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EPA Will Propose Achievable Cleaner Fuels and Cars Standard, Slashing Air Pollution and ...
2013-03-29 05:00:00| Industrial Newsroom - All News for Today
Based on input from auto manufactures, refiners, and states, U.S. EPA standards for cars and gasoline will reduce harmful pollution while also enabling efficiency improvements in cars and trucks. Measures include reducing smog-forming VOCs and nitrogen oxides by 80%, establishing 70% tighter particulate matter standard, and reducing fuel vapor emissions to near zero. Proposal will also reduce vehicle emissions of toxic air pollutants, such as benzene and 1.3-butadiene, by up to 40%. This story is related to the following:Green & CleanSearch for suppliers of:
EPA to propose rules slashing unhealthy emissions from cars
2013-03-29 04:25:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Reuters: The Obama administration will propose on Friday long-awaited rules to slash smog-forming emissions from gasoline that have been linked to lung and heart ailments, health groups and an environmental regulator source said on Thursday. The Environmental Protection Agency will propose the so-called Tier 3 rules that will require refiners to reduce the sulfur content of gasoline to 10 parts per million by 2017 from the current standard of 30 ppm, an agency source said on condition of anonymity. Reducing...
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APP suppliers allegedly slashing forests and peatlands in Indonesia
2013-03-27 14:41:00| Climate Ark Climate Change & Global Warming Newsfeed
Mongabay: Less than two months after its implementation, two Asia Pulp & Paper (APP) suppliers in Indonesian Borneo have been accused of violating the companys new sustainability policy, which includes a zero deforestation commitment throughout its entire supply chain. A coalition of NGOs in Indonesias West Kalimantan province said in a press conference on Monday that two independent suppliers of APP PT Asia Tani Persada (ATP) and PT Daya Tani Kalbar (DTK) have continued to cut down natural forests,...
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Report: Microsoft Slashing Windows 8 Pricing for OEMs
2013-03-07 07:34:42| PC Magazine Software Product Guide
Microsoft is reportedly knocking $20 off the licensing fee charged to computer makers for Windows 8 running on touchscreen notebooks which are 11.6 inches or smaller.
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Report: Microsoft Slashing Windows 8 Pricing for OEMs
2013-03-07 07:34:42| PC Magazine Notebooks Product Guide
Microsoft is reportedly knocking $20 off the licensing fee charged to computer makers for Windows 8 running on touchscreen notebooks which are 11.6 inches or smaller.
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