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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). Source: EPA. Source: EPA. Click to enlarge.

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

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In 2012, nearly 80% of total investment in the global fuel cell industry was made in US companies. 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. 2012 Fuel Cell Technologies Market Report. in Washington, D.C.

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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. The US styrene industry is a diversified approximately $28-billion industry comprising hundreds of companies with thousands of facilities, according to the Styrene Information & Research Center (SIRC).

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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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