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EPA awards $8M in FY2014 clean diesel grants in 21 states, Puerto Rico

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Delaware and Virginia. Beyond Toxics is replacing one truck and installing advanced exhaust controls on seven trucks. Leonardo Academy is retrofitting school buses with exhaust controls and are retiring eight delivery vehicles early. Mid-Atlantic Regional Air Management Association, Inc. Florida and South Carolina. Puerto Rico.

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DOE to award up to $137M for SuperTruck II, Vehicle Technology Office programs

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Drive Oregon. Demonstrate plugā€in electric vehicles through public ride and drives for a wide variety of PEVs and short term extended test drives in key markets throughout Oregon and Washington. West Virginia University Research Corporation. valve faces, piston crowns, and exhaust ports) to improve fuel economy.

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Toyota introduces 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid

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With lower exhaust heat, heat efficiency was enhanced, and consequently, fuel efficiency was enhanced as well. The launch states include California, Oregon, Washington, Arizona, Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Maryland, and Virginia.

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Perspective: Regional Greenhouse Gas Cap-and-Trade Programs May be the Solution

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states (Arizona, California, Montana, New Mexico, Oregon, Utah, and Washington) and four Canadian provinces (British Columbia, Manitoba, Ontario, and Quebec). A uniform price multi-round auction was used by the State of Virginia to auction its emissions allowances in the NO x Budget Trading Program in the eastern U.S. Another six U.S.

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