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EU greenhouse gas emissions from transport increased for the second year in a row in 2015; on-road up 1.6%

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in 2015—the first annual increase since 2010— according to new European Environment Agency (EEA) data. The average emission of new light commercial vehicles in 2015 was 168.3 Spain, Italy and the Netherlands accounted for the largest increases in greenhouse gas emissions in the EU.

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Volkswagen inaugurates 9.5 MW solar park at Chattanooga plant in US; key element of VW Group’s strategic sustainability targets

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The new solar park is an integral part of Volkswagen’s worldwide sustainability strategy, which includes generating more power within the Group from renewable energy sources, said Volkswagen Group Officer for the Environment, Energy and New Business Areas, Wolfram Thomas. SEAT in Spain, with an 8MW solar array, generates 56% of its own power.

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DRIVE C2X presents results of large-scale connected vehicle field testing in Europe

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The operational tests took place in seven test sites in Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Netherlands, Spain and Sweden. The system warns drivers to give way to an approaching emergency vehicle, identified by flashing emergency lights and sirens. Green Light Optimal Speed Advisory (GLOSA). million km (932,000 miles).

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A Cheapskate in Monterey

Baua Electric

My introduction to Monterey, John Steinbeck’s 1945 classic novel “Cannery Row,” describes its waterfront lined in sardine canneries as “a poem, a stink, a grating noise, a quality of light, a tone, a habit, a nostalgia, a dream.” Atop vertiginous cliffs, a trail wound bravely through the wind-sculpted trees.

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Solar Smackdown in Torrance – Installer Sues City on Behalf of the Sun

Creative Greenius

These zoning decisions blow in whatever direction the development winds are gusting in the city at the moment and there is no consistency, logic or equity in the decisions made. The second copy set you gave us is a little light. And do you wind up offering your customers some kind of assistance in filing the rebate form?

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New Ford Mondeo to offer new high-power diesel, 1L EcoBoost, hybrid model, pedestrian detection technology

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The all-new Mondeo Hybrid will be the first Ford Hybrid Electric Vehicle to be manufactured in Europe alongside the gasoline- and diesel-engine Mondeo range at Ford’s facility in Valencia, Spain. It will deliver 99 g/km CO 2 from a specially-developed 2.0-liter

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