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Tesla owner highlights need for Model 3 HEPA filter after encountering coal-rolling “blockade”

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A clip shared by Tesla owner @NateWiki showed three pickup trucks seemingly blocking his way, at least until one of the vehicles “coal rolled” and sent fumes directly onto the Model 3. Unfortunately for Tesla owners, or any other EV owners for that matter, the practice of coal rolling is mostly considered a nuisance on US roads.

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DOE selects 8 new advanced coal projects for funding by University Coal Research Program

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The US Department of Energy (DOE) has selected eight new projects to further advanced coal research under the University Coal Research Program. The selected projects are intended to improve coal conversion and use and will help propel technologies for future advanced coal power systems. DOE Share: $300,000).

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The Complex Calculus of Clean Energy and Zero Emissions

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Congress has provided hundreds of billions of dollars to speed the deployment of clean-energy technologies. can meet its emissions goals The Rapid Energy Policy Evaluation and Analysis Toolkit —REPEAT—which you developed at Princeton with Evolved Energy Research , influenced Congress to create massive incentives for clean-energy tech.

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Discovery of mechanism for atmospheric particle formation suggests need for ammonia emission regulations

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Scientists from the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (Germany), University of Colorado Boulder, and Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México performed a “CT Scan” of the atmosphere, moving along latitudes and longitudes, measuring particle concentrations and compositions in the upper troposphere. The emission sources are limited up there.

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Salazar: Obama Administration Keeping Oil Shale Development an Option

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Colorado Gov. Separately, Governors Ritter, Jon Huntsman (Utah) and Dave Freudenthal (Wyoming) called on President Barack Obama to support speedy development of “clean coal” technology. . … Let’s put everything on the table.”.

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Researchers find Nissan LEAF creates less CO2 than Toyota Prius hybrid in west US and Texas, but more in N. Midwest

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Under the Clean Power Plan Proposal, West Virginia is expected to bring down its carbon rate to about 730 kg/MWh, but that level is not yet low enough for PEVs to be lower emitting than the Prius, and the effect of average emissions reductions on marginal emissions has not yet been characterized. —Tamayao et al. Mili-Ann M. 5b00815.

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