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California ARB and NOAA Collaborating in $20M Research on Interaction of Air Pollution and Climate Change; One Atmosphere Approach

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Schematic diagram of the trade-offs between the implications for regional air quality and global climate change of new policies for management of the atmosphere. In the CalNex 2010 study outlined here, NOAA researchers are studying several issues at the heart of the coupled air quality and climate change problems.

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Tesla sponsors bilingual ‘Future of Energy’ exhibit at Terry Lee Wells Children’s Discovery Museum

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Tesla sponsored a bilingual energy exhibit, Future of Energy, at the Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery). The exhibit featured questions and answers from Tesla employees working at Gigafactory Nevada and focused on a future with clean energy and sustainability. Anyone can be a part of it, right here in Nevada.”

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Researchers use IPCC AR5 models to forecast 10% drop in Colorado River flow in next few decades

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The present study narrows in on three key regions for water managers—the Colorado River headwaters; the greater California-Nevada region; and Texas, which gets nearly all of its water from within state borders. You can’t go build another water project ,” he said. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1787.

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Sac Metro Air District Partners with EVgo for Public EV Charging 

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“Our partnership with EVgo will provide another option for Clean Cars 4 All program participants to gain access to electric vehicle charging,” said Jaime Lemus, Division Manager for Transportation & Climate Change. EVgo plans to build 30 more fast-charging stations in the greater Sacramento area in the next five years.

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The Top 10 EV Battery Makers

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Racing to counter Asia's dominance, General Motors is building factories in Ohio and Tennessee with a combined 70-gigawatt capacity, double that of Tesla's Nevada gigafactory. "Right now, the United States doesn't have enough materials to do that, so materials substitution and recycling will be key to get this to go," Srinivasan says.

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US FWS lists Tiehm’s buckwheat as an endangered species; balancing resource extraction with survival of rare plants

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The Service is also designating 910 acres of critical habitat on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the Rhyolite Ridge area of the Silver Peak Range in Esmeralda County, Nevada, to help conserve the imperiled plant. Earlier post.).

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Electric-Car Fans Rally Around the Volt - Green Inc. Blog - NYTimes.com

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People are scared that they’ll get stuck and have no way of charging the batteries, hey I have an idea why not build a wind turbine on the roof that way as you drive the turbine spins and charges the battery. She is an avid runner and hiker, having grown up camping most summers in the Sierra Nevada. — Tony 11.

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