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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

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Advocacy group Coltura has published a report that finds converting the biggest users of gasoline to EVs in the next ten years is critical to reaching climate goals and that present EV policies are poorly suited to accomplishing that conversion. Louis have the highest concentration of superusers among US metro areas.

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Vanderbilt meeting concludes time to begin developing climate change adaptation strategies for transportation sector

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It is increasingly clear that climate change will have potentially large impacts on the nation’s highways, railroads, waterways, airports and pipelines. According to the University Center for Atmospheric Research, more than 75% of natural disasters are triggered directly or indirectly by weather and climate.

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

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University of Southern Mississippi. Emergent Polymer Sensing Technologies for Gulf Coast Water Quality Monitoring This collaboration between Mississippi and Alabama develops advanced polymer-based sensing technologies to detect pollutants in Gulf Coast aquatic ecosystems. Benjamin Poulter. Jason Azoulay.

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ICCT study finds state EV incentives playing a significant role in driving sales

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The current study does not include how technology costs could decline with battery innovation, greater mass-market economies of scale, or other technical factors. On the other hand, Mississippi, Oklahoma, North Dakota, and Wyoming are examples of states offering nearly no benefits to electric vehicle owners, and have nearly no EV sales.

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DOE awards $45M to 38 advanced transportation technology projects; $3M from the Army

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Advanced materials are essential for boosting the fuel economy of cars and trucks while maintaining and improving safety and performance. Reducing a vehicle’s weight by just 10% can improve fuel economy by 6% to 8%. Mississippi State University. Halla Visteon Climate Control USA. Arizona State University.

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DOE Makes First Awards from $1.4B for Industrial Carbon Capture and Storage Projects

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This is an aggressive goal, but the climate problem compels us to act with fierce urgency. —Dr. Mississippi Gasification LLC, a Leucadia affiliate, is building a petcoke-to-substitute natural gas plant in Moss Point, Miss., DOE Share: $3,000,000). Wolverine Power Supply Cooperative Inc. DOE Share: $961,499). Leucadia Energy LLC.

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UNEP Report Calls for More Sophisticated Approach to Developing Biofuels; Limitations of Current LCA Studies

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In the report, its first, the panel concludes governments should fit biofuels into an overall energy, climate, land-use, water and agricultural strategy if biofuels deployment is to benefit society, the economy and the environment as a whole.

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