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IHS Automotive forecasts 88.6M unit global light vehicle market in 2015; 2.4% growth

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In India, falling inflation, lower interest rates, energy prices and a regained confidence will help lift the car market into growth mode starting in 2015 after a two-year lull. North America. North America continues to be an impetus to global light vehicle demand levels. from last year. Europe; Russia influences.

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Perspective: Government Leadership Needed for Electric Vehicles to Succeed

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That’s where government comes in.only the government can help influence [change] by having a price for carbon and technical incentives. ”. Mr. Immelt’s point is that the spike in oil prices to $147/barrel in 2008 is not enough on its own to get automakers to make electric vehicles.

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Global CO2 emissions up 3% in 2011; per capita CO2 emissions in China reach EU levels

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savings stimulated by high oil prices led to a decrease of 3% in CO 2 emissions in the European Union and of 2% in both the United States and Japan. tonnes per capita, despite a decline due to the recession in 2008-2009, high oil prices and an increased share of natural gas. tonnes per capita. the United States (16%).

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Refiners and Truckers Associations Challenge California LCFS in Federal Court

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It will protect us from volatile oil prices and provide consumers with cleaner fuels and provide the nation with greater energy security. Tags: Climate Change Fuels Policy. In response to the lawsuit, Mary Nichols, CARB chairman, issued the following statement: Their actions are shameful. LCFS Complaint.

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Researchers Suggest That Although CCS and Other Technologies Could Reduce Oil Sands GHG Emissions to Near Zero, That Strategy May Not Make Sense

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Nor does this estimate include the use of transportation fuels in vehicles, which occurs throughout North America (NA); approximately two-thirds of oil sands products end up in the US. All told, they wrote, the well-to-wheel (WTW) emissions of oil sands products constitute roughly 2% of total emissions in Canada and the US.

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IEA WEO-2012 finds major shift in global energy balance but not onto a more sustainable path; identifies potential for transformative shift in global energy efficiency

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The cost of fossil-fuel subsidies has been driven up by higher oil prices; they remain most prevalent in the Middle East and North Africa, where momentum towards their reform appears to have been lost. The result is a continued fall in US oil imports, to the extent that North America becomes a net oil exporter around 2030.

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EIA Estimates 2.1% Growth in Fossil Fuel CO2 Emissions in US in 2010; Still Below 1999-2008 Levels

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Most of the growth in oil consumption is expected in the Asia-Pacific and Middle East regions. Non-OPEC supply is projected to increase by 600,000 bbl/d in 2010, about 50,000 bbl/d more than last month's Outlook, because of a revised forecast for production in North America. per gallon in 2009 to $2.84 in 2010 and to $2.96

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