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Houston-Galveston area to deploy 30 battery-electric delivery trucks

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The Houston-Galveston Area Council (H-GAC) has partnered with the Center for Transportation and the Environment (CTE) and Smith Electric Vehicles Corporation (Smith Electric) to reduce vehicle emissions from delivery trucks in the Houston-Galveston region.

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Univ. Houston, Caltech team develops new earth-abundant, cost-effective catalyst for water-splitting

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A team of researchers from the University of Houston and the California Institute of Technology has developed an active and durable earth-abundant transition metal dichalcogenide-based hybrid catalyst for water-splitting that exhibits high hydrogen evolution activity approaching the state-of-the-art platinum catalysts.

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Study: curbing diesel emissions could reduce mortality rates in big cities

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Freight transportation is a pillar of the US national economy, but while long-haul trucks account for less than 6% of the vehicle miles traveled over US highways, they account for about 40% of the emissions of air polluting particulate matter and about 55% of nitrogen oxides, the precursor to ozone in the atmosphere, the study said.

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Rice University study of lung cells suggests anthropogenic carbon nanotubes are common pollutants

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the MWCNTs observed in the lungs of Parisian children are similar to those detected in dust and vehicle exhaust samples collected in the Parisian area as well as to synthetic MWCNTs, to MWCNTS found in ambient air samples collected in El Paso and Houston, and those trapped in domestic spider webs in Kanpur (India). —Lon Wilson.

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City of Bogota, Columbia launches electric taxi pilot; part of C40-CCI EV Network

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Bogota’s electric vehicle taxi project is a significant achievement, which demonstrates, once again, the city’s clear commitment to transform its transportation sector. Bogota’s project will improve local air quality and noise pollution. —Jay Carson, CEO, C40 Cities Climate Leadership Group.

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President Obama establishes Task Force on Climate Preparedness and Resilience, issues executive order

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Federal agencies will also evaluate how to better promote natural storm barriers such as dunes and wetlands, as well as how to protect the carbon sequestration benefits of forests and lands to help reduce the carbon pollution that causes climate change.

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Converted Plug-In Hybrid Electric Terminal Tractor to be Tested at Port of Long Beach

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EPRI expects the plug-in to have about 4 hours of electric operation, depending upon the duty cycle, said Andra Rogers, senior project manager of Electric Transportation at EPRI. Houston, and New York City. The truck is equipped with a 6.6 kW charger. These vehicles can make a big impact on lowering a port’s overall emissions.