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As states continue to use less coal for electricity, driving electric vehicles becomes even cleaner

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Natural gas. The increases occurred only in Alaska (from 11% to 13%) and Oregon (from 2% to 3%). On the two extremes, coal and oil result in about 176 times the emissions from hydro. Energy source. Proportional amount of emissions relative to hydro. Geothermal. North Dakota. North Dakota. New Mexico. New Mexico Ohio.

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Chevrolet purchasing and retiring up to $5M in carbon credits to help 11 colleges pay for efficiency projects

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Campuses for the first time can access funding from the US carbon market to fuel their large-scale energy efficiency efforts toward even greater progress, effectively using carbon performance methodologies Chevrolet developed to make money via their greenhouse gas reductions that result from energy efficiency.

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DOE awards $97M to 33 bioenergy research and development projects

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Oregon State University. Gas Technology Institute. University of Wisconsin at Madison. Global Algae Innovations. Scale-up of Novel Algae Drying and Extraction Unit Operations. North Carolina State University. Scaling Up Biocrude Derived Anode Material (BDAM). Microchannel Reactor for Ethanol to n-Butene Conversion. AMP Robotics.

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US DOT Awards $100M in Recovery Act Funds to 43 Transit Projects to Reduce Energy Consumption and Greenhouse Gas Emissions

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The US Department of Transportation (DOT) is awarding $100 million in Economic Recovery Act funding to 43 transit agencies for projects to reduce energy consumption and greenhouse gas emissions from both vehicles and facilities. Lane Transit District, Oregon: $3,000,000.

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

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South Coast Air Quality Management District is replacing 11 on-road drayage trucks (model year 1991-1995), nine school buses with compressed natural gas (CNG), and one school bus with a battery-electric vehicle. Illinois, Indiana, Michigan, Minnesota and Wisconsin. North Carolina. Puerto Rico.

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President Obama announces two new public-private manufacturing innovation institutes; new manufacturing innovation institute competition

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Low-cost advanced composites are also needed to make the storage tanks for vehicles that run on hydrogen and natural gas. .; Rockwell Collins; Rolls-Royce; Siemens; System Insights; The Dow Chemical Company; UPS. Rockwell Collins; Rolls-Royce; Siemens; System Insights; The Dow Chemical Company; UPS.

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

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Demonstrate plug‐in electric vehicles through local showcases in key markets throughout major metropolitan areas in seven Midwest states: Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, and North Dakota. Drive Oregon. Gas Technology Institute. Plug In America. Description. Federal funding. Description. Federal funding.

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