.com. Earlier post.)

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JANUARY 24, 2023

The Aker Mobile Test Unit (Just Test) has been operational since 2008 and has continuously been upgraded in accordance with Aker’s latest technology developments. It consists of 6 units that can be easily transported for testing CO₂ capture technology on actual sources of flue gas. With full-scale implementation, 1.5

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MAY 7, 2019

Mineta San José International Airport’s (SJC) has deployed a fleet of 10 Proterra battery-electric buses that will transport passengers and their luggage between SJC’s parking lots, rental car center, and terminals. SJC’s deployment is a first for a California airport and among the largest deployments for a US airport.

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OCTOBER 30, 2020

The rebirth of FNM began in 2008, when a Rio-based company that is active in the mobility sector acquired the rights in the Instituto Nacional da Propriedade Industrial (INPI) (the National Industrial Property Institute) to use the historic Brazilian trade name—including the badge, which had been inspired by the classical Alfa Romeo logo.

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SEPTEMBER 21, 2011

correction for the leap year 2008), global emissions have. Increased energy efficiency, nuclear energy and the growing contribution of renewable energy are not compensating for the globally increasing demand for power and transport, which is strongest in developing countries. Global CO 2. Source: JRC. Click to enlarge. Source JRC.

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AUGUST 15, 2014

Researchers at the Institute of Transportation Studies University of California, Davis suggest that a number of positive trends indicate that we may be seeing the beginning of a real hydrogen transition in transportation, despite earlier starts that fizzled. —“The Hydrogen Transition”. Driving factors. Transition issues.

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JUNE 4, 2019

The acquisition is part of Evergrande’s strategy to become a major player in the global electric vehicle (EV) industry, and paves the way for NEVS to deploy Protean Electric’s in-wheel electric drive technology, ProteanDrive, into its future products. In January 2019 Evergrande Health acquired a (51%) controlling stake in NEVS.

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APRIL 24, 2009

million tons of methane in the atmosphere at the end of December 2008. parts per million (ppm) increase in 2007. The increases in CO 2 and methane during 2008 are slightly less than those measured in 2007, but fall well within the range of yearly fluctuations from natural changes, according to NOAA experts.

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APRIL 16, 2012

generation and transportation activities, according to the report. Transportation. From 1990 to 2010, transportation emissions rose by 18% due, in large part, to increased demand for travel and the stagnation of fuel efficiency. Between 1990 and 2010, CO 2 emissions from fossil fuel combustion. increased from 4,738.3

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AUGUST 1, 2008

T he Plug in 2008 National PHEV Conference in San Jose by most accounts was a big success. clip) “This research program will help link a low-carbon generation portfolio and a smart grid, which in turn will facilitate widespread adoption of electricity as an alternative transportation fuel,” Mansoor said. Sacramento Municipal Util.

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APRIL 7, 2010

However, even with increases in 2010 and 2011, projected CO 2 emissions in 2011 are lower than annual emissions from 1999 through 2008. million bbl/d in 2009, up about 370,000 bbl/d from 2008. In addition, there was a reversal in the trend of public transportation usage, which fell by 3.8% in 2009, will increase by 2.1%

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JULY 15, 2009

The UK’s Department for Transport has published a strategy designed to reduce emissions of carbon dioxide from the transport sector by around 14% (17.7 million tonnes) by 2020 compared to 2008. Transport currently makes up 21% of all UK domestic carbon emissions. Transport Secretary Andrew Adonis.

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AUGUST 21, 2023

a leader in the global market for seaborne transportation and storage of chemicals and other specialty bulk liquids, will install the innovative eSAIL system on a chemical tanker, making it the first tanker vessel to harness this technology. This part is very similar to a deck crane. Hudong vessel with bound4blue suction sails.

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DECEMBER 2, 2010

In a first-of-its-kind study, scientists from the US Department of Energy’s Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory and the California Air Resources Board tracked variations in the amount of lead transported across the Pacific over time. It’s well known that particles and other aerosols cover long distances through the Earth’s atmosphere.

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MAY 19, 2020

BASF and DiDi, the world’s leading mobile transportation platform, signed a strategic cooperation agreement in Hangzhou, Zhejiang Province, China, where Xiaoju Autocare (Xiaoju Yangche), a subsidiary of DiDi, is headquartered. Since launching the program in 2008, BASF has established 29 schools in China.

