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EPA Proposes New Rule To Clean Up Gasoline And Reduce Smog
2013-03-29 20:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
National Public Radio: AUDIE CORNISH, HOST: From NPR News, this is ALL THINGS CONSIDERED. I'm Audie Cornish. ROBERT SIEGEL, HOST: And I'm Robert Siegel. Today, the Environmental Protection Agency proposed a new rule to clean up gasoline. The regulation would reduce ozone and other air pollutants by close to 30 percent. That would benefit 100 million people who now live in areas that at times have unhealthful air. NPR's Richard Harris reports. RICHARD HARRIS, BYLINE: Even though automobile emissions have improved a...
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Obama proposes new rules to clean up gas and reduce car emissions
2013-03-29 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Guardian: The Obama administration announced new gasoline rules on Friday that are intended to clean up smog in car exhaust. The proposed new standards for gasoline sulfur would drastically reduce smog, soot, and dangerous emissions from car exhaust, the Environmental Protection Agency said. It said the new rules would also make it easier for the auto industry to meet tougher standards for tailpipe emissions from new cars. The new rules would also help the US meet global standards. Refineries in Europe,...
Nissan using SABICs NORYL resin for terminal cover and spacer of LEAF battery pack to help reduce weight
2013-03-28 18:30:16| Green Car Congress
Constellation Rate Response Offers Commercial Customers New Ways to Reduce Their Electricity Supply Bills
2013-03-28 18:14:00| Transmission & Distribution World
Constellation has launched Constellation Rate Response, which provides new options for commercial and industrial customers to lower their electricity supply costs by participating in load response programs.
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Brazil moves to reduce disaster risk as severe rainfall worsens
2013-03-27 14:15:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
AlertNet: Increasingly heavy summer rainfall, linked to changing climate conditions, is taking a worsening toll on Brazil. Just this month, 30 people died when heavy rain caused landslides in Petrópolis, a city located in the highlands of Rio de Janeiro state. Such cases are becoming more common around the country. In So Paulo, Brazil's largest city, at least two people died this summer due to urban flooding. And in January 2011, also in Rio de Janeiro state's highlands, more than 1,000 people were killed...
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