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CMU study finds that coal retirement is needed for EVs to reduce air pollution

Green Car Congress

But the extra emissions released as a result can cause 50% higher costs to human health and the environment.). Life cycle emissions by pollutant and life cycle stage for each vehicle type in the recent (a) and future (b) PJM grid. The researchers also found a significant difference between coal and natural gas generation.

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Summer Update

Plug In Partners

Roger Duncan gives Campaign Update The Plug-In Partners National Campaign has now been underway for six months. We would like to take this opportunity to report on our efforts to demonstrate to automakers that a market for plug-in hybrid vehicles exists in the United States today. New partners in recent months include: Denton, TX.,

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Study finds vehicles more important source of urban atmospheric ammonia than farms

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Vehicle tailpipes are a more important source of ammonia’s contribution to urban air pollution than is agriculture, according to a study by researchers from the US and China. The paper is published in the ACS journal Environmental Science & Technology.

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How Roboticists Can Tackle Climate Change

Cars That Think

They use this data to monitor river pollution and rein in pollution sources. I want to build more robots that improve the environment we live in. SS MAPR prepares for its maiden voyage on the Schuylkill River, in Philadelphia. The world emits 51 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases into the atmosphere every year.