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Harvard buys four Proterra electric buses

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In 2018, Harvard set a goal to eliminate the use of fossil fuels on its campus by 2050 and to achieve fossil fuel-neutrality by 2026. Harmful air pollutants will also be reduced providing health benefits to local communities. in Allston. The vehicles can be fully charged in about three hours.

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Study: IMO low-sulfur fuel standards will decrease childhood asthma cases, premature deaths; climate tradeoffs

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Marine shipping fuels will get cleaner in 2020 when a regulation by the International Maritime Organization (IMO) requires a decrease in the allowable amount of sulfur in fuel oil from 3.5% Now, a new open-access study published in Nature Communications quantifies these health benefits and finds cleaner shipping fuels will result in a 3.6%

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T&E study: EVs can be cheaper for Uber drivers to run than latest diesels in many European capitals

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The economics of EVs—more expensive to buy but a lot cheaper to run—match perfectly with high-mileage, low-margin businesses like ride-hailing and taxis. In London, the largest market for ride-hailing services in Europe, there were 88,000 active Uber-type drivers in 2018. —Yoann Le Petit, new mobility expert with T&E.

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Toyota to debut 2 BEVs, 1 PHEV for US this year; says research shows BEVs & PHEVs have similar environmental benefits

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At every price point and with multiple powertrains, we can put more people in cleaner automobiles across North America to have the greatest near-term impact on total carbon emissions. The PHEV is much less expensive to buy and own, compared to the BEV. Manufacturing is a component of GHG emissions.

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1000?? Electric Bus Hits the Roads of Moscow

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In 2018, Moscow introduced the modern electric buses and from then on, this novel mode of surface transportation has shown to be effective and environment friendly. Moscow’s primary surface public transportation operator ceased buying diesel buses in 2021. The noise pollution can be greatly reduced. Speaking of Future.

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EPA Administrator broadly outlines Trump Administration thinking on fuel economy standards and California

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In August 2018, EPA and US Department of Transportation’s National Highway Traffic Safety Administration (NHTSA) released a notice of proposed rulemaking (NPRM) to adjust the Congressionally-mandated Corporate Average Fuel Economy (CAFE) and Light-Duty Vehicle Greenhouse Gas Emissions Standards. criteria pollutants. -Ed.]

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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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. The program then reduces the cap by 2.5

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