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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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—Jones and O’Hara (2012). how many trees the managers will remove either for sale or to better support the regrowth of the redwoods. For the lithium-ion batteries, Volkswagen developed an in-house model in cooperation with suppliers on the basis of the current state of the art as of 2012. hack and squirt).

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Chevrolet Cruze station wagon to debut in Geneva; not for North America

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The station wagon complements the Cruze sedan and hatchback, which together have combined sales of more than 1 million vehicles globally since launch in 2009. The new station wagon is not planned for sale in North America. New and improved engines will be available on the entire Cruze line-up starting summer 2012.

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Solazyme expanding renewable oil production capacity with JV partner Bunge, signs strategic collaboration agreement with ADM

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The expanded field and portfolio of oils would include certain tailored food oils for sale in Brazil, where Bunge is the largest supplier of edible oils through several of its retail brands. The companies also intend to expand the portfolio of oils to be produced out of their joint venture facility in Brazil.

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GM, Segway to Make Vehicle - WSJ.com

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Privacy Policy | Terms & Conditions As a registered user of The Wall Street Journal Online, you will be able to: Setup and manage your portfolio Personalize your own news page Receive and manage newsletters Log In Log In User Name Password Log in Remember me Forgot your password? Home World U.S. is teaming with Segway Inc.,

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Tennessee, Nissan and TVA forge a path for electric car | www.tennessean.com | The Tennessean

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It would then be offered for public use in 2012, said Brian Carolin, senior vice president for sales and marketing at Nissan North America Inc. Coming to public in 12 Nissans first electric car is to go into corporate and government fleets beginning in late 2010. You must fill out the comment body in order to submit a comment.

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National Low Carbon Fuel Standard study releases major Technical Analysis and Policy Design reports; providing a scientific basis for policy decisions

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I personally don’t think we should get rid of the RFS. They will be used to generate credits for sale to petroleum fuel suppliers (depending on verification that their carbon intensity is lower than that of gasoline and diesel). RFS has made a positive contribution and now it’s time to upgrade refine it, improve it. Christopher Yang.

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Lotus and Harmon partner up to add sound to hybrids

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