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Obama Administration Announces $8.33B in Loan Guarantees for New Nuclear Power Reactors in Georgia; First New US Nuclear Power Plant Project in Nearly 3 Decades

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billion in loan guarantees for the construction and operation of two new nuclear reactors at a plant in Burke, Georgia. But energy leaders and experts recognize that as long as producing carbon pollution carries no cost, traditional plants that use fossil fuels will be more cost-effective than plants that use nuclear fuel.

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Ford to invest $1.8B in R&D in China

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This will be quickly followed with the 2016 introduction of SYNC 3. Through the CityRide project, by carpooling, drivers and riders helped cut carbon dioxide emissions by 700 metric tons. The model also predicts a significant impact on reducing emissions that lead to pollution, including a decreased output of harmful PM 2.5

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Study finds fleet switch from PFI to GDI engines will result in net reduction in global warming

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A new study quantifying emissions from a fleet of gasoline direct injection (GDI) engines and port fuel injection (PFI) engines finds that the measured decrease in CO 2 emissions from GDIs is much greater than the potential climate forcing associated with higher black carbon emissions from GDI engines. versus 6.3 ± 1.1

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Trump plans to gut EV policy: What it might mean for jobs, auto industry, made in America

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Climate change: Drill, baby, drill Trump made climate-change denial a core 2016 facet of many policy decisions. Last year House Republicans made a symbolic vote to gut the Clean Air Act, while it supported several court cases challenging the EPA and the Department of Transportation over pollution rules. businesses. By 2027 U.S.