Green Car Congress

JULY 2, 2017

Researchers from the University of Minnesota, with colleagues at the University of Massachusetts Amherst, have developed a new high-yield process—a hybrid of fermentation followed by thermochemical catalysis—to produce renewable isoprene from biomass. Abdelrahman, Dae Sung Park, Katherine P. Vinter, Charles S. 6b03335.

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Electric Auto Association

FEBRUARY 19, 2021

Similarly, in the USA there’s also been an uptick in EV sales in states like Colorado, Massachusetts, and New York, all of which have ambitious carbon-reduction goals and cold winters. An Automobile Association of America study released in February, 2019 tested five EV models in 20 degree and 95 degree Fahrenheit temperatures.

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Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 7, 2017

Both are represented in the study by a major gas of each type, the VOC formaldehyde and NO 2 , that are measureable from space by the Dutch-Finnish Ozone Monitoring Instrument aboard NASA’s Aura satellite, launched in 2004. Volatile organic compounds occur in high volume naturally, given off by some plants, including certain tree species.

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Green Car Congress

JANUARY 7, 2016

Although the demand for oil alternatives—such as natural gas, electricity and hydrogen—may grow, each alternative energy source has its disadvantages. Patrick Cappillino, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. Yogesh (Yogi) Surendranath, Massachusetts Institute of Technology. preventing air pollution.

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