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New Mexico adopts Clean Cars Rule

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The New Mexico Environmental Improvement Board (EIB) and the Albuquerque-Bernalillo County Air Quality Control Board (AQCB) have each adopted the Clean Car Rule after a joint public hearing. —New Mexico Environment Department (NMED) Cabinet Secretary James Kenney.

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USDOT FTA announces $182M in Low-No grants for transit vehicles & facilities nationwide

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The electric buses will replace CTA’s oldest diesel buses and reduce greenhouse gases in communities that have experienced air pollution and other environmental health hazards, improving public health and quality of life. By retrofitting the garage to service electric buses, the agency will also lower pollution in the surrounding community.

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EV advocates support a just clean energy transition. The Mining Regulatory Clarity Act is not it.

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As we transition to a clean energy economy, we must update mining laws to maximize the benefits of transportation electrification while protecting communities and the environment. Plug In America believes we do not have to choose between electrifying transportation and protecting mining-affected communities and the environment.

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Study Claims EVs Will Not Save the Environment, All Cars Are Bad

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.& Bloomberg , which reported on the study, focused primarily on the accident rates and air pollution — noting that the paper accused modern roadworks of prioritizing “speed over safety.” Meanwhile, EVs will likely increase specific forms of air pollution (e.g. & Those were the more sensational aspects. & Make no mistake.

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US study of miners links heavy exposure to diesel exhaust to increased risk of lung cancer death; researchers suggest implications for urban areas with high exhaust concentrations

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µg/m 3 ), Mexico City (5.8 Environmental exposure to average elemental carbon levels in the 2-6 µg/m 3 range over a lifetime as would be experienced in highly polluted cities approximates cumulative exposures experienced by underground miners with low exposures in our study. µg/m 3 ), the Bronx (6.6 Reduction in the. be compromised.

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Researchers find isolated Pd atoms efficient low-temperature catalysts to convert CO in automotive exhaust

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Most of the pollutants from a modern automobile are emitted during the first 30 seconds of starting a car, when the catalyst is still being warmed. of Chemical and Biological Engineering at the University of new Mexico. C as a target for achieving removal of pollutants from exhaust.

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Cleantech Blog: Smart Grids and Electric Vehicles

Tony Karrer Delicious EVdriven

Cleantech Blog Cleantechblog.com, the premier cleantech site for commentary on news and technology relating to clean tech, greentech, energy, climate change and carbon, and the environment. 2) Chevy Volt (2) China (2) ECOD3.SA 2) Inconvenient Truth (2) JCI (2) MGA (2) NSANY (2) PGE (2) SB1.DE SZ (1) 6753.T SZ (1) 6753.T

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