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The Obama administration today took the wraps off its proposed national standards to reduce greenhouse gas emissions and improve fuel efficiency for heavy duty trucks and buses -- the first measures for such vehicles in the U.S.
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Royal Caribbean Cruises Limited, the world's second largest cruise operator, has cut fuel consumption by about 4 percent with better designed ships, smarter sailing practices and energy efficiency measures that include installing solar window film in every ship in the fleet.<br />
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Businesses and policymakers are working to clear obstacles to EV adoption, but the Rocky Mountain Institute believes one game-changing solution has received little attention: Lightweighting could be a key to widespread electrification of the U.S. personal vehicle fleet .<br />
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Medium-duty trucks, a mainstay for American fleets, produce more than 80 million metric tons of carbon dioxide annually. Environmental Defense Fund and PHH Arval are now offering fleet managers a framework for reducing emissions from the vehicles.
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Devices developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory that could save the U.S. trucking industry $10 billion a year in diesel fuel are being tested at NASA Ames Research Center, home of the world's largest wind tunnel.
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The year 2009 was a terrible year for Detroit, the worst in three decades. Americans bought 10.4 million cars -- 21 percent fewer than in 2008 and a whopping 40 percent fewer than the 17 million or so cars and light trucks sold, on average, in the early 2000s.
by Marc Gunther
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Eight big-name airlines such as Southwest, United and American will begin fueling ground service equipment at the Los Angeles International Airport with synthetic biodiesel in 2012.