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SkyNRG and AEG Fuels deliver sustainable aviation biofuels for Bombardier Business Aircraft demo fleet

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The change to biofuels reduces carbon dioxide emissions resulting in less pollution. This milestone follows the recent successful biofuel-powered flights of its demonstration aircraft out of Los Angeles International Airport. —Greg Cox, Executive Vice President, General Aviation, AEG Fuels.

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EPA awards $4.5M to advance air monitoring technology

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million to six research organizations to develop and to use low-cost air pollution sensor technology, while engaging communities to learn about their local air quality. While recent advances in technology have led to the development of low-cost air pollution sensors, they have not been widely tested, especially under field conditions.

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What Is Hyperloop? And What Does It Offer?

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Hyperloop enthusiasts say that Hyperloop might be less expensive and faster than train or car travel, as well as less expensive and less polluting than air travel. Potential routes include New York-Washington DC, Pune-Mumbai, Kansas City-St. Hyperloop: What Are The Advantages? Is it really a novel idea? Let’s inspect.

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US DOE Awards $300 Million in Clean Cities Grants to Support Alternative Fuels, Vehicles, and Infrastructure Development

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The stations will provide additional CNG fueling in cities and along the Interstate corridors that pass through Kansas City – East to West on I-70 and North to South on I-35. The project will replace 180 diesel drayage trucks at the Ports of Los Angeles and Long Beach with LNG trucks. Total DOE award: $9,950,708.

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Summer Update

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Fleet Orders · Minnesota Department of Natural Resources – 1,800 · City of Chicago - 850 vehicles · Shohomish County, WA - 300 · City of Seattle - 410 · Kansas City, MO - 120 · Capital Metro (Transit agency in Austin) - 165 · ABC Lawn and Pest Control (Austin) - 150 Cities Cities continue to join the Plug-In Partners coalition. Keene, N.H.,

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The EV Transition Explained: Policy Roadblocks

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In Kansas, the average customer paid $4 per month on their utility bill for transmission costs 10 years ago, but that has climbed to $20 per month today, and is likely to go higher as billions are spent on new transmission lines to support renewable energy. Nichols projected on the screen, in Los Angeles Thursday, Jan.

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