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EPA OIG to evaluate EPA’s actions on final light-duty fuel efficiency rule

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each year through model year 2026, as compared with the standards issued under the Obama administration in 2012, which would have required about 5% annual increases. The SAFE rule reduces the increase in stringency of CAFE and CO 2 emissions to about 1.5%

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Obama Administration announces first fuel economy and GHG standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles

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US President Barack Obama announced fuel efficiency and greenhouse gas emission standards for medium- and heavy-duty vehicles. The other phases the final standards in at 15-20-67-67-67-100 percent in model years 2014-2015-2016-2017-2018-2019. The new HD National Program covers vehicle classes 2b through 8. Click to enlarge.

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Remembering Lithium-Ion Battery Pioneer John Goodenough

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For that, he won a 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry , sharing the award with M. Goodenough [left] shared the 2019 Nobel Prize in Chemistry with Akira Yoshino [middle] and M. National Medal of Science from President Barack Obama. Stanley Whittingham. In addition to the Nobel Prize, he received the 2011 U.S.

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This Nigerian Startup’s Minigrid Began as a School Project

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In 2018 he was in the inaugural cohort of the Obama Foundation ’s Leaders Africa program. president Barack Obama, the leadership program is for those from Africa, Asia-Pacific, and Europe who are working to improve public, private, and civic development through grassroots action. Established by former U.S.

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Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

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As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership.

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Researchers call for major change in US policies supporting plug-ins; failure of “mainstream consumer bias”

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of vehicle sales), far below levels required to meet the Obama administration’s goal of one million PEVs on the road by 2015. As PEV policy costs mount—with an expectation to exceed $7 billion by 2019 (CBO 2012)—and the success of PEV policy increasingly in doubt, PEV policy strategy is also at a fork in the road.

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Has the cash for clunkers scheme failed? The Green Piece

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Clearly the goal of the cash for clunkers scheme was to revitalise US auto sales – but the underlying target, according to the Obama administration, was also to encourage US drivers towards more fuel efficient vehicles that would ultimately reduce the country’s dependence on foreign oil. So is this scheme green at all?