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EU Parliament Approves 2012 Tire Efficiency Ratings

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Members of the European Parliament last week approved regulations that will require replacement tires for cars as well as light- and heavy-duty vehicles (C1, C2, and C3 tires) to carry energy efficiency labels as of 1 November 2012. Energy-efficient tires are more commonly referred to as low rolling resistance (LRR) tires in North America.

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DOE awards $35M to 15 projects in ARPA-E ECOSynBio program to reduce carbon footprint of biofuel production

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LanzaTech will create transformative technology to enable direct conversion of carbon dioxide (CO 2 ) to ethanol, a building block for low carbon intensity fuels and chemicals, at 100% carbon conversion efficiency to products. University of California, Davis. University of California, Irvine. ZymoChem, Inc. second award).

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