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    North America agriculture Air Quality
    Climate
    North America
    News
    March 29, 2024

    STATEMENT: U.S. EPA Issues New Pollution Standards for Trucks and Buses

    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    • transportation
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    February 27, 2024

    Increased Biofuel Production in the US Midwest May Harm Farmers and the Climate

    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    A farmer stands on top of a truck while a tractor unloads the crops into it.
    • biofuels
    • agriculture
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Lands
    • land use
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Equity
    • Climate Equity
    • environmental justice
    Food
    North America
    Outcomes
    February 13, 2024

    US Hospitals Reduce Emissions Through Plant-based Foods

    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Food
    • health
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    Hospital dining workers.
    • Top Outcome: 2023
    • Food
    • health
    • Climate-Friendly Diets
    • agriculture
    Energy
    North America
    Insights
    October 12, 2023

    Ways the US Can Electrify Its Public Fleets, from City Buses to Garbage Trucks

    • electric mobility
    • Clean Energy
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Air Quality
    A blue and yellow city bus with the words "clean energy bus" on the side driving in downtown New York.
    • electric mobility
    • Clean Energy
    • transportation
    • public transit
    • Air Quality
    Cities
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    April 20, 2023

    How to Ensure a Sustainable Future for Electric School Bus Batteries

    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    Two new electric school buses in a school parking lot.
    • electric mobility
    • transportation
    • Cities
    • Air Quality
    Climate
    Asia North America
    Update
    January 6, 2023

    Recommendations for Collaboration Between the US and China on Methane Emissions

    • GHG emissions
    • agriculture
    • waste
    • mapping
    Tiered hill agriculture.
    • GHG emissions
    • agriculture
    • waste
    • mapping
    Cities
    North America
    Technical Perspectives
    February 14, 2022

    3 Design Considerations for Electric School Bus Vehicle-to-Grid Programs

    • Air Quality
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • renewable energy
    • Air Quality
    • electric mobility
    • Urban Mobility
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    January 13, 2022

    5 Ways US States Can Get More Electric School Buses on the Road

    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Schools
    Electric school buses in the US
    • electric mobility
    • net-zero emissions
    • Climate
    • Air Quality
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Electric School Buses
    • U.S. Climate Policy-Schools
    Climate
    North America
    News
    December 20, 2021

    STATEMENT: Biden Administration Sets Stronger Standards for Vehicle Emissions

    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • Air Quality
    • electric mobility
    • U.S. Climate
    • Climate
    • GHG emissions
    • Air Quality
    • electric mobility
    North America
    News
    September 23, 2021

    STATEMENT: U.S. Phase-Down of HFCs Good for Climate and American Industry

    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    • pollution
    • Air Quality
    • climate policy
    • Climate
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    October 13, 2020

    How Wind Turbines Are Providing a Safety Net for Rural Farmers

    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Wind turbines in the distance at sunset.
    • Energy
    • electric grid
    • agriculture
    • climate change
    • renewable energy
    Cities
    North America
    Insights
    July 7, 2020

    LA’s Time To Lead A Fair, Strong And Clean COVID-19 Recovery

    • Air Quality
    • coronavirus
    • Economics
    Los Angeles Traffic
    • Air Quality
    • coronavirus
    • Economics
    Freshwater
    North America
    Insights
    July 6, 2020

    Nature-Based Flood Mitigation Can Help Mississippi River Farmers

    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Flooding in the Upper Mississippi River Basin
    • Aqueduct
    • floods
    • agriculture
    • food security
    • Freshwater
    • water risk
    Forests
    North America
    Insights
    February 4, 2020

    Will Mexico’s Growing Avocado Industry Harm Its Forests?

    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Avocado
    • commodities
    • deforestation
    • agriculture
    • Forests
    Climate
    North America
    Insights
    January 31, 2020

    5 Ways the US Government Can Kickstart a CarbonShot to Remove Carbon from the Atmosphere

    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • U.S. policy
    carbon engineering direct air capture facility
    • carbon removal
    • agriculture
    • Climate
    • climate change
    • greenhouse gases
    • U.S. policy

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