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November 4, 2009 | Posted by Amanda Hahnel, Joseph S. Nye, Jr. Research Intern - 8:26am | 0 Comments
- Defense News reports on the HEMTT-A3’s potential to be used as a hybrid tactical vehicle by the Army, which could cut fuel consumption by at least 20 percent.
- Navy News reports that its support facility at Diego Garcia is implementing a new recycling program that would reduce the use of fuel-burning incinerators and could generate fuel savings and recycling revenue upwards of $20,000 a year.
- Brazil criticizes the United States’ s sugar-ethanol tariffs saying that they are unfairly being shut out of the American renewable energy market, the Los Angeles Times reports.
- The Washington Post reports on the Army Corps efforts to prevent New Orleans from flooding in the next big storm.
- Nepal is planning to hold a cabinet meting on Mt. Everest to highlight the importance of melting glaciers to the country, AFP reports. This announcement comes on the heels of a study of the rapidly retreating ice caps on Mt. Kilimanjaro, the New York Times reports.
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