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Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program accepting application for 2017 awards

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2016 Toyota Environmental Activities Grant Program Recipients. BirdLife International Tokyo. Conservation International Japan. Nippon International Cooperation for Community Development. Mulberry Club Chubu. Tagotono Tsuki Terraced Rice Field Preservation Club. Bee Forest Club. Grant Category.

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Tesla becomes the target of Chevrolet National Dealer Council chairman’s EV goals

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Back in 2016, the Sierra Club sent out volunteers to over 300 dealerships across the United States. Sierra Club members who participated in the test also noted that they were heavily pushed into buying internal combustion cars instead. . The volunteers were tasked to inquire about electric vehicles.

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INTERCARGO frustrated over lack of action on nickel ore shipping safety in wake of missing Nur Allya; possible liquefaction

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With no word on the fate of the missing crew of 25, INTERCARGO, the International Association of Dry Cargo Shipowners, expressed its concern for the missing crew and its “ utmost concern and dismay for any responsible parties that might have contributed to this potential tragic loss of 25 lives ” which may prove due to cargo liquefaction.

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Radar Technology Pioneer Merrill Skolnik Dies at 94

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He served as chair of the France Section’s IEEE Life Members Affinity Group from 2004 to 2016. After helping to found the International Conference on Electrical Machines in 1974, he served on ICEM’s steering committee from 1974 to 2000. Spilman worked for several international technology companies in senior management positions.

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ICCT/TNO study: Real-world vehicle fuel consumption discrepancy widens to 42% in Europe

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The average gap between official fuel consumption figures and actual fuel use for new cars in the EU has reached 42%, according to the latest update by the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) to its on-going research into vehicle fuel consumption and CO 2 emissions. com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland).

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ICCT-led test of 73 Euro 6 diesels finds large difference in NOx results under NEDC and more realistic WLTC

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A team from the International Council on Clean Transportation (ICCT) with colleagues from the US, China and Germany tested 73 Euro 6 diesel passenger cars on a chassis dynamometer over both the European type-approval cycle (NEDC, cold engine start) and the more realistic Worldwide harmonized light-duty test cycle (WLTC version 2.0,

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Where Minus 35 Is Perfect Weather to Get Outside

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After taking a hit during the pandemic, the number of international visits recovered, but remained 21 percent below 2019-20 levels last winter. 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.

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