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Oregon EQC approves Clean Trucks Rule

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Communities across Oregon, including the Portland-metropolitan area and the Rogue Valley have experienced increasing levels of ozone in recent years. Five other states—Maine, Massachusetts, New Jersey, New York and Washington—are considering taking similar action.

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News: AAA Offers Mobile Charging

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The pilot program offers mobile charging for free to AAA members in San Francisco, Indianapolis, Philadelphia, Orlando, Nashville, Charlotte, Denver, Grand Rapids, Michigan, Avon, Peabody and West Springfield, Massachusetts, Providence, Rhode Island, and Bend and Portland, Oregon.

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DOE Awarding $4.4M to Six Projects for Carbon Capture and Conversion

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The projects are located in North Carolina, New Jersey, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Georgia, and Quebec, Canada (through collaboration with a company based in Lexington, Ky.). The selected projects are: Massachusetts Institute of Technology (Cambridge, Mass.). The US Department of Energy (DOE) is awarding US$4.4 CCS Materials, Inc.

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DOE, BOEMRE and NOAA awarding nearly $5M for projects to advance ocean renewable energy

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Pacific Energy Ventures (Portland, Oregon) will build a Protocol Framework for identifying, collecting and comparing environmental data relevant to offshore renewable energy projects. Approximate award amount: $746,000 (over two years); Funding agencies: DOE, BOEMRE, NOAA.

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CALSTART Small Hybrid Bus Working Group Selects StarTrans-Azure Dynamics for National Hybrid Bus Deployment

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Working group members taking part in the pilot project include the Missouri Department of Transportation (on behalf of Older Adults Transportation Service and Southeast Missouri Transportation Service), which served as the lead agency for the procurement, TriMet Transportation District, Portland, Oregon; City of White Plains, New York; Harvard University, (..)

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

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Greater Portland. availability of transportation fuels across Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts and Rhode Island. Indiana, will work to make existing municipal fueling stations available to. other fleets; create vehicle conversion inspection criteria; and train and. Council of. Governments. assessment and labeling.

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US DOE Awards $37 Million for Marine and Hydrokinetic Energy Technology Development

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Boston, Massachusetts) will develop a cost-effective, high efficiency, power take-off system for a wave energy converter, a mechanism to convert water’s mechanical energy into usable electricity. DOE Funding: $240,000. Total Project Value: $300,000. Resolute Marine Energy, Inc. DOE Funding: $160,000. Total Project Value: $200,000.

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