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Belching Volcano and Flowing Lava Dent Tourism in Icelandic Region

Baua Electric

“In the international press, it just looks as if Iceland is ruined,” Birgir Jónsson, then Play’s chief executive, said in an interview published in December by a financial magazine. Tourists used to flock to the Reykjanes Peninsula to watch the Northern lights or bathe in the waters of the Blue Lagoon resort.

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ICCT analysis finds real-world vehicle fuel consumption gap in Europe at all-time high of 42%

Green Car Congress

com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland). Since September 2017, a new test procedure, the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), has to be followed for new vehicle types. Manufacturers measure vehicle fuel consumption in a controlled laboratory environment.

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ICCT/TNO study: Real-world vehicle fuel consumption discrepancy widens to 42% in Europe

Green Car Congress

com (Spain); and the car club TCS (Switzerland). A new and more appropriate test procedure, the Worldwide Harmonized Light Vehicles Test Procedure (WLTP), has been developed through the United Nations and will be implemented in the EU from 2017 onwards. United Kingdom), km77.com for selected brands in 2001 and 2015.

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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.” I think even a cocktail should have a sense of terroir,” she said.

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ICCT update finds real-world vehicle fuel economy gap continues to widen in Europe to 40%

Green Car Congress

The analysis draws on data from a number of different sources: the user websites spritmonitor.de (Germany) and honestjohn.co.uk (United Kingdom); the leasing companies Travelcard (Netherlands) and LeasePlan (Germany); the car and consumer magazines Auto Bild (Germany), auto motor sport (Germany and Sweden), WhatCar? United Kingdom), km77.com

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

Creative Greenius

The second copy set you gave us is a little light. I just read the article in the June/July issue of Homepower magazine written by two firemen who have solar panels on their roofs. We’re behind Spain! People will turn their lights and quit bleeping reading! Could you make us another copy?” Are you kidding me?

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