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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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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. This study is an update of a study that examined the changes from 2008 to 2018. North Dakota. North Dakota. North Dakota.

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Airbus launches flight test program to characterize composition of hydrogen contrails; Blue Condor

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They will also provide the high-altitude glider pilots, the same pilots who in 2018 set the world subsonic altitude record—76,124 feet—in a pressurized glider for Airbus Perlan Mission II. Test flights are scheduled for late 2022 in North Dakota in collaboration with the University of North Dakota.

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Wyoming leads in vehicle miles traveled per person

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The latest annual data from the Federal Highway Administration show that in 2018 the maximum (348,796 million miles in California) was 94.5 The data apply to 2018. The results show that VMT per person in 2018 ranged from 18,072 miles in Wyoming to 5,261 miles in the District of Columbia. Census Bureau.

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MIT study: half of US deaths related to air pollution are linked to out-of-state emissions

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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.

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DOE Lab, partners find high concentrations of rare earth elements in American coal basins

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The discovery was made in partnership with West Virginia University (WVU), the University of Kentucky (UK), Tetra Tech, and the XLight Corporation. A second bench-scale facility is being designed for construction by the University of North Dakota to recover REEs from lignitic material.

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