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Study: Reducing Future Transportation CO2 Emissions to Kyoto Protocol Levels Will Require Combination of Vehicle Technology and Smart Growth

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Using a framework originally developed by researchers at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), the Georgia Tech team estimated VMT (vehicle miles travelled) in response to three census variables: median household income, vehicle ownership, and employment rate, plus the neighborhood type classification. Stone et al. Brian Stone Jr.,

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President Obama, DOT Secretary Foxx announce $600M for 6th round of TIGER funding for transportation projects

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Paul, Minnesota, which received $35 million in the first round of TIGER funding to renovate the facility and restore tracks. The announcement was made at the Union Depot in St.

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Profile: Li-ion Provider Compact Power, Inc. Focusing on the Automotive and Vehicle Markets

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it would bring down the neighborhood. consumer electronics the battery is in the same environment as people and automatically temperature controlled. ” consumer electronics the battery is in the same environment as people and automatically temperature controlled. ” Mini-cells” Source: LG Chem, ALBAA 2008. Click to enlarge. “

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ARPA-E Awards $151M to 37 Projects for Transformative Energy Research

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Electronville: High-Amperage Energy Storage Device-Energy Storage for the Neighborhood. Recent academic research has created synthetic analogue molecules for elucidation of CA enzyme mechanisms which are more robust in harsh environments. The University of Minnesota and BioCee, Inc. DOE grant: $7,200,000).

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