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UK government launches new clean air strategy; ending sales of conventional diesel and gasoline LDVs by 2040

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UK Environment Secretary Michael Gove published a new Clean Air Strategy to cut air pollution backed up through new primary legislation. The UK said it will go further and faster than the EU in reducing human exposure to particulate matter pollution. These proposals are in addition to the government’s £3.5-billion billion (US$4.7-billion)

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Renault makes public its lifecycle study of Fluence ICE vs Fluence EV

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Quantifies the production of pollutant ozone (? water, and non-renewable energies (crude oil, coal.) Quantifies the quantity of energy (crude oil, coal.) for different geographic contexts: France, Average Europe, and Great Britain. Characterizes the acid substances increase (NO x , SO 2.) consumption. ?.

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Devil in the Details: World Leaders Scramble To Salvage and Shape Copenhagens UNFCCC Climate Summit

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February, 2009 : Record heat waves in late January and early February overloaded urban energy, water, and transport systems in the southernmost states of South Australia and Victoria and intensified hundreds of seasonal and man-made bushfires throughout the countryside, killing 374 people. World Resources Institute, October 2009. [

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Automakers agree on common plug to recharge electric vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Caroline Reichert, an RWE spokeswoman, noted that the idea here is to ensure that "a car can be recharged in Italy in exactly the same way as in Denmark, Germany or France." I mean, when the electricity it uses is produces, pollution still happens, just not "right from your car"? excluding coal power in china. yay same plug!

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Electric Cars and a Smarter Grid - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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The vision is fuelled by the fear of climate change and the need to find green alternatives to dirty coal, unpopular nuclear power and unreliable gas imports from Russia. Are we going to burn more oil, natural gas, or (gasp) coal to produce it? There are two ways to make our energy use better: Become more efficient (i.e.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

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A Perfect Storm for Water Counting Calories and Counting Carbon: The Role of. Renewables That Even Coal-Based Utilities Can Love. A free car on a four-year plan in France is another idea mentioned by Shai Agassi, CEO of Project Better Place. Cleantech Crunched Top 10 Low Carbon Footprint Cars (and one SUV) for. SZ (1) 6753.T

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