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* USA - EPA allow to produce fuel cells as an alternativeCAL,USA -The Detroit Free Press -Dec 26, 2006: -- The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has cleared the way for automakers to produce hydrogen-powered fuel cell cars to meet zero-emission vehicle requirements in California and 10 other states, officials said Friday... The EPA approved amendments adopted by the California Air Resources Board in 2003 that allow manufacturers to produce fuel cells as an alternative to the battery-powered cars and light trucks previously required by the state... Since then 10 other states -- Connecticut, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, New Jersey, Oregon, Pennsylvania, Rhode Island, Vermont and Washington -- have adopted the same rules...
* Canada - Feds plan to change the makeup of diesel by 2012
Saskatoon,Sask.,CAN -Truck News, by Steven Macleod -21 Dec 2006: -- In a move to aid the agriculture sector and improve the environment, the federal government unveiled plans to require a biodiesel blend of 2% in diesel fuel by 2012... The government plans to regulate an annual average renewable content of 5% in gasoline by 2010 and intends to have a 2% requirement for renewable content in diesel fuel and heating oil by 2012...
* UK - New refuse trucks are out to clean up town
Lewisham,UK -The News Shopper -22 Dec 2006: -- Six new refuse trucks have been bought to improve air quality... The low-emission lorries are part of Lewisham Council's campaign to ensure all its vehicles are environmentally friendly... They use a five per cent bio-diesel fuel, which produces fewer carbon emissions... (Picture: Manager Pat Phelan, Fadil Siret, Matt Woods and Andy Godward with one of the new trucks LC6250)
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