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Up close and personal with Volkswagen’s e-Golf carbon offset project: Garcia River Forest

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However, in a case study of the Forest Stewardship Council’s (FSC) work and the Mendocino Redwood Company (MRC), Greenpeace noted that: Areas that were clearcut by MRC’s predecessor now have excessive amounts of tanoak, a fast-sprouting species that competes with redwoods and Douglas fir, and is not commercially viable for MRC as a wood product.

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EPA, NHTSA & ARB Draft TAR finds MY 2022-2025 LD fuel and GHG standards can be met largely with more efficient gasoline-powered cars

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This is consistent with what the National Academies of Science found in a comprehensive 2015 study. The GHG and CAFE analysis fleets utilized similar, but separate, purchased projections from IHS-Polk for the future vehicle fleet mix out to 2025, thereby representing some of the uncertainty inherent in all reference case projections.

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NRC report finds Federal analysis to set LD CAFE and GHG standards generally of high quality; some technologies and issues should be re-examined

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The Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) standards require that vehicles offered for sale in the US attain an average fuel economy of 40.3 The NRC study is intended to feed into the mid-term review and provide an independent review of technologies and the CAFE program more generally. to 41 mpg by 2021 and 48.7 mpg by 2025.

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Toyota electric ute could be less than 12 months away from Australia, but will fast-tracked HiLux and Ranger-sized dual-cab finally silence diesel-loving doubters?

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Hanley acknowledged it was under study for Australia, where utes are big business and the Toyota HiLux leads the market. We are certainly studying everything and we are aware of that vehicle,” he said. “We And before you ask me, in 2024 we will have good numbers of those vehicles for sale.” 2023 Toyota bZ4X. “We

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Perspective: US Needs to Transition to Hydrous Ethanol as the Primary Renewable Transportation Fuel

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The distilleries were referred to as “stills” and the alcohol became known during the Prohibition period as “moonshine.” The new study, co-sponsored by the US Department of Energy (DOE) and the American Coalition for Ethanol (ACE), also found that mid-range ethanol blends reduce harmful tailpipe emissions. Conclusion.

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Now One Fast Train From Tokyo: Culture, Crafts and Hot Springs

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Beads of water spun across a white lotus-like disc and disappeared into a small black hole described as a ho-sun, a Zen term referring to one’s mind. The best of this lacquerware is not for sale in the souvenir shops along the main street but is on display in small museums and in service at tearooms, bars and ryokan.

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A Brief Look at Today's Plug-in Hybrid and Electric Vehicles and the Companies That Are Revolutionizing an Old Industry - Yahoo! Finance

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