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California ARB and NOAA Collaborating in $20M Research on Interaction of Air Pollution and Climate Change; One Atmosphere Approach

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Schematic diagram of the trade-offs between the implications for regional air quality and global climate change of new policies for management of the atmosphere. In the CalNex 2010 study outlined here, NOAA researchers are studying several issues at the heart of the coupled air quality and climate change problems.

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Researchers use IPCC AR5 models to forecast 10% drop in Colorado River flow in next few decades

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The present study narrows in on three key regions for water managers—the Colorado River headwaters; the greater California-Nevada region; and Texas, which gets nearly all of its water from within state borders. You can’t go build another water project ,” he said. Nature Climate Change doi: 10.1038/nclimate1787.

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Tesla sponsors bilingual ‘Future of Energy’ exhibit at Terry Lee Wells Children’s Discovery Museum

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Tesla sponsored a bilingual energy exhibit, Future of Energy, at the Terry Lee Wells Nevada Discovery Museum (The Discovery). The exhibit featured questions and answers from Tesla employees working at Gigafactory Nevada and focused on a future with clean energy and sustainability. Anyone can be a part of it, right here in Nevada.”

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Sac Metro Air District Partners with EVgo for Public EV Charging 

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Clean Cars 4 All is part of California Climate Investments, a statewide initiative that puts billions of Cap-and-Trade dollars to work reducing greenhouse gas emissions, strengthening the economy, and improving public health and the environment — particularly in disadvantaged communities. “Our

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The Top 10 EV Battery Makers

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Racing to counter Asia's dominance, General Motors is building factories in Ohio and Tennessee with a combined 70-gigawatt capacity, double that of Tesla's Nevada gigafactory. "Right now, the United States doesn't have enough materials to do that, so materials substitution and recycling will be key to get this to go," Srinivasan says.

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US FWS lists Tiehm’s buckwheat as an endangered species; balancing resource extraction with survival of rare plants

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The Service is also designating 910 acres of critical habitat on lands managed by the Bureau of Land Management in the Rhyolite Ridge area of the Silver Peak Range in Esmeralda County, Nevada, to help conserve the imperiled plant. Earlier post.). Minimizing disturbance within designated critical habitat.

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The Congressional Review Act and its potential impact on EV tax credits

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In 2022, the federal government recognized the vital role of EVs in combating climate change, improving public health, and keeping the U.S. The IRA is also the largest-ever climate investment in U.S. The EV tax credit is one of the most powerful incentives in the IRA for building out a domestic supply chain.