Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

This brief study analyzes, for each individual state, the changes from 2018 to 2020 in the use of coal (one of the two most polluting energy sources) to generate electricity. The increases occurred only in Alaska (from 11% to 13%) and Oregon (from 2% to 3%). North Dakota. North Dakota. North Dakota. New Mexico. New Mexico Ohio.

Coal 334

Coal West Virginia North Dakota Cleaner 334

Green Car Congress

JANUARY 16, 2021

Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or promote air quality and clean transportation. Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming) will accept applications requesting up to $2,600,000 in grant funds.

EPA 207

EPA Diesel Puerto Rico Emissions 207

Green Car Congress

DECEMBER 11, 2019

Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or have, as their principal purpose, the promotion of transportation or air quality. Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming) will accept proposals requesting up to $2,600,000 in grant funds.

EPA 170

EPA Diesel Puerto Rico Emissions 170

Cars That Think

SEPTEMBER 27, 2022

A specific challenge would-be-conversions must face is that the NRC’s standards—both for atmospheric pollution and for the amount of radiological material a reactor can release—are much tighter than federal standards for coal plants. In neighboring Montana, state legislators recently approved a study for converting one coal plant to nuclear.

Coal 145

Coal Convert Power Powered 145

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 26, 2016

Nonprofit organizations may apply if they provide pollution reduction or educational services to diesel fleet owners or have, as their principal purpose, the promotion of transportation or air quality. Region 8 (Colorado, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Utah, Wyoming): EPA is requesting proposals between $300,000 and $1,500,000.

EPA 150

EPA Diesel Fleet Puerto Rico 150

Green Car Congress

APRIL 10, 2010

Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. INTRODUCTION. Sources: Large electric generators. Coverage: 28% of CO 2 emissions.

Gas 244

Gas Climate Change Emissions Climate 244