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Ford, Ford Credit introduce sustainable financing framework prioritizing EV, clean production, community investments

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Net proceeds from sustainable financing will be invested and expended in four areas: Clean Transportation – Designing, developing and manufacturing zero-emissions transportation, focusing on battery-electric vehicles and the batteries that power them across the full range of design, development, manufacturing and end-of-life.

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3 Duke Energy subsidiaries plead guilty to 9 criminal violations of Clean Water Act; $102M settlement

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million tons of coal ash); Kentucky (approximately 1.5 Approximately 108 million tons of coal ash are currently held in coal ash basins owned and operated by the defendants in North Carolina. Duke Energy Corporation subsidiaries also operate facilities with coal ash basins in South Carolina (approximately 5.99 million tons of coal ash).

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NSF announces $55M toward national research priorities; intersection of food, energy and water systems

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The National Science Foundation (NSF) has made 11 awards totaling $55 million aimed at building research capacity to develop new innovations at the intersection of food, energy and water systems and to address fundamental questions about the brain. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description.

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DOE announces approximately $64M in funding for 18 projects to advance H2@Scale

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Advanced Manufacturing Processes for Gigawatt-Scale Proton Exchange Membrane Water Electrolyzer Oxygen Evolution Reaction Catalysts and Electrodes. University of Kentucky. System Demonstration for Supplying Clean, Reliable and Affordable Electric Power to Data Centers using Hydrogen Fuel. Project title. Federal share.

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EPA Awards $56M in Recovery Funding to 10 States to Clean Up Underground Petroleum Leaks

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) announced the distribution of about $56 million to 10 states under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act of 2009 (ARRA) to assess and clean up underground storage tank petroleum leaks. Kentucky: $4M. New York: $9M. North Carolina: $7.5M. Georgia: $4.9M. New Jersey: $4.8M. Alabama: $4M.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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Geographical distribution of Clean Cities Recovery Act awards. The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected 25 cost-share projects under the Clean Cities program that will be funded with nearly $300 million from the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act. Clean Energy Coalition’s CEC Michigan Green Fleets Initiative.

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News: Corvette Adds Electric Power to Boost Performance

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It’ will be a high-water mark for performance, the stock-in-trade of Corvette for most of its 70 years. The E-Ray will be produced alongside other Corvettes at GM’s Bowling Green, Kentucky, plant. The old is a legacy thing for what’s been the halo Chevy since 1953. liter V8’s exhaust.

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