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The Electric Sector in the Massachusetts Clean Energy & Climate Plan

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This blog covers strategies outlined in Massachusetts’ final Clean Energy and Climate Plan (CECP) to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions in the electric power sector. For the rest of this decade, we will need to build on and accelerate that progress to meet the GHG reductions required by the Climate Roadmap bill that passed in 2021.

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Why EVs Aren't a Climate Change Panacea

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“Electric cars will not save the climate. Environmental groups foresee the public needing to use electrified mass transit , reduce long-haul flights for business as well as pleasure), increase telework, walk and cycle to work or stores, change their diet to eat more vegetables, or if absolutely needed, drive only small EVs.

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SLAC, MIT, TRI researchers advance machine learning to accelerate battery development; insights on fast-charging

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The research, reported in Nature Materials , is the latest result from a collaboration between Stanford, SLAC, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Toyota Research Institute (TRI). An animation shows two contrasting views of how electrode particles release their stored lithium ions during battery charging. —Will Chueh.

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EIA releases report on CO2 emissions by state; California led in 2010 with transportation-sector emissions

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Factors such as size, population density, available fuels, types of businesses, climate, all play a role in both total and per capita emissions, the EIA noted. For feedstock application, carbon stored in products such as plastics are not included in reported emissions for the states where they are produced. Climate Change Emissions'

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IKEA Teams Up With Electrify America To Provide Charging in The United States.

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IKEA plans to increase the number of ultra-fast public charging stations and delivery fleet car chargers in its US stores. The furniture retailer has announced a partnership with Electrify America and Electrify Commercial to install new charging stations in over 25 IKEA stores in the US. IKEA Joins Hands With Electrify America.

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The Future of Fully Homomorphic Encryption

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As we share, communicate, and store an increasing amount of sensitive information online, the need to safeguard it from prying eyes and malicious actors becomes paramount. In our digital age, where information flows seamlessly through the vast network of the internet, the importance of encrypted data cannot be overstated.

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NSF awards $20 million to two new testbeds to support cloud computing applications and experiments

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Cloud computing refers to the practice of using a network of remote servers to store, manage and process data, rather than a local server or a personal computer. Other partners on CloudLab include Raytheon BBN Technologies, the University of Massachusetts Amherst and US Ignite, Inc.