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U.S. EPA: Fuel Economy of New Vehicles Sets Record High
2013-12-13 08:06:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Environment News Service: Technologies like gasoline direct injection engines, turbochargers, and advanced transmissions are responsible for a big improvement in the average fuel economy of vehicles sold in the United States last year, the U.S. EPA says in a new report. Model year 2012 vehicles achieved an all-time high fuel economy of 23.6 miles per gallon. A 1.2 mpg increase over the previous year, it`s the second largest annual increase in the last 30 years, according to the report, "Light-Duty Automotive Technology,...
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AFFI Urges EPA to Reduce Ethanol Mandate
2013-12-13 06:06:10| foodingredientsonline News Articles
The American Frozen Food Institute (AFFI) recently urged the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) to enact proposed reductions in the amount of corn-based ethanol and cellulosic bio-fuels that must be blended into the nation’s fuel supply under the Renewable Fuel Standard (RFS) in 2014
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$4M from EPA available for clean diesel projects at ports
2013-12-12 12:30:18| Green Car Congress
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EPA Adds Nine Hazardous Waste Sites To Superfund's National Priorities List
2013-12-12 02:37:40| oilandgasonline News Articles
Recently the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is adding nine hazardous waste sites that pose risks to people’s health and the environment to the National Priorities List (NPL) of Superfund sites.
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EPA rules on interstate air pollution get warm Supreme Court reception
2013-12-12 01:18:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Washington Post: The latest effort to address the "good neighbor' provisions was due to go into effect in January 2012. But a divided panel of the U.S. Court of Appeals for the D.C. Circuit, acting on a challenge brought by 14 of the upwind states and a coalition of industry interests, rejected the plan and said the EPA had exceeded its authority. The government appealed and appeared to get a better reception from the eight justices who participated in Tuesday's oral arguments. (Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. recused...
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