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Obama climate plan calls for new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018; cleaner fuels and investment in advanced fossil energy

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Among the transportation-related elements of US President Barack Obama’s new climate action plan, which he is outlining today in a speech at Georgetown University, is the development of new fuel economy standards for heavy-duty vehicles post-2018. Earlier post.). Providing a toolkit for climate resilience. Energy Efficiency.

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Obama blueprint for a US economy “built to last” includes “all-of-the-above” energy strategy; call for 80% of US electricity from clean sources by 2035

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President Obama used his last State-of-the-Union (SOTU) address of his term to outline four main elements of a blueprint for an “ economy that’s built to last: an economy built on American manufacturing, American energy, skills for American workers, and a renewal of American values. ”. —President Obama.

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Obama Announces $3.4B Investment in Smart Grid Technologies and Projects

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Speaking at Florida Power and Light’s (FPL) DeSoto Next Generation Solar Energy Center, President Barack Obama announced $3.4 Map of the 100 smart grid awards. Source: DOE. Click to enlarge. Making Electricity Distribution and Transmission More Efficient: $400 million.

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Concepts for an “Energy Security Trust” reach back to President Carter

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In his State of the Union speech Tuesday night, President Obama proposed “ we use some of our oil and gas revenues to fund an Energy Security Trust that will drive new research and technology to shift our cars and trucks off oil for good. American innovation has given us the greatest industrial capacity on Earth.

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DOE to award $12.5M to improve efficiency of medium- and heavy-duty trucks as part of new tech track for US-China initiative

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Waste heat recovery. Wind/weather and GPS-based cruise control and intelligent routing. President Obama and President Xi Jinping announced a renewal and expansion of the CERC in November 2014. In September 2015, Obama and Xi announced a fifth CERC track on improving the energy efficiency of medium-duty and heavy-duty trucks.

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The Greenius Gets His Hands Dirty

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It sounded like the perfect way to spend Saturday morning and another great opportunity to respond to President Obama’s call for service. I always wind up with a pocketful when I’m hiking and it’s always the number one item found when I participate in the Heal The Bay beach cleanups we have in my neighborhood.

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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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Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 Renewable Wind Energy: MBTA will design and construct wind energy generation turbines in eastern Massachusetts (from among Kingston, Newburyport, Bridgewater). billion have been made available for transit improvements throughout the US.

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