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Driving the Future: Combating Climate Change with Cleaner, Smarter Cars is the first book of Margo T. Oge, who served as the director of the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Transportation and Air Quality from 1994 to 2012.[1]

Table of Contents

  1. 12 relations: Climate change, Climatology, Corporate average fuel economy, Electric car, Greenhouse gas, Greenhouse gas emissions, Kirkus Reviews, Margo T. Oge, The Economist, The Globe and Mail, Time (magazine), United States Environmental Protection Agency.

  2. 2015 in the environment
  3. Books about energy issues
  4. Books about environmentalism

Climate change

In common usage, climate change describes global warming—the ongoing increase in global average temperature—and its effects on Earth's climate system.

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Climatology

Climatology (from Greek κλίμα, klima, "slope"; and -λογία, -logia) or climate science is the scientific study of Earth's climate, typically defined as weather conditions averaged over a period of at least 30 years.

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Corporate average fuel economy

Corporate average fuel economy (CAFE) standards are regulations in the United States, first enacted by the United States Congress in 1975, after the 1973–74 Arab Oil Embargo, to improve the average fuel economy of cars and light trucks (trucks, vans and sport utility vehicles) produced for sale in the United States.

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Electric car

An electric car or electric vehicle (EV) is a passenger automobile that is propelled by an electric traction motor, using electrical energy as the primary source of propulsion.

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Greenhouse gas

Greenhouse gases (GHGs) are the gases in the atmosphere that raise the surface temperature of planets such as the Earth.

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Greenhouse gas emissions

Greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions from human activities intensify the greenhouse effect.

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Kirkus Reviews

Kirkus Reviews is an American book review magazine founded in 1933 by Virginia Kirkus.

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Margo T. Oge

Margo T. Oge is an American engineer and environmental regulator who served as the director of the Environmental Protection Agency's Office of Radiation and Indoor Air from 1990 to 1994 and director of the Office of Transportation and Air Quality from 1994 to 2012.

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The Economist

The Economist is a British weekly newspaper published in printed magazine format and digitally.

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The Globe and Mail

The Globe and Mail is a Canadian newspaper printed in five cities in western and central Canada.

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Time (magazine)

Time (stylized in all caps as TIME) is an American news magazine based in New York City.

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United States Environmental Protection Agency

The Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) is an independent agency of the United States government tasked with environmental protection matters.

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See also

2015 in the environment

Books about energy issues

Books about environmentalism

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Driving_the_Future

Also known as Driving the Future: Combating Climate Change with Cleaner, Smarter Cars.