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EPA SmartWay honors 44 freight carriers for exceptional supply chain efficiency

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EPA announced the awardees at the 2016 American Trucking Association’s Annual Management Conference & Exhibition in Las Vegas, Nevada. Since 2004, SmartWay Partners have avoided emitting more than 72 million metric tons of carbon pollution, while saving more than 170 million barrels of oil and $24.9 Mercury Services, Inc.

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July/August '06 - Activists Promote the Film, Ford Retreats on Hybrids

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Reviews of the movie by the score have been fueled by $75 per barrel oil and the fear of $4 per gallon gas. Ford about-face on hybrids a slap in the face to Big Enviro While consumers may be awakening to the need for plug-in cars and government conferences on the subject multiply, the automakers continue to send very mixed signals.

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Schwarzenegger's Green Cred Fading with CARB Caos

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He has accepted $1 million in campaign cash from the oil industry, and he had threatened to veto the global warming bill unless it was made more business-friendly. It's been pretty clear to me that the administration has been putting undue pressure on the leadership of the Air Resources Board," Nunez said during a Monday news conference.

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How Carmakers Are Responding to the Plug-In Hybrid Opportunity

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I believe strongly that this country has to get off oil," he says, sitting beside a massive V-16 engine on display in his office. August 9, 2007 (Multiple reports on speech and press conference by GM Vice Chairman Bob Lutz) Lutz said his goal is for GM to develop a plug in hybrid on sale by 2010. San Jose Mercury News ).

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Ford Making Aggressive Push With EcoBoost and Technologies Such as Ti-VCT for Improved Fuel Economy; Roadmap for Future Generations of EcoBoost Highlights Role as Company Strategy as Well as Product

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As an example of this “democratization of technology”, Ford plans to fit nearly 90% of the Ford, Lincoln and Mercury lineup with EPAS (Electric Power Assist Steering) by 2012. Kapp, presentation at “Focus on the Future” Automotive Research Conference, U. Ford hosted Green Car Congress for the Dearborn briefing.].