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DOE awarding $7.4M to 7 projects for medium-and heavy-duty EV and hydrogen corridor infrastructure plans

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This project will develop a flexible and scalable blueprint plan for an investment-ready hydrogen fueling and heavy-duty freight truck network from Houston to LA (H2LA) along I-10, including the Texas Triangle region, and in the process develop methodology for future corridor plans across the country.

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UC Berkeley study confirms that yes, EVs do what they promise to do

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Perhaps even more importantly, the study offers some quantifiable, granular data about how much electric vehicles are impacting emission rates in the here and now, not in the foreseeable future. Not that these numbers will blow you away, mind you, but still, it’s good news.

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MIT researchers build model simulating atmospheric transport of PAHs; how chemicals get to the Arctic

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Friedman’s work will provide a foundation for ongoing work in Selin’s research group at MIT, in collaboration with the University of Rhode Island and the Harvard School of Public Health. GEOS-Chem estimates mean atmospheric lifetimes of —Friedman and Selin.

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BOEMRE awards $5.6M for Arctic environmental study to inform decision-making on potential energy development in the Chukchi Sea; $500K for study on ice fracturing

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The US Bureau of Ocean Energy Management, Regulation and Enforcement (BOEMRE) today recently signed a cooperative agreement with the University of Texas at Austin and a team of Arctic researchers for a comprehensive study of the Hanna Shoal ecosystem in the Chukchi Sea off Alaska’s northwest coast. Dr. Kenneth H.

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$112.5M awarded to research consortia studying effects of Deepwater Horizon oil spill on Gulf of Mexico

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These teams will investigate the fate of petroleum in the environment; the impacts of the spill; and the development of new tools and technology for responding to future spills and improving mitigation and restoration. The Research Consortia funded are: Lead Institution: The University of Texas at Austin, Marine Science Institute.

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Beyond Pizza and Yale: What to See, Eat and Do in New Haven

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Over the centuries, New Haven has had chapters devoted to maritime trade, railroads, industrial manufacturing and — as home to Yale University and other institutions of higher learning — education and health care. Dreaming up a future getaway or just armchair traveling? People like to make things here.”

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DOE to award $11M to 20 new Clean Cities projects for alt fuel cars and trucks

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availability of transportation fuels across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. increasing the future infrastructure to meet demand; incorporating. University, North. University of Central. The project Removing Barriers, Implementing Policies and Advancing. assessment and labeling.

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