Green Car Congress

APRIL 19, 2011

A new study led by Carnegie Institution’s Department of Global Ecology has found that the expansion of sugarcane crop in Brazil in areas previously occupied by other Brazilian crops cools the local climate. The study is published in the second issue of Nature Climate Change. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1067.

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Green Car Congress

JULY 8, 2013

Sponsored by the DOE’s Atmospheric Radiation Measurement (ARM) Climate Research Facility, the Biomass Burning Observation Project (BBOP) will conduct aircraft observations to study the near-field evolution of changes in chemical, optical, and microphysical properties of aerosols generated in biomass burning events.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 6, 2020

The formation extends over southwestern North Dakota, southeastern Montana, and northwestern South Dakota. The Broom Creek Formation is a saline formation that lies approximately 6,500 ft. directly beneath the RTE facility. The thickness of the formation beneath the injection site is approximately 270 ft. in combined thickness.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 22, 2016

Montana State University. The team, which includes researchers from Montana, Wyoming and South Dakota, seeks to identify a framework of carbon mitigation strategies that would minimize conflicts with food security and clean energy production priorities. Research at the nexus of food, energy and water. Lead organization. Description.

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Teslarati

MAY 10, 2022

The Index ranks each state on a weighted scale, scoring between 1 and 5 points based on five factors: favorable state legislation and incentives , EV penetration, Charger-to-Vehicle ratio, public charger availability, and climate suitability. Montana – 8.50 – 1, 1, 2, 3, 1. points were labeled “EV Accepted.”

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 1, 2012

Roughly 80% of the current recovered harvest in the US would need to be re-allocated for the production of bioenergy crops to meet current renewable fuel targets with existing technology, according to a new study using satellite data led by researchers from the University of Montana.

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Green Car Congress

OCTOBER 10, 2009

The September 2009 average temperature for the contiguous United States was above the long-term average, according to NOAA’s monthly State of the Climate report. Based on records going back to 1895, the monthly National Climatic Data Center analysis is part of the suite of climate services NOAA provides. Source: NOAA.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 9, 2010

NOAA’s State of the Climate report shows the March 2010 average temperature for the entire contiguous United States was warmer-than-average with several New England states experiencing one of the warmest months of March on record. are part of the suite of NOAA climate services. March temperatures relative to 1895-2010 Click to enlarge.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 22, 2010

That’s three times the amount estimated by the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC). Nitrous oxide is a potent greenhouse gas that contributes to climate change and stratospheric ozone destruction. This multi-site experiment clearly establishes streams and rivers as important sources of nitrous oxide.

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The Truth About Cars

FEBRUARY 27, 2024

(Full disclosure: I was on vacation in Palm Springs, California and Stellantis was nice enough to loan me the Grand Wagoneer for testing while I was in SoCal.) I am gonna pass out now.

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Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

In neighboring Montana, state legislators recently approved a study for converting one coal plant to nuclear. The firm is planning to start building its reactor around 2026, hoping to deliver power by decade’s end. Even so, it hasn’t attained regulatory approval just yet.

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Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 2, 2010

Transport models are uncertain ,” says Stephanie Ewing, lead author of the paper and an assistant professor of pedology and soil biogeochemistry at Montana State University. She conducted the research while a postdoctoral researcher in Berkeley Lab’s Earth Sciences Division. —John Christensen. Stephanie A. Ewing, John N.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 11, 2009

The long-term storage of CO2 by injection in underground geologic reservoirs is expected to play a major role in addressing climate change concerns. NETL manages the partnership program for DOE’s Office of Fossil Energy.

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Green Car Congress

MAY 23, 2009

Geologic carbon sequestration is expected to play an important future role in mitigating greenhouse gas emissions and combating climate change. The National Energy Technology Laboratory manages the Regional Carbon Sequestration Partnerships program on behalf of the DOE Office of Fossil Energy.

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The Truth About Cars

MAY 6, 2024

Disclosure: Subaru flew me out to a palatial cabin near Missoula, Montana to experience the new Forester, as well as some very good locally-made whiskey, some truly Big Skies, and some much-needed quality time with the only two creatures that truly understand me: A dog named Aida owned by Subaru PR and other self-loathing journalists.

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Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 1, 2014

Notable changes since the prior Draft Supplemental Environmental Impact Statement include an expanded analysis of potential oil releases; an expanded climate change analysis; an updated oil market analysis incorporating new economic modeling; and an expanded analysis of rail transport.

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Green Car Congress

AUGUST 12, 2021

Montana Attorney General Austin Knudsen said: This is an insult to Americans in rural communities who would have benefited from the Keystone XL pipeline and the energy workers in states like mine who are suffering from the effects of the Biden administration’s ongoing federal lease ban. They are one and the same.

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Setec Powerr

OCTOBER 26, 2022

With rolling mountains and boundless plains, Montana has magnificent scenery and vast horizons. On Montana’s 147,000 square miles of land, the state’s latest count of charging points was just 57, most of which were concentrated in towns and cities rather than along highways. It seems to be designed for self-driving travel.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 29, 2016

The Bakken Formation, a shale oil and gas field in North Dakota and Montana, is emitting roughly 2% (about 250,000 tons per year) of the globe’s ethane, according to new study led by researchers at the University of Michigan. The paper appears in the journal Geophysical Research Letters.

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Green Car Congress

MARCH 24, 2017

The permit authorizes TransCanada to construct, to connect, to operate, and to maintain pipeline facilities at the US-Canadian border in Phillips County, Montana for the importation of crude oil. County and local permites in Montana and South Dakota. Kerry noted at that time that the arguments pro and con had been “overstated”.

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Cars That Think

DECEMBER 11, 2022

Wyoming gasoline superusers and others in states like Idaho, Montana, and South Dakota are likely to have additional concerns about buying EVs. Furthermore, rural residents tend to be less supportive of climate action than urban residents, even controlling for political partisanship and other demographics.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 27, 2017

In November 2016, then US Secretary of State John Kerry rejected Keystone XL, citing combatting climate change as the critical factor. Earlier post.). Kerry noted at that time that the arguments pro and con had been “ overstated ”. Earlier post.).

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Creative Greenius

SEPTEMBER 26, 2009

Hey, Max Baucus and Jon Tester in Montana – Do either of you US Senators have a clue on climate change? I know you both like to prance in front of the media in cowboy hats, but that phony play acting doesn’t get the job done on climate. We can’t afford your ignorance any longer. Time to cowboy up fellas.

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Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

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. Western Climate Initiative (WCI). Representatives Henry A.

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Charged EVs

JANUARY 18, 2022

For me, the most important thing is that there is an urgency across the planet to address climate change. I do hope that the financial incentives in this Build Back Better legislation will happen, because there are over $500 billion of climate change [investments], from renewable energy to incentives for electric vehicles.

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The Truth About Cars

APRIL 30, 2024

& They’ve been joined by Alabama, Alaska, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Missouri, Montana, Nebraska, New Hampshire, North Dakota, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, South Dakota, Utah, Virginia and Wyoming in the suit.& Swelling vehicle prices was another issue.&

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