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Potential Vehicle Fossil Fuel Cuts: Emissions Decrease 80% By 2050
2013-03-22 07:23:56| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
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Potential Vehicle Fossil Fuel Cuts: Emissions Decrease 80% by 2050
2013-03-21 23:30:47| AutomotiveDigest.com - Automotive Industry News
A National Research Council report states that the US could reduce fossil fuel consumption and greenhouse gas emissions by 80% by 2050 for light-duty vehicles. This far-reaching goal could be reached through a combination of hybrid vehicles and biofuels such as electricity and hydrogen, according to the report. The U.S. has already seen a reduction [...]The Article Potential Vehicle Fossil Fuel Cuts: Emissions Decrease 80% by 2050 appeared first on Automotive Digest.
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Appalachians Unite Calling for an End to Extreme Fossil Fuel Extraction
2013-03-19 17:31:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
EcoWatch: The movement against extreme energy and extraction in Appalachia is uniting like never before. Last week, more than 100 coalfield and gasfield activists, and youth allies from across the country stormed the West Virginia State Capitol building in Charleston, and spoke against the industries that are poisoning their communities. The protest started in the capitol courtyard and was led by local residents. Deirdre Lally, an activist from the Pennsylvania gasfields, said to the crowd: We are here...
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Can a Divestment Campaign Move the Fossil Fuel Industry?
2013-03-18 14:01:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Yale Environment 360: Last fall, the climate advocacy group 350.org held a series of rallies in 21 cities across the U.S., making the case that combating climate change requires fossil fuel companies to leave a large portion of their reserves in the ground -- and that large-scale divestment by their shareholders could help convince them to do so. Since then, four small U.S. colleges have committed to ridding their endowments of fossil fuel investments, and more than 250 other colleges and universities have spawned student-...
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Congress makes moves to close loopholes for fossil fuels
2013-03-16 13:19:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Climate Progress: Reps. Jared Polis (D-Colo.) and Matt Cartwright (D-Pa.) introduced two bills on Thursday that would repeal exemptions for oil and gas companies under the Clean Air Act and Clean Water Act. As a press release from the members noted, the bills were introduced: in order to ensure that the hydraulic fracking industry follows the same rules that other industries do in preserving our natural resources. This legislation is focused on ensuring the safety and the health of the communities where the hydraulic...
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