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Mayor of London backs diesel car scrappage scheme; London ranked 9th best world city in new air quality study

Green Car Congress

The Mayor of London, Boris Johnson, has renewed calls for scrapping the most polluting diesel cars and giving drivers cash incentives to switch to cleaner vehicles as part of the evidence he gave to the Environmental Audit Committee today. There are also proposals to tighten the standards for the London-wide Low Emission Zone from 2025.

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Recap: Exhibiting at the Advanced Clean Transportation (ACT) Expo and Honoring Our Customers

EV Connect

Increased government funding and legislative support at both state and federal levels has large in part contributed to the surge in Expo attendance, along with a general interest in a cleaner and greener future. Demos of EV Connect’s Fleet Solution to Attendees. Demos of EV Connect’s Fleet Solution to Attendees.

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The Ins and Outs of Scrap Car Recycling

Clean Fleet Report

The Rebirth of Components: Lastly, we explore the rebirth of components through recycling and refurbishing, a testament to the industry’s resilience. Government agencies draft guidelines and standards central to responsible vehicle disposal and recycling.

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OSU study: Low-income, black neighborhoods still hit hard by air pollution

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The nation’s air on the whole has become cleaner in the past 70 years, but those benefits are seen primarily in whiter, higher-income areas, said Kerry Ard, an associate professor of environmental sociology at The Ohio State University (OSU), who presented the research.

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Eindhoven University of Technology to make biofuels from its own wood waste; cyclic oxygenate CyclOx and ethanol

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The addition of 10% CyclOx to standard diesel fuel reduces soot emissions by up to 50%, as shown by recent research by Michael Boot MSc PhD in the Combustion Technology group led by professor Philip de Goey PhD. In addition, this fuel meets the planned EU standard which specifies that fuels must have 10% biofuel content in 2020.

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Driving Your City Forward With Clean Electric Public Transportation

EV Connect

It’s an $80 billion industry that accounts for around 450,000 jobs. Electric public transportation is essential to creating cleaner, greener cities. One electric transit bus costs around $750,000 , compared to $500,000 for a standard diesel transit bus. But that doesn’t mean public transit’s reach is negligible.

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What’s In It For Me?

Creative Greenius

I gave the Carson City Manager what has now become my standard reply. It maddens me that the vast majority of my contemporaries are fine with that, or oblivious to it or worse yet, complicit as sellouts to the fossil fuel industry. “What’s in it for me?” So what’s in it for me?