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Germany delays CO2 limits for cars
2013-10-15 12:32:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
BBC: The German government has persuaded its EU partners to delay introducing new limits on CO2 emissions from cars. Environment ministers agreed to revise a deal, reached in July, that set a limit of 95g per km for the average car. That target for CO2 emissions was to take effect in 2020. But Germany, famous for its high-performance cars, says the 95g limit should not take full effect until 2024. Green activists deplored the new delay as a "shameful sop" to polluters. A leading German Green Party...
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Wood fires and diesel cars pose pollution threat: EU watchdog
2013-10-15 09:05:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Air pollution is dangerously high across many parts of Europe, resulting in premature deaths, ill health and huge economic losses linked to reduced crop yields, Europe's environmental watchdog said on Tuesday. While emissions of some pollutants have declined sharply in Europe in recent decades, more diesel cars and a rise in wood burning by households as a cheap alternative to gas mean other types of harmful pollution are receding more slowly. European regulators are expected to propose a tightening...
Electric Cars Hit Yet Another Snag
2013-10-15 09:00:15| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
Makers of electric vehicles have been somewhat disappointed in sales volume, but now the stall in popularity enters another arena as well. Find out more about which automotive business is feeling the fallout. [More]The Article Electric Cars Hit Yet Another Snag appeared first on Automotive Digest.
Tank cars screened from view in Mayfield Construction is underway for ...
2013-10-15 08:54:18| Railroads - Topix.net
The fence provides a barrier and a screen to block the view of the railroad tracks and the tank cars sitting on them on the edge of the community.
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Lac Megantic disaster reveals urgency of improving safety of rail cars
2013-10-15 01:45:00| Railroads - Topix.net
The DOT-111 tank car, as pictured at Union Pacific's Englewood Yard in Houston, Texas, makes up a significant percentage of both the Canadian and American rail fleet.
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