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How EVs Charge Your Sustainability Strategy

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The source of the electricity – whether renewable sources like wind, solar, or water, or nonrenewable sources like coal – is also important. ones that burn coal) still see a significant amount of emissions from workplace EV charging. However, emissions are about more than just the tailpipe.

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Air Products heralds successful operation of project to capture CO2 from hydrogen production for use in enhanced oil recovery

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In cooperation with DOE, Air Products designed and constructed a CO 2 purification system in support of oxyfuel technology development at a boiler-simulation facility in Connecticut.

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

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For example, some states are located near abundant hydroelectric supplies, while others contain abundant coal resources. These states include: New York (167 mt CO 2 / million dollars of GDP), Connecticut (175 mt CO 2 / million dollars of GDP), and Delaware (209 mt CO 2 / million dollars of GDP). Climate Change Emissions'

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Beyond Pizza and Yale: What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven

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Talks, tours, workshops and gatherings are also part of the Ely Center of Contemporary Art ’s mix. Kahn landmark, is closed until next spring while it restores parts of the building, including 224 domed plexiglass skylights. Big names and cozy venues Connecticut’s theater contributions are largely unknown — unless you know.

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DOE to award funding to 10 projects at 9 universities for high-hydrogen-fueled turbine technology development

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The projects will develop technologies for use in a new generation of advanced turbines that operate using coal-derived synthesis gas (syngas) and high hydrogen content (HHC) fuels. University of Connecticut, Storrs, Conn. Earlier post.). DOE share: $497,223; recipient share: $124,535). DOE share: $480,000; recipient share: $120,000).

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Renewable Energy Generation: Change is not a destination, just as hope is not a strategy, a lesson exported from Detroit

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These companies have sunk costs invested in coal, gas and oil plants and are content in maximizing the return on these investments. Even ruling Hawaii out as an outlier, the cost of electricity in Connecticut was 17.79 in Connecticut. cents/kWh, with a range from 29.20 cents/ kWh in Hawaii to 5.61 in West Virginia to $6.12

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

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Cap-and-trade was first tried on a significant scale twenty years ago under the first Bush administration as a way to address the problem of airborne sulfur dioxide pollution–widely known as acid rain–from coal-burning power plants in the eastern United States. Northeastern Regional Greenhouse Gas Initiative (RGGI). Reduced Output.

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