Green Car Congress

NOVEMBER 10, 2021

Battery electric vehicles are only as clean as the energy source used to generate the electricity that powers them. 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. North Dakota. North Dakota.

Coal 334

Coal West Virginia North Dakota Cleaner 334

Green Car Congress

FEBRUARY 15, 2020

The study focuses on the period between 2005 and 2018 and tracks combustion emissions of various polluting compounds from various sectors, looking at every state in the contiguous United States, from season to season and year to year. They first obtained emissions data from each of seven sectors for the years 2005, 2011, and 2018.

MIT 307

MIT Pollution Emissions 2005 307

Cars That Think

FEBRUARY 22, 2024

As we increasingly electrify our homes, transportation, and factories, utility companies’ choices about transmission will have huge consequences for the nation’s economy and well-being. Utilities can stall transmission expansion because out-of-date laws sanction these companies’ sweeping control over transmission development.

Grid 140

Grid United States Connect Connected 140