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Coltura: Federal & state EV policy & incentives must target gasoline superusers to achieve carbon emissions goals

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—Janelle London, co-author of the report. Louisiana, Wyoming, and Mississippi are the states with the highest concentration of superusers, while Houston, Detroit, St. It’s more equitable as well as more efficient to give these drivers the biggest incentives to switch to EVs.

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US study of miners links heavy exposure to diesel exhaust to increased risk of lung cancer death; researchers suggest implications for urban areas with high exhaust concentrations

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The facilities were located in Missouri (1 limestone mine), New Mexico (3 potash mines), Ohio (1 salt mine), and Wyoming (3 trona mines, which process an ore used in soda ash). The investigators selected underground mines for their study setting because the heavy equipment used in these mines frequently runs on diesel fuel.

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