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New analysis suggests Uber adding significantly to pollution and traffic in European cities

Green Car Congress

Uber is adding more polluting car trips to already-clogged European cities such as London and Paris, new analysis by European NGOs suggests —contributing to air pollution and climate change and exploding the company’s sustainability claims. This has made Uber one of the biggest taxi services in Europe, with 3.6

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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

Green Car Congress

This year’s theme will be “Biodiversity Conservation” or “Climate Change”. 2016 Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Recipients. Climate Change. Climate Change. Ube Network for Climate Change Actions. Mulberry Club Chubu. Tagotono Tsuki Terraced Rice Field Preservation Club. Grant Category.

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CEO Mary Barra & General Motors Make Sure The Greenius Is Rewarded For His Many Years Of EV Advocacy

Creative Greenius

That same year, in my role as founding organizer of climate action group, 350 South Bay Los Angeles, I was able to bring my skills and experience to a wider community and make the case for our need to switch to 100% fossil free transportation to stave off the impending climate crisis. The Bolt debuts at the 2016 LA Car Show.

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Backcountry Skiing Is Booming in the Northeast. But Can It Survive?

Baua Electric

Like the so-called ice-albedo effect in polar regions, where a loss of reflective surfaces on the polar ice amplifies a growing climate crisis, the retreat of these ski lines has entered a similar feedback loop. Granite Backcountry Alliance, which was formed in 2016 by Tyler Ray, 45, from North Conway, N.H.,

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Road Test: 2022 Lexus RX 450h F Sport AWD

Clean Fleet Report

Clean Fleet Report is a big fan of knobs for the radio and climate controls, so Lexus earned our praise. In 2016 we were so taken by that year’s RX that three staffers had to take a closer look: Road Test: 2016 Lexus RX 450h Hybrid. Road Test: 2016 Lexus RX 450h Hybrid. Road Test: 2016 Lexus RX 450h Hybrid.

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EPA: GHG emissions standards for cars and light trucks should be revised; joint process with NHTSA (updated with more reactions)

Green Car Congress

Sierra Club: “These roll-backs from Scott Pruitt mean Americans will pay more at the pump while our air gets dirtier, just so Pruitt can help the corporate lobbyists and polluters who give him favors and marching orders. ”. It would be wasteful to discard those consumer savings, but EPA now appears poised to do just that.”.

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Where Minus 35 Is Perfect Weather to Get Outside

Baua Electric

But with climate change making the snowpack unreliable, dog-sled races have run into some difficulties. In 2016, a mild winter in Anchorage forced organizers of the Iditarod, the world’s most famous dog-sled race, to rely on snow brought in by train. Over the years, the club has acquired 25 toes (all donated).

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