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Critical Action Alert: Clean Vehicle Rules Under Attack

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Automakers and the fossil fuel lobby have been campaigning across the country to undermine, delay, or destroy key regulations to reduce pollution from vehicles. In the next few days, its critical we all take action to defend these regulations to protect public health and fight climate change. We don't mean two weeks from now.

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Rhode Island Bill Creates Roadmap to Advance Future of Electric Transportation

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Last week , Rhode Island legislators Sen. 2448 ) creates a process to plan for the infrastructure and other changes involving cars, trucks, and public transportation in order to meet the 2030 target, which is critical for the state to meet its 2030 greenhouse gas emissions reductions under the Act on Climate. 7653 and S.

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Nine states and DC to design regional approach to cap greenhouse gas emissions from transportation

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All the participating jurisdictions are members of the Transportation and Climate Initiative (TCI), a regional collaboration of Northeast and Mid-Atlantic states and the District of Columbia that seeks to improve transportation, develop the clean energy economy, and reduce carbon emissions from the transportation sector.

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MIT researchers build model simulating atmospheric transport of PAHs; how chemicals get to the Arctic

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Persistent organic pollutants are chemicals of substantial international concern. Friedman’s work will provide a foundation for ongoing work in Selin’s research group at MIT, in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island and the Harvard School of Public Health.

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California state agencies “rolling out carpet” for hydrogen electric vehicles

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Making the transition to cleaner, lower polluting near-zero and zero-emission vehicles is a critical component to addressing California’s clean air and climate challenges. and Rhode Island. —Chairman Nichols. The transportation sector accounts for about 40 percent of the state’s greenhouse gas emissions.

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New Jersey to ban the sale of new gas-powered cars by 2035

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The steps we take today to lower emissions will improve air quality and mitigate climate impacts for generations to come, all while increasing access to cleaner car choices,” said Governor Phil Murphy. It joins California, Vermont, New York, Washington, Oregon, Massachusetts, Virginia, Rhode Island, Maryland, and Connecticut.

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CMU/DAI study finds shutting down US nuclear plants would have significant negative economic and environmental consequences

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Shifting from nuclear to other types of power plants could affect the reliability of the electricity supply, electricity costs, air pollution, carbon emissions, and the reliance on fossil fuels such as coal and natural gas, the researchers said. —Paul Fischbeck. The model and background information can be downloaded from: [link].

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