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EPRI-NRDC report finds widespread vehicle electrification and a cleaner grid could lead to substantial cuts in GHG by 2050

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As with the earlier assessment, this study consists of two separate, but related, analyses: greenhouse gas emissions from 2015-2050, and air quality impacts in 2030. In the Lower GHG scenario, in 2050, total emissions for the electricity and transportation sectors could be reduced by 2610 million metric tons relative to 2015 levels.

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Study finds EV deployment in China to increase Environmental Justice challenge there

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A new study by a team from the University of Tennessee, Tsinghua University and the University of Minnesota has found that the wide-scale deployment of electric vehicles in China can increase the Environmental Justice (EJ) challenge in that country. These increases in renewables and nuclear power can positively impact PM 2.5

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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Juneau, the Capital City of Alaska, has a clean, renewable source of energy, local hydropower. This project is unique in that the buses will be charged during the day to take advantage of the renewable energy made available by the abundant solar and wind energy available on the island. Bloomington-Normal Public Transit System.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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made EV at its plant in Tennessee the next month. They include, at the broadest level: a renewal of the federal $7,500 tax credit, which was set to expire at this end of this year, for another full decade. Some pundits have said that the landmark 2015 Paris Accord international treaty on climate change, which the U.S.