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2010-Aug-20
| New York MTA Awards New Flyer Order for up to 475 CNG Buses
New Flyer
The Board of the New York Metropolitan Transit Authority (the “MTA”) has awarded New Flyer of America Inc., a subsidiary of New Flyer Industries Inc. (TSX:NFI.UN) (“New Flyer” or the “Company”), a contract for up to 475 buses. The contract is for 135 40-foot compressed natural gas (“CNG”) heavy-duty transit buses with options for up to an additional 340 CNG buses. This order adds approximately USD $216 million to the current New Flyer backlog.
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2010-Aug-16
| Say Hello to DoE's GREET, Keeping Tabs on Biomethane
Fleets and Fuels
The Department of Energy's Argonne Lab has just released its latest GREET (Greenhouse Gases, Regulated Emissions and Energy Use in Transportation) analytical tool which compares carbon and greenhouse gas emissions from well to wheel for various gas and fossil fuels.
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2010-Aug-15
| NGVAmerica Courts the Refuse Truck Market
Fleets and Fuels
Natural Gas Vehicles for America is proud to welcome attendees to WasteCon/APWA combined exposition.
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2010-Jul-28
| Senate and House Legislation Will Expand the Use of Natural Gas For Transportation in the United States, Says Clean Energy
Clean Energy Fuels
Legislation being introduced in the US Senate by Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid (D-NV), and intended for introduction in the US House of Representatives by Ways & Means Committee Chairman Sander Levin (D-MI), will benefit the deployment and use of natural gas vehicles and fuel in the United States, according to Clean Energy Fuels Corp. (Nasdaq: CLNE).
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2010-Jul-15
| Cleaner trucks with natural gas
US Gasvehicles.com
To avoid another oil spill disaster like BP’s in the Gulf of Mexico, President Barack Obama has called for jump-starting a “clean energy industry” to produce wind turbines, solar panels and energy-efficient windows...
Yet these measures don’t address the most significant cause of U.S. oil addiction: 254 million cars, buses and trucks that consume 66 percent of the oil we use, most of it imported at roughly USD 1 billion a day.
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2010-Jun-24
| L.A. Unified School District Orders 130 CNG Buses
NGV Global
The new CNG buses are powered by 8.9 liter Cummins ISL G (compressed natural gas) (250 hp, 280 hp) engines.
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2010-Jun-22
| Daimler Buses North America Delivers CNG Orions to California Transit Agencies
NGV Global
Daimler Buses North America has delivered 25 Orion VII Compressed Natural Gas (CNG) transit buses to four transit agencies in California.
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2010-Jun-20
| SCAQMD Funds 132 Natural Gas Replacements for Diesel Trucks
NGV Global
The grants include $13.17 million to replace 132 diesel trucks with natural gas-fueled trucks used in goods movement activities.
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2010-Jun-16
| [video] CNG Concrete Mixer Truck by McNeilus
US GasVehicles.com
Jerry Blatt, owner/operator of Greencrete Concrete, San Jose, CA and North America's first CNG mixer customer, talks about the reasons why he's looking toward CNG to power his fleet.
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2010-Jun-16
| Montgomery County Announces Green Refuse and Recycling Trucks
US GasVehicles.com
In an effort to help reduce greenhouse gas, help improve local air quality and save money, the Montgomery County Department of Environmental Protection’s (DEP) Division of Solid Waste Services (DSWS) has put into service the first 20 of 100 refuse and recycling collection trucks powered with compressed natural gas (CNG).
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2010-Jun-15
| After an Oil Calamity, Is It Time for Natural Gas?
Time
What's the quickest path to achieving a future in which the U.S. is no longer held hostage by foreign oil and carbon emissions are sharply curtailed? The answer might be natural gas, which some experts predict will become the dominant fuel of the 21st century.
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