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AFE to Use Plasma Gasification of Waste in 25MW Power Project in Milwaukee

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Alliance Federated Energy (AFE) last week announced the development of “Project Apollo,” a $225-million, 25MW energy project located in Milwaukee, Wisconsin. Project would turn Milwaukee trash into energy”, JSonline , 2 February 2010. Project Apollo plans to utilize Westinghouse Plasma Corp.’s A hat-tip to George!).

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Argonne rolls out updated version of AFLEET alternative fuels and advanced vehicles analysis tool

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Sponsored by the DOE Clean Cities program, AFLEET (Alternative Fuel Life-Cycle Environmental and Economic Transportation Tool) is a free, publicly-available tool that provides users with a roadmap for assessing which types of vehicles and fuels are right for them. AFLEET is an important resource for this effort.

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Study estimates ~4M children worldwide develop asthma each year because of NO2 air pollution

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The problem affects cities in the United States as well: Los Angeles, New York, Chicago, Las Vegas and Milwaukee were the top five cities in the US with the highest percentage of pediatric asthma cases linked to polluted air. —Pattanun Achakulwisut, PhD, lead author of the paper and a postdoc at Milken Institute SPH.

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Update: 10 Best Car Sharing Programs

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Zipcars can be found in Atlanta, Austin, Baltimore, Boston, Chicago, Dallas, Denver, Detroit, Houston, Los Angeles, Miami, Minneapolis, Milwaukee, New York, Philadelphia, Providence, Sacramento, San Diego, Zipcar users have a card that unlocks their local cars San Francisco, Seattle and Washington, D.C. In the U.S.

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Lifecycle study finds that environmental impacts of silicon-anode Li-ion battery could be roughly comparable with conventional Li-ion battery

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For the study, the UW-Milwaukee team selected the metal-assisted chemical etching method for the SiNW synthesis due to its simplicity, low cost, and scalable advantages. Credit: ACS, Li et al. Click to enlarge. —Li et al. —Li et al.

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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Chicago Hub Network( Chicago, Milwaukee, Twin Cities, St. Joint 2006 study by the Center for Clean Air Policy and Center for Neighborhood Technology. South Central Corridor (Tulsa, Oklahoma City, Dallas/Fort Worth, Austin, San Antonio, Little Rock). Gulf Coast Corridor (Houston, New Orleans, Mobile, Birmingham, Atlanta).

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