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Bombardier introduces new, more efficient and cleaner Evinrude outboards

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Improvements Bombardier initiated to the Engine Management Module (EMM) beginning with 2002 production—such as a 30% thicker pc board and increased cooling for components— have been designed into the EMM for the Evinrude E-TEC outboards.

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NOAA, partners find about 98% decline in VOCs concentrations in LA Basin over last 50 years despite 3x increase in use of gasoline and diesel

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A scatter plot of CO, as a tracer for pollution, versus CO 2 , as a tracer for the amount of combustion, for 2002 and 2010. Even though the CO 2 enhancements over background were comparable in the two years, about 25 ppm in 2002 and 35 ppm in 2010, the ?CO/?CO2 The reason is simple: cars are getting cleaner. ppbv/ppmv to 10.7

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California ARB Holds Workshop to Launch Effort Help Develop Next-Generation Cars; Linking LEV III, Pavley II and ZEV

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The California Air Resources Board held a workshop on March 2 designed to kick off a pioneering effort to craft standards to help develop the next generation of cleaner cars. Our goal is to guide the development of even cleaner, ultra-low carbon cars that deliver performance and utility. Earlier post.).

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California Taxi Fleet Operator Orders 25 CNG/LPG Engine Prep Packages for Transit Connect

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California Yellow Cab began using natural gas in 2002. Driving interest in Transit Connect Taxi in California is the mandate of many of its municipalities adopting standards for fleet operators to use cleaner, low-carbon fuels. Propane also burns cleaner than gasoline.

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California ARB Expands Assistance Program for Truckers to Reduce Diesel Emissions

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The California Air Resources Board approved changes to an existing $28 million financial assistance program this week that will significantly help more California independent truckers qualify for the purchase of a cleaner-running vehicle.

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Air Products Hydrogen Fueling Technology to Use Landfill Gas to Power Vehicles in S. Korea

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World Cup Park is a combination of several small parks adjacent to World Cup Stadium, site of the 2002 FIFA World Cup. Air Products’ compression, storage and dispensing technology will fuel hydrogen powered fuel cell buses for public transit initially, and a small fleet of cars targeted to increase to as many as 100 public use vehicles.

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Niagara Falls Maid of the Mist vessels going battery-electric; ABB power and propulsion

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The Niagara Power Project has been a long time partner to the Maid the Mist and we are pleased to support the Maid going electric and making our environment cleaner and greener with every trip. — Gil C. Quiniones, President and CEO at the New York Power Authority.

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