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

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These results indicate that coal and oil are the energy sources leading to most emissions, and that hydro, wind, and nuclear are the energy sources leading to least emissions. 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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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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Profiteering Hampers U.S. Grid Expansion

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The European Commission in 2018 set a target for each member country to transmit across its borders at least 15 percent of the electricity produced in its territories. Proposed new transmission lines in the upper Midwest could connect at least 28 gigawatts of wind and solar to regional networks.

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