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Johnson Controls donates plug-in electric and all-electric vehicles to Pulaski High School in Milwaukee

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is donating a plug-in electric and all-electric vehicle to the automotive program at Milwaukee Public Schools’ Pulaski High School, creating what is believed to be the first program in the nation to give students dedicated access to this advanced vehicle technology. Johnson Controls, Inc.

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Eaton to develop affordable home refueling station for natural gas vehicles; liquid piston technology

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million grant from the Department of Energy’s Advanced Research Projects Agency – Energy (ARPA-E) MOVE project. and Milwaukee and the Advanced Hydraulics group in Eden Prairie, Minn. The effort is funded in part by a $3.4-million Earlier post.). The refueling system will use liquid to act as a piston to compress natural gas.

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USDOT announces $84.9M through Lo-No program to expand advanced bus technologies

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million in grant selections through the Low- or No-Emission (Low-No) Grant program, which funds the deployment of transit buses and infrastructure that use advanced propulsion technologies. Milwaukee County. The US Department of Transportation’s (USDOT) Federal Transit Administration (FTA) announced $84.9 Metro Transit.

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IEEE STEM Activity Kits Are In Demand at 150 U.S. Public Libraries

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The kits teach youngsters what engineers do, as well as how to code, build robots, design video games, and create animations. Only public libraries in IEEE Region 4 currently are eligible for an SKPL grant. The SKPL committee set up a formal application process for granting money to libraries.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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Transit agencies began submitting their proposals after the FTA announced rules for the Transit Investments for Greenhouse Gas and Energy Reduction (TIGGER) grant program as part of the Recovery Act last March. Since President Obama signed ARRA into law in February, grants totaling more than $7.2 The DOT is making $48.1

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President Obama Outlines Vision and Plan for US High-Speed Passenger Rail System; $13B to Start

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By late summer, the Federal Railroad Administration will begin awarding the first round of grants. According to a 2006 study cited by the Administration, implementation of pending plans for the federally designated HSR corridors could result in an annual reduction of 6 billion pounds of CO 2 (2.7

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