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UK unveils new plan to cut NO2; sale of new conventional gasoline and diesel cars to end by 2040; focus on local action

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Despite this, an analysis of more than 1,800 major roads show that a small number of these—81 or 4%—are due to breach legal pollution limits for NO 2 , with 33 of these outside of London. The UK assesses air quality, as well as legal compliance with these obligations, via a combination of monitoring data and modeling.

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President’s Budget for FY 2013 boosts discretionary funds for DOE, cuts fossil fuel subsidies

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priorities in clean energy and advanced manufacturing, through grants, financing assistance, and tax incentives that accelerate fundamental. Works through the President’s Better Building Initiative to make non-residential buildings more. These funds are. part of a broad energy strategy that emphasizes.

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UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

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New retail approaches, including new methods for building dealer competence, could improve the PEV buying experience. Dealers emphasized that salesperson competence, as well as salesperson confidence, is a by-product of hands-on learning achieved through regular exposure and repetition that builds on one success after another.

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GM Files Voluntary Chapter 11; Agreements with US Treasury and Canada; New GM Expected in 60-90 Days

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These totals reflect GM’s recently announced plans to build a future small car in the US. court filings or court-supervised process, and these filings have no direct legal impact on GM’s plans and operations outside the US. Warrants granted to the New VEBA to acquire newly issued shares in the New GM equal to 2.5% Earlier post.)

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

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Its wholly interpretive guidelines can be used to approve or disapprove a building, addition or remodel completely on subjective principles. I went down to the Building Dept and they said, “It will be two weeks before we get back to you.” And then the senior gentlemen in the building with the Safety Dept. What happened?”.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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Unfortunately, this conference focused primarily on setting a cap on carbon emissions and providing financial aid to developing countries to build capacities to adapt to the negative impacts of climate change. But starting to raise immediate finance is more important than determining its exact future size.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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While many may argue that the economic benefits of comprehensive federal legislation are clear, a network of interlinked state and regional carbon markets building off the existing institutional infrastructure of RGGI, WCI, and MRGGRA could be a better solution. nationals and legal residents. HOW TO ESTABLISH A SUCCESSFUL REGIONAL.

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