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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. This study is an update of a study that examined the changes from 2008 to 2018. Therefore, the data for 2008 are included here as well. West Virginia. West Virginia. West Virginia.

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EPA announces $46M for latest Diesel Emissions Reduction Act funding

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Over the last three years, EPA has provided nearly $300 million in grants and rebates to modernize diesel fleets with cleaner heavy-duty trucks and equipment, according to EPA Administrator Andrew Wheeler. Since the first year of the DERA program in 2008, EPA has competitively awarded more than 850 grants and 450 rebates across the country.

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Hyperbaric Centrifuge Technology Successfully Dewaters Coal Fines

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Camicia Professor of Mining and Mineral Engineering in Virginia Tech’s College of Engineering, and his colleagues developed a hyperbaric centrifuge that can efficiently dewater coal as fine as talcum powder. In October 2008, Yoon was elected to the National Academy of Engineering. The hyperbaric centrifuge addresses those issues.

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