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MIT/CalTrans study finds pavement-vehicle interaction accounts for 1% of overall fuel consumption on California highways

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Most of the world is looking from the tires up to understand how to produce less greenhouse gas,” Tom Pyle, pavement management engineer with Caltrans, told ENR. Pyle noted that some studies already show a 2 to 3 percent reduction in greenhouse-gas emissions in high-traffic volume locations.

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US DOI report highlights impacts of climate change on Western water resources

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The report to Congress, prepared by Interior’s Bureau of Reclamation, represents the first consistent and coordinated assessment of risks to future water supplies across eight major Reclamation river basins: the Colorado, Columbia, Klamath, Missouri, Rio Grande, Sacramento and San Joaquin, and Truckee river basins.

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LA-based SMLC to lead new DOE Smart Manufacturing Innovation Institute; ~$800M for 5 new hub competitions

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In addition, the newly announced manufacturing innovation institute topics now under competition include: Robotics in Manufacturing Environments Manufacturing Innovation Institute. Missouri U. In the chemical industry alone, these technologies could save more than $9 billion annually in process costs.

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Inflation Reduction Act – How It Supercharges the Electric Vehicle Industry

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Not since the founding of the Environmental Protection Agency in 1970 has the United States government taken such bold action on the environment as it did with the passage and signing of the $370 billion Inflation Reduction Act (IRA) earlier this month. carbon sequestration (capture and storage, i.e.).