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Volvo Cars, Starbucks begin installing ChargePoint EV fast chargers at stores between Denver and Seattle

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It will mark the start of a pilot plan announced last March to electrify a major thoroughfare that opens electric vehicle travel between four critical markets including Seattle, Boise, Salt Lake City and Denver. Twin Falls, ID. Uintah, ID. Grand Junction, CO. Glenwood Springs, CO. Silverthorne, CO. Idaho Springs, CO. Broomfield, CO.

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Modelling the Impact of PHEVs on Ozone in Denver

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Researchers at the University of Colorado, Boulder and the National Renewable Energy Laboratory (NREL) modeled the emissions impact had plug-in hybrid electric vehicles (PHEVs) replaced light duty gasoline vehicles in the Denver, Colorado area in summer 2006. Ozone concentration increases were modeled for small areas near central Denver.

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NIST Awards EnerNex Contract Worth Up to $8.5M to Sustain Fast Track Development of Smart Grid Standards

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The US Commerce Department’s National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) awarded EnerNex Corporation a contract to help NIST sustain the accelerated development of the hundreds of compatible standards that will be required to build a secure, interoperable smart electric power grid. 2009, in Denver.

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EPA proposes air pollution standards for oil and gas drilling operations; focus on capture of escaping natural gas

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The US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) proposed standards to reduce harmful air pollution from oil and gas drilling operations. These proposed updated standards—which are being issued in response to a court order—would rely on cost-effective existing technologies to reduce emissions.

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Should we be encouraging EVs or discouraging old smoking cars that are the most polluting? | Opinion

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Interesting, but not even half as mind blowing as the work of genius and inventor Donald Stedman, who was a chemist at the University of Denver. Malcolm Gladwell spent a day by with him in Denver watching the machine at work beside a busy highway and quickly realised that very few vehicles set it off.

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Study finds that current approach to limiting wintertime pollution may initially backfire

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This is contrary to what is typically assumed and suggests a new way to mitigate this type of pollution in Salt Lake City, Denver and beyond. exceed national air quality standards an average of 18 days per year. Denver often has the same problem in winter, when brown clouds hang over the city. —Womack et al.

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Ford opens limited reservations for 2012 Focus Electric; starting at $39,995

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The 19 launch markets include: Atlanta, Austin and Houston, Texas; Boston, Chicago, Denver, Detroit, Los Angeles, San Francisco, San Diego, New York, Orlando, Fla., Focus Electric comes standard with: MyFord Touch with 8-inch touchscreen; two driver-configurable 4.2-inch Phoenix and Tucson, Ariz.; Portland, Ore.; Raleigh Durham, N.C.;

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