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Ridesharing: Context, Trends, and Opportunities
Transportation in the United States faces significant challenges, including uncertain funding, congestion, unsustainable trends in energy consumption and greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions, and high costs to households and government. Ridesharing represents a cost-effective option for addressing many of these concerns. …
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Time for Some Action on PEVs
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An Action Plan to Integrate Plug-in Electric Vehicles with the U.S. Electrical Grid
Executive Summary Americans purchased almost 18,000 plug-in electric vehicles (PEVs) in 2011, a strong first year for these transformative vehicles. Recently, private industry and government have invested valuable resources in developing, promoting, and deploying PEVs. These vehicles offer an uncommon …
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Greenhouse Gas Accounting Framework for Carbon Capture and Storage Projects
Greenhouse Gas Accounting Framework for Carbon Capture and Storage Projects February 2012 Download the full report (PDF) Press Release Other Resources: Climate Techbook: Carbon Capture and Storage Factsheet Foreword Meeting the global challenge to reduce greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions …
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The Dawn of a New Day for Autos
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Give green-car industry a chance to get up to speed
Letter to the Editor The Washington Post Published December 14, 2011 The Dec. 8 front-page article “Obama’s green-car push struggles to pass ‘go’?” missed the mark with respect to the emerging electric vehicle industry. The plug-in electric vehicle (PEV) market …