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DECEMBER 16, 2011

Nissan introduced STAR WINGS for dynamic route guidance in China in 2008. Nissan is participating in the demonstration test launched by NEDO to mitigate traffic congestion, reduce energy consumption and lower CO 2 output, as part of its mid-term environmental plan (NGP2016) announced earlier. Nissan Motor Co.,

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MARCH 29, 2022

Road Transport and Highways Minister Nitin Gadkari said, A total of 10,60,707 electric vehicles were registered in India to date, while 1,742 public charging stations (PCS) were established and are now operational in the country. Gadkari said 816 fee toll plazas are operational on national highways across the country as of March 21, 2022.

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JUNE 10, 2011

Although the reports both focus strongly on the increased use of natural gas in power generation, they also explore the likely impact of increased natural gas use on transportation. The MIT report, which is focused on the US, albeit within a global context, concludes that natural gas use in the transportation sector is likely to increase.

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MAY 13, 2012

OsComp Systems, a startup formed by MIT alumni, has developed , with support from the US Department of Energy (DOE), a hybrid rotary compressor design that decreases the energy required to compress and transport natural gas, lowers operating costs, improves efficiencies and reduces the environmental footprint of well site operations.

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SEPTEMBER 29, 2014

In September 2012, Corbett signed into law the Public and Private Partnerships for Transportation Act, which authorized P3 projects in Pennsylvania. As part of the P3 law, the seven-member Public Private Transportation Partnership Board was appointed to examine and approve potential public-private transportation projects.

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DECEMBER 18, 2014

The sixth in a series of reports on peak motorization in the US by Dr. Michael Sivak at the University of Michigan Transportation Research Institute (UMTRI) finds that distance driven per GDP reached its highest values in a broad plateau from the early 1970s through the early 1990s, and then decreased steadily. —Sivak 2014.

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OCTOBER 19, 2017

The transport sector is not on track towards achieving sustainable mobility, according to the newly published Global Mobility Report 2017 (GMR). The GMR is the first study to assess the global performance of the transport sector and the progress made toward four main objectives: universal access, efficiency, safety, and green mobility.

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MAY 9, 2011

The CCC, an independent body established under the Climate Change Act (2008), advises the UK Government on setting and meeting carbon budgets and on preparing for the impacts of climate change. Renewable transport. In the CCC’s fourth budget scenario, electric vehicle penetration reaches around 60% of new cars and vans by 2030.

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JULY 8, 2009

In 2008, Scope 1 and 2 emissions were 13.2 million metric tonnes in 2008 from 1.9 customers rely on the transportation and logistics industry as part of their supply chains. For that reason, we advocate full disclosure (Scopes 1, 2 and 3) for the entire transportation and logistics industry. MMT in 2007.customers

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FEBRUARY 18, 2012

The US Energy Information Administration estimates that US natural gas pipeline companies added about 2,400 miles (3,862 km) of new pipe to the grid as part of more than 25 projects in 2011. New pipeline projects entered service in parts of the US natural gas grid that can be congested: California, Florida, and parts of the Northeast.

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APRIL 7, 2016

NASA and Boeing have been working together to design a longer, thinner and lighter wing—so different from typical commercial transport aircraft wings that it requires a truss to provide the wing extra support.

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SEPTEMBER 26, 2019

Bloom Energy and Samsung Heavy Industries (SHI), a part of Samsung Group, today are collaborating to design and develop ships powered by Bloom Energy’s solid oxide fuel cell technology. Bloom Energy is the world’s leading provider of stationary fuel cells and SHI is one of the world’s largest shipbuilding companies.

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FEBRUARY 26, 2009

Average annual capital needs and gap estimates, all levels of government, 2008-35 (in 2008 dollars). A bi-partisan Congressionally-created commission has recommended a shift from motor fuel taxes to direct fees charged to transportation infrastructure users—i.e., Click to enlarge. The nation faces a crisis. Paying our Way”.

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OCTOBER 20, 2017

Toray Industries will open Automotive Center Europe (AMCEU) in August 2018 near Munich, Germany, as part of strengthening of R&D function related to the Green Innovation (GR) Business in Europe.

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AUGUST 30, 2009

Hydrous ethanol has been used in the United States as a transportation fuel for at least one hundred years. These distilleries made 192-proof alcohol for human consumption, lantern fuel and transportation fuel. Use of Hydrous Ethanol in the United States. This moonshine was hydrous ethanol. As used in this section and Sec.

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OCTOBER 29, 2010

A key part of ARB’s AB 32 Scoping Plan ( earlier post ), the cap-and-trade program provides an overall limit on the emissions from sources responsible for 85% of California’s greenhouse gas emissions. Transportation fuels. For transportation fuel combustion emissions, the covered entity is the supplier of the fuel.

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