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Lung Association report highlights health and climate costs of petroleum-based transportation and the benefits of shifting to ZEVs

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Under this scenario, the estimated total health and climate change costs associated with passenger vehicle fleet pollution drops from to $37 billion annually to $15.7 —Bonnie Holmes-Gen, senior director of Air Quality and Climate Change with the American Lung Association in California. Vermont: $347 million.

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$10-Trillion Investment Needed To Avoid Massive Oil Price Spike Says OPEC

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The reasons for this are multiple: slowing economic growth, declining population rates, and crucially, efficiency and climate change efforts to slow consumption. mb/d because it sees much more serious climate mitigation policies coming down the pike than it did last year. But demand growth slows thereafter: 3.5

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EPA proposes rule for nationwide 30% cut in GHG from existing power plants by 2030 relative to 2005

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Vermont and Washington, DC are not included in this rule because they do not have fossil fuel-fired power plants. The EPA projects that the annual incremental compliance cost of the proposed Option 1 ranges from $5.4 The estimated cost of Option 2 is between $4.2 Climate Change Emissions Policy Power Generation'

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The State of Medium- and Heavy-Duty Vehicle Electrification

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Electrification of medium- and heavy-duty (MHD) vehicles is an important component of reducing greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions and mitigating climate change. Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York, Oregon, Washington, and Vermont are adopting the same rules. they created about 28% of the automotive sector’s GHG emissions in 2020.

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Backcountry Skiing Is Booming in the Northeast. But Can It Survive?

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Add in the rising cost of lift tickets at resorts and an increased desire for solitude fueled by the pandemic, and you get a spike in interest. This season’s lack of snowfall had Umiak Outfitters , a gear and touring company in northern Vermont, running only 10 percent of its usual tours going into the holidays because of lack of snowpack.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. As Senators Graham, Kerry and Lieberman try to resuscitate the climate change bill by introducing a revised bill in mid-to-late April, twenty-three U.S. Factors Determining Abatement Costs.

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