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Satellite study suggests California clean air regulations working to reduce PM2.5 emissions in state

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species, was recently published in the journal Atmospheric Environment. LA=Los Angeles basin, CV=Central Valley, OC=Organic Carbon, EC=Elemental Carbon. The Terra spacecraft is operated by NASA’s Goddard Space Flight Center, Greenbelt, Maryland. The open-access study, which focused on the four major components of PM 2.5

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Top 15 Nissan LEAF markets in US in 2013

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Four of the top 15 markets are in California: San Francisco (1), Los Angeles (2), San Diego (7) and Sacramento (8). Los Angeles. The island environment also makes it easier to strategically place charging points so that EV drivers have easy access to reach key destinations. Additionally, for the greater D.C.

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Video Friday: BRUCE

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MRS CTU ] GITAI has a fancy new office in Los Angeles that they’re filling with space robots. GITAI ] This Maryland Robotics Center seminar is from CMU’s Vickie Webster-Wood: “It’s Alive! Such robotic systems have future applications in medicine, search and rescue, and environmental monitoring of sensitive environments (e.g.,

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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These teams will investigate the fate of petroleum in the environment; the impacts of the spill; and the development of new tools and technology for responding to future spills and improving mitigation and restoration. Project Title: Consortium for Advanced Research of Hydrocarbon Transport in the Environment (CARTHE).

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3 winners of DOE’s “America’s Next Top Energy Innovator” Challenge: hydrogen-assisted lean-burn engines, graphene for Li-air and -sulfur batteries, and titanium process

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One negative side effect of a lean burn engine, whether powered by gasoline or diesel fuel, is an increase in the amount of emissions released to the environment. Umpqua Energy’s EVOPAC system combines an advanced hydrogen-injection system using a plasma reformer with a DeNOx Catalyst.

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DOE to award $35M to 24 projects to support early-stage, innovative technologies and solutions in advanced manufacturing

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The technology will allow for longer operational life over traditional heat exchange technologies in a wide range of harsh service environments. University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA). University of Maryland.

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USDOT awarding $55M to support purchase of Low-No buses; electric buses and infrastructure

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City of Los Angeles, Department of Transportation. Project partners are Oahu Transit Services, Gillig, Hawaiian Electric Company and the Center for Transportation and the Environment. Montgomery County, Maryland. Des Moines Area Regional Transit Authority (DART). 1,750,000.

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