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Zhejiang Methanol Hydrogen and Element 1 partner to deliver hydrogen generation technology to Greater China

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These public companies will be investors in a network of hydrogen production and fueling stations which will be installed throughout China between 2022 and 2025. —Zhu Foqing, an industry expert in China’s energy field and legal representative of ZMHT.

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Hagens Berman files class-action lawsuit against Ford and Bosch claiming Super Duty diesel emissions defeat devices

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The law firm of Hagens Berman Sobol Shapiro LLP has filed a class-action lawsuit accusing Ford and Bosch of knowingly installing emissions-cheating software devices in 2011-2017 Ford 250 and 350 Super Duty diesel pickup trucks, allowing the affected pickups to pollute at levels up to 50 times legal limits.

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UK unveils new plan to cut NO2; sale of new conventional gasoline and diesel cars to end by 2040; focus on local action

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In 2018, the Government will publish a comprehensive Clean Air Strategy which will address other sources of air pollution. Air quality in the UK has been improving significantly in recent decades, with reductions in emissions of all of the key pollutants, and NO 2 levels down by half in the last 15 years.

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New York to invest $127.7 million Volkswagen settlement in clean vehicles

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In October 2016, a federal judge approved a national settlement plan to address Volkswagen’s installation and use of devices in approximately 580,000 Volkswagen, Audi, and Porsche vehicles that circumvented federal emissions standards for NO x. million as part of this legal settlement.

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Canada seeking to strengthen oil tanker safety system

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New and modified aids to navigation: The CCG will ensure that a system of aids to navigation comprised of buoys, lights and other devices to warn of obstructions and to mark the location of preferred shipping routes is installed and maintained. aids to navigation, hydrographic charts, etc) by fall 2013 for government consideration.

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Tesla agrees to pay fine, install solar project in air quality case with Bay Area Air District

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Tesla has agreed to pay a $1 million fine and install a solar roof project on top of its Fremont Factory in Northern California as part of a settlement with the Bay Area Air Quality Management District (BAAQMD). Tesla was found to have 33 separate violations at the Fremont Factory, the BAAQMD said in a press release.

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CARB settles with American Honda Motor for $6.9M for violations of air quality regulations on small off-road engines

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Honda failed these tests demonstrating evaporative emissions of gasoline above the legal limit. Small off-road engines are a major source of pollution in California. million civil penalty that will go to CARB’s Air Pollution Control Fund, which provides funding for projects and research to improve California's air quality.

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