Defense Secretary Chuck Hagel recently warned that sequestration would cause “suspension of important activities, curtailed training, and could result in furloughs of civilian personnel” but the spending cuts haven’t killed the green fuels program, as the Pentagon has continued purchasing renewable fuel at per gallon.
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Unleaded petrol called E10 could add £80 to a family’s annual driving costs
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The luxury car-maker says the new ‘climate-friendly’ air-con chemical is ‘highly flammable’, poisonous and poses a danger both to occupants and rescue services — and German government officials now agree.
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Niger has given permission for U.S. surveillance drones to be stationed on its territory to improve intelligence on al Qaeda-linked Islamist fighters in northern Mali and the wider Sahara, a senior government source said.
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Azerbaijani President Ilham Aliyev officially approved on Friday a project to build the Trans-Anatolian (TANAP) gas pipeline to Europe via Turkey, the president’s official website reported.
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The high-level working group on growth and jobs, set up at the last EU-US summit in November 2011, will give the go-ahead to launch negotiations for a transatlantic trade agreement, said Irish Prime Minister Enda Kenny, whose country holds the rotating presidency of the EU
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Airbus, with its parent company EADS Innovation Works, signed the agreement with ENN, one of the leading biofuel producers in China, to develop the fuel made from algae oil.
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The country has been under pressure to reduce its emissions since the government announced in February that Spain would need to buy at least �355 million of credits to comply.
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Ahead of the next big international climate meeting, U.S. Sen. David Vitter (R-La.) has asked Treasury Secretary Timothy Geithner how the administration proposes the raise contributions to a 0 billion climate fund to which the U.S. signed up three years ago.
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A pressure group is threatening to take the Dutch government to court unless it starts acting seriously to prevent climate change, Britain’s Guardian newspaper reports.
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