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Summary of decisions from Durban climate conference

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Governments at the COP17 meeting decided to adopt some form of a universal legal agreement on climate change as soon. The next major UNFCCC Climate Change Conference, COP 18/CMP 8, will take place 26 November to 7 December 2012 in Qatar, in close cooperation with the Republic of Korea. and to assist the Conference of the Parties.

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New York to invest $127.7 million Volkswagen settlement in clean vehicles

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million as part of this legal settlement. The state plans to use more than 60% of the funding to accelerate the adoption of electrified transportation by reducing the cost of electric buses and trucks, particularly transit buses, and providing funding for electric vehicle charging infrastructure.

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Eliminate fuel vehicles in the UK to enlarge the move

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“We will require new homes and buildings to have electric vehicle charging points,” Johnson told the annual conference of the Confederation of Commerce and Industry (CBI). It is part of the “green revolution” and the transition of the UK economy to clean energy. million charging stations.

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Who Really Invented the Rechargeable Lithium-Ion Battery?

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Goodenough was familiar with Whittingham’s work, in part because Whittingham had earned his Ph.D. Enter Isao Kuribayashi, an Asahi Chemical research executive who had been part of the team that created the battery. He took one of the C cells and rolled it across the conference room table to his hosts.

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Volkswagen AG provides details on investigations into NOx cheating; origin and fixes; new strategic direction

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At a press conference in Germany today, Volkswagen Group executives provided details on the status of its investigation—which is being coordinated by a special committee of the Supervisory Board—into the diesel emissions debacle. In the past, Volkswagen said, deficiencies in processes favored misconduct on the part of individuals.

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UC Davis ITS study suggests hastening consumer adoption of plug-ins will require innovation on the sales side

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While Tesla Motors was 23 part of the study, California data was unavailable since Tesla opted out of providing data in the state of California. From a salesperson’s perspective, this additional time represents a cost of doing business that detracts from time spent closing another potentially more lucrative transaction.

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

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The 15 th Congress, also known as the 15 th Conference of Parties, or COP 15, was initially intended to be a largely procedural summit, with many major negotiating points settled and most environmental ministers prepared to sign a binding emissions treaty that contained specific emissions targets as well as commitments to financing structures.

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