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DISCOVER-AQ project to begin flights to enhance measurement of ground-level air-quality from space

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The flights will be supported by the US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) and will aid EPA in monitoring pollutants. The fundamental challenge for satellites measuring air quality is to distinguish between pollution near the surface and pollution higher in the atmosphere. Measuring pollution from space.

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DOE to award ~$13.5M to 16 R&D projects for solid-oxide fuel cell technologies

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SOFC technologies enable efficient, cost-effective electricity generation from abundant domestic coal and natural gas resources, with minimal use of water and near-zero atmospheric emissions of carbon dioxide and pollutants. R&D areas of interest included, but were not limited to: Cell manufacturing and quality control.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

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They use this data to monitor river pollution and rein in pollution sources. After six months of 80-hour weeks and sleepless nights, SS MAPR was able to finish its maiden voyage with water samples and data collected from the bottom of the Schuylkill River, in Pennsylvania. We have the superpower that has taken us to Mars.

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Electric Car Quotes: List of the Best Electric Vehicle Quotes

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” _ Elon Musk “Electric cars aren’t pollution free; they have to get their energy from somewhere.” ” – Stephen Petranek “I had never been able to get a car that said how much I cared about the environment until I drove electric.” Fort and Tesla.”

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Gas War: U.S. House Suggests Ending California Emissions Authority, White House Says Nope

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While this has created an incredibly hazy regulatory environment at both the federal and state level under the Trump administration, Biden’s doesn’t seem to care due to being in broad alignment with the policies pushed by the California Air Resources Board (CARB). percent of U.S. vehicles sold in 2022 that were EVs.