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Canada, US and Mexico commit to align light- and heavy-duty fuel efficiency and GHG standards out to 2025 and 2027, respectively

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As one of the outcomes of the “Three Amigos” meeting in Ottawa, Canada Prime Minister Justin Trudeau, US President Barack Obama, and Mexico President Enrique Peña Nieto committed to an “ambitious and enduring” North American Climate, Clean Energy, and Environment Partnership. 50% clean power target.

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‘Our new plant in Mexico is an offensive move’:Vivek Vikram Singh | Autocar Professional

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Gurugram-based Sona Comstar, a leading exporter of EV driveline components as well as starter motors for ICE vehicles to Europe and North America, has recently set up a new driveline facility for battery electric vehicles in the Fipasi Industrial Park in Silao, Mexico. We like playing to our strengths. Will it be over a 5-6-year horizon?

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New UNEP report says bridging emissions gap to meet 2-degree target doable, outlines pathways to 2020

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Other measures include sectoral improvements ranging from increased penetration of public transport and more fuel efficient vehicles to ones in areas such as, agriculture and waste management. GtCO 2 e per year by improving the efficiency of heating, cooling, lighting and appliances, and other measures. Waste: about 0.8

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Perspective: Drive Star Conversion Program Could Cut US Oil Use in Half by 2020

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If we can again succeed like that, in a decade, we’ll look back and know that we got a great deal: safer, healthier, better lives, an economy no longer held hostage to petro-dictatorships and blindered, monopolistic companies, and a significant response to climate change. Over time, we can conserve by reducing the miles we drive.

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SCOPE Biofuels Project Releases Assessment on Environmental Effects of Biofuel Technologies

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In general, biofuels made from organic waste are environmentally more benign than those from energy crops. Hypoxia in the Gulf of Mexico is a complex issue that is not fully understood by the scientific community. Bringezu (eds) Biofuels: Environmental Consequences and Interactions with Changing Land Use. Pages 153-167 in R.W.

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DOE awards $34M to 19 projects to advance clean hydrogen

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In addition to helping the nation meet ambitious carbon-neutral goals, the development and implementation of the proposed technology can help reduce the cost of and emissions from hydrogen production to mitigate the effects of climate change while creating new jobs and revitalizing our economy.

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Honda launches new “Green Path” initiatives for manufacturing and operations; new $210M paint line at Marysville with new 4C2B process

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Use of a higher efficiency paint-curing process, a new waterborne two-component primer material and “dry-booth” paint overspray technology will eliminate water used to capture paint particulates, which is one of the few remaining landfill waste streams in the manufacturing process. HDM) plant, which produces the Fit. Earlier post.).

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