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GE unveils LNG In A Box system

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The first unit will be installed near the border of Italy and Slovenia, with the potential for an additional 25 units for expansion into Europe and the CIS countries. Gasfin signed a memorandum of understanding with GE to install five LNG In A Box units serving “clusters” of LNG fueling stations.

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EEA: Fuel efficiency improvements of new cars in Europe slowed in 2016

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Registrations increased in all EU Member States except in the Czech Republic, the Netherlands and Slovenia. In comparison with 2015, the average mass of new cars sold in 2016 in the EU increased slightly to reach 1,388 kg. A total of 14.7 million new passenger cars were registered—an increase of almost 7% compared to 2015.

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EEA reports finds Europe to exceed NOx emission ceiling, mostly due to road transport

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Comparison of aggregated EU-27 emission projections and ceilings reported in 2010. Some Member States, such as the Netherlands and Slovenia, expect to exceed their respective NO x ceilings by only small margins (less than 5%). Source: EEA. Click to enlarge.

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Thermal Transistors Handle Heat With No Moving Parts

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The UCLA device, by comparison, achieves a 13-fold difference. “It He and his colleague Andrej Kitanovski , a thermal-engineering professor at the University of Ljubljana, in Slovenia, are working together to develop these thermal-management technologies. With these improvements, the device could be important for cooling processors.

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CDC: US has highest motor vehicle crash death rate among high-income countries; could be cut in half with proven strategies

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About 90 people die each day from motor vehicle crashes in the United States, resulting in the highest death rate among 19 high-income comparison countries, according to the latest Vital Signs report by the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC). Canada was the highest within the comparison set at 34%.)

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Emissions of Air Pollutants down in EU-27

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The data viewer can show emission trends for the main sectors and allows comparison of emissions between different countries and activities. The European Environment Agency publishes the data from the report in the air pollutant emissions data viewer, a web-based interface that simplifies access and analysis of the data.

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