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New fleet customers for XL Hybrid’s plug-in hybrid upfit for Ford F-150 pickups

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Southern California Edison (SCE); and Tampa Electric (TECO). XLP will also include the XL Link cloud-based big data analytics system, which measures MPG performance and reports carbon dioxide emissions reductions. Three of the latest companies that intend to add XLP F-150s to their fleet include the City of Long Beach, Calif.;

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Univ. of South Florida Researchers Link Subsurface Clouds of Degraded Oil to BP Well

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University of South Florida researchers say they have definitively connected clouds of degraded underwater oil found in the northern Gulf of Mexico to the Deepwater Horizon well (MC252) through Compound-Specific Isotope Analysis (CSIA). This is a technique that is widely used in the petroleum industry.

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Vacation Rentals: How to Shrink Your Carbon Footprint

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The following are steps short-term renters can take to shrink their carbon footprint. If they think you care, there’s a greater chance of moving the needle,” said Diane Daniel, the founder of Vacation Donations , a nonprofit that encourages short-term renters to donate leftover food in the Tampa, Fla.,

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DOE ARPA-E awards $156M to projects to 60 projects to accelerate innovation in clean energy technologies

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improved oilseed crop that uses carbon more efficiently than. streamline the process by which green plants convert carbon. several genes that allow the plant to use light more efficiently, increase its carbon uptake, and divert more energy to the. conferring hydrocarbon biosynthesis, enhanced carbon. Florida, Tampa).

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