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Mapping the way to cleaner vans by 2020

To reduce the CO2 emissions of new light commercial vehicles sold in the EU to 147g/km by 2020, from 203g today, innovation should be encouraged by giving "super-credit" weightings to each maker's cleaner vehicles. Longer-term CO2 reduction targets should also be set, and environmental performance testing methods should be made more realistic, said the Environment Committee on Tuesday. The top ...

May 7, 2013

By European Parliament

EU legislators give in to German bullying on car efficiency standards

German car-makers could secure a two or three-year delay in carbon emission standards for cars sold in Europe in 2020, warned Greenpeace. EU negotiators meeting in Brussels agreed to widen proposed loopholes to please makers of high-end brands such as BMW and Mercedes, following an intense lobbying campaign alongside German policymakers. The delay of the 2020 target follows the three-year ...

Jun. 24, 2013

By Greenpeace International

Coastal Releases a Waterfront Safety Training Series

Virginia Beach, VA – Safety on the Waterfront: Every Choice Counts is an eight-part safety training series from Coastal Training Technologies specifically targeted to those who work at ports and marine terminals. The topics covered include personal protective equipment, overall readiness to work, preventing drug & alcohol abuse, working around railcars and other vehicles, safe driving, ...

Sep. 21, 2007

By Dupont Sustainable Solutions

EU signals car fuel economy could double by 2025

Transport & Environment (T&E) has welcomed an EU agreement that could lead to a doubling of the fuel-efficiency of new cars by 2025 and a halving of CO2 emissions. However, the final agreement is weaker than that of the European Parliament and offers too many concessions to appease German luxury carmakers. The deal between the European Commission, Parliament and Irish Presidency of the ...

Jun. 25, 2013

By Transport and Environment (T&E)

Innovative solutions from Kummert

Don´t throw your old tv-vehicle to the garbage! Kummert´s new rack-system enables the further application of your fleet, even in the range of the implementation of the EN-norm. Kummert Inspektionssysteme based in Gerolzhofen – Germany was attending the RO-KA-TECH in Kassel with a stand this year again. Like last year interested visitors could read up on the different Kummert products, ...

Nov. 16, 2007

By Kummert GmbH

Volkswagen and Greenpeace Underline Strict CO2 Limits for New Cars

(Marketwire) - At the beginning of the Geneva Motor Show on March 4, 2013, the Volkswagen Group announced for the first time its far-reaching decision to reduce the fuel consumption of its new vehicle fleet to a greater extent than had previously been intended. This decision was underscored by Prof. Dr. Martin Winterkorn, Chairman of the Executive Board of Volkswagen Aktiengesellschaft, ...

Mar. 25, 2013

By CSRwire - Corporate Social Responsibility Newswire

North American Microelectric Vehicle Market`s Launch of 34 New Base Models to Boost Sales by 85 Percent by 2013, Finds Frost & Sullivan

Greener agendas, emission-based taxation, parking charge exemptions, and mass-produced electric vehicles are all working together to increase the sales of microelectric vehicles to a phenomenal 118,000 units by 2017 within the North American market. New analysis from Frost & Sullivan (http://www.automotive.frost.com), Strategic Overview of the North American Microelectric Vehicles Market, ...

May 24, 2012

By Frost & Sullivan

Traffic pollution hotspots to be revealed ‘live’ in London

A pioneering network of sensors could make the traffic build-ups that cause pollution hotspots a thing of the past. The ‘Pioneers 09’ showcase event on March 4th will be the first time that real-time data from the network has gone on public display. ‘Pioneers 09’ is being held at the Olympia Conference Centre in London and organised by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council ...

May 25, 2009

By Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council (EPSRC)

A tax on how much you drive - could it happen in Illinois?

The Illinois gas tax was last increased in 1990, from 16 cents a gallon to 19 cents. In that year, East and West Germany reunited, Nelson Mandela left prison and Andre Dawson played for the Cubs It was, in short, a long time ago, and the tax has not kept up with inflation. Some lawmakers pushing for a capital bill want a hike in the current gas tax, which helps pay for construction and repair of ...

Mar. 5, 2019

By Azuga

Québec – California to Collaborate on Electrification of Transportation

Québec’s Minister of Sustainable Development, Environment and the Fight against Climate Change, David Heurtel and California’s Secretary for Environmental Protection Matt Rodriquez today formalized a new collaborative effort aimed at the electrification of transportation. The partners agreed to set up a Québec-California working group to facilitate the exchange of ...

Dec. 10, 2014

By GLOBE SERIES

Former EPA fugitive sentenced for violating clean air act

Joseph DeMatteo of Clark County, Nev. has been sentenced to serve five months home detention, followed by a term of three years probation, for criminally violating the Clean Air Act. He was also ordered to pay a $100 special assessment to the court. DeMatteo, a U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) fugitive, was one of 10 Nevada-certified emissions testers indicted on Jan. 6, 2010 by a ...

Mar. 3, 2011

By US EPA - Environmental Protection Agency

Minister honours more than 50 graduates as SMEs reap benefits of Carbon Management programme

More than 50 small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Scotland graduate from Carbon Trust Scotland's Carbon Management programme. More than 50 small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs) in Scotland graduated from Carbon Trust Scotland's Carbon Management programme, receiving their certificates from Fergus Ewing, Minister for Energy, Enterprise and Tourism, at the official ceremony at Dynamic ...

Mar. 25, 2013

By Carbon Trust

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