Cleaner, Massachusetts and Universal

As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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APRIL 13, 2020

The largest decreases (in terms of percentage of percentage) were in Massachusetts (from 25% to 0%), Connecticut and New York (both from 14% to 1%), and Delaware (from 70% to 5%). Michael Sivak is the managing director of Sivak Applied Research and the former director of Sustainable Worldwide Transportation at the University of Michigan.

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Coal Cleaner Electric Vehicles Alaska

Shell and Tsinghua University set up mobility research center

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MAY 25, 2017

Shell officially opened its Joint Research Center for Cleaner Mobility with Tsinghua’s Department of Automotive Engineering (DAE). Shell has partnered with Tsinghua University since 201 to provide students with the latest knowledge in lubricants technology. Shell collaborates with top-tier universities and research institutes globally.

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Harvard buys four Proterra electric buses

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FEBRUARY 3, 2021

Harvard University recently purchased four Proterra battery-electric buses and electric infrastructure. To achieve this, the University made a commitment that all Harvard-owned vehicles will operate without fossil fuels. The vehicles can be fully charged in about three hours.

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Buy Massachusetts Electric Electrical

DOE awarding up to $7M to 8 universities for co-optimization of fuels and engines: Co-Optima

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DECEMBER 29, 2016

The US Department of Energy (DOE) will award up to $7 million to projects at eight universities to accelerate the introduction of affordable, scalable, and sustainable high-performance fuels for use in high-efficiency, low-emission engines. DOE selected eight universities under this latest Co-Optima funding opportunity: Cornell University.

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Universal Engine Fuel Alabama

Coltura: Supreme Court precedent means states can require all new vehicles sold be electric

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AUGUST 14, 2020

Recent US Supreme Court precedent has opened the door for states to enact laws requiring all new cars sold in the state to be electric as of a certain date, according to a paper by the nonprofit Coltura published in the University of Michigan Journal of Environmental and Administrative Law. Its vision is a gasoline-free US by 2040 or sooner.

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All-Electric Legal Vehicles London

Shell opens major new technology center in Bangalore; waste-to-fuels demo plant

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MARCH 31, 2017

Specialists at STCB work closely with experts from external industrial partners, universities and institutes. Examples include chemistry and catalysis research with the Indian Institutes of Technology and collaboration with the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the area of advanced computing.

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Waste Fuel Massachusetts Netherlands

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

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JULY 17, 2020

The Research Foundation for The SUNY Stony Brook University. University of Delaware. University of Maryland. Marquette University. Washington State University. Colorado State University. Regents of University of Minnesota. Purdue University. Clemson University. Achates Power.

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DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

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FEBRUARY 16, 2023

Additionally, in coordination with the US Department of Transportation through the Joint Office of Energy and Transportation, DOE announced its intent to release funding to address barriers to a cleaner, safer, more affordable, and more reliable Made in America EV charging network. National Grid: Northeast Electric Highways Study.

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Los Angeles Hydrogen San Francisco Rhode Island

Study suggests focusing on cold starts in gasoline cars as target for emissions reduction

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AUGUST 22, 2016

Although the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has reported that air is cleaner today than it was in the 1970s, more than 130 million people in the US still live in places where smog or particle pollution rises to unhealthful levels. Smog can cause coughing and shortness of breath, and can aggravate asthma or trigger asthma attacks.

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Gasoline Emissions San Diego Los Angeles

Study: even relatively low levels of air pollution appear to affect a child’s lungs

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APRIL 12, 2016

The researchers studied 614 children born to mothers who enrolled between 1999 and 2002 in Project Viva, a long-term study of women’s and children’s health in eastern Massachusetts. Kaufman, MD, MPH, of the University of Washington, in an accompanying editorial. Rice noted that PM 2.5 Sack, MD, and Joel D.

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Pollution MPH 2002 Boston

Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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JANUARY 28, 2023

For instance, Alexandre Milovanoff at the University of Toronto and his colleagues’ research (which is described in depth in a recent Spectrum article ) demonstrates the U.S. Just accounting for miles driven , however, BEVs cars and trucks appear cleaner than ICE equivalents nearly everywhere in the U.S.

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Climate Change Climate San Diego Emissions

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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SEPTEMBER 17, 2017

Alabama A&M University. Alabama A&M University’s Bulldog Transit System will receive funding to purchase electric buses, charging stations, and other associated equipment. This project will begin to fulfill Mountain Rides' goal of moving from diesel powered buses to cleaner, cheaper, easier to maintain battery electric buses.

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Purchase St. Louis Jacksonville Fleet

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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APRIL 10, 2010

Markey of Massachusetts, both Democrats, built their climate change bill last year in large measure around it. It covers ten Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic states (Connecticut, Delaware, Maine, Maryland, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, New Jersey, New York, Rhode Island, and Vermont). Representatives Henry A.

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As states use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

Shell and Tsinghua University set up mobility research center

Harvard buys four Proterra electric buses

DOE awarding up to $7M to 8 universities for co-optimization of fuels and engines: Co-Optima

Coltura: Supreme Court precedent means states can require all new vehicles sold be electric

Shell opens major new technology center in Bangalore; waste-to-fuels demo plant

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

DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

Study suggests focusing on cold starts in gasoline cars as target for emissions reduction

Study: even relatively low levels of air pollution appear to affect a child’s lungs

Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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