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General Motors And Tengzhong Sign Definitive Agreement For Sale Of HUMMER

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The brand’s future product development will focus on improving efficiency and performance in current HUMMER models with alternative fuel powertrains, more efficient gas engines, 6-speed transmissions and diesel engines. Tengzhong is one of China’s major privately owned engineering companies. Tags: Brief.

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Climate Talks End In Copenhagen Accord; Countries Settle On Non- Binding 2 ºC Warming Limit

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Quizzed by The Observer as to which country had objected to the 2050 target, director-general of Sweden’s Naturvårdsverket (Environmental Protection Agency) Lars-Erik Liljelund quipped , “China. China doesn’t like numbers.” The relative valuation of potential emissions offsets (e.g. degrees Celsius.”

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

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Tom Wigley, and Christopher Green questioned the relevance of the reference emissions scenarios that the IPCC used in the Fourth Assessment Report to underpin estimates of future warming trends. Given that China’s economy is still growing, such a strategy is unlikely to result in year-to-year emissions reductions for several decades.

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How the IBM PC Won, Then Lost, the Personal Computer Market

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Here, Steve Jobs introduced the Apple II, with a price tag of US $1,298 (about $5,800 today), while rival Commodore unveiled its PET. Whimsical ads for the PC starred Charlie Chaplin's Little Tramp and carried the tag line “A Tool for Modern Times." In August, Tandy launched its TRS-80 , which came with games.

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IATA: Airline Industry Targeting Carbon-Neutral Growth By 2020

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Two years ago we set a vision to achieve carbon-neutral growth on the way to a carbon-free future. A legal and fiscal framework to support the availability of sustainable biofuels must be established. Tags: Brief. Today we have taken a major step forward by committing to a global cap on our emissions in 2020. Giovanni Bisignani.

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GM, Segway partner on two-wheel city vehicle | Green Tech - CNET News

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Topics: Deals and investments , Transportation Tags: GM , Segway , city transportation , 2009 New York auto show Share: Digg Del.icio.us The technology is available (evacuated tubes), theres no reason not to lead the world into the future. by treat747 April 17, 2009 12:51 PM PDT "Lead the world into the future?" E-mail Martin.

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Perspective: Why Carbon Emissions Should Not Have Been the Focus of the UN Climate Change Summit and Why the 15th Conference of the Parties Should Have Focused on Technology Transfer

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The two key issues were: Reductions in Emissions—agreeing how much CO 2 and GHGs each developed country should be allowed to produce and how much major developing countries, such as China and India, should aim at reducing the growth in their emissions; and. China recently surpassed the US as the world’s biggest producer of GHGs.