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Tesla Model S Plaid goes up for grabs in fight for climate change policies

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There’s the vehicle’s supercar-beating performance, with its 0-60 mph time of 1.99 seconds, its 60-130 mph acceleration in 4.71 seconds, and its top speed of 200 mph. Support CCAN Action Fund’s fight for more climate change policies and enter in an amazing chance to take home a Tesla Model S Plaid. .

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EVs like Tesla are cutting pollution levels and reducing health problems: study

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Erika Garcia, PhD, MPH , an assistant professor of population and public health sciences at the Keck School of Medicine and the study’s lead author, noted that the study shows that changes made at the local level could already improve the health of a community.

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New Study Outlines Pathway to 76% Reduction in UK Transport Sector CO2 Emissions By 2050; Road Transport Becomes Carbon Neutral

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Requisite Behavioral changes include: Ecological driving: 8% reduction in car CO 2 emissions. Reducing motorway speed limit to 60 mph and enforcing it: 10% reduction in motorway CO 2 emissions. Public transport fares subsidy: a 30% reduction in fares will reduce CO 2 emissions for all cars by 2%.

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Gov’t, industry, national labs collaborate on comprehensive cradle-to-grave LCA study and economic assessment of LDV GHG reductions

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time to accelerate from 0–60 mph, maximum speed), thus eliminating important confounding factors. The findings presented here highlight the challenges in achieving large GHG emissions reductions from LDVs and can help policymakers develop a more informed approach to addressing GHG emissions reductions. —Elgowainy et al.

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New E3SM exascale modeling system for earth simulation released to scientific community

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The high-resolution E3SM earth system model simulates the strongest storms with surface winds exceeding 150 mph—hurricanes that leave cold wakes that are 2 to 4 degrees Celsius cooler than their surroundings. The E3SM release will include model code and documentation, as well as output from an initial set of benchmark simulations.

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Study: Single Storm in 2005 Downed Approximately Half a Billion Trees in Amazon

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This type of storm might become more frequent in the future in the Amazon due to climate change, killing a higher number of trees and releasing more carbon to the atmosphere. The storm’s associated strong vertical winds, with speeds of up to 145 km/hour (90 mph), uprooted or snapped in half trees that were in their path.

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GM Quantifies CO2 and Fuel Consumption Reductions Via E-REVs And PHEVs, As Compared To Conventional Hybrids

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Motive power comes from the battery pack when available and when power and speed requirements are below 53kW and/or 56 MPH. Data on primary power used to fuel electrical grids was taken from current and projected status of the EPA’s Emissions and Generation Resource Integrated Database (eGRID). kg of CO 2 per kWh. SAE 2009-01-1311 ).

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