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OECD paper presents and analyzes policies and programs to foster market growth of green cars

Green Car Congress

(The OECD, the Organisation for Economic Co-operation and Development formed in 1960 when 18 European countries plus the US and Canada joined forces to create an organization dedicated to global development. It would be misleading, however, to include only hybrid and electric vehicles in the “green car” category.

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Disneyland will remake its Autopia around EVs in 2026

Baua Electric

Honda might have issue with the term “smog-spewing,” as it noted to Green Car Reports that when it began its sponsorship of Autopia in 2016 it replaced existing engines at the attraction with more efficient Honda iGX270 engines.

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China’s bizarre backing for air pollution

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Latest News Green cars Global warming Green credentials' The fight to make our environment greener and our air cleaner to breathe seems like a cause we can all get behind even if there are disagreements about how this should be achieved.

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European Automotive Industry Outlines RD Priorities for EU Green Car Initiative

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European automotive suppliers and vehicle manufacturers have united to submit a series of R&D priorities to the European Commission to shape the European Green Car Initiative (EGCI), announced by the EU. The Green Car Initiative, a part of the European economic recovery plan, aims to allocate €5 billion (US$6.7

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WHO more than doubles air pollution death estimate to 7 million

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Air pollution was responsible for no less than seven million deaths around the world in 2012 – representing one in eight of all global deaths – according to the latest estimates from the World Health Organization (WHO). This is more than double the previous estimates and confirms air pollution as [.].

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Air Traffic to become a major factor in global warming

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It’s not just road transport that is having a significant effect on global warming – air traffic is also seen as a major contributor. According to a new study by a team at the Dalton Research Institute in the UK, carbon dioxide and other gases from air traffic are expected to double or triple by 2050.

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Cost of air pollution revealed

Green Cars News

Potential harmful effects of air pollution are well known – but just what is the monetary cost of Europe’s largest polluting facilities? Indeed half [.].