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GM suspected VW was cheating on diesel emissions
2016-02-17 04:34:21| Automakers - Topix.net
General Motors suspected that Volkswagen was cheating on its diesel emissions, former GM vice chairman Bob Lutz said on talk radio today. According to Forbes' David Kiley , Lutz told WJR-AM that General Motors studied VW's diesel technology during his time as the company's product czar from 2001-2009, but could not work out how the German automakers managed to pass California's stringent emissions standards.
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Study Ties U.S. to Spike Global Methane Emissions
2016-02-16 23:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Central: There was a huge global spike in one of the most potent greenhouse gases driving climate change over the last decade, and the U.S. may be the biggest culprit, according a new Harvard University study. The United States alone could be responsible for between 30 percent and 60 percent of the global growth in human-caused atmospheric methane emissions since 2002 because of a 30 percent spike in methane emissions across the country, the study says. The research shows that emissions increased the most...
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Germany wants to introduce random emissions tests on cars
2016-02-15 15:00:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: Germany wants to carry out unannounced emissions tests on all carmakers, Transport Minister Alexander Dobrindt said on Sunday, aiming to reinstate confidence in the industry that was shattered by the Volkswagen (VOWG_p.DE) cheating scandal. "There will be controls on vehicles in the style of doping tests (for athletes)," Dobrindt told the newspaper Bild. "Unannounced and every year." One way to carry out the random tests would be to select models from car rental companies, the newspaper said....
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AIA endorses CO2 standard to reduce aircraft emissions.
2016-02-15 14:31:08| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
AIA welcomes ambitious new CO2 emissions standard for commercial airplanes proposed by the International Civil Aviation Organization Committee on Aviation Environmental Protection in Montreal, Canada. Goal of this certification standard is to reduce CO2 emissions from aviation by encouraging integration of fuel efficient technologies into aircraft design and development, and is part of broader set of actions aimed at tackling aviation’s climate change impact.
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CMU study concludes alt fuel vehicle incentives for OEMs result in increased fleet gasoline consumption and emissions
2016-02-15 12:56:13| Green Car Congress
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