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DOE announces $139M in funding for 55 projects to advance innovative vehicle technologies

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Zero Emission Freight Future. Denver Metro Clean Cities Coalition. Delivering Clean Air in Denver: Propane Trucks and Infrastructure in Mail Delivery Application. Helping America’s Rural Counties Transition to Cleaner Fuels and Vehicles. American Lung Association. Clean Fuels Ohio. Transportation Energy Partnership.

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How Engineers Can Help Protect Earth From Worsening Climate Change

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SaaS platforms, such as Project Canary of Denver, help energy companies track, measure, and score the impact of methane and other volatile organic compounds on the environment across the energy supply chain. Our inaction could jeopardize the well-being of current and future generations. Willing is not enough; we must do.”

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University of Texas at Austin study measuring methane emissions released from natural gas production

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Natural gas also burns substantially cleaner than other fossil fuels, and increased use of shale natural gas in power generation is helping reduce US carbon dioxide emissions. Large amounts of natural gas are now domestically available because of major advancements in technology.

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Pilot program to provide e-bikes to low-income workers in Durango, CO; NREL/CEO study on use patterns, efficiency benefits

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The onset of the COVID-19 pandemic dramatically reduced car travel, resulting in improved air quality and an opportunity to preview a cleaner mobility future. The initial three-month pilot program provided e-bikes to 13 low-income essential workers in the Denver area. —NREL’s Andy Duvall, a transportation behavior analyst.

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AI-Guided Robots Are Ready to Sort Your Recyclables

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In the future, AI systems could also sort by combinations of material and by original use, enabling food-grade materials to be separated from containers that held household cleaners, and paper contaminated with food waste to be separated from clean paper. We at AMP Robotics have built systems that can do this kind of sorting.

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