October 11, 2012
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Air & Climate Newsletter October 11, 2012 |
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Proposed van emission standards deny EU businesses lower fuel costs and reduce emissions, new report shows
European companies would save €825 a year in lower fuel costs for each van they own, if the European Union sets more stringent 2020 CO2 emission targets for light commercial vehicles. This is the key conclusion of a new report (1) commissioned by Transport & Environment, the sustainable transport campaigners. Vans are one of the fastest growing sources of transport greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, increasing by 26% between 1995 and 2010. Vans’ emissions now account for 8% of total road transport emissions, with further growth anticipated. The study shows a target of 118 g/km would ... | ||
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GE Tier 4 Locomotive Cuts Emissions More than 70 Percent
GE Transportation has unveiled the prototype for its next-generation freight locomotive that it says will decrease emissions by more than 70 percent compared to 2005 engines and save railroad customers more than $1.5 billion in infrastructure and operational costs. GE expects that its latest Evolution Series Locomotive will be the first in the industry to meet the US EPA’s Tier 4 emission standards, which take effect in 2015 and call for the single largest emission reduction in the tiered program’s timeline. Tier 4 requires manufacturers to lower locomotive diesel engines’ particulate ... | ||
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