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Stop/start to be standard with V-6 in Jeep Cherokee and I-4 in 2015 Chrysler 200; up to 3% better fuel economy
2014-06-24 14:30:39| Green Car Congress
Climate Changes Risk To Economy Assessed By Bipartisan Report
2014-06-24 08:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
International Business Times: Global warming if unchecked could ruin businesses from tourism to construction, according to a report, Risky Business, released Tuesday by slew of politicians and economic figures from left, right and center political leanings, including former New York Mayor Michael Bloomberg, hedge-fund billionaire environmentalist Tom Steyer and former Treasury Secretary Henry Paulson. The unusual bipartisan alliance claims that climate change could cost the country billions of dollars over the next two decades....
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Bipartisan Report Tallies High Toll on Economy From Global Warming
2014-06-24 06:12:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
New York Times: More than a million homes and businesses along the nations coasts could flood repeatedly before ultimately being destroyed. Entire states in the Southeast and the Corn Belt may lose much of their agriculture as farming shifts northward in a warming world. Heat and humidity will probably grow so intense that spending time outside will become physically dangerous, throwing industries like construction and tourism into turmoil. That is the picture of what may happen to the United States economy...
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Tackling climate change would grow global economy, World Bank says
2014-06-24 02:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: Fighting climate change would help grow the world economy, according to the World Bank, adding up to $2.6tn (1.5tn) a year to global GDP in the coming decades. The findings, made available in a report on Tuesday, offer a sharp contrast with claims by the Australian government that fighting climate change would clobber the economy. The report also advances on the work of economists who have argued that it will be far more costly in the long run to delay action on climate change. Instead,...
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Cummins progressing with lightweight downsized T2B2 diesel for pickup; 40% improvement in fuel economy over gasoline V8
2014-06-23 20:30:35| Green Car Congress
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