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ArticlesOctober 11, 2011

Yellowstone-Teton Clean Energy Coalition Teams Up With National Parks to Reduce Emissions

The Yellowstone-Teton Clean Energy Coalition (YTCEC) has secured $500,000 in grant funding, which it's using to purchase hybrid vehicles.

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NewsSeptember 27, 2011

Study Finds Benefits of Plug-in Vehicles Depend on Battery Size

PITTSBURGH — According to a new study from Carnegie Mellon University, plug-in vehicles with small battery packs and hybrid electric vehicles (HEVs) that don't plug in can reduce life cycle impacts from air emissions and enhance oil security at low or no additional cost over a lifetime. But plug-in vehicles with large battery packs are more costly and may have higher or lower emissions than HEVs, depending on where and when they are plugged in.

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Articlesby Mike AntichSeptember 21, 2011

Schindler Targets 10% Per Year Carbon Footprint Reduction for Global Fleet

Schindler operates 17,000 vehicles worldwide. To reduce CO2 emissions, it targeted a rolling annual 10-percent reduction over three years for its global fleet. To date, it has decreased average fleet emissions by more than 30 percent.

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NewsSeptember 12, 2011

Washington State Counties to Ease Emissions Testing Rules

OLYMPIA – The state of Washington plans to exempt light-duty vehicles 2009-MY and newer in Clark, King, Pierce, Snohomish, and Spokane counties from emissions testing as of July 1, 2012.

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NewsSeptember 6, 2011

New Mercedes-Benz V6 Diesel Engines Boost Fuel Efficiency

WIESBADEN, GERMANY -- Federal-Mogul Corp. said it has collaborated with Mercedes-Benz to develop a piston technology for Daimler’s latest V6 diesel engine that helps reduce fuel consumption and emissions.

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NewsSeptember 5, 2011

EPA Withdraws National Ozone Emissions Standards Draft

WASHINGTON - The new ground-level ozone standards would have set rules for ground-level ozone emissions, but now the EPA will have to revisit creating a draft for these standards in 2013.

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NewsAugust 15, 2011

Eco-Driving Study Aims to Improve Fuel Economy by 30 percent

RIVERSIDE, CA -- Researchers at the University of California, Riverside along with their research partners have received a $1.2 million grant from the Department of Energy to study and evaluate technologies that provide feedback to drivers so they can cut harmful emissions and reduce fuel use by up to 30 percent.

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NewsAugust 9, 2011

White House Sets Fuel-Economy Targets for Heavy-Duty & Vocational Vehicles

WASHINGTON - The new fuel-economy and emissions standards will go into effect beginning in MY-2014.

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NewsAugust 9, 2011

White House Sets Fuel-Economy Targets for Heavy-Duty Vehicles

WASHINGTON – The Obama administration announced new fuel-economy and emissions standards for heavy-duty trucks and buses, heavy-duty pickup trucks and vans, and vocational vehicles.

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NewsAugust 1, 2011

Deadline Extended - 2011 Commercial Fleet Environmental Leadership Awards

TORRANCE, CA - Have you been working with your fleet to reduce emissions, implement alternative-fuel technology, or perform other "greening" efforts?

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