Green Car Congress
FEBRUARY 28, 2023
The decisive factor here is clean separation of aluminum residues. The conditions under which the raw material bauxite is extracted by open cast mining and processed in countries like Australia, Brazil and Guinea are also important to the company. The responsibility of the BMW Group extends beyond recycling to the aluminum used.
Green Car Congress
JULY 1, 2018
This is important because many industry lobbying groups argue that current levels are too stringent and should be relaxed. For example, poverty-stricken countries facing a higher diabetes-pollution risk include Afghanistan, Papua New Guinea and Guyana, while richer countries such as France, Finland and Iceland experience a lower risk.
Green Car Congress
APRIL 4, 2011
Although Nigeria has reduced flare gas emissions by 28% from 2000 levels, the country’s oil industry still wastes 15bcm of natural gas every year. Elsewhere in West Africa, Angola, Equatorial Guinea, Gabon, Congo and Cameroon collectively waste about 10 billion cubic meters of natural gas every year.
Cars That Think
FEBRUARY 4, 2022
Meanwhile, legal scholars and civil-society groups are asking whether a hands-off border can really keep Europe’s hands clean. In early 2017, in the forest highlands of eastern Guinea, a man I’ll call Jacob began a journey that would take him across five Saharan countries and multiple failed sea crossings. One migrant with no money.
Green Car Congress
JANUARY 24, 2018
Low scores on the EPI are indicative of the need for national sustainability efforts on a number of fronts, especially cleaning up air quality, protecting biodiversity, and reducing GHG emissions, said the researchers. Substantial populations still suffer from poor air quality, most notably in India, China, and Pakistan.
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