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Wabtec signs MOUs with CMU, Genesee & Wyoming to decarbonize freight rail & improve safety; battery and fuel cell locomotives

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In addition, Wabtec announced an MOU with Genesee & Wyoming Inc. (G&W), The end result will be a cleaner environment, more competitive transportation for our nation’s industrial producers, and a freight rail system that remains the most efficient in the world. —Jack Hellmann, CEO of G&W. Earlier post.).

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Grocery giant Loblaw doubles electric semi fleet, has 25 Tesla Semis on order

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“We firmly believe that this investment will not only benefit our company but also contribute positively to the environment and the communities we serve.” Simply put, they are going to be highly visible throughout Western Canada – a region that’s as easily associated with oil , tar sands, and pickup trucks as South Dakota or Wyoming.

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Major spill from the ExxonMobil Pegasus pipeline in Arkansas

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A breach in ExxonMobil’s Pegasus crude oil pipeline occurred late Friday afternoon near Mayflower, AR (about 20 miles north northwest of Little Rock and at the southeastern end of the Lake Conway reservoir). Route of the Pegasus pipeline. Source: ExxonMobil. Click to enlarge. greater than 250 barrels (10,500 gallons). Earlier post.).

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MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

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The research was a collaboration between MIT’s Laboratory for Aviation and the Environment and the MIT Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change. It’s not necessarily just the adjacent state, but states over 1,000 miles away that can be affected. Different kinds of emissions have a different kind of range.

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EPA and DOT direct ExxonMobil on corrective actions on Silvertip pipeline after rupture

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EPA will continue in its role in directing and overseeing the cleanup and restoration of the river and ensuring the protection of human health and the environment. The Silvertip Pipeline is approximately 69 miles in length and. EMPC will then need to submit a restart plan before operation can resume.

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MSU moves forward with DOE-backed CO2 storage project in northern Montana

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The team includes four other universities, three national laboratories and five private sector companies and has experience with carbon storage projects in Washington, Wyoming, Canada, Illinois, Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi and internationally. Three companies, Vecta Oil and Gas, SR2020 Inc.

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The EV Transition Explained: Converting Gasoline Superusers

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motorists who, according to a study by the environmental group Coltura , drive 30,000 miles or more a year and use an estimated 32 percent of all gasoline. For example, with 13 percent of its drivers using 37 percent of the gasoline, Wyoming is second on Coltura’s list of states with the highest percentage of gasoline superusers.