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Rutgers study: facial and head injuries from electric scooters “a rising epidemic”

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For example, the District of Columbia classified motorized scooters as “personal mobility devices” that are not subject to inspection or helmet laws while a new law in New Jersey regulates electric scooters in the same way as a traditional bicycles, requiring helmets in only those under 17.

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US NOx Cap and Trade Program Lowers Smog Levels in Eastern United States

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The existing US NO x cap-and-trade program lowered 2008 summertime NO x emissions from power plants and large industrial sources 62% compared to year 2000 levels and 75% lower than in 1990, according to a report released by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). State level ozone emissions in the NBP, from 1990 to 2010 (projected).

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DOE releases three reports showing strong growth in US fuel cell and hydrogen market

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This report was written and compiled by Sandra Curtin and Jennifer Gangi of Fuel Cells 2000, an activity of Breakthrough Technologies Institute in Washington, DC. From 2000 – 2006, one to three commercial technologies entered the market per year. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report.

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Engineered E. coli produce styrene from glucose

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Between 1960 and 2006, estimated production ranged from a low of 1,740 million pounds in 1960 to a high of 11,897 million pounds in 2000. Walton of the US District Court for the. District of Columbia denied the SIRC motion. US production of styrene has risen fairly steadily since 1960. In 2006, eight. the RoC.

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PJM/Better Place study finds unmanaged charging of 1M electric cars could add $750M in annual wholesale energy costs; need for CNO-managed smart charging

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PJM Interconnection is a regional transmission organization (RTO) that coordinates the movement of wholesale electricity in all or parts of 13 states and the District of Columbia. For the study, the authors distributed EVs by census tract by Median Household Income (MHI), the proxy for affluence, according to the US Census 2000.

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80x30: U.S. Clean Energy Standard Accelerates Transition to Renewables

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Many US states, the District of Columbia, and Puerto Rico already have their own goals. In the US, RPSs have accounted for nearly half of the country's renewable energy growth since 2000. Many have set renewable portfolio standards (RPSs), mandating that renewables make up a certain part of the power grid.

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Gallup poll finds Americans’ worries about environmental threats easing

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Americans tend to give environmental concerns higher priority when the economy is healthy than when it is ailing, and in recent decades the US economy was arguably its strongest in late 1999 and early 2000. Also, the nature of the environmental agenda may indirectly be influencing Americans’ concern, Gallup sugested.

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