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Twitter Updates for 2009-07-27

Green Cars News

New blog post: Oregon climate change laws signed [link] #. New blog post: Ozone concentrations can impair healthy lungs [link] #. New blog post: Ozone concentrations can impair healthy lungs [link] #. New blog post: Hybrid taxi company opens in Scotland [link] #. New blog post: Riversimple wants council support [link] #.

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The #1 working mum’s guide to buying the perfect electric car

My Energi

What I do know, is how fossil fuel vehicles have contributed heavily to poor air quality in our towns and cities, damage to the environment, soil and water quality and have contributed to the depletion of the ozone layer! So let’s first set the scene; It’s a cold, wet Wednesday evening, mum’s taxi service has been summoned!

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Israel MoEP enforcing vehicle exclusion rules in Haifa Bay Low Emission Zone; $2.8M to retrofit 700 diesel trucks with DPFs

Green Car Congress

The situation is exacerbated by the physical proximity of a wide range of hazardous material sources—including an ammonia tank and fuel farms—to population centers, and by topographic and climatic conditions that aggravate air pollutant dispersion. Supporting the operation of 500 electric taxis through financial incentives.

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