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California Assemblymembers introduce bill phasing out gasoline-fueled small off-road engines

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AB 1346 would require new sales of SORE to be zero-emission by 2024 or whenever the California Air Resources Board (CARB) determines is feasible, whichever is later. Today, operating the best-selling gas-powered commercial leaf blower for one hour emits air pollutants comparable to driving a 2017 Toyota Camry from Los Angeles to Denver.

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Study finds that current approach to limiting wintertime pollution may initially backfire

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This is contrary to what is typically assumed and suggests a new way to mitigate this type of pollution in Salt Lake City, Denver and beyond. Regulations and cleaner technologies have steadily improved air quality in the United States. Denver often has the same problem in winter, when brown clouds hang over the city. Womack, C.

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

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Pioneer Natural Resources Company, Shell, Southwestern Energy, Talisman Energy, USA, and XTO Energy, an ExxonMobil subsidiary. —David Allen, the principal investigator and director of the Cockrell School of Engineering’s Center for Energy and Environmental Resources.

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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. It also can lower energy consumption through smart operations and improve resource utilization. If not now, when?

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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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Supported by a $50,000-grant from the Colorado Energy Office, 16 low-income workers in Durango, Colorado will receive e-bikes through a pilot program of the 4 Corners Office of Resource Efficiency ( 4CORE ). The initial three-month pilot program provided e-bikes to 13 low-income essential workers in the Denver area. Shankari, K.,

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AI-Guided Robots Are Ready to Sort Your Recyclables

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That’s a lot of material made from finite resources that needlessly goes to waste. 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.

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