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BMW Group makes sustainability and efficient resource management central to its strategic direction

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The BMW Group is making sustainability and resource efficiency central to the company’s strategic direction. The principle of continuous improvement will remain at the heart of the strategy to reduce CO 2 emissions and increase resource efficiency. Circular economy for responsible resource management. degree goal.

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Study: expanding Brazilian sugarcane for ethanol could reduce global CO2 emissions by up to 5.6%

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The proposed expansion of sugarcane production is within the area that can be legally converted. The Brazilian government has mapped out ecologically sensitive lands that cannot be used for agriculture, industry or other types of development, Long said. Deepak Jaiswal, Amanda P. De Souza, Søren Larsen, David S. LeBauer, Fernando E.

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Denbury Undertakes Midwest CO2 Pipeline Feasibility Study

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Denbury Resources Inc. The feasibility study is expected to determine the most likely pipeline route, the estimated costs of constructing such a pipeline, and review regulatory, legal and permitting requirements. Denbury Resources Inc.

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EEA says industrial air pollution cost Europe up to €169 billion in 2009; some 37% attributed to CO2

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The report does not assess whether the emissions from industrial facilities are consistent with the legal permitting conditions for the operation of these plants. The report provides a list of the individual facilities that contribute the most harm. Revealing the costs of air pollution from industrial facilities in Europe.

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Cutting Non-CO2 Pollutants Can Delay Abrupt Climate Change; The Fast Action Climate Agenda

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A binding legal agreement exists that can cut HFCs now—the Montreal Protocol ozone treaty—and many alternatives to HFCs have already been developed and are waiting for the right regulatory incentive from the Montreal Protocol to be deployed. The Montreal Protocol is critical for avoiding abrupt climate change. Mario Molina. (Dr.

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Electric Pedicabs - future for London's transport

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It was all fine for about two years until police found out that these are not legal on the public road. There is currently only one company which is based in London that works on the development of first legal electric rickshaw. External resources: BBC NEWS - [link]. Maxpro Pedicabs - [link]

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Study Finds Government Mandates Superior to All Other Biofuels Policies, But Mixing With Subsidies Causes Adverse Effects; The Argument for a Direct CO2 Tax

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Further, the US standard is highly unlikely to survive a legal challenge in the WTO under the exception for the environment, because the latter requires a measure that is necessary and least trade-restrictive, and not discriminatory or arbitrary (criteria that a sustainability standard does not meet). de Gorter and Just. Perspect.

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