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AFOSR and NASA Launch First Test Rocket Fueled by Aluminum-Ice Propellant

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Penn State and Purdue University researchers presented a paper on an investigation of ALICE propellants at the 45 th AIAA/ASME/SAE/ASEE Joint Propulsion Conference & Exhibit earlier this month in Denver, Colorado. Three sizes rocket motors ranging from internal diameters of 0.75 Rishal, Grant A.

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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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Like the Recovery Act-funded projects, the annual Clean Cities projects include grants for vehicles, infrastructure, and education. Last week, the Department of Energy also announced that. it had selected 23 projects for up to $15 million in annual appropriations funding. Total DOE award: $12,633,080.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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Pilot program to provide e-bikes to low-income workers in Durango, CO; NREL/CEO study on use patterns, efficiency benefits

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Supported by a $50,000-grant from the Colorado Energy Office, 16 low-income workers in Durango, Colorado will receive e-bikes through a pilot program of the 4 Corners Office of Resource Efficiency ( 4CORE ). The nonprofit received the grant funding from the state’s “Can Do Colorado Community Challenge.”.

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Junkyard Find: 2009 Suzuki Equator RWD Crew Cab

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The Suzuki Equator seems to be the most puzzling of them all , though, and now my decade-long search has unearthed one in a Denver-area car graveyard. So, it was a single Grant cheaper than its twin from the same Tennessee assembly line.

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Xcel Energy and Customer Coalition To Be Among First Users of Electric Transit Connect

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Ford Transit Connect Electric is a collaborative effort between Ford Motor Company and Azure. The company will also provide $20,000 grants from its Chairman’s Fund to support the purchase of 11 additional Ford Transit Connect Electric vans for its project partners. The city of Saint Paul, Minn.,

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Study: Johns Hopkins Says Shrinking Streets Could Improve Safety

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p][cuttext][/cuttext][p][br][/p][p]Researchers examined 7,670 sections of pavement in Dallas, New York City, Philadelphia, Salt Lake City, Miami, Denver, and Washington D.C. p][p][br][/p][p]These types of studies are always tough because the above plan will very obviously make urban motoring less feasible.