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How To Make Sure EV Infrastructure Is Energy Efficient

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Even among those who support urgent action to fight climate change, there are some who raise questions about the trade-offs that electric vehicles present. But there are serious questions , as well, such as: If electric cars rely on power from coal- or oil-burning plants, are they really reducing fossil fuel use?

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Researchers Sequence the Maize (Corn) Genome

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Help scientists and breeders improve maize crops, which are economically important and serve as globally important sources of food, fuel and fiber. The new maize sequence was produced by a consortium of researchers that was led by the Genome Sequencing Center (GSC) at Washington University in St.

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Bringing Back Clean Air

CleanTechnica EVs

Originally published on RMI.org. By Christian Roselund, Ali Rotatori, Ben Holland With the promise of vaccines curtailing the spread of COVID, states and economies are beginning to open up again, and we find ourselves getting back not only the good but also some of the negative aspects of pre-pandemic life.

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