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World climate change goal at risk, warns UNA global goal for limiting climate change is slipping out of reach and governments may have to find ways to artificially suck greenhouse gases from the air if they fail to make deep cuts in rising emissions by 2030, a draft UN report said. More… |
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New Hyundai backhoe loaders launched in BahrainMotorcity, the sole distributor of Hyundai Heavy Industries in Bahrain, launched two new Hyundai backhoe loaders featuring powerful and reliable Perkins engines and deluxe cabin design. Both H930S and H940S series provides the ope More… |
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Toyota’s global hybrid sales top 1m in 2012Toyota Motor Corporation (TMC) has announced that the global sales of its hybrid vehicles until October 31 this year have crossed the one million units mark with cumulative sales reaching 4.60 million units. Nobuyuki Negishi, chie More… |
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Toyota to roll out 21 hybrid models in 3 yearsGlobal auto giant Toyota Motor Corporation plans to launch 21 new hybrid models from now until the end of 2015 as part of its environmental technology plans. The announcement of its vehicle deployment plans is part of the progress More… |
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China threatens to impound EU planes in carbon rowChina will take swift counter-measures that could include impounding European aircraft if the EU punishes Chinese airlines for not complying with its scheme to curb carbon emissions, the China Air Transport Association said on Tuesday. The More… |
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Etihad runs first ‘green’ trajectory flightAn Etihad Airways Airbus A330-200 has become the first aircraft in the region to perform an environment friendly approach to descent that cuts noise, flight times, minimises fuel consumption and CO2 emissions. The demonstration flight whic More… |
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Countries ‘doing too little’ on warmingGreenhouse gas emissions in 2020 could rise to nine billion tonnes above what is needed to limit global warming as some countries look set to miss their emissions cut targets, a report by three climate research groups said. Countries have More… |
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Top EU court backs airline carbon lawEurope's highest court gave unreserved backing on Wednesday to a hotly contested EU law charging airlines for carbon emissions on flights to and from Europe, a decision likely to escalate tensions with the US and other trading partners. More… |
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Emirates operates demo CO2-saving flightEmirates said it operated a demonstration flight carrying the UAE delegation to the '2011 United Nations Framework Convention on Climate Change' (COP17) in South Africa as part of its commitment towards cutting greenhouse gas emissions. More… |
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Gas flaring in region hits 134bn cu mAn estimated 134 billion cu m of gas was flared during 2010 in the Middle East, resulting in 400 million tonnes of carbon dioxide emissions, said the organisers of an upcoming gas flaring event in Muscat. The Gas Arabia Summit will ho More… |
