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Nestlé Waters North America adds 155 new medium-duty propane autogas trucks to delivery fleet

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Over the vehicles’ lifetime, the 155 Ford F-650 trucks will reduce carbon dioxide emissions by more than 24.6 Milwaukee and Fort Lauderdale. Nestlé Waters North America is adding more than 150 medium-duty beverage delivery trucks fueled by propane autogas. million pounds. These units will be deployed beginning in April.

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Chemrec CEO Urges Serious Consideration for DME at Low-Carbon Biofuel for North America

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Truck manufacturer Volvo AB, a partner in the Chemrec demonstration scale BioDME project, plans to test several of its production diesel trucks modified to operate on BioDME throughout Sweden.

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Hydrogen Opposed Piston Engine Working Group formed

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In a recently published whitepaper on hydrogen opposed-piston engines (H 2 -OPE), opposed-piston engine maker Achates Power explained that since there are no carbon molecules in hydrogen fuel, neither unburned hydrocarbons nor particulate matter is a concern for emission control from a hydrogen combustion engine.

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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NO 2 is just one component of air pollution, which is made up of many pollutants (including particulate matter, ozone, carbon monoxide), which are known to have numerous adverse effects on health. NO 2 is a pollutant formed mainly from fossil fuel combustion, and traffic emissions can contribute up to 80% of ambient NO 2 in cities.

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Waste Management piloting Rotopress collection trailers in North America; natural gas tractors

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Milwaukee, Wis. million metric tons of carbon dioxide by 2020. Rotopress has been in operation across Europe for more than eight decades. The pilot program will first rollout in Houston, Texas, followed by pilot projects in San Diego, Calif., Sacramento, Calif., and Camden, N.J.

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Lifecycle study finds that environmental impacts of silicon-anode Li-ion battery could be roughly comparable with conventional Li-ion battery

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For the study, the UW-Milwaukee team selected the metal-assisted chemical etching method for the SiNW synthesis due to its simplicity, low cost, and scalable advantages. Credit: ACS, Li et al. Click to enlarge.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Each metric ton of Halon 1301 released to the atmosphere&madsh;intentionally or inadvertently—is equivalent to releasing 6,900 metric tons of carbon dioxide. Milwaukee County Department of Transportation and Public Works, Wisconsin: $210,000. Champaign-Urbana Mass Transit District – CUMTD, Illinois: $450,000.

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