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JANUARY 11, 2010

Ford Motor Company will invest an additional $450 million in its electric vehicle plan, paving the way to build its next-generation hybrid and plug-in hybrid vehicle vehicles in Michigan beginning in 2012. beginning in 2012. Next-generation hybrid based on C-car platform in 2012. Plug-in hybrid based on C-car platform in 2012.

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JULY 16, 2015

MEPs also want to include emissions reduction ceilings on mercury, and a midpoint target for most caps of 2025. The report by rapporteur Julie Girling (European Conservatives and Reformists, ECR, UK) on the National Emissions Ceiling directive (NEC) was adopted by 38 votes to 28, with 2 abstentions. —Julie Girling.

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JANUARY 29, 2014

Its gas technologies extract water, mercury, sulfur compounds, carbon dioxide and other contaminants from raw natural gas. In 2012, the company purchased a majority stake in Thomas Russell Co., UOP has increased its offerings in natural gas in recent years.

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MARCH 6, 2017

WHO estimated in 2012 that 26% of childhood deaths and 25% of the total disease burden in children under five could be prevented through the reduction of environmental risks such as air pollution, unsafe water, sanitation and inadequate hygiene or chemicals. Globally, road traffic injuries killed 135,000 children under 15 years in 2012.

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OCTOBER 31, 2009

IGCC also significantly reduces criteria emissions—sulfur dioxide, nitrous oxide, mercury and particulate matter—and decreases water consumption by up to 30% (as compared to a conventional coal plant). that is expected to be the world’s largest IGCC facility when it reaches commercial operation in 2012.

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SEPTEMBER 20, 2013

In 2012, EPA issued a proposed standard for EGUs. While the United States has limits in place for arsenic, mercury and lead pollution that power plants can emit, currently, there are no national limits on the amount of CO 2 new power plants can emit. Earlier post.)

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AUGUST 22, 2014

Other results include: a 66% reduction in benzene; a nearly 60% reduction in mercury from man-made sources such as coal-fired power plants; an 84% decrease of lead in outdoor air; the removal of an estimated 1.5 Among the results highlighted is the removal of an estimated 1.5 National, regional and community-based initiatives.

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JUNE 2, 2014

Power plants accounted for 32% (2,064 million metric tons of CO 2 equivalent) of all domestic greenhouse gas emissions in the United States in 2012, according to the EPA. mercury and hydrogen chloride), as well as ecosystem effects and visibility impairment. state compliance) to $7.4 billion (regional compliance) in 2020 and from $7.3

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MARCH 31, 2010

The new premium midsize sedan hybrid joins the Ford Fusion and Escape Hybrids and Mercury Milan and Mariner Hybrids. Introduction of the new Lincoln MKZ Hybrid also complements Ford’s global electrification plan, which calls for the introduction of five new electrified vehicles by 2013. SmartGauge with EcoGuide. Click to enlarge.

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APRIL 15, 2010

MyFord Touch launches this summer on the 2011 Ford Edge and will be available globally on the 2012 Ford Focus. It builds on the fuel efficiency “coaching” concept in the SmartGauge with EcoGuide cluster for the 2010 Ford Fusion Hybrid and Mercury Milan Hybrid as well as the all-new 2011 Lincoln MKZ Hybrid.

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Eventually the linings [of devices] break, and when they're rained upon, the very toxic materials [they contain] — mercury, lead, arsenic, beryllium, cadmium — come out. Really in 2012 I started speaking to companies about the need to “shred” data the way they shred sensitive papers, they looked at us like we were green Martians.

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Burning coal, a non-renewable resource, produces about 20% of the world’s greenhouse gases, but also releases harmful chemicals into the environment such as mercury, sulfur dioxide, nitrogen oxides and sulfuric acid, responsible in some areas for acid rain and respiratory illness. —Daniel Kammen. 2012.01.031.

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APRIL 1, 2010

In North America, these include the Transit Connect Electric later this year, Focus Electric in 2011, a plug-in hybrid electric vehicle and two next-generation hybrids in 2012. Ford and Microsoft’s participation in the Hohm program builds on the success of their decade-long partnership to provide customers with superior in-car experiences.

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JULY 22, 2009

2010 Mercury Milan and Milan Hybrid. By 2012, the company plans to produce 750,000 EcoBoost units annually in the US and 1.3 New vehicle introductions for the 2010 model year include: 2010 Ford Taurus and Taurus SHO. 2010 Ford Fusion and Fusion Hybrid. 2010 Ford Mustang and Shelby GT500. 2010 Ford Flex with EcoBoost. 2010 Lincoln MKZ.

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MARCH 23, 2013

Continue implementation of Clean Air Act requirements on criteria pollutants (such as SO 2 and NO x ) and hazardous air pollutants (such as mercury) to include creating new performance standards for CO2 emissions from existing stationary sources, which would follow the performance standards for new plants released in March 2012.

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Green Cars News

JULY 26, 2009

Here is an outline of its plans through to the 2012 model year: Introduction of electric and hybrid vehicles: Ford hopes to introduce an electric Transit Connect Commercial Van in 2010; along with an electric Focus in 2011 and the next generation of full hybrid models by 2012. So how does Ford plan to make itself green?

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AUGUST 21, 2013

In the case of ORNL’s SNS, the target is mercury. SNS produces neutrons with an accelerator-based system that delivers short (microsecond) proton pulses to a target system (mercury), where neutrons are produced at by the collision of high-energy protons with the Hg target: 695 ns pulse with 60 Hz rep. Specs for the 1.4

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metals such as mercury, cadmium, lead and hexavalent chrome) that pose a known threat to health or the environment. SOCs are chemical (e.g., solvents) or materials (e.g., Honda is specifically trying to reduce or eliminate a number of solvents such as toluene, xylene, formaldehyde, acetaldehyde, benzene, ethylbenzene, and styrene.

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Green Cars News

OCTOBER 27, 2009

As part of a partnership with Renault, Nissan will launch the LEAF in Europe and North America in 2010 before a global release in 2012 (see article ). In March 2009 however, its efforts really picked up pace as Ford launched to the US market the Ford Fusion Hybrid and the Milan Mercury Hybrid, both as 2010 models.

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APRIL 21, 2009

Partnering with Alcoa, Duke Energy, Google.org, Johnson Controls Indiana startup plans to unveil vehicle May 2009 at EVS-24 in Norway; mass production in 2012. Ford Escape PHEV-40 around 2012. San Jose Mercury News ). Some experts predict that such a battery - or a similar battery - could be production-ready by 2010 to 2012.Larry

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DECEMBER 20, 2009

Ti-VCT (Twin Independent Variable Camshaft Timing), Ford’s advanced multi-valve engine technology ( earlier post ), will be on 80% of its products by 2012, including EcoBoost and non-EcoBoost applications. Another example of rapid technology deployment is the new six-speed transmission.

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