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Baltimore will electrify city vehicle fleet by 2030

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Baltimore Mayor Brandon Scott signed a bill on Monday that ensures the city’s fleet of government vehicles will be all-electric by 2030. “It shows here our shared commitment to making Baltimore a leader as a climate-conscious and sustainable government,” Scott said during remarks after he signed the bill, according to WBAL. “We

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Researchers map CO2 emissions for entire Los Angeles Megacity to help improve environmental policymaking

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Other cities Gurney has mapped to this degree are Indianapolis, Salt Lake City and Baltimore. California has an aggressive policy when it comes to carbon dioxide emissions, and people want to know what the best policy options are and whether those policies are working. —Professor Gurney.

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MIT study says combustion emissions cause ~200,000 premature deaths/year in US; vehicles and power generation top sources

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Researchers from MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment have concluded that ground-level PM 2.5 Steven Barrett, an assistant professor of aeronautics and astronautics at MIT, and colleagues have published their results in the journal Atmospheric Environment. Source: MIT. Click to enlarge. Waitz, Steve H.L. Yim, Steven R.H.

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Pioneer of Google’s Data Centers Dies at 58

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in computer engineering in 1996 from the University of Southern California. he helped develop the Semi-Automatic Ground Environment (SAGE) , the first U.S. He left the Navy and earned master’s and doctoral degrees in nuclear engineering from the University of California, Berkeley. In 1995 he joined the Digital Equipment Corp.

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Newly identified enzyme from hyperthermophilic archaea could assist cellulosic biofuels production

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Researchers from the University of California, Berkeley, and the University of Maryland School of Medicine have characterized a new cellulase (cellulose-digesting enzyme) that has optimal activity at 109 °C, a half-life of 5 h at 100 °C, and resists denaturation in strong detergents, high-salt concentrations, and ionic liquids.

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DISCOVER-AQ project to begin flights to enhance measurement of ground-level air-quality from space

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This summer two NASA research airplanes will fly over the Baltimore-Washington region and northeast Maryland as part of a mission to enhance the capability of satellites to measure ground-level air quality from space. Ground sites maintained by the Maryland Department of the Environment form the backbone of the surface network.

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How To Reduce EV Charging Station Costs

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Some of the best state incentives can be found in California and New York. The California Electric Vehicle Infrastructure Project offers dozens of different rebate programs. Not only do these features save money, they also benefit the environment by reducing unnecessary energy usage.