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Neste joins eFuel Alliance

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Neste, the world’s leading producer of renewable diesel and sustainable aviation fuel, has joined the eFuel Alliance , an interest group dedicated to the industrial production of synthetic fuels based on hydrogen and CO 2 from renewable sources. billion vehicles are currently powered by conventional internal combustion engines.

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2023’s Top Stories About Energy

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A real corker, and the answer to the question, what generates electricity but isn’t a dynamo or a fuel cell? And yet more air conditioning exacerbates the very problem—climate change—that is driving the need for more air conditioning. The fuel is enriched to about 4.8 But atop the list are a couple of surprises. Number one?

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EEA TERM Report Finds Efficiency Gains of Clean Vehicle Technology Being Offset By Ongoing Increases in Travel

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Transport, including international aviation and maritime transport, accounts for around a quarter of total EU greenhouse gas emissions. Tags: Climate Change Emissions Europe Policy. Professor Jacqueline McGlade, Executive Director of EEA. On the other hand, implementing such changes will require a paradigm shift in planning approaches.

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EEA Report: Trends in European Transport Are Heading in the Wrong Direction

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Emissions of GHG have increased by 26% (EU-15) or 180 million tonnes between 1990 and 2006, excluding international aviation and marine transport—an amount larger than the entire annual national emissions for 2006 from Belgium (132 million tonnes) or Romania (157 million tonnes). Transport at a crossroads. EEA Report No 3/2009 ).

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2018 Environmental Performance Index: Air quality top public health threat

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The EPI uses three indicators to measure air quality: household solid fuel use; PM 2.5 Switzerland’s top ranking reflects strong performance across most issues, especially air quality and climate protection. The 2018 Environmental Performance Index (EPI) finds that air quality is the leading environmental threat to public health.

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